Bewnans Ke is an Arthurian play, the first addition to the corpus of literature in Middle Cornish since the discovery of John Tregear’s Homilies in 1949. The first section of the play deals with the confrontation of Saint Kea, a Celtic saint venerated in Cornwall, Brittany and elsewhere, with Teudar, a local Cornish tyrant. Later a second section deals with King Arthur’s quarrel with the Roman emperor, Lucius Hiberius, concerning the tribute the Britons were forced to pay to Rome and with Queen Guinevere’s adultery with Arthur’s nephew, Modred, ending with a scene in which Guinevere regrets her behaviour. The rest of the play is missing. King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Britain. ... The Cornish language (in Cornish: Kernowek, Kernewek, Curnoack) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Breton, the extinct Cumbric and perhaps the hypothetical Ivernic. ... The words Celt and Celtic can have a variety of meanings. ... Various religions treat the details of such a person differently and their viewpoints are seen below. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county at the extreme South-West of England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical kingdom, duchy and French province, as well as one of the Celtic Nations . ... Lucius Tiberius (sometimes Lucius Hiberius, or just simply Lucius) is a fictional character from Thomas Malorys Le Morte dArthur. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Queen Guinevere, by William Morris Guinevere was the Queen consort of King Arthur. ...

The manuscript containing the text was discovered among the papers of the late Emeritus Professor J. E. Caerwyn Williams donated to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, by his widow, the late Mrs Gwen Caerwyn Williams, in 2000; it is now known as NLW MS 23849D. The National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru in Welsh) is a legal deposit library in Aberystwyth, Wales. ... Aberystwyth (from the Welsh Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, and seaport of Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Mid Wales. ...

Editions

• George, Ken, ed. 2006. Bywnans Ke. Liskeard: The Cornish Language Board (ISBN 1-902917-57-X).
• Thomas, Graham C. G., and Nicholas J. A. Williams, eds. [In press]. Bewnans Ke: The Life of St Kea. Exeter: Exeter University Press; Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales.