knew the cause of the coming to those lands. And
they took counsel together to discourse {111} on the matter otherwise
than thus, in order that the wind might not catch their words, nor the
Coranians know what they might say. Then Llevelys caused a long horn to
be made of brass, and through this horn they discoursed. But whatsoever
words they spoke through this horn, one to the other, neither of them
could hear any other but harsh and hostile words. And when Llevelys saw
this, and that there was a demon thwarting them and disturbing through
this horn, he caused wine to be put therein to wash it. And through the
virtue of the wine the demon was driven out of the horn. And when their
discourse was unobstructed, Llevelys told his brother that he would give
him some insects, whereof he should keep some to breed, lest by chance
the like affliction might come a second time. And other of these insects
he should take and bruise in water. And he assured him that it would
have power to destroy the race of the Coranians. That is to say, that
when he came home to his kingdom he should call together all the people
both of his own race and of the race of the Coranians for a conference,
as though with the intent of making peace between them; and that when
they were all together, he should take this charmed water, and cast it
over all alike. And he assured him that the water would poison the race
of the Coranians, but that it would not slay or harm those of his own
race.

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"And the second plague," said he, "that is in thy dominion, behold it is
a dragon. And another dragon of a foreign race is fighting with it, and
striving to overcome it. And therefore does your dragon make a fearful
outcry. And on this wise mayest thou come to know this. After thou hast
returned home, cause the Island to be measured in its length and breadth,
and in the place where thou dost find the exact central point, there
cause a pit to be dug, and cause a cauldron, full of the best mead that
can be made, to be put in the pit, with a covering of satin over the face
of the cauldron. And then, in thine own person do thou remain there
watching, and thou wilt see the dragons fighting in the form of terrific
animals. And at length they will take the form of dragons in the air.
And last of all, after wearying themselves with fierce and furious
fighting, they will fall in the form of two pigs upon the covering, and
they will sink i