"Ethelforth reached the convent of Bangor, he perceived the 
      Monks, twelve hundred in number, offering prayers for the success 
      of their countrymen: 'If they are praying against us,' he 
      exclaimed, 'they are fighting against us;' and he ordered them to 
      be first attacked: they were destroyed; and, appalled by their 
      fate, the courage of Brocmail wavered, and he fled from the field 
      in dismay. Thus abandoned by their leader, his army soon gave way, 
      and Ethelforth obtained a decisive conquest. Ancient Bangor itself 
      soon fell into his hands, and was demolished; the noble monastery 
      was levelled to the ground; its library, which is mentioned as a 
      large one, the collection of ages, the repository of the most 
      precious monuments of the ancient Britons, was consumed; half-
      ruined walls, gates, and rubbish were all that remained of the 
      magnificent edifice."--See Turner's valuable history of the Anglo-
      Saxons.
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        Taliesin was present at the battle which preceded this 
      desolation.
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        The account Bede gives of this remarkable event suggests a most 
      striking warning against National and Religious prejudices.