When the old king got the head of the Half Slim Champion, he gave the three ships full of gold to Arthur, and would have given six ships, if he had had them, he was so glad to be free. Arthur took farewell of the old king and his son, and sailed away with his three ships full of gold to Erin, where his wife was.
BLAIMAN, SON OF APPLE, IN THE KINGDOM OF THE WHITE STRAND.
There was a king in Erin long ago who had two sons and one daughter. On a day of days, the daughter walked into her father’s garden, in which she saw an apple-tree with only one apple on it; she took the apple, and ate it.
There was an old druid in the castle, who saw the king’s daughter going out, and met her coming in.
“Well,” said he, “you had the look of a maiden when you were going out, and you have the look of a married woman coming in.”
Those who were near heard the saying of the druid, and it was going the rounds till it came to the king. The king went at once to the druid, and asked, “What is this that you say about my daughter?”
“I say nothing,” answered the druid.
“You must tell me your words,” said the king, “and prove them, or lose your head.”