A boy from Hay went to cross the Wye, carrying a bow and two arrows in order to see what
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OF GENILLYN THE THIEF
Genillyn was a notorious thief who lived in North Wales. Eventually things became too hot for him there and he
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Conan was the leader of a gang of robbers. He decided to plunder the home of a rich knight who
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A German knight by the name of Franco wished to speak to Louis d’Outremer, son of Charlemagne. He came upon
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OF GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELLEN This great king had married Ealdgyth, daughter of Aelfger, earl of Mercia, who was accounted the
Continue readingOF THE HOSPITALITY OF THE WELSH
There was a man, a small Welsh farmer, who, in the spirit of hospitality, took in a stranger. The following
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MacGhillie Easbuig, whose name, for those of you without the Gaelic, means the son of the bishop’s servant, was one
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There are some men whom you can trust to be rocks, steadfast in any storm the world will throw at
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Near Louvain, at a place called Broad Oak, they held a tournament, a thing that might be better called a
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There was a knight who had a beloved wife. Shortly into their marriage they were blest by God and had
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