- 7. He must be noble, kingly, to have inspired such devotion as Bedivere shows. Hear what the latter says:
“My King,
King everywhere! and so the dead have kings,
There also will I worship thee as King.”
- 8. He is a warrior to the last. Listen to his reply to Bedivere:
“King am I, whatsoever be their cry;
And one last act of kinghood shalt thou see
Yet, ere I pass.”
- 9. He is resigned: “Let what will be, be.”
- 10. He is faithful to the trust imposed upon him when he acquired Excalibur. Three times he sends Bedivere to cast the sword into the mere. The last time he says:
“But, if thou spare to fling Excalibur,
I will arise and slay thee with my hands.”
- 11. He loves truth and reveres it:
“This is a shameful thing for men to lie.”