“Strangers to the country, their deeds shall be heard of;
The bright wave murmured along on its pilgrimage;”
in reference to the British heroes.
[156b] According to version 4,—
“Where they had collected together the most melodious deer.”
The deer were collected within the encampment for the purpose of supplying the army with food, or so as to be out of the reach of the enemy. The locality was probably that of Ban Carw, the Deer Bank.
[156c] Dyvynawl Brych.
[156d] I.e. no pacific insignia.
[156e] A moral reflection suggested by the perfidy of the Saxons at the conference of Llanveithin.
[156f] Morial is recorded in one of the Englynion y Beddau, (see line 348, note 2) as one who fell not unavenged. His name occurs in one of Llywarch Hen’s poems, (see line 495. note 2.) Meugant gives an account of the expedition of one Morial to Caer Lwydgoed (Lincoln) from whence he brought a booty of 1500 bullocks.
[156g] Or, “mutually sharing” the toils of war.