mischief
Thus of thieving.

For this thievish act,
It is requisite,
That all men should pay
Tithe unto God.

Of the ruddy wine,
Planted on sunny days,
And on new moon nights;
And the white wine.

The wheat rich in grain
And red flowing wine
Christ's pure body make,
Son of Alpha.

The wafer is flesh,
The wine is spilt blood,
The Trinity's words
Sanctify them.

The concealed books
From Emmanuel's hand
Were brought by Raphael
As Adam's gift.

When in his old age,
To his chin immersed
In Jordan's water,
Keeping a fast,

Moses did obtain,
In Jordan's water,
The aid of the three
Most special rods.

Solomon did obtain,
In Babel's tower,
All the sciences
In Asia land.

So did I obtain,
In my bardic books,
All the sciences
Of Europe and Africa.

Their 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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Footnotes:

{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