Mythology, Celtic -- Wales; Tales -- Wales; Welsh literature -- 1100-1400 -- Translations into English
Then Glewlwyd went into the Hall. And Arthur said to him, “Hast thou
news from the gate?”—“Half of my life is past, and half of thine. I was
heretofore in Kaer Se and Asse, in Sach and Salach, in Lotor and Fotor;
and I have been heretofore in India the Great and India the Lesser; and I
was in the battle of Dau Ynyr, when the twelve hostages were brought from
Llychlyn. And I have also been in Europe, and in Africa, and in the
islands of Corsica, and in Caer Brythwch, and Brythach, and Verthach; and
I was present when formerly thou didst slay the family of Clis the son of
Merin, and when thou didst slay Mil Du the son of Ducum, and when thou
didst conquer Greece in the East. And I have been in Caer Oeth and
Annoeth, and in Caer Nevenhyr; nine supreme sovereigns, handsome men, saw
we there, but never did I behold a man of equal dignity with him who is
now at the door of the portal.” Then said Arthur, “If walking thou didst
enter in here, return thou running. And every one that beholds the
light, and every one that opens and shuts the eye, let them shew him
respect, and serve him, some with gold-mounted drinking-horns, others
with collops cooked and peppered, until food and drink can be prepared
for him. It is unbecoming to keep such a man as thou sayest he is, in
the wind and the rain.” Said Kai, “By the hand of my friend, if thou
wouldest follow my counsel, thou wouldest not break through the laws of
the Court because of him.” “Not so, blessed Kai. It is an honour to us
to be resorted to, and the greater our courtesy the greater will be our
renown, and our fame, and our glory.”
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