He brought ruin upon every fair region, {201c} And a fettering valour he displayed; The front of his shield was pierced; Caso Hir, arrayed in pomp, {201d} Protected Rhuvoniawg. A second time were they wounded, {201e} and crushed By his warlike steeds, and gore-stained were their coffins. {201f} Always immoveable, always liberal of aid, Would be his gallant nobles, when roused to anger. Severe in the conflict, with blades he slaughtered; And agonising news from the war he brought, Which he wove into a hundred songs for the calends of January. Adan {202a} the son of Urvei there did pierce, Adan pierced the haughty boar, Even he who was like Urien, {202b} a maid, and a hero. And as the youth was thus endowed with the properties of a king, Lord of Gwynedd, and of the blood of Cilydd, {202c} he proved our deliverer; Ere the turf was laid upon the face of the generous dead, Wisely did he seek the field, with praise and high sounding fame: The grave of Gorthyn Hir {202d} is seen {202e} from the highlands of Rhuvoniawg. XCVI. On account of the piercing of the skilful and most learned man, {203a} On account of the fair corpse, which fell prostrate upon the ground, Thrice six officers judged the atrocious deed {203b} at the hour of mattins, And Morien lifted up again his ancient lance, And, roaring, stretched out {203c} death Towards the warriors, the Gwyddyl, {203d} and the Prydyn; {203e} Whilst towards the lovely, slender, blood-stained body of Gwen, Sighed Gwenabwy, the only son of Gwen. XCVII. On account of the afflicting {203f} of the skilful and most learned man Grievously and deeply, when he fell prostrate upon the ground, The banner was pompously {204a} unfurled, and borne by a man in the flank; {204b} A tumultuous scene was beheld {204c} in Eiddin, and on the battle field. The grasp of his hand performed deeds of valour Upon the Cynt, {204d} the Gwyddyl, and the Prydyn. He who meddles with the mane of a wolf, without a club In his hand, will have it gorgeously emblazoned on his robe. Fain would I sing,—“would that Morien had not died.” I sigh for Gwenabwy, the son of Gwen. {204e} Footnotes: {0a} Perhaps Cawlwyd is a compound of Caw Clwyd, that is, the Clyde of Caw. {0b} Institutional Triads. {0c} Ibid. {0d} Myvyrian Archaiology, vol. i. page 60. {0e} Bardic Triads. {0f} Bardic Triads. {0g} Triad 48, third series. {0h} Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 308. {0i} Ib. p. 403. {0j} Ib. p. 504. {0k} Gwilym Tew flourished A.D. 1340–1470, and Rhys Nanmor, A.D. 1440–1480. {0l} In this eText the extensive alternate readings, mentioned in this passage, are not given. There are so many that it becomes impossible to read the Welsh text because of the continual footnotes. {1a} Tacit. Julii Agric. vita, cap. xiv. {1b} Cambrian Biography, sub voce. {1c} Stevenson’s Nennius, p. 52. {2a} It is stated in the Iolo MSS. that Cunedda Wledig held his court in Carlisle. {2b} Am. Marcel. 1. 20. {3a} Triad 39, third series.