i\ HISTUUV OF 



This pestilence vvhicli raged in the district be- 

 tween the Conwy and Dyffryn Clvvyd is recorded 

 in the following: Triad : — 



'•Tair haint echrys Ynys Prydain : Cyntav, 

 haint o gelanedd y Gwyddyl a laddwyd ym 

 Manuba gwedi gorniesu o honynt again mlynedd 

 a naw a'r wlad Wynedd. Ail, haint y vad velen 

 o lios, ac achos celaneddau Uaddedigion y bu 

 honno, ac od elai neb o vewn en gwynt cwympo 

 'n varw yn ddioed a wnelai : a'r drydydd haint, y 

 chwys drewllyd, aclios Uygru yr yd gan wlyban- 

 iaeth yn amser Gormes y jNormeinwyr, y gan 

 Wiliani y Bastardd."" 



"The three dreadful pestilences of the Isle of 

 Britain. First, the pestilence from the carcases 

 of the Gwyddelians, who were slain in Manuba, 

 after they had oppressed the country of Gw ynedd 

 for twenty-nine years. Second, the pestilence 

 of the yellow plague of lihos, and wliich was 

 cau&ed by the carcases of the slain, and whoever 

 went within reach oftlie effluvia fell dead imme- 

 diately : and the third was the i)estilence of the 



'' .Myvyriaii Anha-ology, N ol. II. .■>y. 



