‘Thus endeth thys noble and Ioyous book entytled le morte
Darthur/Notwithstondyng it treateth of the byrth/lyf/and actes of
the sayd kynge Arthur/of his noble knyghtes of the rounde
table/theyr meruayllous enquestes and aduentures/thachyeuyng of the
sangreal/& in thende the dolourous deth & departyng out of thys
world of them al/Whiche book was reduced in to englysshe by syr
Thomas Malory knyght as afore is sayd/and by me deuyded in to xxi
bookes chapytred and enprynted/and fynysshed in thabbey westmestre
the last day of Iuyl the yere of our lord M/CCCC/lxxx/V/ Caxton me
fieri fecit.’/