Smooth its songs, on its festival, And my intelligent Lord, a splendid distributor, He gave me mead and wine from a crystal cup. v. A pleasant Caer there is on the shore of the gulf, I know in Dinbych, white with sea-mews, His song (was) solace, the king of splendid war. VI. A pleasant Caer there is, that is supported with gifts, Mine were its fords, should I have chosen. I will not speak of the progress of the law that I had kept, He deserves not a New Year's gift that knows not this. While the waves continue to be agitated about it, If necessary, far into a cell I would penetrate. VII. A pleasant Caer there is, rising up, May we have shares in its meads and praises. A cormorant approaches me, long its wings, There comes to the top of the scream of the sea-birds. And the gray wolf the best of conflicts. May there be derived from above the banquet The blessing of the beneficent Ruler of Heaven's Upon them; may He make denizens (there) the VIII. A pleasant Caer there is on the margin of the flood. Address thou Gwyned, be thine the increase. Thursday, to their disgrace they returned. And there were crimsoned hair, and clamorous woe. came. And on Cevn Llech Vaelwy shields they will break. XXVI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN VIII. Text, vol. ii. p. 10. Notes, vol. ii. p. 329. 1. HE three depredatory horses of the Isle of Carnawlawg, the horse of Owain the son of Urien ; II. The three draught-horses of the Isle of Prydain Arvul Melyn, the horse of Pasgen the son of Urien ; Du Hir Terwenydd, the horse of Selyv the son of Cynan Garwyn; And Drudlwyd, the horse of Rhydderch Hael. III. The three spirited horses of the Isle of Prydain :- Rhuthr Eon Tuth Blaidd, the horse of Gilbert the son of Cadgyffro; And Ceincaled, the horse of Gwalchmai. IV. The three high-mettled horses of the Isle of Prydain :Lluagor, the horse of Caradawg; And Melynlas, the horse of Caswallawn the son of Beli. XXVIII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXV. Text, vol. ii. p. 175. Notes, vol. ii. p. 409. ET broke out with matchless fury. The rapid vehement fire. Him we praise above the earth, Fire, the fiery meteor of the dawn. Above the high gale, Higher than every cloud. Great his animal. He will not delay Nor the wedding-feast of Llyr. 10. His path is like a water-course, At the meet season of his turnings, I am not a man, cowardly, gray, 20. A scum near the wattle. The illusion of my two relatives, Two groans of affliction without appetite. From my hand to thy hand God will give naught. Thrice three protections, Returning to the old places, With a steed used to the field. 2 And the steed of Genethawg, And the steed of Caradawg, 30. And the steed of Gwythur, And the steed of Arthur. Dauntless to cause an ache, And the steed of Taliessin, And the steed of Lleu half domesticated, And of Pebyr, the dark gray of the grove. And Grei, the steed of Cunin. Cornan stubborn in the conflict, Of ardent desires, 40. The Black, from the seas famous, The steed of Brwyn, betrayer of the country. And the three cloven-footed ones They will not go a journey conveniently, The terrible steed of Ceidaw, A hoof with bribery on it. The horse of Rhydderch Rhyddig Of the gray colour of a pear. 50. And Llamre, full of inherent vigour, And Froenvoll of a vigorous growth, And the steed of Constantine. And others handling, For the country, the smart of foreigners. A tale from Hiraddug. I have been a sow, I have been a buck, I have been a sage, I have been a snout, 60. I have been a horn, I have been a wild sow, I have been a shout in battle. I have been a torrent on the slope, I have been a wave on the extended shore. I have been the light sprinkling of a deluge, I have been a cat with a speckled head on three trees. I have been a crane well filled, a sight to behold. 70. They kept a good stock. Of what is below the air, say the hateful men, I. XXIX. THE VERSES OF THE GRAVES. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XIX. Text, vol. ii. p. 28. Notes, vol. ii. p. 341. 1. HE graves which the rain bedews? Men that were not accustomed to afflict me: Cerwyd, and Cywryd, and Caw. II. The graves which the thicket covers? They would not succumb without avenging themselves : |