Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Caerleon

on the Usk, in Wales. The habitual residence of King Arthur, where he lived in splendid state, surrounded by hundreds of knights, twelve of whom he selected as Knights of the Round Table.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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