k at the witch,
with Carnwennan his dagger, and clove her in twain, so that she fell in
two parts. And Kaw, of North Britain, took the blood of the witch and
kept it.

Then Kilhwch set forward, and Goreu, the son of Custennin, with him, and
as many as wished ill to Yspaddaden Penkawr. And they took the marvels
with them to his Court. And Kaw of North Britain came and shaved his
beard, skin and flesh, clean off to the very bone from ear to ear. "Art
thou shaved, man?" said Kilhwch. "I am shaved," answered he. "Is thy
daughter mine now?" "She is thine," said he, "but therefore needest thou
not thank me, but Arthur who hath accomplished this for thee. By my free
will thou shouldest never have had her, for with her I lose my life."
Then Goreu the son of Custennin, seized him by the hair of his head, and
dragged him after him to the keep, and cut off his head, and placed it on
a stake on the citadel. Then they took possession of his castle, and of
his treasures.

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And that night Olwen became Kilhwch's bride, and she continued to be his
wife as long as she lived. And the hosts of Arthur dispersed themselves,
each man to his own country. And thus did Kilhwch obtain Olwen the
daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr.

THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG.

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Maxen Wledig was emperor of Rome, and he was a comelier man, and a better
and a wiser than any emperor that had been before him. {116} And one day
he held a council of Kings, and he said to his friends, "I desire to go
to-morrow to hunt." And the next day in the morning he set forth with
his retinue, and came to the valley of the river that flowed towards
Rome. And he hunted through the valley until mid-day. And with him also
were two and thirty crowned kings, that were his vassals; not for the
delight of hunting went the emperor with them, but to put himself on
equal terms with those kings. {117}

And the sun was high in the sky over their heads, and the heat was great.
And sleep came upon Maxen Wledig. And his attendants stood and set up
their shields around him upon the shafts of their spears to protect him
from the sun, and they placed a gold enamelled shield under his head, and
so Maxen slept.

And he saw a dream. And this is the dream that he saw. He was
journeying along the valley of the river towards its source; and he came
to the highest mountain in the world. And he thought that the mountain
was as high as th