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Updated: May 24, 2025
I am going to tell you a story of Prince Bladud, the son of this Lud Hurdebras, which, there is reason to believe, is founded on fact. Bladud was the only child of the king and queen, and he was not only tenderly beloved by his parents, but was also considered as a child of great beauty and promise by the chiefs and the people.
No sooner was the report whispered abroad, that Prince Bladud was afflicted with leprosy, than the chiefs and elders of the council assembled together, and insisted that Lud Hurdebras should expel his son from the royal city, and drive him forth into the wilderness, in order to prevent the dreaded infection from spreading.
She sighed deeply from time to time, and kept her eyes fixed on the vacant place which, in former happy days used to be occupied by her only son! King Hurdebras endeavored to prevail upon her to partake of some of the dainties with which the board was spread.
But, behold, through this very thing have I been healed of my leprosy!" "And who art thou, my son?" demanded the old herdsman, in whose ears the words of his youthful servant sounded like the language of a dream. "I am Bladud, the son of Lud Hurdebras, thy king," replied the youth.
King Hurdebras and his queen were therefore dwelling in an open pavilion, formed of the trunks of trees, which were covered over with boughs, and garlanded with wreaths of wild flowers. Bladud and his master arrived during the celebration of a great festival, held to commemorate the acorn-gathering, which was then completed.
It is said by some ancient historians, and by those who have bestowed much pains in examining and comparing old conditions, that several kings reigned over Britain before Julius Caesar landed in the country. Lud Hurdebras is supposed to have been the eighth king from Brute, whom the Bards, and after them, the monkish historians, report to have been the first monarch of Britain.
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