and evil report upon thee. And I will set up three shouts at this
very gate, than which none were ever more deadly, from the top of
Pengwaed in Cornwall to the bottom of Dinsol, in the North, and to
Esgair Oervel, in Ireland. And all the women in this Palace that are
pregnant shall lose their offspring; and such as are not pregnant,
their hearts shall be turned by illness, so that they shall never
bear children from this day forward." "What clamour soever thou
mayest make," said Glewlwyd Gavaelvawr, "against the laws of Arthur's
Palace shalt thou not enter therein, until I first go and speak with
Arthur."

Then Glewlwyd went into the Hall. And Arthur said to him, "Hast thou
news from the gate?"--"Half of my life is past, and half of thine. I
was heretofore in Kaer Se and Asse, in Sach and Salach, in Lotor and
Fotor; and I have been heretofore in India the Great and India the
Lesser; and I was in the battle of Dau Ynyr, when the twelve hostages
were brought from Llychlyn. And I have also been in Europe, and in
Africa, and in the islands of Corsica, and in Caer Brythwch, and
Brythach, and Verthach; and I was present when formerly thou didst
slay the family of Clis the son of Merin, and when thou didst slay
Mil Du the son of Ducum, and when thou didst conquer Greece in the
East. And I have been in Caer Oeth and Annoeth, and in Caer
Nevenhyr; nine supreme sovereigns, handsome men, saw we there, but
never did I behold a man of equal dignity with him who is now at the
door of the portal." Then said Arthur, "If walking thou didst enter
in here, return thou running. And every one that beholds the light,
and every one that opens and shuts the eye, let them shew him
respect, and serve him, some with gold-mounted drinking-horns, others
with collops cooked and peppered, until food and drink can be
prepared for him. It is unbecoming to keep such a man as thou sayest