RUTHIN TO LLANGOLLEN. l6j 



I iliall conclude my account with a fingular paf- 

 fage from Mr, Grofe's work, on the Antiquities of 

 Great Britain. It- contains the explanation by Mr. 

 Griffiths of the Navy Office, of an infcription found 

 on the ruins, and is as good a fpecimen of anti- 

 quarian ipfe dixit as I have ever met with : 



" Moft of thefe houfes were founded by an in- 

 junQiion from the popes, by way of penance, upon 

 fome great lords of thofe times, for what the holy 

 church judged infringements on her prerogative; 

 or for fome crime which thofe fathers of the church 

 knew full weU how to avail themfelves of.— iTaking 

 the matter in this light, and from the Welffi name 

 of the place, the infcription upon the ruins v. ill be 

 intelligible. The charadlers are mafo-gothic, and 

 franco-theotifcan mixt.— MD H OO HR BMSPOf: 

 ac h3 aPO u S = PPvO BHOV OES CM G 

 RQO.— The fird double letters I take to be MAD, 

 or Madocus; H. hoc ; GO. monafterium ; HR. 

 honori ; B. beatce ; M. Marias ; S. fancl?e ; P. poe- 

 nitens; OE. CEdificavit; ac, et ; h 0. hoc; a P. 

 appropriavit ; Ou S. opus; PRO. pro; B. bono; 

 HQV. hofpitioque ; OES. ejufdem ; CM. centum 

 marcas ; GR. gratis; O. quoque; O. ordinavlt.— 

 In Engliili, Madoc, a penitent, ereBcd this monaj}cry 

 to the honour of the blcjfed and holy Virgin; and appro- 

 priated for this work, and for the better maintenance 

 thereof an hundred marks, ivhich he freely fettled on 

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