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Maurice seized both Emmerich and Rees, and placed garrisons within them, besides occupying Goch, Kranenburg, Gennip, and various places in the County of Mark. This closed the amicable campaign. Spinola established himself and his forces near Wesel. The Prince encamped near Rees. The two armies were within two hours' march of each other.
I too was anxious enough to see it, less from love of ruins and ancient architecture, than from knowing that a certain illustrious bard was buried in its precincts, of whom perhaps a short account will not be unacceptable to the reader. This man, whose poetical appellation was Iolo Goch, but whose real name was Llwyd, was of a distinguished family, and Lord of Llechryd.
Many were crying from cramp and hunger, but nothing could be done to satisfy them, and indeed the men took little notice of them. The arrival in time at the frontier station at Goch somewhat revived the distressed and drooping. Everyone seized the opportunity to stretch the limbs, to inhale some fresh air, and to obtain some slight refreshment.
"Thou noble tree, who shelt'rest kind The dead man's house from winter's wind; May lightnings never lay thee low; Nor archer cut from thee his bow, Nor Crispin peel thee pegs to frame; But may thou ever bloom the same, A noble tree the grave to guard Of Cambria's most illustrious bard!" Start for Plynlimmon Plynlimmon's Celebrity Troed Rhiw Goch.
"As Schmalz is out," the officer returned suavely, advancing to the desk, "I must trouble you for an instant, I fear. I have been sent over from Goch to inspect the guard here. But I find no guard ... there is not a man in the place." Clubfoot angrily heaved his unwieldy bulk from his chair. "Gott im Himmel!" he cried savagely. "It is incredible that I can never be left in peace.
What more sublimely sonorous than certain hymns of Taliesin; more sharp and clashing than certain lines of Gwalchmai and Dafydd Benfras, describing battles; more diabolically grating than the Drunkard's Choke-pear by Rhys Goch, and more sweet than the lines of poor Gronwy Owen to the Muse?
I felt a sudden pang of uneasiness at the sight of him, for I remembered his cross-examination of me at Goch. But I could not escape without paying my bill; besides, he blocked the way. He settled my doubts and fears by walking straight over to my table. "Good evening, Herr Doktor," he said in German, with his pleasant smile. "This indeed is an unexpected pleasure!
"The Red Tavern?" said I. "How is it that so many of your places are called Goch? there is Pentraeth Goch; there is Saint Pedair Goch, and here at Llanfair is Tafarn Goch." The miller laughed. "It will take a wiser man than I," said he, "to answer that question." The repast over I rose up, gave my host thanks, and said, "I will now leave you, and hunt up things connected with Gronwy."
I was brought into the world in a place called Lower Pen Parchell, on land which once belonged to the celebrated Iolo Goch.
"We owe that pleasure," Clubfoot replied with a smile that displayed a glitter of gold in his teeth, "to a purely fortuitous encounter at the Casino at Goch, as, indeed, it would appear, I am similarly indebted to chance for the unlooked-for boon of making your personal acquaintance here this evening." He bowed to Schmalz as he said this.
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