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XIV THE WELSHERY AND THE NORMANS Though their land has been many times invaded, the Welsh have never been conquered. Powerful tribes, like the Romans, Saxons and Normans, have tried to overwhelm them. THE WELSHRY AND THE NORMANS THOUGH THEIR LAND HAS BEEN MANY TIMES INVADED THE WELSH HAVE NEVER BEEN CONQUERED POWERFUL TRIBES LIKE THE ROMANS SAXONS AND NORMANS HAVE TRIED TO OVERWHELM THEM
ad and miserable, beyond the telling, because he had broken his word of honor. So, almost mad with grief and shame, and from an accusing conscience, he went back to find the cave, in which he had slept. He would return to the King of the fairies, and ask his pardon, even if His Majesty never allowed him to visit Fairyland again. But though he often searched, and spent whole days in trying to find the opening in the hills, he could never discover it. So, fully penitent, and resolving to live right, and become what his father wanted him to be, he went back to the monastery. There he plied his tasks so diligently that he excelled all in book-learning. In time, he became one of the most famous scholars in Welsh history. When he died, he asked to be buried, not in the monk's cemetery, but with his father and mother, in the churchyard. He made request that no name, record, or epitaph, be chiseled on his tomb, but only these words: WE CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST THE TRUTH, BUT ONLY FOR THE TRUTH.   CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF WELSH FAIRY TALES THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY BETTY B WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOTT GRIFFITH CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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