Sohe prepared ships and filled them with armed knights, and set forth towardsFrance. And as soon as they had landed, they sent messengers to show the noblesof France the cause of the embassy. And by the joint counsel of the nobles ofFrance and of the princes, the maiden was given to Llevelys, and the crown ofthe kingdom with her. And thenceforth he ruled the land discreetly, and wisely,and happily, as long as his life lasted.
Aftera space of time had passed, three plagues fell on the Island of Britain, suchas none in the islands had ever seen the like of. The first was a certain racethat came, and was called the Coranians; and so great was their knowledge, thatthere was no discourse upon the face of the Island, however low it might bespoken, but what, if the wind met it, it was known to them. And through thisthey could not be injured.
Thesecond plague was a shriek which came on every May-eve, over every hearth inthe Island of Britain. And this went through people’s hearts, and so scaredthem that men lost their hue and their strength, and the women their children,and the young men and the maidens lost their senses, and all the animals andtrees and the earth and the’ waters were left barren.
Consume first night
Thethird plague was, that however much of provisions and food might be prepared inthe king’s courts, were there even so much as a year’s provision of meat anddrink, none of it could ever be found, except what was consumed in the firstnight. And two of these plagues, no one ever knew their cause, therefore wasthere better hope of being freed from the first than the second and third.
Andthereupon King Lludd felt great sorrow and care, because that he knew not howhe might be freed from these plagues. And he called to him all the nobles ofhis kingdom, and asked counsel of them what they should do against theseafflictions. And by the common counsel of the nobles, Lludd the son of Beliwent to Llevelys his brother, king of France, for he was a man great of counseland wisdom, to seek his advice.
Andthey made ready a fleet, and that in secret and in silence, lest that raceshould know the cause of their errand, or any besides the king and hiscounselors. And when they were made ready, they went into their ships, Lluddand those whom he chose with him. And they began to cleave the seas towardsFrance.
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