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Prydwen
Prydwen or Pridwin, called in the Mabinogion,
the ship of King Arthur. It was also the name of his shield.
Taliessin speaks of it as a ship, and Robert of Gloucester as a
shield:
Hys sseld that het Prydwen.
Myd ye suerd he was ygurd, that so strong was and kene;
Calybourne yt was ycluped, nas nour no such ye wene.
In ys right hond ys lance he nom, that ycluped was Ron.
"So Twrch Trwyth with his seven pigs crossed the sea into
Wales, and Arthur followed with his warriors in the ship
"Prydwen"." Celtic Myth
and Legend Poetry and Romance by Charles Squire. Chapter
XXII
