` 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 of 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 . Therefore I changed them . Yet had she not been ill and slow of foot , thou couldst not have overtaken her . Still , since she was caught , I will restore thee Pryderi and Rhiannon , and will take the charm from off thy lands . I have told thee who she is ; so now set her free . ' ' I will not set her free , ' answered Manawyddan , 'till thou swear that no vengeance shall be taken for his , either upon Pryderi , or upon Rhiannon , or on me . ' ' I will grant thee this boon ; and thou hast done wisely to ask it , for on thy head would have lit all the trouble . Set now my wife free . ' '
I will not set her free XXXXX Pryderi and Rhiannon are with me . '
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