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lamentation in putting- William upon the bier. And fair Kliys 

 tarried not behind after the worthy William. Deep in the grave 

 was placed Llywelyn, not less lamented. Five in number were 

 the sons; the fifth waS'the beloved Sion. For the daughters there 

 is great grief; The youthful Catrin was the eldest, whose complex- 

 ion equalled the serene sky, or the summer moon; the seventh 

 was the fiiir Annes. They were the beloved of one father, the 

 offspring of one mother ; one ornament of our country, one fair 

 form, one thought, and one paradise. One series of blossoms, one 

 mind they will be in heaven. One form, one light, one heavenly 

 company, and our ornaments. 



By this calamity Margaret became sole heiress, 

 and her marriage in 1400, with Hywel ab levan 

 Vychan of Mostyn brought the Gloddaith estate 

 to that family, with whom it still continues. The 

 tenure of this place was perfectly free, and the 

 tenants owed only suit and service to the county 

 and hundred courts ; and when they went to 

 attend the prince in war, they went at his ex- 

 pense.^ There was preserved here an excellent 

 collection of books and Welsh manuscripts, which 

 have been lately removed to Mostyn, and they 

 greatly enrich the valuable library previously 

 existing there. 



Bodysgallen is a name evidently derived from 



3 Pennanl's Tour in Wales, ITI. 145. 



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