Thomas Malory

==Sir Thomas Malory == (c. 1405 - 1471) British author

==Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469)== (first known publication 1485)

• It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was called the duke of Tintagil.

• Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise King born of all England.

• I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

• The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May.

• Queen Guinevere, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.

Attributed

• Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love may not endure by reason; for where they be soon accorded and hasty, heat soon it cooleth. Right so fareth love nowadays, soon hot soon cold: this is no stability. But the old love was not so.

External Links:

• Luminarium: Works of Sir Thomas Malory
• Sir Thomas Malory Society
• Caxton Edition, in Middle English at the University of Michigan