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  Speaker 1: Section thirteen of Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. This is
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  Speaker 1: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales edited by Joseph Jacobs. Section
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  Speaker 1: thirteen The Wooing of Olwen. Shortly after the birth of Kieluch,
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  Speaker 1: the son of King Killeth, his mother died. Before her death,
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  Speaker 1: she charged the king that he should not take a
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  Speaker 1: wife again until he saw a briar with two blossoms
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  Speaker 1: upon her grave, and the king sent every morning to
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  Speaker 1: see if anything were growing thereon. After many years, the
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  Speaker 1: briar appeared and he took to wife. The widow of
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  Speaker 1: King Dozed. She foretold to her stepson Kilhuch, that it
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  Speaker 1: was his destiny to marry a maiden named Olwen or
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  Speaker 1: none other, and he, at his his father's bidding, went
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  Speaker 1: to the court of his cousin, King Arthur, to ask
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  Speaker 1: as a boon the hand of the maiden. He rode
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  Speaker 1: upon a gray steed with shell formed hoofs, having a
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  Speaker 1: bridle of linked gold and a saddle also of gold.
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  Speaker 1: In his hand were two spears of silver, well tempered,
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  Speaker 1: headed with steel of an edge to wound the wind
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  Speaker 1: and cause blood to flow, and swifter than the fall
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  Speaker 1: of the dew drop from the blade of reed grass
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  Speaker 1: upon the earth, when the dew of June is at
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  Speaker 1: its heaviest. A gold hilted sword was on his thigh,
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  Speaker 1: and the blade was of gold, having inlaid upon it
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  Speaker 1: a cross of the hue of the lightning of heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Two brindled, white breasted greyhounds with strong collars of rubies
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  Speaker 1: sported round him, and his courser cast up four sods
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  Speaker 1: with its four hoofs like four swallows, about his head.
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  Speaker 1: Upon the steed was a four cornered cloth of purple,
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  Speaker 1: and an apple of gold was at each corner. Precious
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  Speaker 1: gold was upon the stirrups and shoes, and the blade
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  Speaker 1: of grass bent not beneath them. So light was the
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  Speaker 1: courser's tread as he went towards the gate of King
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  Speaker 1: Arthur's palace. Arthur received him with great ceremony and asked
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  Speaker 1: him to remain at the palace. But the youth replied
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  Speaker 1: that he came not to consume meat and drink, but
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  Speaker 1: to ask a boon of the king. Then said Arthur.
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  Speaker 1: Since thou wilt not remain here, Chieftain, thou shalt receive
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  Speaker 1: the boon whatsoever thy tongue may name, as far as
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  Speaker 1: the wind dries and the rain moistens, and the sun revolves,
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  Speaker 1: and the sea encircles, and the earth extends, save only
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  Speaker 1: my ships and my mantle, my sword, my lance, my shield,
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  Speaker 1: my dagger, and Guinevere my wife. So Kilhuch craved of
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  Speaker 1: him the hand of Olwen, the daughter of Yipsafad and Pancwar,
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  Speaker 1: and also ask the favor and aid of all Arthur's court.
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  Speaker 1: Then said Arthur, o Chieftain, I have never heard of
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  Speaker 1: the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred,
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  Speaker 1: but I will gladly send messengers in search of her.
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  Speaker 1: And the youth said, I will willingly grant from this
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  Speaker 1: night to that at the end of the year to
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  Speaker 1: do so. Then Arthur send messengers to every land within
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  Speaker 1: his dominions to seek for the maiden. And at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the year Arthur's messengers returned without having gained
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  Speaker 1: any knowledge or information concerning Olwen. More than on the
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  Speaker 1: first day, then said Kilhuch. Every one has received his boon,
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  Speaker 1: and I yet lack mine. I will depart and bear
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  Speaker 1: away thy honor with me, then said Kay rash chieftain,
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  Speaker 1: dost thou reproach Arthur, go with us, and we will
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  Speaker 1: not part until thou dost either confess that the Maiden
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  Speaker 1: exists not in the world, or until we obtain her.
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  Speaker 1: Thereupon Kay rose up. Kay had this peculiarity that his
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  Speaker 1: breath lasted nine nights and nine days under water, and
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  Speaker 1: he could exist nine nights and nine days without sleep.
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  Speaker 1: A wound from Kay's sword no physician could heal. Very
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  Speaker 1: subtle was Kay. When it pleased him, he could render
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  Speaker 1: himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest.
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  Speaker 1: And he had another peculiarity. So great was the heat
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  Speaker 1: of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he
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  Speaker 1: carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a hand
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  Speaker 1: breadth below his hand. And when his companions were coldest,
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  Speaker 1: it was to them as fuel with which to light
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  Speaker 1: their fire. And Arthur called Bedweir, who never shrank from
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  Speaker 1: any enterprise upon which Kay was bound. None was equal
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  Speaker 1: to him in swiftness throughout this island except Arthur and
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  Speaker 1: Dreek al Quibthar. And although he was one handed three
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  Speaker 1: warriors could not shed blood faster than he on the
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  Speaker 1: field of battle. Another property he had, his lance would
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  Speaker 1: produce a wound equal to nine opposing lances. And Arthur
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  Speaker 1: called to Kintlog the guide, Go thou upon this expedition
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  Speaker 1: with the chieftain, for as good a guide was he
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  Speaker 1: in a land which he had never seen as he
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  Speaker 1: was on his own. He called Guihar guelstwat Lithold, because
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  Speaker 1: he knew all tongues. He called Gwalchmah the son of Guihar,
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  Speaker 1: because he never returned home without achieving the adventure of
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  Speaker 1: which he went in quest. He was the best of
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  Speaker 1: footmen and the best of knights. He was nephew to Arthur,
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  Speaker 1: the son of his sister and his cousin. And Arthur
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  Speaker 1: called Manu the son of Tiarkweth, in order that if
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  Speaker 1: they went into a savage country, he might cast a
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  Speaker 1: charm and an illusion over them, so that none might
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  Speaker 1: see them, whilst they could see every one. They journeyed
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  Speaker 1: on till they came to a vast open plain, wherein
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  Speaker 1: they saw a great castle which was the fairest in
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  Speaker 1: the world. But so far away was it that at
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  Speaker 1: night it seemed no nearer, and they scarcely reached it.
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  Speaker 1: On the third day. When they came before the castle,
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  Speaker 1: they beheld a vast flock of sheep, boundless and without end.
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  Speaker 1: They told their errand to the herdsman, who endeavored to
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  Speaker 1: dissuade them, since none who had come thither on the
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  Speaker 1: quest had returned alive. They gave to him a gold ring,
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  Speaker 1: which he conveyed to his wife, telling her who the
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  Speaker 1: visitors were. On the approach of the latter, she ran
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  Speaker 1: out with joy to greet them, and sought to throw
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  Speaker 1: her arms about their necks. But Kay, snatching a billet
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  Speaker 1: out of the pile, placed the log between her two hands,
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  Speaker 1: and she squeezed it so that it became a twisted coil.
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  Speaker 1: O woman said, Kay, if thou hadst squeezed me, thus,
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  Speaker 1: none could ever again have set their affections on me.
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  Speaker 1: Evil love were this. They entered the house, and after meat,
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  Speaker 1: she told them that the maiden Olwen came there every
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  Speaker 1: Saturday to wash. They pledged their faith that they would
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  Speaker 1: not harm her, and a message was sent to her.
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  Speaker 1: So Olwen came clothed in a robe of flame colored
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  Speaker 1: silk and with a collar of ruddy gold in which
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  Speaker 1: were emeralds and rubies about her neck. More golden was
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  Speaker 1: her hair than the flower of the broom, and her
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  Speaker 1: skin was whiter than the foam of the wave, and
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  Speaker 1: fairer were hands and fingers than the blossoms of the
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  Speaker 1: wood anemone amidst the spray of the meadow fountain. Brighter
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  Speaker 1: were her glances than those of a falcon. Her bosom
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  Speaker 1: was more snowy than the breast of the white swan,
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  Speaker 1: her cheek redder than the reddest roses. Whoso beheld was
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  Speaker 1: filled with her love for white treffles sprang up wherever
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  Speaker 1: she trod, and there or was she called Olwen. Then Kilhuch,
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  Speaker 1: sitting beside her on a bench, told her his love,
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  Speaker 1: and she said that he would win her as his
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  Speaker 1: bride if he granted whatever her father asked. Accordingly, they
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  Speaker 1: went up to the castle and laid their request before him.
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  Speaker 1: Raise up the forks beneath my two eyebrows, which have
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  Speaker 1: fallen over my eyes, said Yipsethaden Penkwar, that I may
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  Speaker 1: see the fashion of my son in law. They did so,
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  Speaker 1: and he promised them an answer on the morrow. But
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  Speaker 1: as they were going forth, Thipsathaden seized one of the
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  Speaker 1: three poisoned darts that lay beside him, and threw it
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  Speaker 1: back after them, and Bedweir caught it and flung it back,
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  Speaker 1: wounding ipse Thodon in the knee. Then said he, a
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  Speaker 1: cursed ungentle son in law. Truly, I shall ever walk
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  Speaker 1: the worse for his rudeness. This poisoned iron pains me
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  Speaker 1: like the bite of a gad fly. Cursed be the
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  Speaker 1: smith who forged it in the Annville, whereon it was rought.
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  Speaker 1: The knights rested in the house of gustinin the Hertsman.
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  Speaker 1: But the next day, at dawn they returned to the
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  Speaker 1: castle and renewed their request. Yuphethadon said it was necessary
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  Speaker 1: that he should consult Owen's four great grandmothers and her
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  Speaker 1: four great grandsires. The knights again withdrew, and as they
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  Speaker 1: were going, he took the second dart and cast it
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  Speaker 1: after them, But Menmyo caught it and flung it back,
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  Speaker 1: piercing Gypsathaden's breast with it, so that it came out
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  Speaker 1: at the small of his back. A cursed ungentle son
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  Speaker 1: in law, truly, says he. The hired iron pains me
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  Speaker 1: like the bite of a horse leech. Cursed be the
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  Speaker 1: hearth whereon it was heated. Henceforth, whenever I go up
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  Speaker 1: a hill, I shall have a scant in my breath
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  Speaker 1: and a pain in my chest. On the third day,
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  Speaker 1: the knights returned once more to the palace, and Yipsathadon
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  Speaker 1: took the third dart and cast it up em but
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  Speaker 1: Kilhuch caught it and threw it vigorously and wounded him
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  Speaker 1: through the eyeball, so that the dark came out at
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  Speaker 1: the back of his head. A cursed ungentle son in law. Truly,
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  Speaker 1: as long as I remain alive, my eyesight will be
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  Speaker 1: the worse. Whenever I go against the wind, my eyes
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  Speaker 1: will water, and peradventure my head will burn, and I
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  Speaker 1: shall have a giddiness every new moon. Cursed be the
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  Speaker 1: fire in which it was forged. Like the bite of
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  Speaker 1: a mad dog. Is the stroke of this poisoned iron.
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  Speaker 1: And they went to meet, said ibsapad and penkwar. Is
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  Speaker 1: it thou that seekest my daughter? It is, I answered Kilhuch.
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  Speaker 1: I must have thy pledge that thou wilt not do
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  Speaker 1: towards me otherwise than is just. And when I have
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  Speaker 1: gotten that which I shall name my daughter. Thou shalt
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  Speaker 1: have I promise thee that willingly said kilhuch, name what
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  Speaker 1: thou wilt, I will do, so said he. Throughout the
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  Speaker 1: world there is not a or scissors with which I
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  Speaker 1: can arrange my hair on account of its rankness, except
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  Speaker 1: the comb and scissors that are between the two ears
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  Speaker 1: of Truch Truth, the son of Prince Tad. He will
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  Speaker 1: not give them of his own free will, and thou
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  Speaker 1: wilt not be able to compel him. It will be
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  Speaker 1: easy for me to compass this, although thou mayst think
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  Speaker 1: that it will not be easy. Though thou get this,
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  Speaker 1: there is yet that which thou wilt not get. It
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  Speaker 1: will not be possible to hunt Truge Truth without Drudwin
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  Speaker 1: the Well procreate the son of Erie. And know that
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  Speaker 1: throughout the world there is not a huntsman who can
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  Speaker 1: hunt with this dog except Mabon, the son of Modern.
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  Speaker 1: He was taken from his mother when three nights old,
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  Speaker 1: and it is not known where he is now, nor
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  Speaker 1: whether he is living or dead. It will be easy
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  Speaker 1: for me to compass this, although thou mayst think that
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  Speaker 1: it will not be easy. Though thou get this, there
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  Speaker 1: is yet that which thou wilt not get Thou wilt
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  Speaker 1: not get Mabon, for it is not known where he
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  Speaker 1: is unless thou find Aodel his kinsman in blood, the
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  Speaker 1: son of Air, for it would be useless to seek
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  Speaker 1: for him. He is his cousin. It will be easy
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  Speaker 1: for me to compass this, although thou mayst think that
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  Speaker 1: it will not be easy. Horses shall I have, and
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  Speaker 1: chivalry and my lord and kinsman Arthur will obtain for
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  Speaker 1: me all these things, and I shall gain thy daughter.
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  Speaker 1: And thou shalt lose thy life. Go forward, and thou
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  Speaker 1: shalt not be chargeable for food or arraignment for my
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  Speaker 1: daughter while thou art seeking these things. And when thou
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  Speaker 1: hast compassed all these marvels, thou shalt have my daughter
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  Speaker 1: for a wife. Now, when they told Arthur how they
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  Speaker 1: had sped, Arthur said, which if these marvels, will it
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  Speaker 1: be best for us to seek first? It will be best,
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  Speaker 1: said they, to seek Mabon, the son of Modern, and
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  Speaker 1: he will be found unless we first find Adol, the
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  Speaker 1: son of Air his kinsman. Then Arthur rose up, and
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  Speaker 1: the warriors of the islands of Britain with him to
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  Speaker 1: seek for Adol. And they proceeded until they came before
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  Speaker 1: the castle of Glivi, where Adol was imprisoned. Gliovie stood
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  Speaker 1: on the summit of his castle and said, Arthur, what
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  Speaker 1: requirest thou of me? Since nothing remains to me in
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  Speaker 1: this fortress, and I have neither joy nor pleasure in it,
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  Speaker 1: neither wheat nor oats. Said Arthur, not to injure thee
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  Speaker 1: came I hither, but to seek for the prisoner that
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  Speaker 1: is with THEE. I will give THEE my prisoner, though
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  Speaker 1: I had not thought to give him up to any one,
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  Speaker 1: And therewith shalt thou have my support and my aid.
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  Speaker 1: His followers then said unto Arthur, Lord, go thou home.
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  Speaker 1: Thou canst not proceed with thy host in quest of
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  Speaker 1: such small adventures as these? Then said Arthur, it were
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  Speaker 1: well for thee Guhark, thought Yuthud to go upon this quest,
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  Speaker 1: for thou knowest all languages and art, familiar with those
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  Speaker 1: of the birds and the beasts. Go at all likewise
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  Speaker 1: with my men in search of thy cousin. And as
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  Speaker 1: for you, Kay and Bidwir, I have hope of whatever
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  Speaker 1: adventure ye are in quest of, that ye will achieve it.
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  Speaker 1: Achieve ye this adventure for me. These went forward until
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  Speaker 1: they came to the Usa of SILRII and guihar addured
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  Speaker 1: her for the sake of heaven, saying, tell me if
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  Speaker 1: thou knowest aught of Mabon, the son of Modron, who
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  Speaker 1: was taken when three nights old, from between his mother
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  Speaker 1: and the wall. And the usel answered, when I first
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  Speaker 1: came here, there was a smith's anvil in this place,
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  Speaker 1: and I was then a young bird, And from that
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  Speaker 1: time no work has been done upon it save the
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  Speaker 1: pecking of my beak every evening. And now there is
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  Speaker 1: not so much as the size of a nut remaining
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  Speaker 1: thereof Yet, the vengeance of Heaven be upon me if
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  Speaker 1: during all that time I have ever heard of the
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  Speaker 1: man for whom you inquire. Nevertheless, there is a race
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  Speaker 1: of animals who were formed before me, and I will
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  Speaker 1: be your guide to them. So they proceeded to the
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  Speaker 1: place where was the Stag of Redenbir. Stag of Redenbir, Behold,
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  Speaker 1: we are come to thee and embassy from Arthur. For
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  Speaker 1: we have not heard of any animal older than thou. Say,
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  Speaker 1: knowest thou aught of Mabon? The stag said, when first
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  Speaker 1: I came hither. There was a plain all around me
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  Speaker 1: without any trees save one oak sapling, which grew up
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  Speaker 1: to be an oak with a hundred branches. And that
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  Speaker 1: oak has since perished, so that now nothing remains of
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  Speaker 1: it but the withered stump. And from that day to
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  Speaker 1: this I have been here. Yet have I never heard
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  Speaker 1: of the man for whom you inquire. Nevertheless, I will
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  Speaker 1: be your guide to the place where there is an
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  Speaker 1: animal which was formed before I was. So they proceeded
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  Speaker 1: to the place where was the owl of Queen qualad
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  Speaker 1: to inquire of him concerning Mabon, And the owl said,
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  Speaker 1: if I knew, I would tell you. When first I
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  Speaker 1: came hither, the wide ballet you see was a wooded glen,
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  Speaker 1: and a race of men came and rooted it up,
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  Speaker 1: and there grew there a second wood, and this wood
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  Speaker 1: is the third My wings are they not withered stumps? Yet?
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  Speaker 1: All this time, even until to day, I have never
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  Speaker 1: heard of the man for whom you inquire. Nevertheless, I
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  Speaker 1: will be the guide of Arthur's embassy until you come
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  Speaker 1: to the place where is the oldest animal in this world,
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  Speaker 1: and the one who has traveled most the eagle of
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  Speaker 1: gwyn Abbey. When they came to the eagle, Guahar asked
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  Speaker 1: it the same question, but it replied, I have been
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  Speaker 1: here for a great space of time. And when I
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  Speaker 1: first came hither, there was a rock here from the
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  Speaker 1: top of which I pecked at the stars every evening,
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  Speaker 1: And now it is not so much as a span high.
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  Speaker 1: From that day to this, I have been here, and
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  Speaker 1: I have never heard of the man for whom you inquire,
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  Speaker 1: except once when I went in search of food as
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  Speaker 1: far as Lynn. And when I came there, I stuck
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  Speaker 1: my talons into a salmon, thinking he would serve me
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  Speaker 1: as food for a long time. But he drew me
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  Speaker 1: into the deep, and I was scarcely able to escape
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  Speaker 1: from him. After that, I went with my whole kindred
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  Speaker 1: to attack him and to destroy him. But he sent
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  Speaker 1: messengers and made peace with me, and came and besought
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  Speaker 1: me to take fifty fish spears out of his back.
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  Speaker 1: Unless you know something of whom you speak, I cannot
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  Speaker 1: tell you who may. However, I will guide you to
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  Speaker 1: the place where he is. So they went thither, and
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  Speaker 1: the eagle said, Salmon of hun Hwa, I have come
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  Speaker 1: to thee with an embassy from Arthur to ask THEE
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  Speaker 1: if thou knowest aught concerning Mabon, the son of Modern,
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  Speaker 1: who was taken away at three nights old from between
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  Speaker 1: his mother and the wall. And the salmon answered, as
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  Speaker 1: much as I know, I will tell THEE with every tide.
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  Speaker 1: I go along the river upwards until I come near
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  Speaker 1: to the walls of Gloucester, and there I have found
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  Speaker 1: such wrong as I have never found elsewhere. And to
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  Speaker 1: that end that YE may give credence there too, let
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  Speaker 1: one of you go thither upon each of my two shoulders.
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  Speaker 1: So Kay and Gwihar went upon his shoulders, and they
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  Speaker 1: proceeded till they came to the wall of the prison,
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  Speaker 1: and they heard a great wingling and lamenting from the dundon.
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  Speaker 1: Said Gwiar, who is it that laments in this house
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  Speaker 1: of stone? And the voice replied, alas it is Mabon,
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  Speaker 1: the son of Modron, who was here imprisoned. Then they
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  Speaker 1: returned and told Arthur, who, summoning his warriors, attacked the castle,
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  Speaker 1: And whilst the fight was going on, Kay and Bedweir,
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  Speaker 1: mounting on the shoulders of the fish, broke into the
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  Speaker 1: dungeon and brought away with them Mabon, the son of Modron.
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  Speaker 1: Then Arthur summoned onto him all the warriors that were
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  Speaker 1: in the three islands of Britain and in the three
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  Speaker 1: islands adjacent, and he went as far as exeuer Orville
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  Speaker 1: and Ireland, where the boar Truith was, with his seven
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  Speaker 1: young pigs, and the dogs were let loose upon him
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  Speaker 1: from all sides. But he wasted the fifth part of Ireland,
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  Speaker 1: and then set forth through the sea to Wales. Arthur
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  Speaker 1: and his hosts, and his horses and his dogs followed
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  Speaker 1: hard after him. But ever and a while the boy
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: made a stand, and many a champion of Arthur's did
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: slay throughout all Wales. Did Arthur follow him, and one
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: by one the young pigs were killed at length. When
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: he would fain have crossed the Severn and escaped into Cornwall, Mabon,
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  Speaker 1: the son of Modron, came up with him, and Arthur
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: fell upon him, together with the champions of Britain. On
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  Speaker 1: the one side. Mabon, the son of Modron, spurred his
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: steed and snatched his razor from him, whilst Kay came
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: up with him on the other side and took from
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: him the scissors. But before they could obtain the comb.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: He had regained the ground with his feet, and from
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: the moment that he reached the shore, neither dog, nor
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: man nor horse could overtake him until he came to Cornwall.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: There Arthur and his host followed in his track until
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: they overtook him. In Cornwall. Hard had been their trouble before,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: but it was child's play to what they met in
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: seeking the comb. Win it they did, and the boar
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: truth hunted into the deep sea, and it was never
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: known whither he went. Then Kilhuch set forward and as
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: many as wished ill to Yipsathaden Penkuir, and they took
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: the marvels with him to his court. And Kaw of
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: North Britain came and shaved his beard's skin and flesh
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: clean off to the very bone, from ear to ear.
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  Speaker 1: Art thou shaved, man, said Kilhuch, I am shaved, answered,
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  Speaker 1: he is thy daughter of mine? Now she is thine.
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  Speaker 1: But therefore needst thou not thank me, but Arthur, who
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: hath accomplished this for thee by my free will, thou
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: shalt never have had her, for with her I lose
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: my life. Then Garoo, the son of gustanin seized him
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: by the hair of his head, and dragged him after
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: him to the keep, and cut off his head and
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: placed it on a stake on the citadel. Thereafter the
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: hosts of Arthur dispersed themselves, each man into his own country.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: Thus did Kilhuch, son of Clithon, win to wife Ullowan,
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  Speaker 1: the daughter of Ipsathod and Panguar and of section thirteen.