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Quotation from Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory

“Hic jacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus.”

Thomas Malory (spoken by Narrator (inscription reported on Arthur's tomb))

Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI, Ch. VII (Project Gutenberg #1252 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text))

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Malory reports that some say Arthur is not dead and will come again, and that his tomb calls him the once and future king.

Citation: "Hic jacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus." — Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI, Ch. VII (Project Gutenberg #1252 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text)). (id le-morte-darthur-q7)

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

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