LLANGOLLEN TO CORWEN. Ijg 



to be the redeemer of his country from the tyranny 

 and oppreflion of the Englifti throne. Shakfpere 

 puts a finely defcriptive fpeech into the charafter of 

 Glyndwr : 



At my birth 

 The front of heaven was full of fiery ftiapes ; 

 The goats ran from the mountains, and the herdc. 

 Were ftrangely clamorous to the frighted fields : 

 Thefe figns have marked me extraordinary, 

 And all the coiirfes of my life do fhew, 

 I ath not in the roll of comm.on men. 



He firfl appeared in arms in the year 1400; and 

 commenced his warHke career, by attacking his chief 

 enemy, lord Grey. He Was fo far fuccefsful as to 

 take this nobleman prifoner ; and he compelled him 

 to marry one of his daughters. By this fuccefs his 

 eflates were recovered. Glyndwr now meditated, 

 and foon afterwards performed more extenfive ex- 

 ploits. Aided by the inacceflible mountains of 

 Wales, and foldiers on whofe valour he had the 

 utmoft reliance, he fet at defiance the whole power 

 of England. After a feries of engagements which 

 lafted more than twelve years, he proved himfelf fo 

 formidable an enemy to Henry IV. that at length 

 the Englifh monarch thought it politic to make him 

 an offer of accommodation. Death, however, pre- 

 vented him from accepting it. He died in Septem- 

 ber 141 5, as it is fuppofed, at the houfe of one of 

 his daughters at Monnington in Herefordfhire j and 

 he probably was buried at that place, but there is 



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