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CIT_ART_MERLIN_GEOFFR,ENT_ART_MERLIN,SRC_GEOFFREY_MONMOUTH,"Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae","Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae","Legions, went to the king, and said, ""If any one living is able to execute your commands, Merlin, the prophet of Vortigern, is the man. In my opinion there is not in all your kingdom a person of a brighter genius, either in predicting future events, or in mechanical contrivances.",J. A. Giles,1848,https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37848,primary-verbatim,,2026-06-18,name-anchored (note-keyword scored) + substring gate; locus per attestation,1,1,"English translation (J. A. Giles, in Old English Chronicles, Gutenberg #37848) located by name; verify book.chapter.",