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At a feast King Leodegrance asked , “ What shall I give you with my daughter ? ” Arthur turned to Merlin . “ In Uther’s days I made him a table , ” said Merlin . “ It was round , so people called it the Round Table . It had seats for the fifty best knights in the world . When a worthy knight came , his name appeared on his seat in letters of gold . One seat was called the Seat Perilous , the dangerous seat . Only one knight in the world could sit in it safely . When Uther died , the table went to King Leodegrance . Now his knights have left him , and it stands empty . ” “ Then take it , ” said Leodegrance , “ because your glory will be my glory . ” In the early autumn Arthur married Guinevere in the great church at Camelot . The streets were covered with carpets and flowers , and all the bells rang . That afternoon Merlin led everyone into a great tent that he had built partly by magic . Its roof was blue like the sky , with stars and a golden sun . In the middle stood the Round Table . Merlin led Arthur to a high carved seat , and golden letters appeared on it : “ Arthur , King . ” “ Fill all the seats quickly , Merlin , ” said the King , “ so that my glory is complete . ” Merlin smiled , but not happily . “ When every seat is full , your glory will be complete , ” he said , “ and then your day will begin to end . ” Arthur looked at him steadily . “ I am in God’s hands , ” he said . “ Let His will be done . ” “ Only thirty - two knights here are worthy to sit at the table , ” said Merlin . First he took King Pellinore by the hand . At once Pellinore’s name appeared in gold on the seat at the King’s left . Then Merlin chose Sir Gawaine and Sir Ewaine , Sir Kay , Sir Pellias , Sir Geraint , Sir Griflet , Sir Bedevere and many others . Each time a name appeared in gold . But the seat at the King’s right hand stayed empty . “ Whose seat is that ? ” asked Arthur . “ A knight will come soon who will be greater than all the others , ” said Merlin . “ That seat is his . ” Then the knights stood up and held up the cross - shaped handles of their swords . They promised to be gentle to the weak , brave against the strong and terrible to the wicked . They promised to help anyone in need , to defend each other and to show mercy to all . They promised to be true in friendship and faithful in love . So King Arthur married Queen Guinevere , and so the Round Table began . IX . Merlin and Vivien Some time later eight knights of the Round Table died in a war . For the last empty seat Arthur chose Sir Tor , King Pellinore’s son , because of his brave deeds . He did not choose Sir Baudemagus , the son of Queen Morgana le Fay . Queen Morgana , Arthur’s half - sister and King Urien’s wife , was furious . “ He has not chosen his own nephew ! ” she cried .
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