▁I ▁pray ▁you ▁all ▁pray ▁for ▁my ▁soul . ▁For ▁this ▁book ▁was ▁ended ▁the ▁nin th ▁year ▁of ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁King ▁Edward ▁the ▁Four th ▁by ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Male ore , ▁kn ight , ▁as ▁Jes u ▁help ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁great ▁might , ▁as ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁servant ▁of ▁Jes u ▁both ▁day ▁and ▁night ." ▁▁ ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁sentence ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁col oph on , ▁all ▁the ▁above ▁references ▁to ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁as ▁a ▁kn ight ▁are , ▁gram matically ▁speaking , ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁person ▁singular , ▁which ▁leaves ▁open ▁the ▁possibility ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁added ▁by ▁a ▁copy ist , ▁either ▁in ▁Ca xt on ' s ▁work shop ▁or ▁elsewhere . ▁However , ▁scholar ly ▁cons ensus , ▁as ▁has ▁been ▁previously ▁mentioned ▁in ▁this ▁article , ▁is ▁that ▁these ▁references ▁to ▁kn ighth ood ▁refer ▁to ▁a ▁real ▁person ▁and ▁that ▁that ▁person ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur . ▁ ▁The ▁author ▁was ▁educated , ▁as ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁material ▁" was ▁drawn ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁French ," ▁which ▁suggests ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁French ▁flu ency ▁indicating ▁that ▁he ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁from ▁a ▁wealth y ▁family . ▁ ▁A ▁claim ant ' s ▁age ▁must ▁also ▁fit ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁writing . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel ▁By ▁far ▁the ▁lik eli est ▁candidate ▁for ▁the ▁author ship ▁is ▁Thomas ▁Mal ory ▁of ▁New bold ▁Re vel ▁in