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"Here ends my trouble (pryderi)," cried out Rhiannon. HERE ENDS MY TROUBLE PRIDARY CRIED OUT RHIANNON
tains, go no further thus. I will carry everyone of you on my back, into the palace." Seeing their looks of astonishment, she explained: "This is my penance for the charge brought against me of slaying my son and devouring him." One and all the four refused to be carried and went into the castle on their own feet. There Powell, the prince, welcomed them and made a feast in their honor. It being night, Rhiannon sat beside him. After dinner when the time for story telling had come, the chief guest told the tale of his mare and the colt, and how he cut the clawed hand, and then found the boy on the doorstep. Then to the joy and surprise of all, the owner of the Co-ed mare, putting the golden-haired boy before Rhiannon, cried out: "Behold lady, here is thy son, and whoever they were who told the story and lied about your devouring your own child, have done you a grievous wrong." Everyone at the table looked at the boy, and all recognized the lad at once as the child of Powell and Rhiannon. ELY WOMAN SPOKE TO THEM THUS CHIEFTAINS GO NO FURTHER THUS I WILL CARRY EVERY ONE OF YOU ON MY BACK INTO THE PALACE SEEING THEIR LOOKS OF ASTONISHMENT SHE EXPLAINED THIS IS MY PENANCE FOR THE CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST ME OF SLAYING MY SON AND DEVOURING HIM ONE AND ALL THE FOUR REFUSED TO BE CARRIED AND WENT INTO THE CASTLE ON THEIR OWN FEET THERE PAUL THE PRINCE WELCOMED THEM AND MADE A FEAST IN THEIR HONOR IT BEING NIGHT RHIANNON SAT BESIDE HIM AFTER DINNER WHEN THE TIME FOR STORY TELLING HAD COME THE CHIEF GUEST TOLD HIS TALE OF THE MARE AND THE COLT AND HOW HE CUT THE CLAWED HAND AND THEN FOUND THE BOY ON THE DOORSTEP THEN TO THE JOY AND SURPRISE OF ALL THE OWNER OF THE COAD MAYOR PUTTING THE GOLDEN HAIRED BOY BEFORE RHIANNON CRIED OUT BEHOLD LADY HERE IS THY SON AND WHOEVER THEY WERE WHO TOLD THE STORY AND LIED ABOUT YOUR DEVOURING YOUR OWN CHILD HAVE DONE YOU A GRIEVOUS WRONG EVERY ONE AT THE TABLE LOOKED AT THE BOY AND ALL RECOGNIZED THE LAD AT ONCE AS THE CHILD OF PAUL AND RHIANNON
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