Note 87 — Chapter III · GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH AND THE CHRONICLERS
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Rhys, who doubts Caradoc’s authorship of the Life of Gildas, is “certain that the story” of Melwas “is ancient, for Chrétien de Troyes in his Erec speaks of Maheloas as the Lord of the Glass Island—‘Li sire de l’isle de voirre.’” Arthurian Legend, p. 52.