d the
roof and the bath to be prepared, and lo! they are ready." "Well," said
Llew, "we will go gladly to look at them."

The day after they came and looked at the bath. "Wilt thou go into the
bath, lord?" said she. "Willingly will I go in," he answered. So into
the bath he went, and he anointed himself. "Lord," said she, "behold the
animals which thou didst speak of as being called bucks." "Well," said
he, "cause one of them to be caught and brought here." And the buck was
brought. Then Llew rose out of the bath, and put on his trowsers, and he
placed one foot on the edge of the bath and the other on the buck's back.

Thereupon Gronw rose up from the hill which is called Bryn Cyvergyr, and
he rested on one knee, and flung the poisoned dart and struck him on the
side, so that the shaft started out, but the head of the dart remained
in. Then he flew up in the form of an eagle, and gave a fearful scream.
And thenceforth was he no more seen.

As soon as he departed Gronw and Blodeuwedd went together unto the palace
that night. And the next day Gronw arose and took possession of Ardudwy.
And after he had overcome the land, he ruled over it, so that Ardudwy and
Penllyn were both under his sway.

Then these tidings reached Math the son of Mathonwy. And heaviness and
grief came upon Math, and much more upon Gwydion than upon him. "Lord,"
said Gwydion, "I shall never rest until I have tidings of my nephew."
"Verily," said Math, "may Heaven be thy strength." Then Gwydion set
forth and began to go forward. And he went through Gwynedd and Powys to
the confines. And when he had done so, he went into Arvon, and came to
the house of a vassal, in Maenawr Penardd. And he alighted at the house,
and stayed there that night. The man of the house and his household came
in, and last of all came there the swineherd. Said the man of the house
to the swineherd, "Well, youth, hath thy sow come in to-night?" "She
hath," said he, "and is this instant returned to the pigs." "Where doth
this sow go to?" said Gwydion. "Every day, when the sty is opened, she
goeth forth and none can catch sight of her, neither is it known whither
she goeth more than if she sank into the earth." "Wilt thou grant unto
me," said Gwydion, "not to open the sty until I am beside the sty with
thee." "This will I do, right gladly," he answered.

That night they went to rest; and as soon as the swineherd saw the light
of day, he awoke Gwydion. And