be other than gold.
And upon the horses twelve saddles, and every part which should have been
of iron was entirely of gold, and the bridles were of the same
workmanship. And with the horses and the dogs he came to Pryderi.

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"Good day unto thee, lord," said he. "Heaven prosper thee," said the
other, "and greetings be unto thee." "Lord," said he, "behold here is a
release for thee from the word which thou spakest last evening concerning
the swine; that thou wouldest neither give nor sell them. Thou mayest
exchange them for that which is better. And I will give these twelve
horses, all caparisoned as they are, with their saddles and their
bridles, and these twelve greyhounds, with their collars and their
leashes as thou seest, and the twelve gilded shields that thou beholdest
yonder." Now these he had formed of fungus. "Well," said he, "we will
take counsel." And they consulted together, and determined to give the
swine to Gwydion, and to take his horses and his dogs and his shields.

Then Gwydion and his men took their leave, and began to journey forth
with the pigs. "Ah, my comrades," said Gwydion, "it is needful that we
journey with speed. The illusion will not last but from the one hour to
the same to-morrow."

And that night they journeyed as far as the upper part of Ceredigiawn, to
the place which, from that cause, is called Mochdrev still. And the next
day they took their course through Melenydd, and came that night to the
town which is likewise for that reason called Mochdrev, between Keri and
Arwystli. And thence they journeyed forward; and that night they came as
far as that Commot in Powys, which also upon account thereof is called
Mochnant, and there tarried they that night. And they journeyed thence
to the Cantrev of Rhos, and the place where they were that night is still
called Mochdrev.

"My men," said Gwydion, "we must push forward to the fastnesses of
Gwynedd with these animals, for there is a gathering of hosts in pursuit
of us." So they journeyed on to the highest town of Arllechwedd, and
there they made a sty for the swine, and therefore was the name of
Creuwyryon given to that town. And after they had made the sty for the
swine, they proceeded to Math the son of Mathonwy, at Caerdathyl. And
when they came there, the country was rising. "What news is there here?"
asked Gwydion. "Pryderi is assembling one and twenty Cantrevs to pursue
after you," answered they.