Reliques

Compendium

here are

the Names of the Heroes

of the

Island of the Mighty:

2. Bedwyr of the Perfect Sinews

Bedwyr, sonetime Cupbearer for Arthur,

Chief Marshal of the Earls of Britain.

Three Battle-Diademed Men in the Island of Britain:

Trystan son of Tallwych,

and Huaill son of Caw

and Cei son of Cynyr of the Fair Beard.

and one is Diademed above the three of them,

that is Bedwyr son of Bedrawc.

He fought the Dogheads,

felled them by the hundred-

by the Hundred they fell

to Bedwyr the Hewer.

On the shores of Tryfwyd

in battle with the Dog-men,

Furious his Mien

with Sword and Shield.

Vain to compare even a Host

to such as he.

Bedwyr son of Bedrawc,

worth Nine Hundred defending

and Six Hundred attacking,

and well worth watching.

A Sword in Battle,

a Giver of Pledges,

a Constant Chief

to a Host defending the Land.

No-one in the Island is as Swift as Bedwyr,

save only Arthur, and though he is One Handed,

no Three Warriors on the same Field

can draw Blood faster than He.

Moreover he will make one Thrust with his Spear

and nine Counter-thrusts.

and Bedwyr never avoids any Errand Cei goes upon.

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Deeds of Albion