6o LLANYDLOES TO NEWTOWN. 



I pafTed Llandinam, a fmall village, about fcven 

 miles from Llanydloes, which I mention only for 

 the purpofe of relating an anecdote of the valour of 

 Edward Herbert, efq., the grandfather of the cele- 

 brated lord Herbert of Chirbury. This gentleman 

 was a flrenuous oppofer of the outlaws and thieves 

 of his time, who were in great numbers among the 

 mountains of Montgomeryfliire. In order to fup- 

 prefs them, he often went with his adherents to the 

 places which they frequented. Some of them having 

 been feen in a public houfe at Llandinam, Mr. Her- 

 bert, and a few of his ftrvants, proceeded thither to 

 apprehend them. The principal outlaw aimed an 

 arrow at him, which ftruck his faddle, and iluck 

 there. Herbert, with his fword in his hand, and 

 with undaunted courage, galloped up to him, and 

 took him prifoner. He pointed to the arrow, re- 

 quefting the fellow to obferve what he had done. 

 " Ah! (replied the man,) had not my bell bow 

 been left behind, I Ihould have dons a greater deecj 

 than flioot your faddle." He was tried for the 

 crime, found guilty, and hanged*." 



Kf.wtown. 



In Newtown 3 or, as it is called by the Welfh, 

 Tre-Newydd^ I found nothing remarkable. It is a 

 clean, and rather neat place, and the furrounding 

 country is fertile and pleafant. — The manufcript 



* Life of lord Herbert, 5. 



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