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.
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}
{ 0a} Perhaps Cawlwyd is a compound of Caw Clwyd, that is, the Clyde of Caw.
{ 0d} Myvyrian Archaiology, vol. i. page 60.
{ 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.
{ 2a} It is stated in the Iolo MSS. that Cunedda Wledig held his court in Carlisle.
{ 5a} Chalmers’s Caledonia, v. i. pp. 239, &c.
{ 79a} Or, “The youth was endowed with a manly disposition,” the word _oed_ being taken as a verb (oedd) rather than as a substantive; though it ought to be remarked, as indicative of the sense in which it was regarded by the copyist, that MS. No. 3, which has generally supplied the _dd_ where it was considered necessary, has it not in the present instance.
{ 79b} Al. charger, in the singular number. The favourite steed of our hero, supposing him to be the son of Urien Rheged, is, in the Triads, called “Carnavlawg” (cloven-hoofed) and is said to have been “one of the three horses of depredation of the Isle of Britain,” (Myv. Arch. vol. ii. page 20.) Taliesin in his Elegy on Owain son of Urien, describes him as