3. He pierced over three hundred of the finest. He struck at both the center and the flank. He was worthy in the front of a most generous army. He gave out gifts from his drove of steeds in the winter. He fed black ravens [killed many of the enemy] on the wall of the fortress, though he was not Arthur. He gave support in battle. In the van, an alder shield-wall was Gwawrddur. The Gododdin, ca. 600 And the horse of Gwythur and the horse of Gwawrddur and the horse of Arthur, fearless in causing pain. The Book of Taliesin