Chapter CXXV

This translation of the famous Welsh poem, _Morfa Rhuddlan_ (_i.e._, ‘Red Marsh’) is in the metre of the original. Published (September, 1894) in _Wales_, a monthly magazine. By permission of the editor of _Wales_ and the author’s representatives. Three stanzas (2, 5, and 6) are omitted. Morfa Rhuddlan, on the banks of the Clwyd in Flintshire, was the scene of many battles between Britons and Saxons. In the battle described in the poem (A.D. 795), the Britons under Caradoc were defeated and their leader slain. Those who escaped the sword were driven into the river. The original poem is said to have been composed by Caradoc’s bard immediately after the battle.

CXXVI-CXXVII

_Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century_, First Series (Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1896). By permission of author and publishers.

As to the first,--Idris (=Cader Idris), Berwin, and Plynlimmon (l. 8, &c.) are mountains in Wales.

As to the second,--Cymru (l. 1)=Wales.

III.--SCOTLAND