y beiryant," that he marshalled his men
by means of some instrument or machinery?

{93d} I.e. the silence of death.

{94a} "Fyryf frwythlawn," i.e. "_fyrv_ frwythlawn;" the sense of "_furv_
frwythlawn" would seem to be "in vigorous order."

{94b} The followers of the son of Cian (_a little dog_) are evidently
called "aergwn," (_dogs of war_) in allusion to his patronymic, as well
as to the name of his residence, "maen gwyngwn," (_the stone of the white
dogs_.) Probably also the figure of a dog was charged on their banner.

{94c} The Bernicians, as we have already noticed, were at this time
opposed to the British patriots. The Cymry carried a traditional hatred
of that people with them into Wales, and applied the term _Bryneich_ to
such of their kindred as allied themselves to the enemies of their
country, as is abundantly manifest in the works of the mediaeval
Bards.--See STEPHEN'S Literature of the Kymry, p. 265.)

{94d} Or, "Like a deluge, I would not have left a man alive."

{94e} It is very probable that the son of Cian had married a daughter of
one of the chiefs of Bryneich, which would thus account for the Bard's
lurking apprehension at first, that he might be induced to barter his
allegiance for the dowry to be expected with his wife. His fears however
were groundless; for such were the purity and patriotism of our youthful
hero, that he even refused the dowry when it was offered to him, and
braved his father-in-law's anger withal.

{95a} In Gorchan Maelderw we read of--

"The only son of Cian from Trabannawg."

Cian was a Bard, and is mentioned as such by Nennius in the following
passage,--

"Item Talhaern Talanguen in Poemate claruit, et Nuevin et Taliessin,
et Bluchbar, et Cian qui vocatur Gueinchguant (_Cian who is called
Gwyngwn_) simul uno tempore in poemate Britannico claruerunt."

Taliesin likewise represents him in that character in a Poem entitled,
"Angar Cyvyndawd." (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 34.)

"Cian pan ddarvu
Lliaws gyvolu."

When Cian sang the praise of many.

The circumstance of his being thus a poet, and classed with Aneurin
(Nuevin) would account for the intimacy which subsisted between the
latter and his son.

Cian is said to have been the servant of Peris, and to them conjointly is
Llangian in Caernarvonshire dedicated. Cian is commemorated on the 11th
of December.--See Rees's Welsh Saints, p. 302.

{95b} It is probable that _three hu