[245] Probably Maelgwn Gwynedd, king of North Wales.

[246] Vermilion, the English version, seems derived from vermes, a worm.

[247] Gildas, in this and the following section, evidently alludes to the Ordination Ritual of the Ancient British Church.

NENNIUS'S

HISTORY OF THE BRITONS.

NENNIUS'S

HISTORY OF THE BRITONS.