The poet describes how, after the fall of Troy, Aeneas and his kin founded countries in the west. Brutus founded Britain, where joy and sorrow alternate. Of all the great heroes of Britain, King Arthur is the greatest. The poet says he will tell, if his audience will hear it, of an adventure unmatched among Arthur's exploits, told the way the poet heard it, in fine poetry.
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