n the helmet, and all her head
armour was split in two parts. And she set up a cry, and desired the
other sorceresses to flee, and told them that this was Peredur, the man
who had learnt Chivalry with them, and by whom they were destined to be
slain. Then Arthur and his household fell upon the sorceresses, and slew
the sorceresses of Gloucester every one And thus is it related concerning
the Castle of Wonders.

THE DREAM OF RHONABWY.

Madawc the son of Maredudd possessed Powys within its boundaries, from
Porfoed to Gwauan in the uplands of Arwystli. And at that time he had a
brother, Iorwerth the son of Maredudd, in rank not equal to himself. And
Iorwerth had great sorrow and heaviness because of the honour and power
that his brother enjoyed, which he shared not. And he sought his fellows
and his foster-brothers, and took counsel with them what he should do in
this matter. And they resolved to despatch some of their number to go
and seek a maintenance for him. Then Madawc offered him to become Master
of the Household and to have horses, and arms, and honour, and to fare
like as himself. But Iorwerth refused this.

And Iorwerth made an inroad into England, slaying the inhabitants, and
burning houses, and carrying away prisoners. And Madawc took counsel
with the men of Powys, and they determined to place an hundred men in
each of the three Commots of Powys to seek for him. And thus did they in
the plains of Powys from Aber Ceirawc, and in Allictwn Ver, and in Rhyd
Wilure, on the Vyrnwy, the three best Commots of Powys. So he was none
the better, he nor his household, in Powys, nor in the plains thereof.
{108} And they spread these men over the plains as far as Nillystwn
Trevan.

Now one of the men who was upon this quest was called Rhonabwy. And
Rhonabwy and Kynwrig Vrychgoch, a man of Mawddwy, and Cadwgan Vras, a man
of Moelvre in Kynlleith, came together to the house of Heilyn Goch the
son of Cadwgan the son of Iddon. And when they near to the house, they
saw an old hall, very black and having an upright gable, whence issued a
great smoke; and on entering, they found the floor full of puddles and
mounds; and it was difficult to stand thereon, so slippery was it with
the mire of cattle. And where the puddles were a man might go up to his
ankles in water and dirt. And there were boughs of holly spread over the
floor whereof the cattle had browsed the sprigs. When they came to the
hall of the h