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stable of tliis rastlc lor liis [)atron, at the time of 

 l)is (kalli, which happened in the following man- 

 ner. On the third of Jul V, 1088, prince Grnffydd 

 ah ('yuan entered the ("onwy with three ships, 

 and landinji; under the castle at hiiih water, left 

 the ships on shore at the recess of tide. He ra- 

 vaged the neighbouring- country, and drove to- 

 wards his vessels a great bootv of men and cattle. 

 Robert, indignant at this, descended from his for- 

 tress, attended by a single soldier, Osbern do Or- 

 gar, and without any defensive armour except his 

 shield. The Welsh attacked him with missile 

 weapons, and filling his shield so full of darts that 

 it fell under their weight, the enemy rushed on 

 him, cut oft" his head, and fastening it to the mast, 

 sailed oft' in savage triumph.^ The castle was de- 

 molished about a century afterwards by Llywelyn 

 the Great. Jii 1 2 10, Handle Blondevil, earl of 

 Chester, rebuilt the castle of Dyganwy, upon 

 which Llewelvn entered the territories of the earl, 

 and, having laid them waste, returned home with 

 great booty. "^Ihe continued successes of Llyw- 

 cImi against his enen)ies, and the grievous com- 

 plaints made by the marchers, at last excited the 



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