Who owns the grave in the great plain, Proud his hand upon his spear? The grave of Beli son of Benlli Gawr. (Myv. Arch. v. i. p. 82.) Or Beli son of Rhun, a sovereign of North Wales. {139a} “Ffin;” i.e. the Catrail. {139b} The contrast between the appearances of the two heralds is remarkable. {139c} I.e. the “Nar,” the puny messenger of the Saxons, compared here to a “twrch,” a _boar_, or a _mole_. {139d} “Of a worthy character.” {139e} Or, “the battle spear.” {139f} “A clat,” cladd, a trench. “In those parts where it (the Catrail) is pretty entire,—the fosse is twenty-six and twenty-five feet broad; and in one place which was measured by Dr. Douglas, the fosse was twenty-seven and a half feet broad. But in those parts where the rampart has been most demolished, the fosse only measures twenty-two and a half feet, twenty, and eighteen; and in one place only sixteen feet wide.” Chalmers’s Caledonia, vol. i. Al. “aclut,” i.e. Alclud, (Dunbarton.) “The warriors upon the far-famed Alclyde.” {140a} Or, “in behalf of the power.” {140b} Being skilled in the knowledge of the stars. {140c} Lit. “For the falling.” To pull one’s hair was looked upon in the light of a great insult, as we may well infer from the kindred one of handling the beard, which was punishable by law. Thus e.g. a man might legally beat his wife “am ddymuno mevl ar varv ei gwr”—for wishing disgrace on the beard of her husband. Such a treatment appears to have been offered to Gwydion, which made his attendant determined upon avenging his cause. {140d} “Awyr eryr,” a title given to him in reference to the sublime character of his profession. Gwydien, or Gwydion, was one of the three blessed astronomers of the Isle of Britain, “Tri gwyn Seronyddion ynys Prydain. Idris Gawr, a Gwydion mab Don, a Gwyn ab Nudd; a chan vaint eu gwybodau am y ser a’u hanianau a’i hansoddau y darogenynt a chwenychid ei wybod hyd yn nydd brawd.” (Triad lxxxix. third series.) Two stanzas entitled “Cad Goddau,” published in the Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 167, are ascribed to him. He is reported to have been buried in Morva Dinllev. See Englynion y Beddau, (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 78.) {141a} Gwyddwg seems to have been in the service of Gwydien. {141b} Al. “protect him with his spear,” (wayw.) The other reading (waen) is preferred on account of the rhyme. {141c} “Murdyn;” it may be “mur dyn,” (_the bulwark of men_) as descriptive of the character of Morien, who is elsewhere styled “mur trin,” see line 382, note. {141d} We meet in British history with several instances of female heroism; the following Triad records the names of three viragos in particular;— “Tri gwrvorwyn ynys Prydain; Llewei verch Seithwedd Saidi; a Mederai Badellvawr, a Rhorei vawr verch Usber Galed.” (Triad 96, third series.) The Englynion Beddau y Milwyr point out the graves of others,—