Note 13 — KILHWCH[10] AND OLWEN; OR, THE TWRCH TRWYTH.

It would be the grossest injustice to the tongue and the memory of our astounding Kilhwch not to mention carefully at this point that the names of Arthur's warriors and attendants which I have here given form but a small portion of the truly surprising list which he actually pours forth in the original story, as he stands before the king. These amount to more than two hundred; and there is no risk whatever in saying that the resources of the English alphabet have never met with a like strain as in the reproduction of them presented by Lady Guest. "Uchtryd Ardywad Kad," and "Gwrhyr Gwarthegvras," and "Esgeir Gulhwch Govynkawn," and "Drustwrn Hayarn," and "Glewlwyd Gavaelvawr," and "Lloch Llawwynnyawc," may serve as examples. Kihwch recites most of these without comment. I have selected those, but not all, to which he adds some parenthetic description. I have given them, too, in a different order from that of the original.