n, and the covering with them, and they will draw it down
to the very bottom of the cauldron. And they will drink up the whole of
the mead; and after that they will sleep. Thereupon do thou immediately
fold the covering around them, and bury them in a kistvaen, in the
strongest place thou hast in thy dominions, and hide them in the earth.
And as long as they shall bide in that strong place, no plague shall come
to the Island of Britain from elsewhere.

"The cause of the third plague," said he, "is a mighty man of magic, who
takes thy meat and thy drink and thy store. And he through illusions and
charms causes every one to sleep. Therefore it is needful for thee in
thy own person to watch thy food and thy provisions. And lest he should
overcome thee with sleep, be there a cauldron of cold water by thy side,
and when thou art oppressed with sleep, plunge into the cauldron."

Then Lludd returned back unto his land. And immediately he summoned to
him the whole of his own race and of the Coranians. And as Llevelys had
taught him, he bruised the insects in water, the which he cast over them
all together, and forthwith it destroyed the whole tribe of the
Coranians, without hurt to any of the Britons.

And some time after this Lludd caused the Island to be measured in its
length and in its breadth. And in Oxford he found the central point, and
in that place he caused the earth to be dug, and in that pit a cauldron
to be set, full of the best mead that could be made, and a covering of
satin over the face of it. And he himself watched that night. And while
he was there, he beheld the dragons fighting. And when they were weary
they fell, and came down upon the top of the satin, and drew it with them
to the bottom of the cauldron. And when they had drunk the mead they
slept. And in their sleep, Lludd folded the covering around them, and in
the securest place he had in Snowdon, he hid them in a kistvaen. Now
after that this spot was called Dinas Emreis, but before that, Dinas
Ffaraon. And thus the fierce outcry ceased in his dominions.

And when this was ended, King Lludd caused an exceeding great banquet to
be prepared. And when it was ready, he placed a vessel of cold water by
his side, and he in his own proper person watched it. And as he abode
thus clad with arms, about the third watch of the night, lo! he heard
many surpassing fascinations and various songs. And drowsiness urged him
to sleep. Upon this, les