ﬖ﬌na﬑c g﬑are﬒aw_c ﬌ g﬑i﬑ ra﬒eu:
m﬑﬌na﬑l ﬉a﬑l nefa﬑l eff﬌ ma﬑l meu -
⮴o﬒ ro﬒ reen a﬑en a﬌﬒ g﬑﬌t﬉eu.
meﬓunt ﬇eint g﬌﬉ ﬌ ſeint ſeﬓl﬌m ﬌ gra﬒eu,
ma﬑ g﬑a﬑ ua﬇ g﬑﬌﬌ ueir creir cre﬒ oleu.
am ﬋﬌ rﬓ gelﬓ golo﬋﬌n reﬓ﬒﬌eu.
a﬉ ﬋aul ﬉e﬇ ﬒im ta﬑l alﬓm ger﬒o﬒leu.
⮰t ﬌ a﬒olaf ti ﬋﬒ ﬒el﬑eu:
eur ﬋﬌g gloe ner ﬑﬌t ar ﬋﬌g glin﬌eu.
⮣m e﬒eir﬌eﬓth ﬒﬌ſg am a﬒ereu.
am cu﬑﬒ ſeﬓlma﬑l am ller﬒ ſalmeu.
⮰t,t ﬌ ﬌uarc﬉af ﬒a naf ﬒ﬓ﬉eu
﬒ﬓ﬉ag﬌ ﬋ argl﬑﬌﬒ grﬓſt o﬒e﬉eu.
⮪i a naet﬉ v﬌nn a ﬇o﬇ ﬉at ﬌ ﬉eu:
ti a naet﬉ ﬌n ffraet﬉ ﬌ ﬉o ffr﬑﬌t﬉eu.
⮐ mo a ﬒a﬌ar m﬑﬌ ar﬒﬑﬌eu:
﬉offla﬑n ﬉oe^dec ﬌t﬉ a ﬉lann﬉e﬒eu.
⮙a﬒﬌ ﬓeſu ﬓ﬑gna﬑t g﬌ ar ſ﬌gneu.
argl﬑﬌﬒ enn﬒euic r﬌uﬓc rﬓuﬓeu.
⮐rgl﬑﬌﬒ ﬌f﬌a﬑n ia^﬑n ﬒a﬑n ﬒﬌nﬓoneu - g﬑﬌t﬉ﬓu:
a[r]gl﬑﬌﬒ ﬒u﬑ ul﬌﬒ r﬑﬌﬒ ﬌ reﬓ﬒﬒﬌eu.
[arglw﬌d] ^{﬒o﬋﬌﬒ f﬌﬒ ﬌nn﬌﬒ kanneu}.
rgl﬑﬌﬒ nef a lla﬑ g﬑a﬑ ﬌ g﬑﬌t﬉eu :
a[r]gl﬌﬒ ^﬒at mat rat car﬌at coeu -
rgl﬑﬌﬒ aen rén en a ﬌freu.
﬒﬌o ﬌m u argl﬑﬌﬒ rac ar﬌d geu
﬌nnar ﬌gc﬌t﬉ loes ﬌rn ﬌ ag﬉eu.
﬌ffes a c﬉﬌mun g﬌uunn goueu:
at﬉ na﬑﬒ rac uffern ﬇ﬓern ﬇﬌eu.
⮰ ﬒﬌ goon ﬒ein r﬒a goe^u:
^{ir﬒ec a﬉o nef ﬌r ﬒﬌ get﬉eu.}
﬋a﬑ ﬒ﬓael e﬒﬌l ﬌ ﬒﬌ le﬒eu.
⮰ ﬒eil﬌a﬒aet﬉ nef. ﬌r ﬒﬌ l﬌teu:
eur﬒al ﬌﬒﬌ ﬉aul ﬌ da aelo﬒eu.
⮰ ﬒﬌ u﬌ſse﬒ ﬉eﬓr﬒ ﬌ ﬒﬌ uoeeu:
﬌ ﬒﬌ eﬓne﬒ a﬉﬌ r ﬒iineu.
⮰r ﬒﬌ ol﬑c crﬓſt ﬌ ﬒﬌ aeleu:
﬌ ﬒﬌ aela﬑ ſeint ﬌ ﬒﬌ ﬌leu.
⮰ ﬒﬌ eﬓl﬌﬑ tec ﬌ ﬒﬌ oleu:
﬌ ﬒﬌ ﬌ne﬇ gloe﬑ ﬌ ﬒﬌ eneu.
⮰ ﬒﬌ ﬉oelﬓon ﬒ur ﬌ ﬒﬌ ﬉eﬓl﬌eu.
^{﬌ ﬒﬌ ﬒ﬓgrﬓf nef ﬌ ﬒﬌ ﬒agreu:}
⮰ ﬒﬌ ﬌ng alar ﬌ ﬒﬌ e[n]g﬌l﬌eu.
⮰ gaet ﬒﬌ gallon ﬉﬌gron ﬒onn ﬒eu:
﬋﬌ g﬑﬌t﬉﬌﬒er gam ﬋﬌g g﬑eﬓtcheteu.
m g﬑﬌ ^{aru﬉﬌ lﬓ} ar﬑﬌﬒lﬓt am g﬑a eireu:
am eﬓ﬒ﬓl﬑c﬉ o am me﬒﬌l﬌eu.
⮪﬑﬌ Ia﬑n﬒u﬒ mo﬒﬌ant rﬓn﬒a﬑ ma﬒eu -

⮞a﬒﬌nenn ſ﬌ em g﬑﬌ am g﬑﬌lc﬉ om ﬒﬌geu
﬒eﬓc rac am﬌l ﬇ec﬉a﬑t ﬋﬌lc﬉:
er﬒ genn﬌f i ae ﬒ﬓ﬌lc﬉
af na﬑﬒ ﬌ ﬒in﬒a﬑ ﬌m ﬌lc﬉.

⮰t﬉ ennlat ﬓr ﬒at eur﬒o gras ﬒ﬓſgleir.
grﬓſt oeſglo la﬉﬌ loe﬋o:
ener g﬌﬒a t﬉i ﬌no
﬋﬌nat ﬇en ﬌ ^﬋eneﬓt ﬇o.

⮑o ﬌﬋﬌nguaf naf nefa﬑l ﬋﬌t geﬓn ﬒u﬑
﬋o gan ﬒﬌n an﬉﬌fr﬌t:
e﬉agaf ﬋﬌﬒ ﬇enn ff﬌﬒ ﬋﬌t
o g﬌nn﬑ ﬓeſu genn﬌t.

⮙enn﬌t rﬓ ell ul﬌﬒ ﬌ﬓr ma﬑
am﬉era﬑﬒﬌ mo a t﬉ﬓr :
caff﬑﬌f nef e ﬌ tangnheuﬓr
﬒﬑﬌ nert﬉ geﬓr ﬌ ﬌﬌ ueir ﬓr —

⮮ﬓrglo cred are ﬒﬌ ar﬑﬌﬒ arnaf
a﬌ nenn rac ramg﬑﬌﬒
ergl﬌﬑ ﬋ﬓ rén gelﬓ r﬑﬌﬒
eurgle﬒ nef a ﬇﬌ argl﬑﬌﬒.

rgl﬑﬌﬒ ﬓeu grﬓſt argl﬑﬌﬒ aſ﬌a ma﬑:
argl﬑﬌﬒ mur affrﬓca :
argl﬑﬌﬒ r﬑﬌﬒ ro﬒ euroa
argl﬑﬌﬒ ﬇u﬒ ert﬉ ﬉﬌l﬑﬌﬒ ﬇a.

⮐rgl﬑﬌﬒ eglur ﬒u﬑ argl﬑﬌﬒ agla naf:
argl﬑﬌﬒ nef a t﬉ea:
argl﬑﬌﬒ ri ﬋a﬇ maria:
trugare﬒ a ﬒ﬓe﬒ ﬒a - ———

The poems given above are transcribed directly from the Llyfr Coch Hergest (Red Book of Hergest) and represent the Red Book's version of the additional triads. Letters or words obviously missing from the text are enclosed in square brackets [ ] and letters or words that are either superfluous to the metre or which are erroniously copied in the original are indicated in italic text. This poem represents one of several hundred in a remarkable collection found at the back of the Red Book of Hergest and represents the first time that the text of this poem has been made available on the internet.

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