"Tri phren rhydd yn forest y brenhin; pren crib eglwys; a phren
peleidyr a elont yn rhaid y brenhin; a _phren elawr_." (Welsh Laws.)
{98b} He is described as of "Baptism" in contradistinction to the
infidel Saxons.
{98c} A reference to the last unction. See St. James, v. 14.
{98d} I.e. Tudvwlch Hir, the hero of this particular stanza.
{99a} "Ne." The statement at line 138 would determine the affirmative
character of this word.
{99b} "Veinoethyd," (_meinoethydd_;) not "in the celebration of May
Eve," which is Davies's rendering, as we clearly infer from the
conjunction of the word with "meinddydd," (confessedly a _serene day_) in
Kadeir Taliesin and Gwawd y Lludd Mawr. (See Myv. Arch. v. i. pp. 37,
74.)
{99c} "Gynatcan." Al. "gyvatcan," (_cyvadgan_) a proverb. "Though his
success was proverbial."
{99d} Or, "Through ambition he was a soarer." The person here
commemorated was of an ambitious turn of mind, and bore armorial ensigns
of a corresponding character, which were looked upon, in a manner, as
prophetic of his successful career as a warrior, but the result of this
battle miserably belied such a promise.
"Prenial yw i bawb ei drachwres."