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Three Men Who Performed the Three Unfortunate Assassinations


Gall son of Dysgyfdawd who slew the Two Birds of Gwenddolau. And they had a yoke of gold on them. Two corpses of the Cymry they ate for their dinner, and two for their supper; and Ysgafnell son of Dysgyfdawd, who slew Edelfled king of Lloegr; and Diffydell son of Dysgyfdawd who slew Gwrgi Garwlwyd (“Rough Grey”).

That Gwrgi used to make a corpse of one of the Cymry every day, and two on each Saturday so as not to slay on a Sunday. (Possibly a facetious adaptation of Triad 10 to form a new triad pair with Triad 33. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Ethelfrith was killed by Raedwald of East Anglia.)