Andthen, in thine own person do thou remain there watching, and thou wilt see thedragon fighting in the form of terrific animals. And at length they will takethe form of dragons in the air. And last of all, after wearying themselves withfierce and furious fighting, they will fall in the form of two pigs upon thecovering, and they will sink in, and the covering with them, and they will drawit down to the very bottom of the cauldron. And they will drink up the whole ofthe mead; and after that they will sleep. Thereupon do thou immediately foldthe covering around them, and bury them in a kist- vaen, in the strongest placethou hast in thy dominions, and hide them in the earth. And as long as they shallbide in that strong place no plague shall come to the Island of Britain fromelsewhere.“Thecause of the third plague,” said he, “is a mighty man of magic, who takes thymeat and thy drink and thy store. And he through illusions and charms causesevery one to sleep. Therefore it is needful for thee in thy own person to watchthy food and thy provisions. And lest he should overcome thee with sleep, bethere a cauldron of cold water by thy side, and when thou art oppressed withsleep, plunge into the cauldron.”
Race and Coranians
ThenLludd returned back unto his land. And immediately he summoned to him the wholeof his own race and of the Coranians. And as Llevelys had taught him, hebruised the insects in water, the which he cast over them all together, andforthwith it destroyed the whole tribe of the Coranians, without hurt to any ofthe Britons.Andsome time after this, Lludd caused the Island to be measured in its length andin its breadth. And in Oxford he found the central point, and in that place hecaused the earth to be dug, and in that pit a cauldron to be set, full of thebest mead that could be made, and a covering of satin over the face of it. Andhe himself watched that night. And while he was there, he beheld the dragonsfighting.Andwhen they were weary they fell, and came down upon the top of the satin, anddrew it with them to the bottom of the cauldron. And when they had drunk themead they slept. And in their sleep, Lludd folded the covering around them, andin the securest place he had in Snowdon, he hid them in a kistvaen. Now afterthat this spot was called Dinas Emreis, but before that, Dinas Ffaraon. Andthus the fierce outcry ceased in his dominions.
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