Antor (foster-father)

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Antor (foster-father) [p60]: e the semblaunce of a moche old (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And he hadde take the semblaunce of a moche olde man, and called to hym, and seide, “ Anrtor!"

• relationship: A father relationship is attested (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "aire and moche, and he hadde neuer soken other mylke but of his wif, and his sone he hadde made to be norysshed of a-nother woman, ne Antor wiste not whether he loved better, ne he cleped hym never but his sone, and he wende verily that he hadde ben his fader."

• attestation: Antor (foster-father) is attested [p65] in CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.: "Antor wiste not whether he loved be" (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "dde this ehilde norisshed till he was a moche man of xv yere of age, he hadde hym trewly norisshed, so that he was faire and moche, and he hadde neuer soken other mylke but of his wif, and his sone he hadde made to be norysshed of a-nother woman, ne Antor wiste not whether he loved better, ne he cle"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Antor (foster-father) [p67]: kepe this swerde, yede also to (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "In that maner thei a-biden oute the messe, and after thei wente to their hosteles to mete, and after mete, as they were vsed that tyme, yede the barouws and the knyghtes to boorde in a feire pleyn, and the x men that were ordeyned to kepe this swerde, yede also to se this bourdise."

• attestation: Antor (foster-father) is attested [p67] in CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.: "Antor hadde made his eldeste sone k" (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "And Antor hadde made his eldeste sone knyght at the halowtide be-fore yoole."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Antor (foster-father) [p68]: , and the swerde not ther-ynne, (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "Whan Antor sigh the ston, and the swerde not ther-ynne, he seide, “ Feire sone, how hadde ye this swerde?"

• attestation: Antor (foster-father) is attested [p68] in CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.: "Antor herde that, he leved it not," (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "Whan Antor herde that, he leved it not, but seide he dide lye."

• attestation: Antor (foster-father) arrives or returns [p69]: ndes, and com to the Arche- -1 (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "VL] ARTHUR TAKES OUT THE SWORD BEFORE THE PEOPLE 103 fTlhan Antor cleped alle his frendes, and com to the Arche- -1 bisshop, and seide, " Sir, lo, here is a childe of myn that is no knyght, that prayeth me that I wolde helpe that he myght assay the auenture of the swerde, and that it plese yow to cl"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Antor (foster-father) [p69]: lete the swerde be stille in t (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "” Thanne the barouns praide the bisshop to lete the swerde be stille in the ston till Candelmesse;"

• attestation: Antor (foster-father) is attested [p75] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Antor, and hym I delyuered ]?e chil" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "” an I hadde this childe, I yede to the gode knyght Merlin tells ’ * that is here, Antor, and hym I delyuered ]?"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Antor (foster-father) [p76]: n and the swerde, like as ye ha (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "for he sente the ston and the swerde, like as ye haue seyn, to make assay to alle the peple, who sholde be kynge."

• attestation: Antor (foster-father) is attested [p94] in CHAPTER IX: The: "Antor, and Guynebaus, that was bro¬" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "TTThan the tables were vp, arisen the thre kynges and the » * Archebisshop and Antor, and Guynebaus, that was bro¬ ther to the two kynges."