Then Uther answered: "Brother, here is the countryman, and he is Merlin." Then were the princes much rejoiced, and thanked Merlin for his timely aid. And in the morning the Danes and Saxons yielded up their citadel, and asked leave to sail away to their own land.
So the country was once more free; and the Britons took Uther-Pendragon, the elder of the brothers, and crowned him King at Winchester.
For seven long years he reigned and prospered; and Merlin was counsellor not only to him, but to his son, the great King Arthur, after him.
Amongst the deeds which were performed by the magician to please the King, it is told:
"How Merlin, by his skill, and magic's wondrous might,
From Ireland hither brought the Stonendge in a night."
DRAYTON.
And many of these stones may still be seen standing upon Salisbury Plain.
From the Romance of Merlin. Thirteenth or fourteenth century.