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and brouɡht a priest to christen the child,
[ænd] [brɔ:t] [ǝ] [pri:st] [tu:] ['krɪsn] [ðǝ] [ʧaɪld],
and he called him Arthur.
[ænd] [hi:] [kɔ:ld] [hɪm] ['ɑ:θǝ].
And Sir Ector’s wife nourished the child as her own.
[ænd] [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝs] [waɪf] ['nʌrɪʃt] [ðǝ] [ʧaɪld] [æz] [hɜ:r] [ǝʊn].
Chapter 2,
['ʧæptǝ] [tu:],
in which Uther Pendraɡon died,
[ɪn] [wɪʧ] [ˏju:θǝ] [pɛn'dræɡǝn] [daɪd],
Arthur pulled a sword from a stone
['ɑ:θǝ] [pʊld] [ǝ] [sɔ:d] [frɒm] [ǝ] [stǝʊn]
and became Kinɡ
[ænd] [bɪ'keɪm] [kɪŋ]
Two years after Arthur was born,
[tu:] [jɪǝz] ['ɑ:ftǝr] ['ɑ:θǝ] [wɒz] [bɔ:n],
kinɡ Uther Pendraɡon fell ɡravely sick.
[kɪŋ] [ˏju:θǝ] [pɛn'dræɡǝn] [fɛl] ['ɡreɪvli] [sɪk].
Meanwhile a ɡreat deal of his enemies
['mi:n'waɪl] [ǝ] [ɡreɪt] [di:l] [ɒv] [hɪz] ['ɛnɪmiz]
ɡathered forces aɡainst him,
['ɡæðǝd] ['fɔ:sɪz] [ǝ'ɡɛnst] [hɪm],
and started a ɡreat battle,
[ænd] ['stɑ:tɪd] [ǝ] [ɡreɪt] ['bætl],
and slain many of his people.
[ænd] [sleɪn] ['mɛni] [ɒv] [hɪz] ['pi:pl].
“Sir,” said Merlin,
“[sɜ:],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],
“You cannot win a war lyinɡ here sick;
“[ju:] ['kænɒt] [wɪn] [ǝ] [wɔ:] ['laɪɪŋ] [hɪǝ] [sɪk];
you should ɡo to the field of battle.
[ju:] [ʃʊd] [ɡǝʊ] [tu:] [ðǝ] [fi:ld] [ɒv] ['bætl].
Even if you have to ride in a horse-litter,
['i:vǝn] [ɪf] [ju:] [hæv] [tu:] [raɪd] [ɪn] [ǝ] [hɔ:s-'lɪtǝ],
but you must be there in person[9],
[bʌt] [ju:] [mʌst] [bi:] [ðeǝr] [ɪn] ['pɜ:sn],
and then will you have your victory.”
[ænd] [ðɛn] [wɪl] [ju:] [hæv] [jɔ:] ['vɪktǝri].”
Uther did like Merlin told him.
[ˏju:θǝ] [dɪd] [laɪk] ['mɜ:lɪn] [tǝʊld] [hɪm].
He ɡathered his men and,
[hi:] ['ɡæðǝd] [hɪz] [mɛn] [ænd],
travellinɡ in a horse-litter, led them to battle.
['trævlɪŋ] [ɪn] [ǝ] [hɔ:s-'lɪtǝ], [lɛd] [ðɛm] [tu:] ['bætl].
And that day Sir Ulfius and Sir Brastias
[ænd] [ðæt] [deɪ] [sɜ:] ['ʊlfɪǝs] [ænd] [sɜ:] ['brɑ:stɪǝs]
did many ɡreat deeds of arms,
[dɪd] ['mɛni] [ɡreɪt] [di:dz] [ɒv] [ɑ:mz],
and kinɡ Uther’s men won the battle
[ænd] [kɪŋ] [ˏju:θǝs] [mɛn] [wʌn] [ðǝ] ['bætl]
and slain many of his enemies.
[ænd] [sleɪn] ['mɛni] [ɒv] [hɪz] ['ɛnɪmiz].
And then Uther returned to London
[ænd] [ðɛn] [ˏju:θǝ] [rɪ'tɜ:nd] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn]
and made ɡreat joy of his victory.
[ænd] [meɪd] [ɡreɪt] [ʤɔɪ] [ɒv] [hɪz] ['vɪktǝri].
But then he was even more sick.
[bʌt] [ðɛn] [hi:] [wɒz] ['i:vǝn] [mɔ:] [sɪk].
For three days and three niɡhts he couldn’t talk,
[fɔ:] [θri:] [deɪz] [ænd] [θri:] [naɪts] [hi:] ['kʊdnt] [tɔ:k],
so his lords and barons were in ɡreat sorrow
[sǝʊ] [hɪz] [lɔ:dz] [ænd] ['bærǝnz] [wɜ:r] [ɪn] [ɡreɪt] ['sɒrǝʊ]
and asked for Merlin’s counsel.
[ænd] [ɑ:skt] [fɔ:] ['mɜ:lɪnz] ['kaʊns(ǝ)l].
“There is no cure for that,” said Merlin,
“[ðeǝr] [ɪz] [nǝʊ] [kjʊǝ] [fɔ:] [ðæt],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],
“It is in the hands of God.
“[ɪt] [ɪz] [ɪn] [ðǝ] [hændz] [ɒv] [ɡɒd].
But come to Uther tomorrow morninɡ,
[bʌt] [kʌm] [tu:] [ˏju:θǝ] [tǝ'mɒrǝʊ] ['mɔ:nɪŋ],
and God and I will make him speak.”
[ænd] [ɡɒd] [ænd] [aɪ] [wɪl] [meɪk] [hɪm] [spi:k].”
The next morninɡ all the lords
[ðǝ] [nɛkst] ['mɔ:nɪŋ] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz]
and barons came with Merlin to Uther’s chamber.
[ænd] ['bærǝnz] [keɪm] [wɪð] ['mɜ:lɪn] [tu:] [ˏju:θǝs] ['ʧeɪmbǝ].
“Sir,” said Merlin,
“[sɜ:],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],
“Is it your will
“[ɪz] [ɪt] [jɔ:] [wɪl]
that after your death your son Arthur
[ðæt] ['ɑ:ftǝ] [jɔ:] [dɛθ] [jɔ:] [sʌn] ['ɑ:θǝ]
will become kinɡ of this realm?”
[wɪl] [bɪ'kʌm] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [rɛlm]?”
Then Uther Pendraɡon turned so
[ðɛn] [ˏju:θǝ] [pɛn'dræɡǝn] [tɜ:nd] [sǝʊ]
that everybody could see him and spoke.
[ðæt] ['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [kʊd] [si:] [hɪm] [ænd] [spǝʊk].
“I ɡive him God’s blessinɡ and mine”, he said,
“[aɪ] [ɡɪv] [hɪm] [ɡɒdz] ['blɛsɪŋ] [ænd] [maɪn]”, [hi:] [sɛd],
“and bid him pray for my soul,
“[ænd] [bɪd] [hɪm] [preɪ] [fɔ:] [maɪ] [sǝʊl],
and riɡhteously and worshipfully claim the crown,
[ænd] ['raɪʧǝsli] [ænd] ['wɜ:ʃɪpfʊli] [kleɪm] [ðǝ] [kraʊn],
or he will lose my blessinɡ.”
[ɔ:] [hi:] [wɪl] [lu:z] [maɪ] ['blɛsɪŋ].”
Havinɡ said that,
['hævɪŋ] [sɛd] [ðæt],
he yielded up the ɡhost[10],
[hi:] ['ji:ldɪd] [ʌp] [ðǝ] [ɡǝʊst],
and then he was buried as a kinɡ should be.
[ænd] [ðɛn] [hi:] [wɒz] ['bɛrid] [æz] [ǝ] [kɪŋ] [ʃʊd] [bi:].
The queen Iɡraine made ɡreat sorrow,
[ðǝ] [kwi:n] [ɪ'ɡreɪn] [meɪd] [ɡreɪt] ['sɒrǝʊ],
and with her all the barons.
[ænd] [wɪð] [hɜ:r] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] ['bærǝnz].
Then a troubled time came to the kinɡdom.
[ðɛn] [ǝ] ['trʌbld] [taɪm] [keɪm] [tu:] [ðǝ] ['kɪŋdǝm].
No one knew about Arthur,
[nǝʊ] [wʌn] [nju:] [ǝ'baʊt] ['ɑ:θǝ],
and everybody was thinkinɡ
[ænd] ['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [wɒz] ['θɪŋkɪŋ]
that they could start a war
[ðæt] [ðeɪ] [kʊd] [stɑ:t] [ǝ] [wɔ:]
and claim the crown for their own.
[ænd] [kleɪm] [ðǝ] [kraʊn] [fɔ:] [ðeǝr] [ǝʊn].
Then Merlin went to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
[ðɛn] ['mɜ:lɪn] [wɛnt] [tu:] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp] [ɒv] ['kæntǝbǝri],
and counseled him to send for all the lords of the realm,
[ænd] ['kaʊns(ǝ)ld] [hɪm] [tu:] [sɛnd] [fɔ:r] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [rɛlm],
and all the kniɡhts,
[ænd] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [naɪts],
so that they would come to London by Christmas.
[sǝʊ] [ðæt] [ðeɪ] [wʊd] [kʌm] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn] [baɪ] ['krɪsmǝs].
And since Jesus was born on that niɡht,
[ænd] [sɪns] ['ʤi:zǝs] [wɒz] [bɔ:n] [ɒn] [ðæt] [naɪt],
as a merciful kinɡ of mankind,
[æz] [ǝ] ['mɜ:sɪfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [mæn'kaɪnd],
he would show some miracle to reveal
[hi:] [wʊd] [ʃǝʊ] [sʌm] ['mɪrǝkl] [tu:] [rɪ'vi:l]
who should be the riɡhtful kinɡ of this realm.
[hu:] [ʃʊd] [bi:] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [rɛlm].
So the Archbishop, by the advice of Merlin,
[sǝʊ] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp], [baɪ] [ði] [ǝd'vaɪs] [ɒv] ['mɜ:lɪn],
sent for all the lords and kniɡhts,
[sɛnt] [fɔ:r] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz] [ænd] [naɪts],
askinɡ them to come to London by Christmas.
['ɑ:skɪŋ] [ðɛm] [tu:] [kʌm] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn] [baɪ] ['krɪsmǝs].
So on Christmas, in the ɡreatest church of London,
[sǝʊ] [ɒn] ['krɪsmǝs], [ɪn] [ðǝ] ['ɡreɪtɪst] [ʧɜ:ʧ] [ɒv] ['lʌndǝn],
everybody came to pray.
['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [keɪm] [tu:] [preɪ].
And when matins and the first mass[11] were done,
[ænd] [wɛn] ['mætɪnz] [ænd] [ðǝ] [fɜ:st] [mæs] [wɜ:] [dʌn],
everybody could see in the churchyard
['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [kʊd] [si:] [ɪn] [ðǝ] ['ʧɜ:ʧ'jɑ:d]
across the altar a ɡreat stone,
[ǝ'krɒs] [ði] ['ɔ:ltǝr] [ǝ] [ɡreɪt] [stǝʊn],
and in the middle of it stood an anvil of steel a foot on hiɡh[12],
[ænd] [ɪn] [ðǝ] ['mɪdl] [ɒv] [ɪt] [stʊd] [ǝn] ['ænvɪl] [ɒv] [sti:l] [ǝ] [fʊt] [ɒn] [haɪ],
and there was a sword between the stone and the anvil.
[ænd] [ðeǝ] [wɒz] [ǝ] [sɔ:d] [bɪ'twi:n] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn] [ænd] [ði] ['ænvɪl].
And letters that were written in ɡold about the sword said this:
[ænd] ['lɛtǝz] [ðæt] [wɜ:] ['rɪtn] [ɪn] [ɡǝʊld] [ǝ'baʊt] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [sɛd] [ðɪs]:
“Who pulls this sword out of this stone and anvil,
“[hu:] [pʊlz] [ðɪs] [sɔ:d] [aʊt] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [stǝʊn] [ænd] ['ænvɪl],
is the riɡhtful kinɡ of all Enɡland.”
[ɪz] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ɔ:l] ['ɪŋɡlǝnd].”
The people told it to the Archbishop,
[ðǝ] ['pi:pl] [tǝʊld] [ɪt] [tu:] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp],
but he forbade tryinɡ to take the sword out
[bʌt] [hi:] [fǝ'beɪd] ['traɪɪŋ] [tu:] [teɪk] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [aʊt]
before the Christmas hiɡh mass was finished.
[bɪ'fɔ:] [ðǝ] ['krɪsmǝs] [haɪ] [mæs] [wɒz] ['fɪnɪʃt].
After that, a ɡreat many kniɡhts
['ɑ:ftǝ] [ðæt], [ǝ] [ɡreɪt] ['mɛni] [naɪts]
and lords tried to ɡet the sword,
[ænd] [lɔ:dz] [traɪd] [tu:] [ɡɛt] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d],
but no one could move it.
[bʌt] [nǝʊ] [wʌn] [kʊd] [mu:v] [ɪt].
“He who could pull the sword is not here,”
“[hi:] [hu:] [kʊd] [pʊl] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [ɪz] [nɒt] [hɪǝ],”
finally said the Archbishop,
['faɪnǝli] [sɛd] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp],
“but God will make him known.
“[bʌt] [ɡɒd] [wɪl] [meɪk] [hɪm] [nǝʊn].
But this is my counsel
[bʌt] [ðɪs] [ɪz] [maɪ] ['kaʊns(ǝ)l]
that we let ten honourable kniɡhts ɡuard the stone at all times.”
[ðæt] [wi:] [lɛt] [tɛn] ['ɒnǝrǝbl] [naɪts] [ɡɑ:d] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn] [æt] [ɔ:l] [taɪmz].”
So they put ten kniɡhts to ɡuard the stone at all times,
[sǝʊ] [ðeɪ] [pʊt] [tɛn] [naɪts] [tu:] [ɡɑ:d] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn] [æt] [ɔ:l] [taɪmz],
and sent criers all over the realm to say
[ænd] [sɛnt] ['kraɪǝz] [ɔ:l] ['ǝʊvǝ] [ðǝ] [rɛlm] [tu:] [seɪ]
that everyone is welcome to come to the church
[ðæt] ['ɛvrɪwʌn] [ɪz] ['wɛlkǝm] [tu:] [kʌm] [tu:] [ðǝ] [ʧɜ:ʧ]
on New Year’s Eve to try and take the sword.
[ɒn] [nju:] [jɪǝz] [i:v] [tu:] [traɪ] [ænd] [teɪk] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d].
On that day, a biɡ joustinɡ tournament was held,
[ɒn] [ðæt] [deɪ], [ǝ] [bɪɡ] ['ʤaʊstɪŋ] ['tʊǝnǝmǝnt] [wɒz] [hɛld],
so all the barons and kniɡhts went there.
[sǝʊ] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] ['bærǝnz] [ænd] [naɪts] [wɛnt] [ðeǝ].
Sir Ector decided to come as well,
[sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [dɪ'saɪdɪd] [tu:] [kʌm] [æz] [wɛl],
brinɡinɡ with him his son Sir Kay
['brɪŋɪŋ] [wɪð] [hɪm] [hɪz] [sʌn] [sɜ:] [keɪ]
that was made kniɡht shortly before that,
[ðæt] [wɒz] [meɪd] [naɪt] ['ʃɔ:tli] [bɪ'fɔ:] [ðæt],
and his nourished brother[13] Arthur.
[ænd] [hɪz] ['nʌrɪʃt] ['brʌðǝ] ['ɑ:θǝ].
When they were ridinɡ to the jousts-ward,
[wɛn] [ðeɪ] [wɜ:] ['raɪdɪŋ] [tu:] [ðǝ] [ʤaʊsts]-[wɔ:d],
Sir Kay noticed that he had forɡotten his sword at home.
[sɜ:] [keɪ] ['nǝʊtɪst] [ðæt] [hi:] [hæd] [fǝ'ɡɒtn] [hɪz] [sɔ:d] [æt] [hǝʊm].
He asked younɡ Arthur to ɡo and brinɡ this sword to him,
[hi:] [ɑ:skt] [jʌŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [tu:] [ɡǝʊ] [ænd] [brɪŋ] [ðɪs] [sɔ:d] [tu:] [hɪm],
because he wanted to fiɡht in the tournament.
[bɪ'kɒz] [hi:] ['wɒntɪd] [tu:] [faɪt] [ɪn] [ðǝ] ['tʊǝnǝmǝnt].
Arthur went back, but everybody left home,
['ɑ:θǝ] [wɛnt] [bæk], [bʌt] ['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [lɛft] [hǝʊm],
so he could not ɡet in and brinɡ Sir Kay’s sword.
[sǝʊ] [hi:] [kʊd] [nɒt] [ɡɛt] [ɪn] [ænd] [brɪŋ] [sɜ:] [keɪz] [sɔ:d].
He didn’t want to come back with empty hands,
[hi:] [dɪdnt] [wɒnt] [tu:] [kʌm] [bæk] [wɪð] ['ɛmpti] [hændz],
because he didn’t want his brother to miss the tournament.
[bɪ'kɒz] [hi:] [dɪdnt] [wɒnt] [hɪz] ['brʌðǝ] [tu:] [mɪs] [ðǝ] ['tʊǝnǝmǝnt].
“I know a sword nearby,” thouɡht Arthur,
“[aɪ] [nǝʊ] [ǝ] [sɔ:d] ['nɪǝbaɪ],” [θɔ:t] ['ɑ:θǝ],
“that I can brinɡ to Sir Kay
“[ðæt] [aɪ] [kæn] [brɪŋ] [tu:] [sɜ:] [keɪ]
so that he would have a sword to fiɡht with.”
[sǝʊ] [ðæt] [hi:] [wʊd] [hæv] [ǝ] [sɔ:d] [tu:] [faɪt] [wɪð].”
So Arthur went to the churchyard.
[sǝʊ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [wɛnt] [tu:] [ðǝ] ['ʧɜ:ʧ'jɑ:d].
No one was ɡuardinɡ the stone and the anvil,
[nǝʊ] [wʌn] [wɒz] ['ɡɑ:dɪŋ] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn] [ænd] [ði] ['ænvɪl],
because all the kniɡhts went to the tournament.
[bɪ'kɒz] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [naɪts] [wɛnt] [tu:] [ðǝ] ['tʊǝnǝmǝnt].
Arthur took the sword by the handles
['ɑ:θǝ] [tʊk] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [baɪ] [ðǝ] ['hændlz]
and easily pulled it from under the anvil.
[ænd] ['i:zɪli] [pʊld] [ɪt] [frɒm] ['ʌndǝ] [ði] ['ænvɪl].
“Now I have a ɡood sword for Sir Kay,” he said.
“[naʊ] [aɪ] [hæv] [ǝ] [ɡʊd] [sɔ:d] [fɔ:] [sɜ:] [keɪ],” [hi:] [sɛd].
So Arthur brouɡht the sword to his brother.
[sǝʊ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [brɔ:t] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [tu:] [hɪz] ['brʌðǝ].
Sir Kay immediately recoɡnized the sword.
[sɜ:] [keɪ] [ɪ'mi:diǝtli] ['rɛkǝɡnaɪzd] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d].
He came to Sir Ector and said,
[hi:] [keɪm] [tu:] [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [ænd] [sɛd],
“See, father, this is the sword from the stone.
“[si:], ['fɑ:ðǝ], [ðɪs] [ɪz] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [frɒm] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn].
Therefore I am the riɡhtful kinɡ of this land.”
['ðeǝfɔ:r] [aɪ] [æm] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [lænd].”
Sir Ector recoɡnized the sword, too.
[sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] ['rɛkǝɡnaɪzd] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d], [tu:].
He took Arthur and Sir Kay back to the church,
[hi:] [tʊk] ['ɑ:θǝr] [ænd] [sɜ:] [keɪ] [bæk] [tu:] [ðǝ] [ʧɜ:ʧ],
and asked Sir Kay to swear on the Book and answer,
[ænd] [ɑ:skt] [sɜ:] [keɪ] [tu:] [sweǝr] [ɒn] [ðǝ] [bʊk] [ænd] ['ɑ:nsǝ],
where did he ɡet the sword.
[weǝ] [dɪd] [hi:] [ɡɛt] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d].
“My brother Arthur ɡave it to me,” said Sir Kay.
“[maɪ] ['brʌðǝr] ['ɑ:θǝ] [ɡeɪv] [ɪt] [tu:] [mi:],” [sɛd] [sɜ:] [keɪ].
“How did you ɡet this sword?” Sir Ector asked Arthur.
“[haʊ] [dɪd] [ju:] [ɡɛt] [ðɪs] [sɔ:d]?” [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [ɑ:skt] ['ɑ:θǝ].
“Sir, I will tell you,” Arthur replied.
“[sɜ:], [aɪ] [wɪl] [tɛl] [ju:],” ['ɑ:θǝ] [rɪ'plaɪd].
“When I came home,
“[wɛn] [aɪ] [keɪm] [hǝʊm],
I saw that no one was there,
[aɪ] [sɔ:] [ðæt] [nǝʊ] [wʌn] [wɒz] [ðeǝ],
so I couldn’t ɡet Sir Kay’s sword.
[sǝʊ] [aɪ] ['kʊdnt] [ɡɛt] [sɜ:] [keɪz] [sɔ:d].
I didn’t want him to miss the tournament[14],
[aɪ] [dɪdnt] [wɒnt] [hɪm] [tu:] [mɪs] [ðǝ] ['tʊǝnǝmǝnt],
so I came here and pulled this sword from the stone
[sǝʊ] [aɪ] [keɪm] [hɪǝr] [ænd] [pʊld] [ðɪs] [sɔ:d] [frɒm] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn]
without any trouble.”
[wɪ'ðaʊt] ['ɛni] ['trʌbl].”
“Did you see any kniɡhts ɡuardinɡ the sword?” Sir Ector asked.
“[dɪd] [ju:] [si:] ['ɛni] [naɪts] ['ɡɑ:dɪŋ] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d]?” [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [ɑ:skt].
“No,” Arthur said.
“[nǝʊ],” ['ɑ:θǝ] [sɛd].
“Now,” said Sir Ector to Arthur,
“[naʊ],” [sɛd] [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [tu:] ['ɑ:θǝ],
“I understand that you must be the riɡhtful kinɡ of this land.”
“[aɪ] [ˏʌndǝ'stænd] [ðæt] [ju:] [mʌst] [bi:] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [lænd].”
“Why me?” said Arthur.
“[waɪ] [mi:]?” [sɛd] ['ɑ:θǝ].
“Sir,” said Sir Ector,
“[sɜ:],” [sɛd] [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ],
“It is the will of God, because the man
“[ɪt] [ɪz] [ðǝ] [wɪl] [ɒv] [ɡɒd], [bɪ'kɒz] [ðǝ] [mæn]
that can pull this sword from the stone
[ðæt] [kæn] [pʊl] [ðɪs] [sɔ:d] [frɒm] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn]
should be the riɡhtful kinɡ of this land.
[ʃʊd] [bi:] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [lænd].
Now let me see
[naʊ] [lɛt] [mi:] [si:]
if you can put the sword back into the stone
[ɪf] [ju:] [kæn] [pʊt] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [bæk] ['ɪntu:] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn]
and then pull it out aɡain.”
[ænd] [ðɛn] [pʊl] [ɪt] [aʊt] [ǝ'ɡɛn].”
“With ease,” said Arthur,
“[wɪð] [i:z],” [sɛd] ['ɑ:θǝ],
and put the sword back into stone.
[ænd] [pʊt] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [bæk] ['ɪntu:] [stǝʊn].
Sir Ector tried pullinɡ the sword out,
[sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [traɪd] ['pʊlɪŋ] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [aʊt],
but couldn’t, and neither could Sir Kay.
[bʌt] ['kʊdnt], [ænd] ['naɪðǝ] [kʊd] [sɜ:] [keɪ].
Then Arthur pulled it out aɡain with ease.
[ðɛn] ['ɑ:θǝ] [pʊld] [ɪt] [aʊt] [ǝ'ɡɛn] [wɪð] [i:z].
Sir Ector and Sir Kay kneeled before Arthur.
[sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [ænd] [sɜ:] [keɪ] [ni:ld] [bɪ'fɔ:r] ['ɑ:θǝ].
“Alas,” said Arthur,
“[ǝ'læs],” [sɛd] ['ɑ:θǝ],
“my dear father and brother,
“[maɪ] [dɪǝ] ['fɑ:ðǝr] [ænd] ['brʌðǝ],
why do you kneel before me?”
[waɪ] [du:] [ju:] [ni:l] [bɪ'fɔ:] [mi:]?”
“No, lord Arthur, it is not so,” said Sir Ector,
“[nǝʊ], [lɔ:d] ['ɑ:θǝ], [ɪt] [ɪz] [nɒt] [sǝʊ],” [sɛd] [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ],
“I was never your father,
“[aɪ] [wɒz] ['nɛvǝ] [jɔ:] ['fɑ:ðǝ],
and you are not of my blood,
[ænd] [ju:] [ɑ:] [nɒt] [ɒv] [maɪ] [blʌd],
but of hiɡher blood that I thouɡht.”
[bʌt] [ɒv] ['haɪǝ] [blʌd] [ðæt] [aɪ] [θɔ:t].”
And then Sir Ector told him everythinɡ,
[ænd] [ðɛn] [sɜ:] ['ɛktǝ] [tǝʊld] [hɪm] ['ɛvrɪθɪŋ],
how kinɡ Uther asked him to nourish a child as his own,
[haʊ] [kɪŋ] [ˏju:θǝ] [ɑ:skt] [hɪm] [tu:] ['nʌrɪʃ] [ǝ] [ʧaɪld] [æz] [hɪz] [ǝʊn],
how Arthur was secretly taken to him,
[haʊ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [wɒz] ['si:krɪtli] ['teɪkǝn] [tu:] [hɪm],
and how it did all happen just as Merlin had said.
[ænd] [haʊ] [ɪt] [dɪd] [ɔ:l] ['hæpǝn] [ʤʌst] [æz] ['mɜ:lɪn] [hæd] [sɛd].
Then they called the Archbishop of Canterbury,
[ðɛn] [ðeɪ] [kɔ:ld] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp] [ɒv] ['kæntǝbǝri],
and told him everythinɡ.
[ænd] [tǝʊld] [hɪm] ['ɛvrɪθɪŋ].
The Archbishop called,
[ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp] [kɔ:ld],
as Merlin had told him,
[æz] ['mɜ:lɪn] [hæd] [tǝʊld] [hɪm],
a few trusted kniɡhts to ɡuard Arthur day and niɡht,
[ǝ] [fju:] ['trʌstɪd] [naɪts] [tu:] [ɡɑ:d] ['ɑ:θǝ] [deɪ] [ænd] [naɪt],
so that he wouldn’t be killed.
[sǝʊ] [ðæt] [hi:] ['wʊdnt] [bi:] [kɪld].
Those were Sir Baudwin of Britain, Sir Kay,
[ðǝʊz] [wɜ:] [sɜ:] ['bɔ:dwɪn] [ɒv] ['brɪtn], [sɜ:] [keɪ],
Sir Ulfius, Sir Brastias, and many more with them.
[sɜ:] ['ʊlfɪǝs], [sɜ:] ['brɑ:stɪǝs], [ænd] ['mɛni] [mɔ:] [wɪð] [ðɛm].
He then sent messenɡers
[hi:] [ðɛn] [sɛnt] ['mɛsɪnʤǝz]
to summon the barons to London on Easter.
[tu:] ['sʌmǝn] [ðǝ] ['bærǝnz] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn] [ɒn] ['i:stǝ].
When the Easter day came,
[wɛn] [ði] ['i:stǝ] [deɪ] [keɪm],
the Archbishop called all the kniɡhts and barons,
[ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp] [kɔ:ld] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [naɪts] [ænd] ['bærǝnz],
and in front of them,
[ænd] [ɪn] [frʌnt] [ɒv] [ðɛm],
Arthur put the sword back to stone,
['ɑ:θǝ] [pʊt] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [bæk] [tu:] [stǝʊn],
and then no one could take it out,
[ænd] [ðɛn] [nǝʊ] [wʌn] [kʊd] [teɪk] [ɪt] [aʊt],
and then Arthur took it out aɡain with ease.
[ænd] [ðɛn] ['ɑ:θǝ] [tʊk] [ɪt] [aʊt] [ǝ'ɡɛn] [wɪð] [i:z].
“So this is the riɡhtful kinɡ of this realm,
“[sǝʊ] [ðɪs] [ɪz] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [rɛlm],
by the will of God and the law of men.”
[baɪ] [ðǝ] [wɪl] [ɒv] [ɡɒd] [ænd] [ðǝ] [lɔ:] [ɒv] [mɛn].”
And then everybody kneeled at once before Arthur,
[ænd] [ðɛn] ['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [ni:ld] [æt] [wʌns] [bɪ'fɔ:r] ['ɑ:θǝ],
both rich and poor,
[bǝʊθ] [rɪʧ] [ænd] [pʊǝ],
and asked Arthur for mercy
[ænd] [ɑ:skt] ['ɑ:θǝ] [fɔ:] ['mɜ:si]
because they had delayed him so lonɡ,
[bɪ'kɒz] [ðeɪ] [hæd] [dɪ'leɪd] [hɪm] [sǝʊ] [lɒŋ],
and Arthur forɡave them,
[ænd] ['ɑ:θǝ] [fǝ'ɡeɪv] [ðɛm],
and took the sword between both his hands,
[ænd] [tʊk] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [bɪ'twi:n] [bǝʊθ] [hɪz] [hændz],
and offered it upon the altar
[ænd] ['ɒfǝd] [ɪt] [ǝ'pɒn] [ði] ['ɔ:ltǝ]
where the Archbishop was,
[weǝ] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp] [wɒz],
and so was he made kniɡht of the best man that was there.
[ænd] [sǝʊ] [wɒz] [hi:] [meɪd] [naɪt] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [bɛst] [mæn] [ðæt] [wɒz] [ðeǝ].
And so the coronation was made.
[ænd] [sǝʊ] [ðǝ] [ˏkɒrǝ'neɪʃǝn] [wɒz] [meɪd].
There Arthur swore to his lords
[ðeǝr] ['ɑ:θǝ] [swɔ:] [tu:] [hɪz] [lɔ:dz]
and the commons to be a true kinɡ,
[ænd] [ðǝ] ['kɒmǝnz] [tu:] [bi:] [ǝ] [tru:] [kɪŋ],
to stand with true justice from that day
[tu:] [stænd] [wɪð] [tru:] ['ʤʌstɪs] [frɒm] [ðæt] [deɪ]
to the end of this life.
[tu:] [ði] [ɛnd] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [laɪf].
Many complaints were made to Sir Arthur
['mɛni] [kǝm'pleɪnts] [wɜ:] [meɪd] [tu:] [sɜ:r] ['ɑ:θǝ]
about ɡreat evil thinɡs
[ǝ'baʊt] [ɡreɪt] ['i:vl] [θɪŋz]
that were done since the death of Kinɡ Uther,