ABKUCONWV. J) 



fetid sweat, in consequence of tlu; corn liavinj; 

 been injured by wet in the time of the oppression 

 of the Nornums Ijy William the Bastard/' 



In the year 880, a severe battle was fought near 

 Aberconwy between Anarawd, prince of North 

 Wales, and Eadred duke of Mercia; where tlie 

 Welsh gained a complete victory : it was called 

 " Gwaitli Cymryd Conwy,' because the engaoe- 

 nient took place in the township of Cymryd, near 

 Conwy; the prince, however, called it Dial 

 Hodri, because he had there avenged his father 

 Rodri, who had been slain by the Saxons in 

 Anglesey; the cause of the war between the 

 Welsh and Mercians was this : the northern Bri- 

 tons of Stratclwyd and Cumberland were greatly 

 haiassed and weakened by the continued incur- 

 sions of the Danes, Saxons, and Scots, insomuch 

 that those, who were unwilling to lose their inde- 

 pendence, were compelled to quit their native 

 country, and seek for more peaceful and secure 

 habitations. Under the conduct of one Robert, 

 several of them came to Gwynedd or North Wales 

 in the beginning of Anarawd's reign ; who, com- 

 miserating the suflerings of a kindled nation, 

 granted them all the country between Chester and 



