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SÖMÉ ACCOUNT OF TALIESİN.

Of magic numbers, and perfuafive found."

TALIESIN fung and prophefied in the time of King Maelgwn Gwynedd, but was originally patronized by Elphin, fon of Gwyddno Garanbir, Lord of Cantrev Gwaelod, about the end of the fifth century.

Maelgen kept his court at Dyganwy; Gwyddno lived some time in the neighbourhood, and had a famous wear there, which, to this day, is called Gored Wyddno, or Gwyddno's Wear: and now belongs to Bôdy fcallen.

Elphin was always at Court, where he exhaufted his finances fo much, that he was constrained to be a petitioner to his father, for the benefit of the wear, for one night only, as a temporary relief to his pocket. He obtained his fuit; but the only fish he found in the wear was Taliefin: how he came there, is too long and romantic to relate: however, the poem tranflated by the Reverend E. Evans, entitled Dybuddiant Elphin, relates to this event. The author then proceeds to inform us how Maelgwn was furrounded by all his courtiers, and his 24 Bards and Heralds, &c, in the Chriftmas holidays, all ftriving who should flatter the king the most. They agreed that he was the handfomeft, the wifeft, and the most powerful monarch in the world; and that his queen, in beauty, wisdom, and chastity, &c, surpassed all the ladies in the kingdom: in short, that his troops were the braveft; his horfes and dogs the fleeteft; his Bards the best, and wifeft in the world. Elphin very modeftly faid, "That nobody should enter into comparison with a king, but a king;" otherwise, he would affirm, that his own lady, in point of chastity, might vie with any in the land and that he had a Bard who excelled all his majesty's Bards, &c. When the king heard this, he ordered Elphin to be bound, and thrown into prifon, till the truth of thofe affertions should appear; and then dispatched his own fon Rhún, a noted debauchee, to try the chastity of his lady: she being informed of these things by Taliefin, and likewise advised by him, dreffed one of her maids in her own fine cloaths, and put all her rings and her husband's upon her fingers, &c, whilft fhe affumed the character of the maid, and waited at fupper. The prince, who had been immediately introduced to the parlour, supped with the metamorphofed maid, entertained her with a great deal of indecent discourse, and after the rest were withdrawn gave her a fleepy potion, and accomplished his wishes. After that, he cut off her little finger, upon which was Elphin's own ring and fignet, which he had a little while before sent to his lady as a token, &c. The prince left the maid asleep, and haftened to his father with the ring and finger, in evidence of his fuccefs. The king fends for Elphin out of prison, and first upbraids him for his credulity respecting his wife's chastity; and when he finds him perfevering in it, fhews him the ring and finger, and affures him that the person who had brought them had lain with his lady the night before. Elphin acknowledges the ring; but, upon examining the finger, proves that it never belonged to his wife, by feveral strong arguments: firft, from the fize of the finger; here he obferves, that the ring could fcarce be forced over the middle joint of the little finger in question; and affures the king that the ring was a great deal too large for his lady's thumb: fecondly, he takes notice that the nail of this finger had not been cut for a month past, at leaft; whereas his lady never neglected cutting her nails conftantly every Saturday: thirdly, he observed that whoever owned the finger, had made use of it very lately in baking rye bread; and affures the King, that his lady had never done fuch a piece of drudgery fince fhe had been his wife. Poor Elphin is now deemed incorrigible, and remanded back to prison for his obstinacy and credulity, with orders never to be released until he could fairly prove, what was deemed impoffible, the chastity of his wife, and the superiority of his Bard. Taliesin now refolves to fet his patron at liberty: in order to this, he goes to Maelgwn's court, where he was not known; and by his fuperior skill, affifted, however, by a little forcery, he overcomes all the laureats of the palace; afferts his lady's chastity; proves her innocence; and does fome other wonders, which reftores his patron to his liberty, and the favour of his prince, &c. Taliefin, after this, advises Elphin to lay a wager with the king, that he had a horfe that was fleeter than all his majesty's horfes: upon this, a course was marked out on Morfa Rhianedd, and the king brought there twenty-four of the fleetest horfes in his ftud, which were every one beat by Elphin's horfe, affifted, however, by a little of Taliefin's magic. Moreover, Taliefin ordered the boy that rode his patron's horfe to drop his cap on the ground, upon the place where Maelgwn's horfe fhould ftumble, which he accordingly did. After the race was over, Taliefin took Elphin to the spot, and directed it to be dug into; where they came to a large cauldron, full of gold. Then

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Then the Bard addreffed his patron, and faid to Elphin, here is your reward for taking me out of the wear, and for rearing me from that day." This spot is now called Pyllbair, or the pool of the Cauldron *. N. B. There is probably fome truth in the above curious account about Maelgwn Gwynedd, Elphin, &c; as fome of Taliefin's poems, or, at least, what pass for his, relate to fome of the events mentioned.

Probably Taliefin caufed an artificial Bog to be made in fome particular part of the course, which the rider of Elphin's horse had fpecial charge to avoid; and by that means, poffibly, he beat all Maelgwn's horfes, and Elphin won a confiderable ium of money. In fome of Taliefin's Daroganau, or Prophetic Poems, a place called Y Felallt is mentioned; where a battle was to be fought, and eleven thoufand of the Saxons to be deftroyed. The Annotator fays, that Felalle is Beelton Caftle, in Cheshire. See more of Taliefin in the firft Volume, pages 18. and 21.

From John Jones of Gelli Lyfdy's Manuscript; and extracted by the Reverend E. Evans, whose collections are now at Plâs Gwyn, in Anglesey.

THE HISTORY OF ARTHUR.

The History of King Arthur, whofe name is fo diftinguished in the British Annals, is fo enveloped by the romancers, that it is now difficult to come at the truth, except from a few authentic documents ftill preserved, in ancient Welsh manufcripts, and other records; which I fhall endeavour to give here, with an English tranflation.

Nennius, the old British hiftorian, who wrote about A. D. 620, informs us, that Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon, and was born at Tindagel Caftle, in Cornwall, about the year 516; (where tradition corfoborates this account, in their ftill retaining there the very spot where his hall ftood, his bed, his way to church, and the like.) Arthur was a fifter's fon of King Aurelius Ambrofius; under whose banner he ferved in his younger days. Nennius alfo records, that Arthur was the chief Commander of the, British forces, and was always victorious. He fought twelve great battles with the Saxons, in concert with other British princes. This magnanimous conqueror reigned twenty-fix years; and with the affiftance of his skilful knights, and fuccessful armies, he preferved his country from all foreign invaders; and, by his great achievements, had several foreign kings tributaries to him. Arthur received his death-wound at the battle of Camlan, or Camelford, in Cornwal, in the year 542; where his antagonist Modred was flain.

This puiffant prince is numbered among the nine worthies. The Bard, Taliefin, records fome of his battles: alfo Merddyn, the fon of Morvryn; Prince Llowarch Hen; and Giraldus Cambrenfis, all record his famei.

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None but a hero, can overcome Cai the Tall, son of

of Cenomania; Cai, Duke of Angieu; Guitard, Duke of Poitieu; alfo the Twelve Peers of Gaul; and Geraint Garanwys, Earl of Charters, (whom Vitus calleth Verinus Carnutenfis,) Howel, King of Little Britain, &c. See more in page 3 of this work; also in Jeffrey of Monmouth's British History; Enderbie's Cambria Trium

The names of the foreign kings and princes who were tributaries to King Arthur, and who were at his triumphal feaft, given after his conquefts, at Caer-Lleon, on the river Ufk, in Monmouthshire: Gillamer, King of Ireland; Malvafius, King of Iceland; Doldan, King of Gothland; Gwinwas, King of Orkney; Llew ab Kynfarch, (or Lottho,) King of Norway; Echel, Kingphans; and Langtoft's Chronicle. of Denmark: and out of France, Holden, King of the Ruthenians; Allo, William of Malmbury, De Geftis Regum Anglia, lib. 1. Leodegar, Earl of Bolein; Bedver, Duke of Normandy; Borellus, Stilling fleet's Church Hiftory; and Gibson's Camden.

Arthur.

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTHUR AND GWENHWYVAR.

Arhur.

Myfi a fercbyg, ac a fai;

Ac a gerdda yn drwm geulan trai:
Myfi y gwr a ddaliai Gai!

Gwenhwyfar.

Dyd was! rhyfedd yw dy glywed,
Onid wyd amgen, no'th weled;
Ni ddelit ti Gai ar dy ganfed.

Arthur.

Gwenbwyfar olwg eirian,

Na ddifrawd fi; cyd bwyf bychan,
Mi a ddaliwn gant fy hunan!

Gwenhwyfar.

Dyd! wâs, o ddú a melyn!
Wrth bir edrych dy dremyn;
Tybiais dy weled cyn no hyn!

Arthur.

Gwenbwyfar olwg wrthroch;
Doedwch imi, os gwyddoch,
Yn mha lê, cyn hyn ym gwelfoch?

Gwenh wyfar.

Mi welais wr, graddol o faint,

Ar fwrdd bir Celliwig, yn Dyfnaint ;
Yn rhannu gwin i'w geraint.

Arthur.

Gwenbwyfar barabyl digri'!

Gnawd o ben gwraig air gwegi:

Yno y gwelaift di fi!

The following curious note, extracted from Aubrey's Mifcellanies, fecond edition, page 28, alludes probably to the above Cai, or Gai, who was one of King Arthur's chief officers:

"The family of Garven have long been at Norington, in the parish of Alvidefton, in Wiltshire. It was fold by Gawen,

Efq. to Sir Wadham Windham, one of the Judges of the King's Bench, about 1665. They continued in this place four hundred fifty and odd years. Then, also, was fold their estate in Broadchalk, which they had as long, or perhaps longer:

"On the fouth down of the farm of Broad-chalk, is a little barrow, called Gawen's barrow; (which must be before ecclefiaftical canons were constituted; for, fince, burials are only in confecrated ground.) King Edgar gave the manor and farm of Broad-chalk to the nuns of Wilton Abbey, which is 900 years ago." (N. B. The above was written in 1721.)

Arthur.

I will ride, and I will be firm; and will

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March with speed along the bank of the ebbing tide:

I am the man who will overcome Cai!

Gwenbwyvar.

Hold, youth! it is strange to hear thee,

Unless thou art more than thy appearance;

Thou couldst not overcome Cai with a hundred in thy train!

Arthur.

Gwenhwyvar, of beauteous look,
Deride me not; though fmall I feem,
I would, myself, a hundred take!

Gwenbuyvar.

Ha! thou youth, in black and yellow garb!
From having stedfaftly viewed thy form,
Methinks I have feen thee before !

Arthur.

Gwenhwyvar, with fweet looks of mildness,
Inform me, (if thou knoweft,)
Where didft thou fee me before?

Gwenbwyvar.

I saw a man, of moderate stature,

At the long table of Celliwig, in Devonshire,
Diftributing wine, to his friends around him.

Arthur.

Gwenhwyvar, charming in discourse!
From woman's lips, we look for idle talk:
There, truly, thou haft feen me'!

When

Mr. Thinne, in his explanation of the hard words in Chaucer, writes thus: Gawyn, fol. 23, p. 1. "This Gawyn was a fifter's fon to Arthur the Great, King of the Britons; a moft famous man in war, and in all manner of civility; as in the acts of the Britons we may read."

"In the year 1082, in a province of Wales, called Rhös, was his fepulchre found. Chaucer, in the Squire's Tale.

"This ftrange knight, that came thus fuddenly
All armed, fave his head, full royally
Salued the King, and Queen, and Lords all,
By order as they fitten in the hall,
With fo high reverence and obeisance,
As well in speech, as in countenance,
That Gawain, with his old courtefie,
Though he came again out of fairie,
He could him not amend of no word."

1 King Arthur had three wives, fucceffively, of the name of Gwenbwyvar: the firft was the daughter of Gwythyr ab Greidiawl, probably a North Briton. The fecond was daughter of Gawryd Ceint, which feems to have been a Loegrian Briton, of Kent. The third was a daughter of Ogyrfan Gawr, a Cambro Briton. Triad 59.

My reafon for thinking the first was a North Briton, is, that Arthur, when he followed his conquefts in the islands, left her at home; and he having a former intimacy with Melwas, a prince of North Britain, they fo contrived it, that the, with her maids of honour, went into the wood a maying, where Melwas was to lie in wait for her among the bushes, with a fuit of cloaths on him made of green leaves of trees: when the queen and her maids came to the place appointed, Melwas started up, and carried the queen away in his arms to his companions; and all the maids of honour ran away in a great fright: they took him to be a fatyr, or wild man of the wood. He conveyed the queen to Scotland, and kept her for a while. Our English writers, (Milton, &c.) wonder how a little prince could take away, by force, the queen of fuch a valiant king as Arthur is faid to be; but the wonder ceafes, when it is confidered that the king was abroad in his wars, and the queen willing to be embraced by an old acquaintance. See Caradoc's Life of Gildas,

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. When Arthur had overcome his enemies in the North of England, he retired into North Wales, and had several contefts with the then king of Morat, who had at that time a bridge over the Menai, at Bol y Donn, (from Caernarvonfhire to Angle fey,) guarded by a number of armed men. The author refers, for' farther particulars in this, and many other things relating to Arthur, to a book entitled Sangrëal. He inftances fome of his hero's amours, whofe fcenes are in this country; therefore, I will briefly relate them:

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Caw o Frydain, (or Caw of North Britain,) and Lord of Cwm Cawlwyd, who then lived in Edeyrnion, or its neighbourhood, and had two fons; the eldeft was the famous Gildas, the querulous hiftorian, an excellent scholar; the fecond was Huail, a perfect libertine. Arthur becomes jealous of the latter's having an intrigue with one of his miftreffes ;-refolves to go privately armed, to watch his going to her house: he foon appeared; and after a fhort converfation, they drew, and fought. After a long conflict, Huail had the good fortune to wound Arthur terribly in the thigh: upon this, the conteft ceafed, and a reconciliation took place, upon condition that Huail, under the penalty of lofing his head, fhould never upbraid the king with this advantage he had over him, &c. Arthur retires to his palace, which was then at Caerwys, in Flintshire, to be cured of his wound: he recovered; but it occafioned his limping a little ever after. As foon as he got well, he fell in love with a lady at Rhuthin, in Denbighshire; and, in order to carry on his intrigue more privately, he dreffed himself in female attirement; and, as he was dancing with her and her companions, Huail happened to fee him, and knew him on account of his lameness; and faid, "this" dancing might do very well but for the thigh." The king overheard him, and withdrew, and fent for Huail; and after upbraiding him with the breach of his promife and oath, ordered him to be beheaded upon a stone, which lay in the street of the town, which was, from this event, denominated Maen Huail, and which it retained in the author's time". (It is ftill to be feen at Ruthin.)About that time, Arthur erected a palace at a place that is called Nannerch; it bore the name of Llys Arthur in the author's time, and it was faid that the church of Nannerch, in Flintshire, which was formerly called Capel y Gwiail, was a chapel belonging to it *.

Copied from Edward Lhuyd's manufcripts, which was tranfcribed by him from a Welsh MS. of the hand-writing of John Jones of Gelli Lyfdy, in Flintshire, dated June 27, 1611.

+ Probably King of Murray, in Scotland.

Fal Melwas yn a Glás glóg. D. AB GWILYM.

The following curious note corroborates the before-mentioned circumstance: "Queen Gwenkwyvar, wife to Arthur, King of the Britons, about the year 500, falling into difgrace on fufpicion of adultery, was condemned to be torn by dogs; but efcaping, the fled into Scotland: afterwards died on the hill of Stormont, (where she had lived fome time,) and was buried at Meigle, in Perthshire. About three miles from the hill where he is buried, there is a stone, higher than a man, with her picture carved, and dogs tearing her on one fide; and on the other, men pursuing her. There is alfo another grave-ftone, where her fervants were buried." Edward Llwyd's tranfcript from the Kirckavood manufcript of Highland Rites and Customs.

According to an old genealogical book, Caw had a very numerous family, and the following were the names of his children: Dirmyc ab Caw; luftic; Etmic; Angawdd; Ofan; Chelin; Chomyn; Mabfant; Gwyngat; Llwybyr; Choth; Melic; Chynwas; Ardwyat; Ergyryat; Nêb; Gildas; Chalcas; Hueil." See more in the firft Volume, page 17.

In Caradoc's Life of Gildas Albanus, it is recorded that the twenty-three brothers of Gildas rebelled against Arthur, and that Hueil ab Caw, the eldeft, a famous warrior, obeyed neither Arthur nor any other king. He often made defcent from Scotland on Arthur's fubjects: Arthur, the fupreme king, hearing of this, made war on him from place to place, and at last killed him at Mynaw, or Anglesey, in A. D. 505. Upon this, Gildas came from Ireland, and pacified King Arthur with his tears, and with petitions of all the British Clergy. (Usher fays, that Gildas had a great school in Ireland, and places him from A. D. 425, to 512:-died eightyfeven years old.)

There is a place that commemorates this circumftance, called Cerrig Hywel, or Crûg Hywel; i. e. the Stones of Hywel, or Barrow of Hywel, the fon of Caw, and brother to Gildas; which was the caufe of Gildas's omitting the name of Arthur in his Epistle; where he rails bitterly against one of the British princes, under the name of the Island Dragon: and, as the caule of his inveteracy happened in the Island of Anglefey, and Arthur having borne a golden dragon in his standard; therefore, it feems probable that he alludes to Arthur. Giraldus's Cambria Defcriptio; Sir John Price's Defence of the British Hiftory; Rowland's Mona Antiqua; and the Celtic Remains, by Lewis Morris.

* KING ARTHUR'S CHARTER.

"Carta Arthuri Regis de Immunitatibus Univerfitati Cantabrigiæ conceffis."

"Arthur relying on the regal power received from God to all his fervants greeting: For as much as Almighty God, through the mercy of his clemency, without any antecedent merit, has bestowed on me the fceptre of a King, I willingly return to him fome part of what he has given. Being therefore inftructed by his grace, for the love of the heavenly country, and the health of the fouls of my predeceffors, Kings of Britain; for the advancement of the public weal of my kingdom of Britain, and the fpiritual benefit of the fcholars continually ftudying at Cambridge, by the advice and confent of all and fingular the Prelates and Princes of the fame kingdom, with license of the Apoftolic See, I, by this prefent writing, enact, and firmly decree, that the afore aid City of Scholars, in which, hitherto, my predeceffors, through the grace of the Founder, have received the brightnefs of knowledge, and the light of learning, be exempt from public taxes and burder fome works, that the doctors and scholars there may adhere to the study of literature undisturbed, as the glorious King of Britain, Lucius, decreed, embracing Christianity by the preaching of the doctors of Cambridge; wherefore the scholars and doctors of Cambridge are to remain in perpetual tranquillity, fafe, and defended by regal privileges, with their families and eftates, from all fecular fervitude, as alfo from regal taxes, great or fmall.

This charter was written in the year from the incarnation of our Lord, 531, on the 7th of April, in the city of London. And for the more fecurity, King Arthur tranfmitted the aforefaid Charter to Kynot, the rector of the fchools of the aforefaid city, by his nephew Walwan, of known integrity."

King Arthur had appointed Kynot, a provident man, Rector of Cambridge, in the year of our Lord, 529; and afterwards he granted him the before-mentioned privilege. The above Charter is alfo mentioned in another of a later date, granted to the fcholars of Cambridge by King Cadwalader; which mentions King Lucius, Afclepiadotus, Conftantine, Uther Pendragon, and Arthur. The above is extracted from the History and Antiquities of Cambridge, by Nichola Cantelupe, and Richard Parker; where a copy of the original Charter, in Latin, may be found in page 16 of that Book.

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Marchogion

Marchogion y Brenin ARTHUR.

King ARTHUR'S Knights.

The following Welsh manufcript was tranfcribed by Simwnt Vychan, the Bard, who flourished about A. D. 1570; and, from his tranfcript this was copied on the 2d day of February, 1640, by John Jones, of Gelli Lyfdy. The hiftory of thefe Knights is alfo to be found in the Ancient Book of The British Triads of the land of Britain; which manufcript Mr. Vaughan of Hengwrt, the great Antiquary, conjectured, was written about feven, or eight hundred years fince. Likewife, the account of thefe Knights is in the Llyfr Coch of Hergeft, (or the Red Book of Hergeft,) in Jefus-college Library, at Oxford, which is faid to have been written about 500 years ago.

Pedwar marchawg ar hugain oedd yn Llj's Arthur, ● Farchogion urddolion yn aros yn waftadol: a chynneddfau naturiol o orchest ydoedd ar bób ún o naddynt mwy nag ar eraill.

Tri marchawg aurdafodiawg oedd yn Lljs Arthur : nid amgen, Gwalchmai ab Gwyar; Drudwas ab Tryffin; ac Eliwlod ab Madog ab Uthur: Canys nid oedd na Brenin, na Iarll, nag Arglwydd ag i delai yr rhain attynt nas gwrandewynt arnynt o flaen ereill; a pha neges bynnac a geisent bwy, yntwy ai mynnynt, naill ai o fodd, ai o anfodd; am hynny i gelwyd nhw yn aur-dafodiawg.

Tri Marchawg gwyry, oedd yn Llys Arthur: nid amgen; Galath, ab Llaunfelot dy Lac; Peredur ab Efrog, Iarll; a Bwrt ab Bwrt, Brenin Gafgwyn: pa le bynnag i delai y rhain, lle na bei na chawr, na Gwyddan, neu ryw beth anysbrydol er cadarned vai eu barfeu, a dâed vai eu Calonneu ni ellynt ddim ou baros..

Tri châd Farchawg oedd yn Llys Arthur: Cadwr, Iarll Cernyw; Llawnfelot dy Lac; ac Owain ab Urien Reget: Cynneddfau y rhain oedd, ni chilynt nag er Gwayw, nac er Saeth, nac er Cleddyf, ac ni chafas Arthur gywilydd mewn brwydyr y dydd i caffai ef weled eu hwynebeu, ac am hynny i gelwit hwynt Cadvarchogion.

It is recorded in the British Hiftory, that Dubrifcius, the Archbishop of Caerlleon, delivered an oration on a hill before Arthur and his foldiers, and gave them his benediction, prior to a battle with the Saxons: (which was the ancient Bardic cuftom, to infure fuccefs on the eve of battle.) Alfo, it describes the drefs of Arthur, which is as follows: "Arthur put on a coat of mail, fuitable to the grandeur of fo potent a king; fitted his golden helmet upon his head, which was adorned with the figure of a fiery dragon; and on his fhoulder his fhield, called Pryden, upon which was fculptured the Virgin Mary: then girding on his Caledfawlch, which was an excellent tempered fteel fword, made at Avallon, or Glaftonbury; he graced his right hand with his fpear, named Rhôn, which was hard, broad, and fit for flaughter after this, having placed his men in order, he boldly attacked the ranks of his enemy, &c." Jeffrey of Monmouth's British Hiftory, Book ix. Chap 4.

There were four-and-twenty honourable Knights, continually attending in King Arthur's Court, who had extraordinary natural qualities peculiar to themfelves, wherein each of them excelled all others.

Three golden-tongued Knights were in King Arthur's Court: Gwalchmai, the fon of Gwyar, (Lord of Pembrokeshire;) Drudwas, the fon of Tryffin; and Eliwlod, the fon of Madog, son of Uthur. These three heroes were fo wise, so candid, and eloquent, and poffeffing fuch power of language, that neither a King, nor a Lord they went to, but would give them audience before any others; and whatever business they went upon was attended with fuccefs, which they never failed of obtaining, by fair means, or otherwife. Their oratory dropped as gold from their tongues therefore, they were called the Three golden-tongued Knights

Three immaculate, (or unblemished) Champion Knights, were in Arthur's Court: Bwrt, the fon of Bwrt, King of Gascoyn; Peredur, fon of the Earl of Evrawc; and Galath, the fon of Lanfelot du Lac°: where ever thefe men came, if there was either a giant, a witch, or an enchanter, they could not endure, either of the fe pure Knights P.

Three Battle Knights, (or Generals of Horse) were in King Arthur's Court: Cadwr, Earl of Cornwall; Lancelot du Lac ; and Owen, the son of Urien, Prince of Reged. They had this quality, they never gave way for fear of a spear, fword, or arrow; nor was Arthur ever put to fame in battle, if he saw their faces that day in the field; and therefore, they were called the Knights of Battle.

There is a village in Flintshire called Pen y Lác; the Head, (or principal place) of Lâc.

P The three knights of Arthur's Court, who obtained the Greal: Galath, the fon of Lancelot Du Lac; Peredur, fon of the Earl of Evroc; and Bort, the fon of King Bort. The two firft were chaste of body; and the third was continent, for he never committed carnal fin except once, and that through temptation, when he begat , by the daughter of Brangor, who was empress at Conftantinople; and from whom came the most numerous generation in the world. The above three were defcended from the line of Jofeph of Arimathea, and fo up to David the Prophet, as is teftified in the books of the Greal.Triad 61.

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