...thorowe his owne yssue the duke hymself was slayne or euer the kynge cam at the castel of Tyntigail, so after the deth of the duke kyng Uther lay with...thre houres after his deth, and begat on her that nygz arthur, & or day cam Merlyn ca to the kyng, & bad hym make hym redy, & so he kist the lady Igrayne...

...fingís, .for wark mere profitable 'and more gostly. 1485(al470) Malory Wks. (Caxton: Vinaver) 9/22: After the deth of the duke, kyng Uther lay with Igrayne more than thre houres after his deth. al500 *Sidrak & B. 441: Pe aungelfs] of heuene light. . ben so noble and so bright, More fan the sonne...

...straightforward terms that emphasise not magic but its lawful timing, 'after the deth of the duke [Gorlois] kyng Uther lay with Igrayne, more than thre houres...after his deth, and begat on her that nygh<t> Arthur . . .' (I, 9, lines 21-24). Its status as, in 7 Sir Thomas Malory, The Works of Sir Thomas Malory,...