[36a] “Lest he should be overtaken by a piteous death.”
[36b] “Thine I do not consider a protection, nor thy warning a warning.”
[38] “Wilt thou not at last be silent? Thy protection do I not consider such.”
[39] “I declare to Heaven,” said he, “that thy protection I do not regard as such. Hold thy peace, at last.”
[40] He spoke not a word, being angry.
[47a] “Do thou not go to his land beyond the bridge.”
[47b] “I will go my way in spite of the one thou speakest of.”
[48a] In a very rough and bitter manner.
[48b] Gereint took the road that he had meant to take; it was not the road that led to the town from the bridge that he took, but the road that led to the ground that was hard, and rugged, and high, and ridgy.
[49] But it was unfair for Gereint to have to fight him, so small was he, and so difficult to take aim at, and so hard were the blows he gave. And they did not end that part of their fight until their horses fell down on their knees.