Mythology, Celtic -- Wales; Tales -- Wales; Welsh literature -- 1100-1400 -- Translations into English
strong for the age that he was of.
Then he shut the door, and went into the chamber where his wife was.
“Lady,” said he, “art thou sleeping?” “No, lord,” said she, “I was
asleep, but as thou camest in I did awake.” “Behold, here is a boy for
thee if thou wilt,” said he, “since thou hast never had one.” “My lord,”
said she, “what adventure is this?” “It was thus,” said Teirnyon; and he
told her how it all befell. “Verily, lord,” said she, “what sort of
garments are there upon the boy?” “A mantle of satin,” said he. “He is
then a boy of gentle lineage,” she replied. “My lord,” she said, “if
thou wilt, I shall have great diversion and mirth. I will call my women
unto me, and tell them that I have been pregnant.” “I will readily grant
thee to do this,” he answered. And thus did they, and they caused the
boy to be baptized, and the ceremony was performed there; and the name
which they gave unto him was Gwri Wallt Euryn, because what hair was upon
his head was as yellow as gold. And they had the boy nursed in the Court
until he was a year old. And before the year was over he could walk
stoutly. And he was larger than a boy of three years old, even one of
great growth and size. And the boy was nursed the second year, and then
he was as large as a child six years old. And before the end of the
fourth year, he would bribe the grooms to allow him to take the horses to
water. “My lord,” said his wife unto Teirnyon, “where is the colt which
thou didst save on the night that thou didst find the boy?” “I have
commanded the grooms of the horses,” said he, “that they take care of
him.” “Would it not be well, lord,” said she, “if thou wert to cause him
to be broken in, and given to the boy, seeing that on the same night that
thou didst find the boy, the colt was foaled and thou didst save him?”
“I will not oppose thee in this matter,” said Teirnyon. “I will allow
thee to give him the colt.” “Lord,” said she, “may Heaven reward thee; I
will give it him.” So the horse was given to the boy. Then she went to
the grooms and those who tended the horses, and commanded them to be
careful of the horse, so that he might be broken in by the time that the
boy could ride him.
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