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high hill where the camp of the conquerors
had been; and they set up a great and _
strong palisade inside the ditch, upon the
mound around the crown of the hill—they
worked in haste. When the palisade was
done, and two strong doors placed in it,
Evan said—

“Bring your household goods within the
palisade, and leave your homes in the valley ;
and build yourselves huts within the fort;
and I will go and bring you weapons.”

Evan and Griffith took the great stone
road, and journeyed to the town of Rate;
and there Evan procured a waggon and a
yoke of oxen. Then Evan took Griffith to a
house inside the town ; and there lay a store
of javelins, helmets, shields, and short heavy
swords, which the captain of the legion had
left with Evan at his entreaty.

They put the arms in the waggon; and
Honora and Flamma were placed in it; and
so they set out to Pratulum, Evan and
Griffith walking by the oxen.

Flamma looked upon Griffith; and he
was tall and strongly made, and his face was