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Death in the van with ample ftrlde. 

 Hewed thee a paiTage deep and wide ; 

 Stubborn as fteel thy nervous cheft 

 A more than mortal's ftrength pofTefs'd. 



The monkifli v/riters, all of whom were under 

 the influence of his enemies, aflert, that GlyndWr 

 ended his days in the utmoft mifery : that, outcafl 

 from fociety, he wandered from place to place, dif- 

 guifed in the garb of a jfhepherd, and in a mofl low 

 and abjed condition : that he was forced to fhelter 

 himfelf even in caverns and defert places from the 

 fury of his enemies. But it is evident that if his 

 fituation had been thus deplorable, the Englifh mo- 

 narch would never have condefcended to propofe 

 terms to fuch a fcourge as Glyndwr had proved 

 himfelf to his kingdom. — The Welfh chieftain died 

 unfubdued*. 



For two miles before I arrived at Corvven the 

 vale had completely changed its afpect. It was here 

 deftitute of wood, and the low and verdant moun- 

 tains were cultivated nearly to their fummits. The 

 river Dee had aflumed a placid form, and glided 

 filently and fmoothly within its flat and meadowy 

 banks. 



* Mr. Pennant, in his Tour in North Wales, p. ^z^ — 392, 

 has given a very long and detailed account of the aftions of this 

 celebrated character. From this account, corroborated by the 

 old hiftorians, the preceding character has been principally 

 drawn, 



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