ho accused his mother of sorcery. At that time, Vortigen was king of the Britons. The king was greatly troubled by a mysterious difficulty while trying to build a stone tower on a projection of ground surrounded by a lake that was to act as the tower’s natural defensive moat. The foundation of the tower appeared solid enough, but every night the ground beneath the tower would shake and cast down all the stones that had been placed the day before. Vortigen consulted with his diviners. They told him that it would be necessary to bathe the foundation of the tower in the freshly-spilled blood of a child that never had a father. Agents were sent across the land in search of such a child. They came by Merlin just as the young seer was being driven away by a group of boys who were loudly declaring that they would not play with Merlin because he had no father. The men of the king viewed this as a sign that they had found they child that they were in search of. Merlin amazed Vortigen by fearlessly telling the king that he was aware of the fate Vortigen was king of the Britons. The king was greatly troubled by a mysterious difficulty while trying to build a stone tower on a projection of ground surrounded by a lake that was to act as the tower’s natural defensive moat. The foundation of the tower appeared solid enough, but every night the ground beneath the tower would shake and cast down all the stones that had been placed the day before. Vortigen consulted with his diviners. They told him that it would be necessary to bathe the foundation of the tower in the freshly-spilled blood of a child that never had a father. Agents were sent across the land in search of such a child. They came by Merlin just as the young seer was being driven away by a group of boys who were loudly declaring that they would not play with Merlin because he had no father. The men of the king viewed this as a sign that they had found they child that they were in...
