If I had a nickel for every time King Arthur has an illegitimate son, I’d have two nickels. The man just ordered the midwife to abandon his illegitimate son with Angelica to the elements (in the hopes someone found him) because he didn’t want anyone finding out he fathered a bastard.
Luckily, the baby (who is christened Tom by his adoptive parents) is found. Meanwhile, Tom's biological mother, Angelica, is mourning the disappearance of her child (whom Arthur didn't inform about what he did).
References
Johnson, R. (1978). The most pleasant history of Tom A Lincolne (R. S. M. Hirsch, Ed.). University of South Carolina Press.












