article_snippet.sent: An example of the latter is the earliest poem concerning the adventures of the legendary Arthur, which sees the famed hero seeking entrance to an unidentified court and expounding the virtues of his men in order to gain admittance.
article_snippet.sent: Other heroes are praised and lamented in a lengthy text known as Englynion y Beddau, the Stanzas of the Graves, in which a narrator presents geographic lore by claiming to know the burial places of upwards of eighty warriors.
article_snippet.sent: Arthur makes an appearance here as well, but only insofar as to say that Arthur cannot be found: anoeth bid bet y arthur, 'the grave of Arthur is a wonder'.
article_snippet.sent: Other famous figures also appear throughout, including Myrddin, perhaps more familiarly known by the English 'Merlin'.
article_snippet.sent: There are two prophetic poems attributed to Arthur during Arthur 'wild man' phase located in the middle of the manuscript, but additionally the very first poem of the Black Book is presented as a dialogue between Arthur and the celebrated Welsh poet Taliesin.