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And when they had consumed their feast and all their provisions, they fed upon the prey they killed in hunting, and the honey of the wild swans. And one morning Pryderi and Manawyddan rose up to hunt, and they ranged their dogs and went forth.
They set forth, and, however long the journey, they came at last to Dyved; and a feast was prepared for them by Rhiannon and Kicva. Then began Manawyddan and Rhiannon to sit and to talk together; and his mind and his thoughts became warmed towards her, and he thought in his heart he had never beheld any lady more fulfilled of grace and beauty than she.
'I am about to hang a thief that I caught robbing me! 'What manner of thief is that? inquired the scholar. 'I see a creature in thy hand like upon a mouse, and ill does it become a man of thy rank to touch a reptile like this. Let it go free. 'I will not let it go free, cried Manawyddan. 'I caught it robbing me, and it shall suffer the doom of a thief.
And truly all their companions were lost to them, without their knowing aught of what had befallen them, save those four only. "In the name of Heaven," cried Manawyddan, "where are they of the Court, and all my host beside these? Let us go and see."
'Ah, lord, hast thou not received all thou didst ask? said the bishop. 'Set now my wife free! 'That I will gladly, answered Manawyddan, unloosing the cord from her neck, and as he did so the bishop struck her with his staff, and she turned into a young woman, the fairest that ever was seen.
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.
'Whither have they gone, and my host also? cried Manawyddan, and they searched the hall, and there was no man, and the castle, and there was none, and in the dwellings that were left was nothing save wild beasts. For a year these four fed on the meat that Manawyddan and Pryderi killed out hunting, and the honey of the bees that sucked the mountain heather.
Then Manawyddan noosed the string about the mouse's neck, and was about to draw it tight when a bishop, with a great following and horses bearing huge packs, came by. 'What work art thou upon? asked the bishop, drawing rein. 'Hanging a thief that I caught robbing me. 'But is not that a mouse that I see in thine hand? asked the bishop. 'Yes; that is the thief, answered Manawyddan.
"Pryderi," said he, "I will that it be as thou didst say." "What saying was that?" asked Rhiannon. "Lady," said Pryderi, "I did offer thee as a wife to Manawyddan, the son of Llyr." "By that will I gladly abide," said Rhiannon. "Right glad am I also," said Manawyddan, "may Heaven reward him who hath shown unto me friendship so perfect as this!" And before the feast was over she became his bride.
And as soon as they had sat down, there was concord between them; and the sovereignty was conferred upon the boy. When the peace was concluded, Bendigeid Vran called the boy unto him, and from Bendigeid Vran the boy went unto Manawyddan; and he was beloved by all that beheld him. And from Manawyddan the boy was called by Nissyen, the son of Euroswydd, and the boy went unto him lovingly.
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