that it will not be easy."

"Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get.
The sword of Gwrnach the Giant; he will never be slain except
therewith. Of his own free will he will not give it, either for a
price or as a gift, and thou wilt never be able to compel him."

"It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest think
that it will not be easy."

"Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get.
Difficulties shalt thou meet with, and nights without sleep, in
seeking this, and if thou obtain it not, neither shalt thou obtain my
daughter."

"Horses shall I have, and chivalry; and my lord and kinsman Arthur
will obtain for me all these things. And I shall gain thy daughter,
and thou shalt lose thy life."

"Go forward. And thou shalt not be chargeable for food or raiment
for my daughter while thou art seeking these things; and when thou
hast compassed all these marvels, thou shalt have my daughter for thy
wife."


All that day they journeyed until the evening, and then they beheld a
vast castle, which was the largest in the world. And lo, a black
man, huger than three of the men of this world, came out from the
castle. And they spoke unto him, "Whence comest thou, O man?" "From
the castle which you see yonder." "Whose castle is that?" asked