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Now it was seven years since Manawyddan had seen man or beast in that place, and the sight amazed him. 'Good day to thee, my lord, said the scholar. 'Good greeting to thee, scholar. Whence dost thou come? 'From singing in England; but wherefore dost thou ask? 'Because for seven years no man hath visited this place. 'I wander where I will, answered the scholar. 'And what work art thou upon?
'If thou wilt not set it free for this, I will give thee all the horses thou seest and the seven loads of baggage. 'I will not set it free. 'Then tell me at what price thou wilt loose it, and I will give it. 'The spell must be taken off Rhiannon and Pryderi, said Manawyddan. 'That shall be done. 'But not yet will I loose the mouse.
The charm that has been cast over all my lands must be taken off likewise. 'This shall be done also. 'But not yet will I loose the mouse till I know who she is. 'She is my wife, answered the bishop. 'And wherefore came she to me? asked Manawyddan. 'To despoil thee, replied the bishop, 'for it is I who cast the charm over thy lands, to avenge Gwawl the son of Clud my friend.
Full of wrath he rushed at the mice, but he could no more come up with them than if they had been gnats, or birds of the air, save one only which lingered behind the rest, and this mouse Manawyddan came up with. Stooping down he seized it by the tail, and put it in his glove, and tied a piece of string across the opening of the glove, so that the mouse could not escape.
'It is that thou marry my mother Rhiannon and become lord of the fair lands that I will give her for dowry. Never did any lady have more wit than she, and in her youth none was more lovely; even yet she is good to look upon. 'Thou art the best friend that ever a man had, said Manawyddan. 'Let us go now to seek Rhiannon, and the lands where she dwells.
'I grant thee this boon; and thou hast done wisely to ask it, for on thy head would have lit all the trouble. Set now my wife free. 'I will not set her free till Pryderi and Rhiannon are with me. 'Behold, here they come, said the bishop. Then Manawyddan held out his hands and greeted Pryderi and Rhiannon, and they seated themselves joyfully on the grass.
"Arise, Manawyddan, son of Llyr, and Heveyd Hir, and go after him, and tell him that he shall have a sound horse for every one that has been injured. And beside that, as an atonement for the insult, he shall have a staff of silver as large and as tall as himself, and a plate of gold of the breadth of his face.
When Kicva, the wife of Pryderi, found that neither her husband nor his mother returned to her, she was in such sorrow that she cared not whether she lived or died. Manawyddan was grieved also in his heart, and said to her: 'It is not fitting that we should stay here, for we have lost our dogs and cannot get food. Let us go into England it is easier for us to live there. So they set forth.
Right gladly did she consent, and without delay they were married, and rode away to the hunt, Rhiannon and Manawyddan, Kieva and Pryderi, and they would not be parted from each other by night or by day, so great was the love between them.
Manawyddan the prince and his friend Pryderi were wanderers, for the brother of Manawyddan had been slain, and his throne taken from him. Very sorrowful was Manawyddan, but Pryderi was stout of heart, and bade him be of good cheer, as he knew a way out of his trouble. 'And what may that be? asked Manawyddan.
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