段七：白髮老人、康納與戰豬

梅林的預言

呢段預言講一位騎白馬嘅白髮老人量度河流起磨坊，然後卡德瓦拉德（Cadwallader）召喚康納（Conan），以及從康納而出嘅「戰豬」（Boar）橫掃高盧、威震西班牙。以下為公有領域英譯（Sebastian Evans 1904 譯）原文節錄。

原文（公有領域英譯）

Then shall the men of the country be turned back into the island for that strife shall be kindled amongst the foreigners. An old man, moreover, snowy white, that sitteth upon a snow-white horse, shall turn aside the river of Pereiron and with a white wand shall measure out a mill thereon. Cadwallader shall call unto Conan, and shall receive Albany to his fellowship. Then shall there be slaughter of the foreigners: then shall the rivers run blood: then shall gush forth the fountains of Armorica and shall be crowned with the diadem of Brutus. Cambria shall be filled with gladness and the oaks of Cornwall shall wax green. The island shall be called by the name of Brutus and the name given by foreigners shall be done away. From Conan shall issue forth the warlike Boar that shall try the sharpness of his tushes within the forests of Gaul. For the greater oaks shall he stub short each one, but unto the smaller shall he grant protection. The Arab and the African shall be adread of him, for even into furthest Spain shall sweep the swiftness of his career. The He-goat of the Castle of Venus shall succeed, having horns of gold and a beard of silver, and a cloud shall he breathe forth of his nostrils so dark as that the face of the island shall be wholly overshadowed.'

白話解說

呢段講咩？ 後半段開始講「本地人回歸」同「外族內鬥」。一個雪白老人騎白馬，用白杖量度「佩雷隆河」起磨坊——呢個意象充滿神話色彩，學者多解作一個智者或神聖人物為土地帶來秩序同生產。跟住卡德瓦拉德（Cadwallader，威爾士傳說中最後一位不列顛王）召喚康納（Conan），收蘇格蘭（Albany）為盟。

「外族被殺、河流染血」： 原文話外族人被大屠殺、河流流滿血，之後「阿莫里卡泉水」湧出，並戴上「布魯圖斯嘅冠冕」。布魯圖斯（Brutus）係《不列顛諸王史》中不列顛嘅開國傳說人物。即係話，預言話不列顛最終會回復昔日「布魯圖斯」時代嘅榮光，甩走外族改名。Cambria（威爾士）會開心、康沃爾橡樹轉綠——即係話，威爾士人會翻生。

「康納嘅戰豬」係邊個？ 原文話從康納而出嘅「好戰野豬」會喺高盧森林試利齒，砍倒大橡樹、保護細樹，連阿拉伯人同非洲人都怕佢，一路掃到西班牙。呢隻「戰豬」學者多比附為一位威爾士／不列顛嘅軍事領袖，具體係邊個眾說紛紜，但都指向「一位橫掃歐洲嘅征服者」。

「金星城堡嘅公山羊」： 接住出現「金星城堡」（Castle of Venus）嘅公山羊，金角銀鬚，鼻噴黑雲遮住全島。學者多解作下一位統治者，有錢（金角）而善變（羊嘅意象），但具體比附不一。

客觀睇： 呢段充滿「民族復興」嘅想像——威爾士人／不列顛人終將驅逐外族、回復布魯圖斯正統，並出一位戰功顯赫嘅領袖。呢種敘事正正反映十二世紀威爾士人對英格蘭統治嘅反感情緒，屬政治宣傳多於真實預言。