Note 61 — Chapter II · ARTHUR IN WELSH LEGEND AND LITERATURE

Milton, Paradise Lost, ix. The prominence given to these descriptions in the tale is emphasised by its brief epilogue. “And this tale is called the Dream of Rhonabwy. And this is the reason that no one knows the dream without a book, neither bard nor gifted seer; because of the various colours that were upon the horses, and the many wondrous colours of the arms and of the panoply, and of the precious mantles and virtuous stones.”