The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Sir Owen Morgan Edwards and Lady Charlotte Schreiber (classic fiction TXT) 📕

p. 143Their course, their bearing
Their permitted way,
And their fate I know,
   Unto the end.

Oh! what misery,
Through extreme of woe,
Prophecy will show
   On Troia’s race!

A coiling serpent,
Proud and merciless,
On her golden wings,
   From Germany.

She will overrun
England and Scotland,
From Lychlyn sea-shore
   To the Severn.

Then will the Brython
Be as prisoners,
By strangers swayed,
   From Saxony.

Their Lord they will praise,
Their speech they will keep,
Their land they will lose,
   Except wild Walia.

Till some change shall come,
After long penance,
When equally rife
   The two crimes come.

Britons then shall have
Their land and their crown,
And the strangers swarm
   Shall disappear.

All the angel’s words,
As to peace and war,
Will be fulfilled
   To Britain’s race.

He further told the king various prophecies of things that should be in the world, in songs, as follows.

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[11a]  Diarwya.

[11b]  While the day was still young.

[13]  Arawn, king of Annwvyn.

[15]  And as thou seest.

[17]  “It may be that I shall repent for what I have done unto thee.  Seek whom thou wiliest to slay thee, I shall not slay thee.”

[26]  “If thou wilt ask for a reasonable gift, thou shalt have it gladly.”  “A reasonable one, lord,” answered he.

[28]  Pwyll rose, and caused silence to be proclaimed, to command all suitors and minstrels to show what they desired, and to tell them that every one of them would be satisfied according to his wish and desire.

[29]  And they summoned him to them.

[30]  “Wretched women,” said Rhiannon, “for the sake of the God who knows everything, charge me not falsely.  The God who knows everything knows that that is false.”

[31a]  Whether she persuaded or pleaded.

[31b]  Unbeseeming.

[33]  According to the kind of baptism that was then made.

[35]  “Oh fair lady,” said Teirnon, “it is not very likely to me that any of these will be carried on thy back.”  “Let who will do so,” said the son, “I shall not.”  “Truly, my soul,” said Teirnon, “neither shall we go.”

[36a]  The Welsh is vy’m pryder i (= my trouble).

[36b]  If he will be of gentle bearing.

[37a]  And if he is in power, it will be more right for him to maintain thee than it was even for me.

[37b]  After that.

[38]  Wallt.

[39a]  And splendid wearer of the crown of London.

[39b]  Over-looking the sea.

[40]  Penordim.

[42]  Mane.

[45]  And I am not sure it was not there he got it.

[48a]  Taunted him openly.

[48b]  Bake.

[50a]  On the township.

[50b]  There were but two rivers, Lli and Archan were they called.  After that the ocean separated the kingdoms.

[52a]  Was.

[52b]  “Yes,” said Bendigeid Vrân, “unless I myself can get the kingship.”

[56a]  Glivieri.

[56b]  Grodyeu.

[59a]  At that very moment.

[59b]  And from that hour they could not rest.

[62a]  Meek.

[62b]  Wilt thou follow another counsel?

[62c]  And even now thou wilt not be disappointed with her appearance.

[65]  Add “and fish.”

[71]  He furnished gilded clasps for the shoes.

[73]  And then, half in guile and half in anger, he rushed into the midst of the mice.  But he could no more keep one of them within sight than he could gnats or birds in the air, except one, which he saw was heavy with young, and which he thought could not run.

[79]  Knockers and Collars.

[81]  Eveyd.

[87]  Tyviawc.

[88]  A maiden.

[91a]  Aranrod throughout.

[91b]  Infamous.

[93]  Sea-weed.

[96]  Destiny.

[98a]  Add “according to the rite of baptism they then performed.”

[98b]  “I will give him that one Cantrev that is best for a young man to have.”

[100]  Blow.

[111]  Add “henceforth.”

[118a]  Of the books of the magician.  [Vergil = Fferyllt = magician or chemist.]

[118b]  Head.

[121]  Taliesin

[123]  This should be Elphin son of Gwyddno.

[136]  Possibly an allusion to the Cave of Æolus.