LXXXIX.

Ruin {193d} he brought upon every fair region, {193e}

And a fettering valour he displayed; {193f}

The front of his shield was pierced.

Caso Hir, {194a} when roused to anger,

Defended Rhuvoniawg. {194b}

A second time they {194c} challenged, {194d} and were crushed

By the warlike steeds with gory trappings.

His martial nobles {194e} formed a firm array,

And the field was reddened, when he was greatly affronted;

Severe in the conflict, with blades he slaughtered,

And sad news {194f} from the war he brought,

Which he wove {195a} into a song for the calends of January. {195b}

Adan, {195c} the son of Ervai, there did pierce,

Adan pierced the haughty boar;

Even he, who was like a dame, a virgin, and a hero. {195d}

And when the youth thus possessed the properties of a king, {195e}

He, stained with blood, brought deliverance to Gwynedd,

Ere the turf was laid upon the gentle face

Of the generous dead; but now undisturbed

In regard to fame and gain, he reposes in the grave,

Namely, Garthwys Hir, {196a} from the land of Rhuvoniawg.

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