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Rh In at the halle dore al sodenly

Ther came a knight upon a stede of bra?,

And in his hond a bred min'oor of glas;

Upon his thombe he had of gold a ring,

And by his side a naked swerd hanging:

And np he rideth to the highe bord.

In all the halle ne was ther spoke a word,

For mervaille of this knight; him to behold

Ful besily they waiten yong and old."—10,390-10,401.

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healing art was always confined to females in chivalric times, a principal part of whose education it formed, and to the wives and daughters of knights was confided the care of such as were sick or wounded. Of this, the instances are so numerous, that it is needless to adduce any here.

We find, from the English metrical version of this Tale, that the ointment here mentioned, was the gift of Morgant le sage, very probably the same as Morgan le fay, who was sister of King Arthur, and wife to Urien Hheged, and whose skill in magic was justly celebrated, as the adventure of the Manteau mal taillé will unfortunately prove.

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name of this invader is in Ywain and Gawin, "The ryche eryl, syr Alers,"—line 1871; and the "Cuens Alers," in the Chevalier au Lion.

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name of Owain's horse is recorded, with the epithet of "irrestrainable " (Anrheithfarch), but we cannot venture to affirm that the Carn Aflawg (or grasping-hoofed) of the Triads, was either the charger which he received from the Lady of the Castle, or that which met with so disastrous a fate at the falling of the portcullis.

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The story of this adventure, as well as that of the fountain, appears to have been popular in the Principality, during the Middle Ages, as it is alluded to in an Ode addressed to Owun Glendower, by