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 till Pryderi and Rhiannon are with me . ' ` Behold , here they come , ' said the bishop . Then Manawyddan held out his hands and greeted Pryderi and Rhiannon , and they seated themselves joyfully on the grass . ` Ah , lord , hast thou not received all thou didst ask ? ' said the bishop . ` Set now my wife free ! ' ` That I will gladly , ' answered Manawyddan , unloosing the cord from her neck , and as he did so the bishop struck her with his staff , and she turned into a young woman , the fairest that ever was seen . ` Look around upon thy land , ' said he , ` and thou wilt see it all tilled and peopled , as it was long ago . '
And Manawyddan looked , and saw corn growing XXXXX the fields , and cows and sheep grazing on the hill-side , and huts for the people to dwell in .
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