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butcher for the purpofe, that mould have murthered him ; for 

 he had direction by Howell to keepe himfelfe free, and not to 

 undertake any of the company untill he faw them in a medley, 

 and every man fighting. Then was his charge to come behinde 

 the talleft man in the company (for otherwife he knew him not, 

 being a ftranger), and to knocke him down ; for Howell ap Rys 

 fayd j " Thou fhalt foone difcerne him from the reft by his feature, 

 " and he will make way before him. There is a rafter-brother 

 " of his, one Robin ap Inko, a little fellow, that ufeth to match 

 " him behind : take heed of him ; for, be the encountre never 

 " foe hot, his eye is ever on his fofter-brother." Jevan ap Ro- 

 bert, according as he was appointed, went that morning with 

 his ordinary company towards Llanvihangel to meete John ap 

 Meredith. You are to underftand, that in thofe dayes, and in 

 that wild worlde, every man ftood upon his guard, and went 

 not abroad but in fort and foe armed, as if he went to the field to 

 encountre with his enemies. Howell ap Rys ap Howell Vaughan's 

 filler being Jevan ap Robert's wife, went a mile, or thereabout, 

 with her hufoand and the company, talking with them, and foe 

 parted with them ;. and in her way homewards, me met her 

 brother a horfeback, with a great company of people armed, ride- 

 ing after her hufband, as faft as they could. On this fhe cried 

 out upon her brother, and defired him, for the love of God, not 

 to harme her hufband, that meant him noe harme ; and withal 

 fteps to his horfe, meaning to have caught him by the bridle, 

 which he feeing, turned his horfe about. She then caught the 

 horfe by the tail, hanging upon him foe long, and crying upon 

 her brother, that, in the end, he drew out his fhort-fword, and 

 ftruck at her arme. Which fhe perceiving, was faine to lett 

 flippe her hold, and running before him to a narrow paflage, 

 whereby he muft pafs through a brooke, where there was a foot- 

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