Thentoproceedforthnthssadbook，whchdrectuntoallnobleprnces，lordsandlades，gentlemenorgentlewomen，thatdesretoreadorhearreadofthenobleandjoyoushstoryofthegreatconquerorandexcellentkng，KngArthur，sometmekngofthsnoblerealm，thencalledBrtan；，WllamCaxton，smpleperson，presentthsbookfollowng，whchhaveenprsedtomprnt：andtreatethofthenobleacts，featsofarmsofchvalry，prowess，hardness，humanty，love，courtesy，andverygentleness，wthmanywonderfulhstoresandadventures。Andfortounderstandbreflythecontentofthsvolume，havedvdedtntoBooks，andeverybookchaptered，ashereaftershallbyGod’sgracefollow。TheFrstBookshalltreathowUtherPendragongatthenobleconquerorKngArthur，andcontanethchapters。TheSecondBooktreatethofBalnthenobleknght，andcontanethchapters。TheThrdBooktreatethofthemarrageofKngArthurtoQueenGuenever，wthothermatters，andcontanethchapters。TheFourthBook，howMerlnwasassotted，andofwarmadetoKngArthur，andcontanethchapters。TheFfthBooktreatethoftheconquestofLucustheemperor，andcontanethchapters。
TheSxthBooktreatethofSrLauncelotandSrLonel，andmarvellousadventures，andcontanethchapters。TheSeventhBooktreatethofanobleknghtcalledSrGareth，andnamedbySrKayBeaumans，andcontanethchapters。TheEghthBooktreatethofthebrthofSrTrstramthenobleknght，andofhsacts，andcontanethxlchapters。TheNnthBooktreatethofaknghtnamedbySrKayLeCoteMaleTalle，andalsoofSrTrstram，andcontanethxlvchapters。TheTenthBooktreatethofSrTrstram，andothermarvellousadventures，andcontanethlchapters。TheEleventhBooktreatethofSrLauncelotandSrGalahad，andcontanethchapters。TheTwelfthBooktreatethofSrLauncelotandhsmadness，andcontanethchapters。TheThrteenthBooktreatethhowGalahadcamefrsttokngArthur’scourt，andthequesthowtheSangrealwasbegun，andcontanethchapters。
TheFourteenthBooktreatethofthequestoftheSangreal，andcontanethchapters。TheFfteenthBooktreatethofSrLauncelot，andcontanethvchapters。TheSxteenthBooktreatethofSrBorsandSrLonelhsbrother，andcontanethchapters。TheSeventeenthBooktreatethoftheSangreal，andcontanethchapters。TheEghteenthBooktreatethofSrLauncelotandthequeen，andcontanethchapters。TheNneteenthBooktreatethofQueenGueneverandLauncelot，andcontanethchapters。TheTwentethBooktreatethofthepteousdeathofArthur，andcontanethchapters。TheTwenty-frstBooktreatethofhslastdepartng，andhowSrLauncelotcametorevengehsdeath，andcontanethchapters。Thesumstwenty-onebooks，whchcontanthesumoffvehundredandsevenchapters，asmoreplanlyshallfollowhereafter。
HowUtherPendragonsentforthedukeofCornwallandgranehswfe，andoftherdepartngsuddenlyagan。
TbefellnthedaysofUtherPendragon，whenhewaskngofallEngland，andsoregned，thattherewasamghtydukenCornwallthatheldwaragansthmlongtme。AndthedukewascalledtheDukeofTntagl。AndsobymeansKngUthersentforthsduke，chargnghmtobrnghswfewthhm，forshewascalledafarlady，andapassngwse，andhernamewascalledgrane。