ed, or it may refer to the banquet; "alavvedd," signifying the
_flowing mead_.

{138c} "Llaes;" al. "lliaws," _numerous_.

{138d} Beli son of Benlli, a famous warrior in North Wales. Allusion is
made to his burying place in Englynion y Beddau;--

"Pieu y bedd yn y maes mawr,
Balch ei law ar ei lavnawr?
Bedd Beli vab Benlli gawr."

Who owns the grave in the great plain,
Proud his hand upon his spear?
The grave of Beli son of Benlli Gawr. (Myv. Arch. v. i. p. 82.)

Or Beli son of Rhun, a sovereign of North Wales.

{139a} "Ffin;" i.e. the Catrail.

{139b} The contrast between the appearances of the two heralds is
remarkable.

{139c} I.e. the "Nar," the puny messenger of the Saxons, compared here
to a "twrch," a _boar_, or a _mole_.

{139d} "Of a worthy character."

{139e} Or, "the battle spear."

{139f} "A clat," cladd, a trench. "In those parts where it (the
Catrail) is pretty entire,--the fosse is twenty-six and twenty-five feet
broad; and in one place which was measured by Dr. Douglas, the fosse was
twenty-seven and a half feet broad. But in those parts where the rampart
has been most demolished, the fosse only measures twenty-two and a half
feet, twenty, and eighteen; and in one place only sixteen feet wide."
Chalmers's Caledonia, vol. i. Al. "aclut," i.e. Alclud, (Dunbarton.)
"The warriors upon the far-famed Alclyde."

{140a} Or, "in behalf of the power."

{140b} Being skilled in the knowledge of the stars.

{140c} Lit. "For the falling." To pull one's hair was looked upon in
the light of a great insult, as we may well infer from the kindred one of
handling the beard, which was punishable by law. Thus e.g. a man might
legally beat his wife "am ddymuno mevl ar varv ei gwr"--for wishing
disgrace on the beard of her husband. Such a treatment appears to have
been offered to Gwydion, which made his attendant determined upon
avenging his cause.

{140d} "Awyr eryr," a title given to him in reference to the sublime
character of his profession. Gwydien, or Gwydion, was one of the three
blessed astronomers of the Isle of Britain,

"Tri gwyn Seronyddion ynys Prydain. Idris Gawr, a Gwydion mab Don, a
Gwyn ab Nudd; a chan vaint eu gwybodau am y ser a'u hanianau a'i
hansoddau y darogenynt a chwenychid ei wybod hyd yn nydd brawd."
(Triad lxxxix. third series.)

Two stanzas entitled "Cad Goddau," published in the Myv. Arch. vol. i. p.
167, are ascri