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serving of notice, for their antiquity, 
are two volumes of the same collec- 
tion, written towards the close of 
the eleventh century ; of which, one 
is filled with the works of Taliesin, 
and the other with the odes of A- 
neurin. ‘Transcripts of the more 
early poetry are also numerously 
interspersed among the productions 
of the bards who flourished under 
the auspices of the latter princes of, 
Wales, of which there are many co- 
pies, as well in the Hengwrt collec- 
tion, as among 106 volumes in the 
Wynnestay library, and, indeed, in 
most of the colleétions already enu- 
‘merated. The red book, of Jesus 
College, in Oxford, written about 
the year 1360, is, for the most 
part, filled with the carlicr poetry, 
mixed with other pieces, written at 
various times, down to the date of 
the book. I do not pretend to 
state all the manuscripts now ex- 
tant ; of our ancient poets of those 
which exist, I only mention what I 
The Apple Trees, by Merzin 
Moral verses, by Elaeth 
A Moral ode, by Gwyzno 
‘On the Inundation of Cantrev GAsclod, by 
Contention with Gwyn ab nuz, by Gwyzno 
Dialogue between Arthur, Cai, and Glewlwyd 
A Religious Ode, by Cuhelyn 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto. 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
The same subject, by ditto 
To the Birch, by Merzin 
To a Horse 
Moral verses, by Lig are 
Verses, by Gwyzno 
Dialogue betweén Taliesin Sad Ugnac 
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have seen myself. Some collections, 
as the earl of Maccletield’s, which, 
I believe, to be valuable, and others 
I have had, as yet, no opportunity 
of examining. I hope, that some 
persons better qualified than I am, 
will be induced to. give an exact ca- 
talogue of all our MSS. now in 
being. 
J he bardic institutes were not re- 
gularly committed to writing, until 
they were arranged together under 
the authority of the congresses con- 
yened by the English noblemen in 
South Wales, as already mentioned. 
The original manuscripts then — 
drawn up of such institutes, are in 
the collection of Mr. Turbervilles 
at Llanaran, in Glamorganshire. 
Ancient copies of the Laws of 
the Britons are common in most 
colleétions: there are eighteen of 
them in that of Hengwrt; four in 
that of Wynnestay; and. several -in 
the British Museum and elsewhere : 
but I have not met with a late tran- 
script 
M:S. Arch. 
Page Page 
- - - - 24 - 150 
- - - - 35. - 161 
~ 5 = - 80 -) 165 
Gwyzno - =" 58) ase 6S 
= : - 49 <- 165 
- = Sp they 16% 
- - - * 16 - 182 
< = ott2- = 184 
- - - 12 = 184 
- - = 4153 185 
- - - 5 - 186 
- - 2, 18° <1 575 
- = - 20 - 576 
- - = Fee = OTT 
- - - _23-- 578 
- - - 37 - 578 
- - =, 42 = 579), | 
- - - 43 - 580 
- < - - 94. =" -578 
- - - 42 .- 576 
- - - ~ 45. % 0 
- ~ - 49 - 166 
5 - pl = 46 
