` Well , since I have come at the doom of this reptile , I will ransom it of thee for seven pounds , rather than see a man of thy rank touch it . Loose it , and let it go . ' ' I will not let it loose . ' ' I will give thee four and twenty pounds to set it free , ' said the bishop . ' I will not set it free for as much again . ' ` If thou wilt not set it free for this , I will give thee all the horses thou seest and the seven loads of baggage . ' ' I will not set it free . ' ` Then tell me at what price thou wilt loose it , and I will give it . ' ` The spell must be taken off Rhiannon and Pryderi , ' said Manawyddan . ` That shall be done . ' ` But not yet will I loose the mouse . The charm that has been cast over all my lands must be taken off likewise . ' ` This shall be done also . ' ` But not yet will I loose the mouse till I know who she is . ' ` She is my wife , ' answered the bishop . ` And wherefore came she to me ? ' asked Manawyddan . ` To despoil thee , ' replied the bishop , ` for it is I who cast the charm over thy lands , to avenge Gwawl the son of Clud my friend . And it was I who threw the spell upon Pryderi to avenge Gwawl for the trick that had been played on him in the game of Badger in the Bag . And not only was I wroth , but my people likewise , and when it was known that thou wast come to dwell in the land , they besought me much to change them into mice , that they might eat thy corn .
The first and the second nights it was the men XXXXX my own house that destroyed thy two fields , but on the third night my wife and her ladies came to me and begged me to change them also into the shape of mice , that they might take part in avenging Gwawl .
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