Now assay, said Sir Ector unto Sir Kay. And anon he
pulled at the sword with all his might; but it would not be. Now shall
ye assay, said Sir Ector to Arthur. I will well, said Arthur, and
pulled it out easily. And therewithal Sir Ector knelt down to the
earth, and Sir Kay. Alas, said Arthur, my own dear father and brother,
why kneel ye to me? Nay, nay, my lord Arthur, it is not so; I was
never your father nor of your blood, but I wot well ye are of an higher
blood than I weened ye were. And then Sir Ector told him all, how
he was betaken him for to nourish him, and by whose commandment, and
by Merlin's deliverance.
