Brwyn. Indeed one copy reads "mab brwyn," the son of Brwyn, rather than
_mal_ brwyn, as above. He is distinguished in the Triads with Ceugant
Beilliog and Rhuvon, under the appellation of the "three golden corpses,"
because their weight in gold was given by their families to have their
bodies delivered up by the enemy. (Myv. Arch. vol. ii. p. 69.) Madog ab
Brwyn was the grandson of Cunedda Wledig, lord of Gododin.

{84a} A maritime region in the north, as we infer, not only from the
works of Aneurin, but also from those of Taliesin and Merddin.

{84b} The rest having been slain.

{84c} "Erwyt" (erwyd) a pole, or a staff to mete with, and, like the
_gwialen_, an emblem of authority. "I will--mete out the valley of
Succoth." (Psalm lx. 6.) A similar expression occurs in Llywarch Hen's
Poems with reference to Urien Rheged, viz.

"Oedd cledyr cywlad rhwydd."

which W. Owen has translated,--

"That was the prompt defender of his neighbourhood."

{84d} Llywarch Hen says in like manner of his own son Gwen,--

"Rhythr eryr yn ebyr oeddyd."

In the assault like the eagle at the fall of rivers thou wert.

The eagle was probably the armorial badge of the hero of this stanza.

{84e} Al. "y lyr," to our shore. We have here an instance of the
kindred signification of some of the different readings found in the
Poem. Both words are used in juxtaposition in the following extracts;--

"Gwelais ar vorwyn--
Lliw golau tonau taenverw gwenyg
Llanw _ebyr_ ar _llyr_, lle ni mawr-drig." (Cynddelw.)

I beheld on a maiden
The bright hue of the spreading ebullition of the breakers of the
waves,
Of the flood of the effluxes of rivers, on the strand, where it
tarries not long.

"Oedd ei var--
Megys twrv _ebyr_ yn _llyr_ llawn." (Cynddelw.)

His rage
Was like the tumult of the mouths of rivers with a full margin.

"Calan hyddvrev, tymp dydd yn edwi,
Cynhwrv yn _ebyr_, _llyr_ yn llenwi." (Ll P. Moch.)

The beginning of October, the period of the falling off of day,
There is tumult in the mouths of rivers, filling up the shore.

{85a} "I ammod." This was probably a confederation entered into by the
different princes, for the purpose of uniting their forces against the
common enemy; a supposition corroborated by the word "cywlad," just used.
The poet might, however, have intended a play upon the word "ammod,"
because of its