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ground flowing with blood : imagining that 

 the grey-hound had killed it, he imme- 

 diately drew his fword and flew him ; but 

 upon turning up the cradle, he found the 

 child alive, and the wolf dead. This fo 

 affected the prince, that he erected a tomb 

 over his faithful dog's grave, where after- 

 wards the parim church was built, and 

 called, from the incident, Bedd Cilhart, or 

 the grave of Kill-hart. From this was 

 alfo derived a very common Welfh pro- 

 verb : " I repent as much as the man who 

 " flew his greyhound." 



This celebrated dog had been a prefent 

 to Llewelyn from his father-in-law, King 

 John, about the year 1205. And he was 

 fo noted for his excellence in hunting, 

 that his fame was tranfmitted to pofterity 

 in four Welm lines, which have been thus 

 tranflated : 



The 



