{113b} If “ffosawd” ever bears the meaning assigned to it by Dr. Pughe, it must have derived it from the practise of fighting in the _fosse_ of a camp, (which would be peculiarly _gashing_) for on his own showing the word has no other etymon than that of “ffos,” a _ditch_, a _trench_. From the same root Merddin gives it the sense of burial—defossio. “A hyt vraut yth goffaaf Dy _ffossaut_ trallaut trymmaf.” (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 149.) Until doom will I remember Thy interment, which was a most heavy affliction. Likewise Taliesin;— “Hyd ydd aeth ef Ercwlf mur _ffosawd_ As arnut tywawd.” (Myv. Arch. i. p. 69.) Until he, Ercwlf, Descended into the fosse of the rampart, And was covered with sand. {114a} Their names are given in “Gwarchan Cynvelyn.” (Myv. Arch. vol. i. page 60. Davies’s Mythology, page 622.) Three warriors and three score and three hundred, To the conflict of Cattraeth went forth; Of those who hastened from the mead of the cup-bearers, Three only returned, Cynon and Cadreith, and Cadlew of Cadnant, And I myself from the shedding of blood.— {114b} The grave of Cynon is thus recorded;— “Bet gur gwaud urtin In uchel titin in isel gwelitin Bet Cynon mab Clytno Idin.” The grave of a warrior of high renown Is in a lofty region—but a lowly bed; The grave of Cynon the son of Clydno Eiddin. And in another stanza; “Piau y bet y dann y brin Bet gur gwrt yng Kiuiscin Bet Kinon mab Clytno Idin.” Whose is the grave beneath the hill? It is the grave of a warrior valiant in the conflict,— The grave of Cynon the son of Clydno Eiddin. (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 79.) A saying of Cadreith has been preserved in the Englynion y Clywed. “A glyweisti a gant Cadreith Fab Porthawr filwr areith Ni char Dofydd diobeith.” (Myv. Arch. i. 175.) Hast thou heard what Cadreith sang, The son of Porthawr, with the warlike speech? God loves not the despairer. {114c} “Gwenwawd.” It might be translated “flattering song,” but _candid_ or _sacred_ seems more consonant with the character of a Bard, whose motto was “Y gwir yn erbyn y byd.” We may presume that Aneurin on this occasion displayed his heraldic badge, which, according to the law of nations, would immediately cause a cessation of hostilities. “Tair braint Beirdd ynys Prydain; Trwyddedogaeth lle’r elont; nas dycer arv noeth yn eu herbyn: a gair eu gair hwy ar bawb.” The three primary privileges of the Bards of the Isle of Britain; maintenance wherever they go; that no naked weapon be borne in their presence; and their word be preferred to that of all others. (Institutional Triads. See also Myv. Arch. vol. iii. Laws of Dyvnwal Moelmud.) “Sed me per hostes Mercurius celer Denso paventem sustulit aere. (Horace Carm. lib. ii. Ode 7.)