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CALIBURNE
, Gladius celeberrimi Arthuri Regis Britann. sic dictus, ut ille Caroli Magni apud Turpinum Durendal, pag. 688. Hovedenus et Bromptonus in Ricardo I : Contra Rex Angliæ (Ric.) dedit Regi Tancredo gladium illum optimum, quem Caliburne vocant. Spelmannus addit, quem Britones, etc. Hincque suspicio est vocem esse Britannicam, vel potius hibridam, a Latino Chalybs et Britannico Houarn Ferrum. Vide Galfridum Monemuthensem lib. 7. cap. 7. et Florilegum ann. 520. Bened. abb. Petroburg. in vita Henr. II. reg. Angl. tom. 2. pag. 642 : Rex Angliæ dedit ei (Tancredo regi Siciliæ) gladium optimum Arcturi, nobilis quondam regis Britonum, quem Britones vocaverunt Caliburnum.

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