his breath down to the very ground.

Then said Kai, "Gwrhyr Gwalstawt Ieithoedd, go thou and salute yonder
man." "Kai," said he, "I engaged not to go further than thou
thyself." "Let us go then together," answered Kai. Said Menw the
son of Teirgwaedd, "Fear not to go thither, for I will cast a spell
upon the dog, so that he shall injure no one." And they went up to
the mound whereon the herdsman was, and they said to him, "How dost
thou fare, O herdsman?" "No less fair be it to you than to me."
"Truly, art thou the chief?" "There is no hurt to injure me but my
own." {5} "Whose are the sheep that thou dost keep, and to whom does
yonder castle belong?" "Stupid are ye, truly! Through the whole
world is it known that this is the castle of Yspaddaden Penkawr."
"And who art thou?" "I am called Custennin the son of Dyfnedig, and
my brother Yspaddaden Penkawr oppressed me because of my possessions.
And ye also, who are ye?" "We are an embassy from Arthur, come to
seek Olwen the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr." "Oh men! the mercy
of Heaven be upon you, do not that for all the world. None who ever
came hither on this quest has returned alive." And the herdsman rose
up. And as he arose, Kilhwch gave unto him a ring of gold. And he
sought to put on the ring, but it was too small for him, so he placed
it in the finger of his glove. And he went home, and gave the glove
to his spouse to keep. And she took the ring from the glove when it
was given her, and she said, "Whence came this ring, for thou art not
wont to have good fortune?" "I went," said he, "to the sea to seek
for fish, and lo, I saw a corpse borne by the waves. And a fairer
corpse than it did I never behold. And from its finger did I take
this ring." "O man! does the sea permit its dead to wear jewels?
Show me then this body." "Oh wife, him to whom this ring belonged
thou shalt see here in the evening." "And who is he?" asked the