Note 33 — Chapter XXXVII

Cf. with this the description in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte d’Arthur (book xxi, chap. iv) of the last and fatal combat between King Arthur and Sir Mordred: “And when Sir Mordred felt that he had his death-wound, he thrust himself unto the bur of King Arthur’s spear,” and with this final effort dealt a mortal blow on the king’s head.