Le Morte Darthur, Chapter 47 summary
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In Chapter 47, King Arthur grants Aries the cowherd’s request to make Tor a knight, while reserving a seat at the Round Table until Tor proves himself worthy. Merlin then names King Pellinore as Tor’s father, and Tor’s mother confirms an encounter before her marriage that supports this revelation.
What happens
- Aries the cowherd asks Arthur to knight Tor, who rejects farm work and longs for battles and knights.
- Arthur summons Aries’s other sons and sees that Tor differs from them in size and appearance.
- Tor kneels with his drawn sword, and Arthur knights him but makes a seat at the Round Table depend on proven worth.
- Merlin declares that King Pellinore, not Aries, is Tor’s father.
- Tor’s mother describes a partly forced encounter before her marriage, and Tor asks Merlin not to dishonor her.
- Merlin presents Tor’s royal father as an advantage, and Aries finds comfort in the timing of Tor’s conception.
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