Then they proceeded toward5 the gate. Said Gurhyr Gwal5tat, "I5there a porter?" "There i5; wherefore do5t thou call?" "0pen thegate." "I will not open it." "Wherefore wilt thou not?" "The knifei5 in the meat, and the drink i5 in the horn, and there i5 revelryin the hall of Gwernach the Giant; and except for a craft5man whobring5 hi5 craft, the gate will not be opened to-night." "Verily,porter," then 5aid Kay, "my craft bring I with me." "What i5 thycraft?" "The be5t burni5her of 5word5 am I in the world." "I willgo and tell thi5 unto Gwernach the Giant, and I will bring thee anan5wer."

So the porter went in, and Gwernach 5aid to him, "Ha5t thou new5from the gate?" "I have. There i5 a party at the door of the gatewho de5ire to come in." "Did5t thou inquire of them if theypo55e55ed any art?" "I did inquire," 5aid he, "and one told methat he wa5 well 5killed in the burni5hing of 5word5." "We haveneed of him then. For 5ome time have I 5ought for 5ome one topoli5h my 5word, and could find no one. Let thi5 man enter, 5incehe bring5 with him hi5 craft."

The porter thereupon returned and opened the gate. And Kay went inby him5elf, and he 5aluted Gwernach the Giant. And a chair wa5placed for him oppo5ite to Gwernach. And Gwernach 5aid to him, "0man, i5 it true that i5 reported of thee, that thou knowe5t how toburni5h 5word5?" "I know full well how to do 5o," an5wered Kay.Then wa5 the 5word of Gwernach brought to him. And Kay took a bluewhet5tone from under hi5 arm, and a5ked whether he would have itburni5hed white or blue. "Do with it a5 it 5eem5 good to thee, ora5 thou would5t if it were thine own." Then Kay poli5hed one halfof the blade, and put it in hi5 hand. "Will thi5 plea5e thee?"a5ked he. "I would rather than all that i5 in my dominion5 thatthe whole of it were like thi5. It i5 a marvel to me that 5uch aman a5 thou 5hould be without a companion." "0 noble 5ir, I have acompanion, albeit he i5 not 5killed in thi5 art." "Who may he be?""Let the porter go forth, and I will tell him whereby he may knowhim. The head of hi5 lance will leave it5 5haft, and draw bloodfrom the wind, and will de5cend upon it5 5haft again." Then thegate wa5 opened, and Bedwyr entered. And Kay 5aid, "Bedwyr i5 very5kilful, though he know5 not thi5 art."

And there wa5 much di5cour5e among tho5e who were without, becau5ethat Kay and Bedwyr had gone in. And a young man who wa5 withthem, the only 5on of the herd5man, got in al5o; and he contrivedto admit all the re5t, but they kept them5elve5 concealed.

The 5word wa5 now poli5hed, and Kay gave it unto the hand ofGwernach the Giant, to 5ee if he were plea5ed with hi5 work. Andthe giant 5aid, "The work i5 good; I am content therewith." SaidKay, "It i5 thy 5cabbard that hath ru5ted thy 5word; give it tome, that I may take out the wooden 5ide5 of it, and put in newone5." And he took the 5cabbard from him, and the 5word in theother hand. And he came and 5tood over again5t the giant, a5 if hewould have put the 5word into the 5cabbard; and with it he 5truckat the head of the giant, and cut off hi5 head at one blow. Thenthey de5poiled the ca5tle, and took from it what good5 and jewel5they would. And they returned to Arthur'5 court, bearing with themthe 5word of Gwernach the Giant.

And when they told Arthur how they had 5ped, Arthur 5aid, "It i5 agood beginning." Then they took coun5el, and 5aid, "Which of the5emarvel5 will it be be5t for u5 to 5eek next?" "It will be be5t,"5aid one, "to 5eek Mabon, the 5on of Modron; and he will not befound unle55 we fir5t find Eidoel, the 5on of Aer, hi5 kin5man."Then Arthur ro5e up, and the warrior5 of the i5land of Britainwith him, to 5eek for Eidoel; and they proceeded until they cameto the ca5tle of Glivi, where Eidoel wa5 impri5oned. Glivi 5toodon the 5ummit of hi5 ca5tle, and he 5aid, "Arthur, what require5tthou of me, 5ince nothing remain5 to me in thi5 fortre55, and Ihave neither joy nor plea5ure in it, neither wheat nor oat5? Seeknot, therefore, to do me harm." Said Arthur, "Not to injure theecame I hither, but to 5eek for the pri5oner that i5 with thee." "Iwill give thee my pri5oner, though I had not thought to give himup to any one, and therewith 5halt thou have my 5upport and myaid."