BOOK I CHAPTER I How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again. BOOK I CHAPTER II How Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and how by the mean of Merlin he lay by the duchess and gat Arthur. BOOK I CHAPTER III Of the birth of King Arthur and of his nurture. BOOK I CHAPTER IV Of the death of King Uther Pendragon. BOOK I CHAPTER V How Arthur was chosen king, and of wonders and marvels of a sword taken out of a stone by the said Arthur. BOOK I CHAPTER VI How King Arthur pulled out the sword divers times. BOOK I CHAPTER VII How King Arthur was crowned, and how he made officers. BOOK I CHAPTER VIII How King Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast. BOOK I CHAPTER IX Of the first war that King Arthur had, and how he won the field. BOOK I CHAPTER X How Merlin counselled King Arthur to send for King Ban and King Bors, and of their counsel taken for the war. BOOK I CHAPTER XI Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea. BOOK I CHAPTER XII How eleven kings gathered a great host against King Arthur. BOOK I CHAPTER XIII Of a dream of the King with the Hundred Knights. BOOK I CHAPTER XIV How the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host, and many great feats of the war. BOOK I CHAPTER XV Yet of the same battle. BOOK I CHAPTER XVI Yet more of the same battle. BOOK I CHAPTER XVII Yet more of the same battle, and how it was ended by Merlin. BOOK I CHAPTER XVIII How King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King Leodegrance, and other incidents. BOOK I CHAPTER XIX How King Arthur rode to Carlion, and of his dream, and how he saw the questing beast. BOOK I CHAPTER XX How King Pellinore took Arthur's horse and followed the Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur. BOOK I CHAPTER XXI How Ulfius impeached Queen Igraine, Arthur's mother, of treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged. BOOK I CHAPTER XXII How Griflet was made knight, and jousted with a knight BOOK I CHAPTER XXIII How twelve knights came from Rome and asked truage for this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight. BOOK I CHAPTER XXIV How Merlin saved Arthur's life, and threw an enchantment on King Pellinore and made him to sleep. BOOK I CHAPTER XXV How Arthur by the mean of Merlin gat Excalibur his sword of the Lady of the Lake. BOOK I CHAPTER XXVI How tidings came to Arthur that King Rience had overcome eleven kings, and how he desired Arthur's beard to trim his mantle. BOOK I CHAPTER XXVII How all the children were sent for that were born on May-day, and how Mordred was saved.