Malchik Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Excalibur perchance? Not a regular poster to these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveatar Posted November 20, 2003 Author Share Posted November 20, 2003 Excalibur perchance? Not a regular poster to these forums. Well that is close of course but there is a variation of the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Caliburn! Oo oo am I right? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveatar Posted November 20, 2003 Author Share Posted November 20, 2003 Right you are and for a rewardyou get a rendition of a portion of the final battle...courtesy ofRobert of Thornton -----------... That perceives our prince and presses to fast,Strikes into the stour by strenghe of his handes,Meetes with Sir Mordred; he meles unfair:"Turn, traitour untrew, thee tides no better;By grete God, thou shall die with dint of my handes!Thee shall rescue no renk ne riches in erthe!" The king with Caliburn knightly him strikes;The cantel of his clere sheld he carves in sonder,Into the shoulder of the shalk a shaftmonde largeThat the shire red blood shewed on the mailes!He shuddered and shrinkes and shuntes but little,But shockes in sharply in his sheen weedes;The felon with the fine sword freshly he strikes,The felettes of the ferrer side he flashes in sonder,Through jupon and gesseraunt of gentle mailes,The freke fiched in the flesh an half-foot large;That derf dint was his dede, and dole was the moreThat ever that doughty sholde die but at Drightens will! Yet with Caliburn his sword full knightly he strikes,Castes in his clere sheld and coveres him full fair,Swappes off the sword hand, als he by glentes -An inch fro the elbow he oched it in sonderThat he swoones on the swarth and on swim falles -Through bracer of brown steel and the bright mailes,That the hilt and the hand upon the hethe ligges. Then freshlich the freke the fente up-reres,Broches him in with the brand to the bright hiltes,And he brawles on the brand and bounes for to die."In faye," said the fey king, "sore me for-thinkesThat ever such a false thef so fair an end haves." -----------------But wait!, there's more! (tv ad words I hate) Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur. In some accounts it is the same as the sword that Arthur alone was able to draw from the stone, thus denoting his kingship. In other cases, it is a different sword, given him by the Lady of the Lake. On his death, it was eventually returned to the Lady of the Lake by Sir Bedivere. In Welsh legend, Arthur's sword is known as "Caliburn", which is thought by some to be a corruption of the name "Caledvwlch", a magic sword in the Mabinogion. Geoffrey of Monmouth also calls Arthur's sword "Caliburn" in his "History of the Kings of Britain", and it is thought that the name Excalibur is a corruption of this usage. Sir Thomas Malory says that Caliburn was the original name; when Caliburn was broken, it was re-forged into the sword and the new name Excalibur was bestowed upon it. However, the name is also close to the Latin phrase for 'out of the stone'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Yayyy thank you. I couldn't be bothered to read it all so it must have been good poetry! :whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveatar Posted November 20, 2003 Author Share Posted November 20, 2003 I wouldn't know if it is good poetry or not. Ye olde Anglish words are difficult for me to read. I can just manage to make out what is going on in the battle :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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