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it within about twenty acres full of ruins and relics of old 
buildings.” 
In the “ History of King Arthur ” (Chap. 26), Camelot 
is located in the west of England, Somersetshire ; while in 
Chapter 44, it is related that Sir Balen’s sword “ swam 
down the stream to the citie of Camelot, that is, in 
English, Winchesters When Caxton finished the print¬ 
ing of the “Mort d’Arthur,”* he says of the hero:— 
“ He is more spoken of beyond the sea, .... and 
yet of record remain witness of him in Wales , in the 
town of Camelot, the great stones and marvelous 
works,” &c. Tennyson, in his “ Mort d’Arthur,” twice 
mentions Camelot, and in his “ Lady of Shalott ” 
frequently alludes to “ many-tower’d Camelot,” but in 
neither poem is any clue to its precise situation 
given. 
“ Mercutio. Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I 
am done ; for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of 
thy wits, than, I am sure, I have in my whole five. Was 
I with you there for the goose ? 
Romeo. Thou wast never with me for anything, when 
thou wast not there for the goose. 
Mer. I will bite thee by the ear for that jest. 
Rom. Nay, good goose, bite not. 
* Translated from the French by Sir Thos. Mallory, Knt., and first printed by 
Caxton, a.d. 1481. 
