THE MATTER OF BRITAIN: - damowords

537 The battle of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut fell: and there was
plague in Britain and Ireland.
The third text MS Harleian 3859h is a series known as the Welsh
genealogies. It is in these lists of monarchs, among the
pedigree of the Kings of Dyfed, that the only actual & correctly
spelt name 'Arthur' is used in antiquity.
Arthur son of Petr son of Cincar
Several different versions of the genealogy are extant, but what
concerns us here is the oldest version, the manuscript known
as the 'Cardiff copy of Hanesyn Hen.' * Below is a section of
the pedigree, with the oldest kings at the top.
Aergul
Erbin
Gwerthefyr
Kyngar
Pedyr
Arth
Nowy
Gw
Thinking outside the box is important for any litological survey, &
we must note that a geneaology is not so much a record of
sons & fathers, but more a king list, such as those kept by the
Picts. In all royal houses, pedigrees of pure consanguinty
stretching over several centuries are very rare, & in the case
of the Kings of Dyfed highly unlikely in such a violent epoch as
the Dark Ages. This knowledge makes it easier to disect the
genealogy, where we can see several seperate pedigrees
blended into one. Let us now untangle this knot of kings,
begininng with Erbin.
ERBIN