ÔLady,Õ said Gwydion, Ôwe must close the caer and defend it as best we can.Õ ÔGod repay you,Õ she answered, Ôprepare a defence, there are arms enough.Õ
And she returned with two maidens and arms for them both. ÔLady,Õ said he, Ôarm thou this youth. I hear the noise of the men coming.Õ ÔThat I will gladly.Õ And she armed him at all points. ÔIs the arming of the youth completed?Õ he asked. ÔIt is,Õ she replied. ÔMine too is completed. Let us now doff our arms; we have no need of them. There is no fleet here.Õ ÔWhat manner of mustering was it there?Õ ÔA mustering to break thy destiny concerning thy son. Now he has arms, no thanks to you.Õ ÔThen I will swear a destiny on him,Õ said she, Ôthat he shall never have a wife of the race that now on this earth.Õ ÔAye,Õ said he, Ôa wicked woman thou hast been ever, and none should further thee. But a wife he shall have all the same.Õ
