a warrior, but the result of this
battle miserably belied such a promise.

"Prenial yw i bawb ei drachwres."

The path of glory leads but to the grave.--(Taliesin.)

{99e} Where Edinburgh now stands; and which was probably the head
quarters of Mynyddawg, (see line 89 note.) In a poem printed in Davies's
Mythology of the Druids, p. 574, and supposed to have been written by
Aneurin, Tudvwlch and Cyvwlch are represented as feasting with Mynyddawg.

"Gan Vynydawc
Bu adveiliawc
Eu gwirodau."

Destructive were their wassails with Mynyddawg.

{100a} In the Poem alluded to, Tudvwlch Hir is described as a _man of
dignity_, "breein," and as having in conjunction with Cyvwlch made
breaches in the bastions of forts,--

"A oreu vwlch ar vann caerau."

The Gorchan Maelderw in like manner speaks of him as,--

"Tudvwlch the oppressor of war, the destroyer of forts."

{100b} "Ech," [Greek text].

{100c} Lit. "until the seventh day;"--an expression intended probably to
denote the space of a week. The operations of each day are specified
further on in the Poem. In like manner we are presented in "Gwawd Lludd
y Mawr," (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 74) with an enumeration of certain
martial deeds that were performed on each day during an entire week.

{100d} Lit. "Should have made him a free man," or "should have continued
him," &c.

{100e} Al. "ugain," _a score_,

{100f} Al. the powerful supporter--"drut nerthyd."

{100g} Kilydd is mentioned in the Mabinogi of "Kilhwch and Olwen," where
he is represented as the son of Prince Kelyddon.

{100h} "Gwyr;" al. the hero, "gwr."

{101a} Lit. "the gleamers assembled." The 1, 2, 3, and 6, versions,
"cyn hynt treiawr," might be translated "ere the return of the ebbing
tide," and the meaning of the whole would seem to be, that the men,
having marched to the field of battle at dawn, experienced a bloody
engagement before the evening; the space of time between tide and tide
being equal to the length of a day.

{101b} "Like the thunder of heaven was the clashing of the
shields."--(Gorch. Mael.)

{101c} "Od uch lle." Al. "Od uch lled," _above the plain_.

{101d} Mark the antithesis "gwr llawr"--"arbennawr," and
"cethrawr"--"llavnawr."

{101e} "En gystud heyrn;" an allusion to the instrument which caused his
death. "Ferreus somnus."

{101f} It is clear from this statement that Erthai was the lawful lord
of the Mordei. He had been