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Editor: Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917
Title: Merlin : or, the early history of King Arthur : a prose romance / edited ... by Henry B. Wheatley
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Transcribed from: Merlin : or the early History of King Arthur : a prose romance
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917 , ed.
London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/Merlin

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CHAPTER I.
CONSULTATION OF DEVILS, AND BIRTH OF MERLIN.
CHAPTER II.
KING VORTIGER AND HIS TOWER.
CHAPTER III.
THE DEFEAT OF VORTIGER BY PENDRAGON AND UTER; THEIR SEARCH AFTER MERLIN; THE BATTLE OF SALISBURY AND DEATH OF PENDRAGON; AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE TABLE AT CARDOELL, IN WALES.
CHAPTER IV.
THE FEASTS AT CARDOELL; UTER-PENDRAGON'S LOVE FOR YGERNE, AND HIS WAR WITH HER HUSBAND, THE DUKE OF TINTAGEL.
CHAPTER V.
MARRIAGE OF THE KING WITH YGERNE; BIRTH OF ARTHUR; AND DEATH OF THE KING.
CHAPTER VI.
ARTHUR MADE KING.
CHAPTER VII.
REVOLT OF THE BARONS; AND DEFEAT OF THE SEVEN KINGS BY ARTHUR.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE MISSION OF ULFYN AND BRETELL TO KING BAN AND KING BORS.
CHAPTER IX.
THE VISIT OF KING BAN AND KING BORS TO ARTHUR; AND THE TOURNAMENT AT LOGRES.
CHAPTER X.
THE BATTLE BETWEEN ARTHUR AND THE REBEL KINGS AT BREDIGAN.
CHAPTER XI.
THE DOINGS OF KING ARTHUR AFTER THE BATTLE, AND HIS DEPARTURE FOR TAMELIDE.
CHAPTER XII.
THE RETURN OF THE ELEVEN KINGS TO THEIR CITIES, AND THEIR ENCOUNTER WITH THE SAXONS.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE ADVENTURES OF GAWEIN, AGRAVAYN, GAHARET, GAHERIES, AND GALESHYN; AND THEIR BATTLE WITH THE SAXONS.
CHAPTER XIV.
EXPEDITION OF ARTHUR, BAN, AND BOORS TO SUCCOUR LEODOGAN AT TAMELIDE.
CHAPTER XV.
EXPLOITS OF THE REBEL KINGS AGAINST THE SAXONS.
CHAPTER XVI.
MERLIN'S JOURNEY TO LOGRES AND VISIT TO GAWEIN. ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE CHILDREN AND ORIENX.
CHAPTER XVII.
DOINGS OF THE SAXONS IN THE LANDS OF KING CLARION AND DUKE ESCAM.
CHAPTER XVIII.
ADVENTURES OF GAWEIN AND HIS FELLOWS AT ARONDELL IN CORNWALL.
CHAPTER XIX.
MERLIN'S MEETING WITH LEONCE. HIS ADVENTURES WITH NIMIAME.
CHAPTER XX
MEETING OF THE PRINCES AT LEICESTER; RETURN OF MERLIN TO THE COURT OF LEODOGAN; BETROTHAL OF ARTHUR AND GONNORE; AND GREAT BATTLE WITH KING RION AND THE GIANTS
CHAPTER XXI.
ADVENTURES OF BAN AND GUYNEBANS; BOHORS' FIGHT WITH AMAUNT; MEETING OF THE CHILDREN WITH KING ARTHUR.
CHAPTER XXII.
BATTLE BEFORE THE CASTLE OF TREBES.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE DREAM OF THE WIFE OF KING BAN; THE DREAM OF JULIUS CESAR, EMPEROR OF ROME.
CHAPTER XXIV.
BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWELVE KINGS AND THE SAISNES BEFORE THE CITY OF CLARENCE.
CHAPTER XXV.
ARTHUR'S MEETING WITH LEODOGAN; MARRIAGE OF ARTHUR AND GONNORE.
CHAPTER XXVI.
BANISHMENT OF BERTELAK; FIGHT AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN ARTHUR AND LOOT; ARTHUR'S COURT AT LOGRES; VOWS OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE AND THE QUEEN'S KNIGHTS; THE TOURNAMENT.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE MISSION OF KING LOOTH AND HIS FOUR SONS TO MAKE TRUCE WITH THE REBEL KINGS; AND THEIR BATTLES WITH THE SAXONS.
CHAPTER XXVIII
ADVENTURES OF SEGRAMOR, GALASHIN, AND DODINELL; MERLIN'S VISITS TO BLASE AND TO THE PRINCES; ARTHUR'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE WAR.
CHAPTER XXIX.
PARLIAMENT OF THE PRINCES AT SALISBURY; THEIR HOMAGE TO ARTHUR; AND DEFEAT OF THE SAXONS.
CHAPTER XXX.
DEPARTURE OF BAN AND BOHORS, AND THEIR VISIT TO AGRAVADAIN.
CHAPTER XXXI.
ARTHUR'S GREAT FEAST AT CAMELOT; THE BATTLE BEFORE TORAISE, AND DEFEAT OF KING RION.
CHAPTER XXXII.
MERLIN'S INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM OF FLUALIS, AND HIS VISIT TO NIMIANE; THE KNIGHTING OF THE DWARF; THE EMBASSY FROM THE EMPEROR OF ROME; ARTHUR'S FIGHT WITH THE GIANT; THE BATTLE WITH THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
ARTHUR'S FIGHT WITH THE GREAT CAT; THE SEARCH FOR MERLIN, AND HIS IMPRISONMENT; THE TRANSFORMATION OF GAWEIN INTO A DWARF, AND RETURN TO HIS PROPER FORM; THE BIRTH OF LANCELOT.