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These brutal fellows, when they thought that they had overrun Wales with their armies, began to build strong castles all over the country. They kept armed men by the thousands ready, night and day, to rush out and put to death anybody and everybody who had a weapon in his hand. THESE BRUTAL FELLOWS WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD OVERRUN WALES WITH THEIR ARMIES BEGAN TO BUILD STRONG CASTLES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THEY KEPT ARMED MEN BY THE THOUSANDS READY NIGHT AND DAY TO RUSH OUT AND PUT TO DEATH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO HAD A WEAPON IN HIS HAND
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. 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. Even when English and German kings attempted to crush their spirit and blot out their language and literature, the Welsh resisted and won victory. Among the bullies that tried force, instead of justice, and played the slave-driver, rather than the Good Samaritan's way, were the Normans.  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 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 EVEN WHEN ENGLISH AND GERMAN KINGS ATTEMPTED TO CRUSH THEIR SPIRIT AND BLOT OUT THEIR LANGUAGE IN LITERATURE THE WELSH RESISTED AND WON VICTORY AMONG THE BULLIES THAT TRIED FORCE INSTEAD OF JUSTICE AND PLAYED THE SLAVE DRIVER RATHER THAN THE GOOD SAMARITANS WAY WERE THE NORMANS
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