Cadwallon, ere he was lost,
It was not with smooth words he praised me;
Cadwaladyr, lover of the harmony of exhilarating songs,
He was wont to honor me;
Madoc, distributing his goods,
More he did to please than displease me."
In an elegy on the family of Owain Gwynedd, by Cynddelw, Madoc is twice mentioned, one passage particularly seeming worthy of attention:
"And is not Madoc by the whelming wave
Slain? How I sorrow for the helpful friend!
Even in battle was he free from hate,