The Deeds of Albion
These
are the Names of the Island of Britain:
The
first Name that this Island bore,
before
it was taken or settled :
Merlin’s
Enclosure.
And
after it was taken and settled,
the
Island of Honey.
And
after it was conquered
it
was called
the
Island of the Mighty.
Britain
has Three Chief Adjacent Islands,
and
Twenty-seven others are subordinate to it.
These
are the Three Adjacent Islands :
Anglesey,
Mon and Wight.
the
Island of Britain has Three Chief Rivers :
Thames,
Severn and Humber.
It
has Thirty-three Chief Cities,
and
Thirty-four Chief Marvels.
there
are Three Perpetual Harmonies in the Island of Britain:
One
at the Island of Afallach,
and
the second at Caer Caradoc,
and
the third at Bangor.
In
each of these places there are 2,400 religious men;
and
of these 100 in turn continue each hour
of
the twenty-four hours of the day and night
in
prayer and service to God,
ceaselessly and without rest for ever.
The
Three Realms of Britain :
Logres,
Cambria and Albany.
There
should be held therein
a
Crown and three Coronets.
The
Crown should be worn in London,
and
one of the Coronets at Penrhyn Rhionedd in the North,
the
second in Cambria, and the third in Cornwall.
And
no one has a right to this Island
except
only the nation of the Cymry,
the
remnant of the Britons,
who
came here in former days from Troy.
Arthur’s
Three Principal Courts are at
Caerleon-on-Usk
in Cambria,
and
Celliwig in Cornwall,
and
Penrhyn Rhionydd in the North.
Three
Principal Festivals at the Three Principal Courts:
Easter,
Christmas And Pentecost.
the
Three Great Queens of Arthur’s Court:
Gwenhwyfar
daughter of Cywyrd Gwent,
and
Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gwythyr son of Greidawl,
and
Gwenhwyfar daughter of Gogfran the Giant
and
his Three Mistresses were these:
Indeg
daughter of Garwy the Tall,
and
Garwen (Fair Leg) daughter of Henin the Old,
and
Gwyl (Modest) daughter of Gendawd (Big Chin).
Three
Fair Princes of the Island of Britain:
Owain
son of Urien
Rhun
son of Maelgwyn
Rhuvawn
the Radiant
Three
Battle-Diademed Men of the Island:
Drystan
son of Tallwch,
and
Heuill son of Caw,
and
Cei son of Cynyr of the Fair Beard.
And
one was diademed above the three of them
that
was Bedwyr son of Bedrawc
Three
Favourites of Arthur’s Court
and
Three Battle Horsemen:
they
would never endure a penteulu over them.
And
Arthur sang an englyn:
These
are my Three Battle Horsemen:
Menedd,
and Lludd of the Breastplate,
and
the Pillar of the Cymry, Caradoc.
Three
Skilful Bards were at Arthur’s Court:
Merlin
Sylvester,
Merlin
Emrys,
and
Taliesin of the Shining Brow.
Three
Splendid Maidens of Arthur’s Court:
Dyfyr
Golden-Hair,
Enid
daughter of Earl Yniwl,
and Tegau Gold-Breast.
Three
Fearless Men of the Island of Britain:
The
first was Gwalchmai son of Gwyar,
the
second was Llacheu son of Arthur,
and
the third was Peredur son of Earl Efrawg.
Three
Seafarers at the Court of Arthur:
Geraint
son of Erbin,
and
Gwenwynwyn son of Naf,
and
March son of Meirchiawn.
Of
the Three Immense Feasts
that
were in the Island of Britain:
The
greatest of them was the Feast of Arthur
in
Caerleon, at his Coronation
following
his victory over
the
Picts and the Scots,
where
twenty thousand cattle were slain
and
a hundred thousand sheep,
and
fifty thousand geese and capons,
and
of wild and domesticated birds more
than
anyone might number.
Three
Tribal Thrones Of the Island of Britain:
Arthur
as Chief Prince in Abberfraw,
and
Dewi as Chief Bishop,
and
Maelgwyn Gwynedd as Chief Elder;
Arthur
as Chief Prince in Celliwig in Cornwall,
and
Bytwini as Chief Bishop,
and
Caradoc Strong Arm as Chief Elder;
Arthur
as Chief Prince in Pen Rhionydd in the North,
and
Cyndeyrn Garthwys as Chief Bishop,
and Gerthmwl Wledig as Chief Elder.
Three
Surpassing Bonds of Love which
Three
Men in the time of Arthur
cast
upon the Three Fairest, most lovable,
and
most Talked-of Maidens who were in the
Island
at the time:
That
which Tristan son of Tallwch cast upon
Essylt
daughter of Culfanawyd, Pillar of Britain;
that
which Cynon son of Clydno Eiddyn cast upon
Morfudd
daughter of Urien Rheged;
That
which Caradoc Strong Arm cast upon
Tegau
Gold-Breast daughter of Nudd Generous Hand,
King
of the North.
And
those were the Three Fairest, most lovable,
and
most Talked-of Maidens who were in the
Island of Britain at that time.
Three
Knights of Arthur’s Court who won the Graal,
and
it Brought them to Heaven:
(
Three Virgin Knights who obtained the Blood of the Lord
at
the Castle of Corbyn in the North.)
Galaad
son of Lawnslot of the Lake,
and
Peredur son of Earl Efrawg,
and
Bors son of King Bors.
And
the first two were virgin of body.
And
the third was chaste,
for
only once had he committed bodily sin;
and
that, through temptation, at the time when
he
won the daughter of King Brangor,
who
was the Empress of Constantinople,
and
from whom was descended the greatest
race
in the world.
All
three were sprung from the race of
Joseph
of Arimathea, and of the lineage of the
Prophet
David, as the History of the Graal testifies.
 Arthuriad |
freely adapted from the Triads of Britain |
