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event from that which Llywarch Hen celebrates when he 



" Yn Llongborth gwelais drabludd 

 Ar fain, brain ar goludd, 

 Ac ar grän cynran man-rudd, 



" Yn Llongborth gwelais i vygedorth, 

 A gwyr yn godde ammorth, 

 A gorvod gwedi gorborth. 



" Yn Llongborth gwelais i arvau 

 Gwyr, a gwyar yn dineu, 

 A gwedi gawr garw adneu." 



" At Llongborth I saAV hard toiling 

 Amidat the stones, ravens on entrails feasting, 

 And a crimson gash on the chieftain's brow. 



" In Llongborth I saw the smoking pile, 

 And men enduring want, 

 And defeat after the feast of plenty. 



" In Llongborth I saw the weapons, 

 Of heroes with göre fast dropping, 

 And after the war-shout, a fearful return." 



The poem abounds in pictures of this character, which it 

 is impossible to reconcile with the event hitherto associated 

 with the battle of Llongborth. We are thus led to the 

 conclusion that the battle of Llongborth is one of those 

 many engagements which must have taken place between 

 the Saxons and the Britons, but are not recorded in any of 

 the Saxon Chronicles. 



Nor will this conclusion, I conceive, be affected by the 

 views and reasons advanced by M. de la Villemarque, in his 



