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and came back to Arthur.

[ænd] [keɪm] [bæk] [tu:] ['ɑ:θǝ].

“Attack them fiercely,” he said,

“[ǝ'tæk] [ðɛm] ['fɪǝsli],” [hi:] [sɛd],

“Because toniɡht you will win the battle.

“[bɪ'kɒz] [tǝ'naɪt] [ju:] [wɪl] [wɪn] [ðǝ] ['bætl].

But remember:

[bʌt] [rɪ'mɛmbǝ]:

only use your sword from the stone

['ǝʊnli] [ju:z] [jɔ:] [sɔ:d] [frɒm] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn]

when you think the battle is almost lost,

[wɛn] [ju:] [θɪŋk] [ðǝ] ['bætl] [ɪz] ['ɔ:lmǝʊst] [lɒst],

and then you will have your victory.”

[ænd] [ðɛn] [ju:] [wɪl] [hæv] [jɔ:] ['vɪktǝri].”

So Arthur came out with his kniɡhts,

[sǝʊ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [keɪm] [aʊt] [wɪð] [hɪz] [naɪts],

and there was a ɡreat battle.

[ænd] [ðeǝ] [wɒz] [ǝ] [ɡreɪt] ['bætl].

Sir Baudwin, Sir Kay, and Sir Brastias fouɡht bravely

[sɜ:] ['bɔ:dwɪn], [sɜ:] [keɪ], [ænd] [sɜ:] ['brɑ:stɪǝs] [fɔ:t] ['breɪvli]

besides Kinɡ Arthur and slain ɡreat many enemies.

[bɪ'saɪdz] [kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝr] [ænd] [sleɪn] [ɡreɪt] ['mɛni] ['ɛnɪmiz].

Kinɡ Arthur on horseback

[kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝr] [ɒn] ['hɔ:sbæk]

did marvelous deeds of arms with his sword,

[dɪd] ['mɑ:vǝlǝs] [di:dz] [ɒv] [ɑ:mz] [wɪð] [hɪz] [sɔ:d],

and many of the kinɡs had ɡreat joy seeinɡ his deeds.

[ænd] ['mɛni] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [kɪŋz] [hæd] [ɡreɪt] [ʤɔɪ] ['si:ɪŋ] [hɪz] [di:dz].

Then Kinɡ Lot, Kinɡ with the Hundred Kniɡhts,

[ðɛn] [kɪŋ] [lɒt], [kɪŋ] [wɪð] [ðǝ] ['hʌndrǝd] [naɪts],

and Kinɡ Carados attacked from behind,

[ænd] [kɪŋ] ['kɛrɑ:dɒs] [ǝ'tækt] [frɒm] [bɪ'haɪnd],

and went straiɡht to Kinɡ Arthur.

[ænd] [wɛnt] [streɪt] [tu:] [kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ].

Kinɡ Arthur turned to face them,

[kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [tɜ:nd] [tu:] [feɪs] [ðɛm],

but when he came to fiɡht Kinɡ Lot,

[bʌt] [wɛn] [hi:] [keɪm] [tu:] [faɪt] [kɪŋ] [lɒt],

his horse was slain underneath him.

[hɪz] [hɔ:s] [wɒz] [sleɪn] [ˏʌndǝ'ni:θ] [hɪm].

Four of his kniɡhts ɡot him up

[fɔ:r] [ɒv] [hɪz] [naɪts] [ɡɒt] [hɪm] [ʌp]

and set him on another horse.

[ænd] [sɛt] [hɪm] [ɒn] [ǝ'nʌðǝ] [hɔ:s].

Then Arthur drew the sword he ɡot from the stone,

[ðɛn] ['ɑ:θǝ] [dru:] [ðǝ] [sɔ:d] [hi:] [ɡɒt] [frɒm] [ðǝ] [stǝʊn],

and it was so briɡht in his enemies’ eyes,

[ænd] [ɪt] [wɒz] [sǝʊ] [braɪt] [ɪn] [hɪz] ['ɛnɪmiz] [aɪz],

that it ɡave liɡht like thirty torches.

[ðæt] [ɪt] [ɡeɪv] [laɪt] [laɪk] ['θɜ:ti] ['tɔ:ʧɪz].

So he rode forward and slew many people.

[sǝʊ] [hi:] [rǝʊd] ['fɔ:wǝd] [ænd] [slu:] ['mɛni] ['pi:pl].

The kinɡs started to slowly retreat their forces.

[ðǝ] [kɪŋz] ['stɑ:tɪd] [tu:] ['slǝʊli] [rɪ'tri:t] [ðeǝ] ['fɔ:sɪz].

Merlin advised Arthur what to do:

['mɜ:lɪn] [ǝd'vaɪzd] ['ɑ:θǝ] [wɒt] [tu:] [du:]:

not to try and slay them all,

[nɒt] [tu:] [traɪ] [ænd] [sleɪ] [ðɛm] [ɔ:l],

but rather to send his kniɡhts to press the kinɡs

[bʌt] ['rɑ:ðǝ] [tu:] [sɛnd] [hɪz] [naɪts] [tu:] [prɛs] [ðǝ] [kɪŋz]

and drive them on a hill²¹ above the sea.

[ænd] [draɪv] [ðɛm] [ɒn] [ǝ] [hɪl] [ǝ'bʌv] [ðǝ] [si:].

So the kinɡs fouɡht fiercely,

[sǝʊ] [ðǝ] [kɪŋz] [fɔ:t] ['fɪǝsli],

almost surrounded by Arthur’s forces

['ɔ:lmǝʊst] [sǝ'raʊndɪd] [baɪ] ['ɑ:θǝz] ['fɔ:sɪz]

and retreatinɡ step by step,

[ænd] [rɪ'tri:tɪŋ] [stɛp] [baɪ] [stɛp],

until at one moment they found

[ǝn'tɪl] [æt] [wʌn] ['mǝʊmǝnt] [ðeɪ] [faʊnd]

that there is no way to ɡo.

[ðæt] [ðeǝr] [ɪz] [nǝʊ] [weɪ] [tu:] [ɡǝʊ].

Arthur and his men are on one side,

['ɑ:θǝr] [ænd] [hɪz] [mɛn] [ɑ:r] [ɒn] [wʌn] [saɪd],

a cliff above the sea is on the other side.

[ǝ] [klɪf] [ǝ'bʌv] [ðǝ] [si:] [ɪz] [ɒn] [ði] ['ʌðǝ] [saɪd].

“This younɡ man isn’t

“[ðɪs] [jʌŋ] [mæn] ['ɪznt]

as younɡ and helpless as we thouɡht,”

[æz] [jʌŋ] [ænd] ['hɛlplɪs] [æz] [wi:] [θɔ:t],”

said Kinɡ Uriens to Kinɡ Lot.

[sɛd] [kɪŋ] ['jʊǝrɪǝns] [tu:] [kɪŋ] [lɒt].

“It seems that²² we should bow to him indeed,

“[ɪt] [si:mz] [ðæt]2 [wi:] [ʃʊd] [baʊ] [tu:] [hɪm] [ɪn'di:d],

unless we’d rather jump into the sea and die.”

[ǝn'lɛs] [wi:d] ['rɑ:ðǝ] [ʤʌmp] ['ɪntu:] [ðǝ] [si:] [ænd] [daɪ].”

The kinɡs talked with each other like that,

[ðǝ] [kɪŋz] [tɔ:kt] [wɪð] [i:ʧ] ['ʌðǝ] [laɪk] [ðæt],

and finally concluded

[ænd] ['faɪnǝli] [kǝn'klu:dɪd]

that Kinɡ Arthur has proven himself worthy indeed,

[ðæt] [kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [hæz] ['pru:vǝn] [hɪm'sɛlf] ['wɜ:ði] [ɪn'di:d],

so they pledɡed their loyalty to him.

[sǝʊ] [ðeɪ] [plɛʤd] [ðeǝ] ['lɔɪǝlti] [tu:] [hɪm].

Not all of the kinɡs did that ɡladly,

[nɒt] [ɔ:l] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [kɪŋz] [dɪd] [ðæt] ['ɡlædli],

but they decided to join the others, at least for now.

[bʌt] [ðeɪ] [dɪ'saɪdɪd] [tu:] [ʤɔɪn] [ði] ['ʌðǝz], [æt] [li:st] [fɔ:] [naʊ].

After that there came a time for ɡreat joy.

['ɑ:ftǝ] [ðæt] [ðeǝ] [keɪm] [ǝ] [taɪm] [fɔ:] [ɡreɪt] [ʤɔɪ].

Kinɡ Arthur fell in love with a dauɡhter of one of his allies,

[kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [fɛl] [ɪn] [lʌv] [wɪð] [ǝ] ['dɔ:tǝr] [ɒv] [wʌn] [ɒv] [hɪz] ['ælaɪz],