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- They mustered Gwynedd and set out for Ardudwy.
- Gwydion set out in the forefront and made for Mur Castell.
- Blodeuedd heard that they were coming,
- And took her maidens in haste,
- And made for a court on the mountain.
- But through fear they could not proceed
- Save with their faces looking backwards,
- Then they fell into the lake, and save she were all drowned.
- And Gwydion overtook her too, and said to her:
- ÔI will not slay you, I will let you go in the form of a bird,
- And you will never to show your face in the light of day,
- And there will be enmity between you and all birds.Õ
- Gronw Bebyr made for Penllyn, and sent envoys,
- To ask Lleu Llaw Gyffes whether he would take
- Land or gold or silver for his injury.
- But the least Lleu would accept was this,
- That he go to the place where Lleu was,
- When he aimed at him with the spear,
- And that Gronw stand where he was,
- And let Lleu aim a spear at him.
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