After the death of Uther Pendragon, the leaders of the Britons gathered in thetown of Silchester and there suggested to Dubricius, the archbishop ofCaerleon, that he should crown Arthur, the son of Uther, as their king. ... Arthurwas a young man only fifteen years old; but he was of outstanding courageand generosity, and his inborn goodness gave him such grace that he wasloved by almost all the people. Once he had been invested with the royalinsignia, he observed the normal custom of giving gifts freely to everyone.Such a great crowd of soldiers flocked to him that he came to an end of whathe had to distribute. However, the man to whom openhandedness and braveryboth come naturally may indeed find himself momentarily in need, but povertywill never harass him for long. In Arthur courage was closely linked withgenerosity, and he made up his mind to harry the Saxons, so that with theirwealth he might reward the retainers who served his own household. Thejustness of his cause encouraged him, for he had a claim by rightfulinheritance to the kingship of the whole island. He therefore called together allthe young men whom I have just mentioned and marched on York.

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