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Quotation from Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory

“Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England.”

Thomas Malory (spoken by Inscription on the sword)

Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Ch. V (Project Gutenberg #1251 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text))

Portrait of Thomas Malory

Letters of gold around the sword in the churchyard stone after the Christmas mass.

Citation: "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England." — Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Ch. V (Project Gutenberg #1251 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text)). (id le-morte-darthur-q2)

Portrait: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, Cedric Chivers / Aubrey Beardsley, Public domain.

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