xiv P R E F A C li. 



elegies of Llywarch Hen, given us ahiftory 

 of bardifm, very different from any we ever 

 heard of before ; for in what manner foeyer 

 new opinions may have fprung up, it ap- 

 pears to me difficult, if not impoffible, to 

 overthrow the accounts of contemporary 

 writers, whofe authority no one feems be- 

 fore to have doubted -, and who were cer- 

 tainly themfelves prefent in fome of the 

 fcenes they defcribe. 



The Itinerary I have attempted to make 

 as ufeful as poffible. When I made the 

 tour, I took with me one, fomewhat fimi- 

 lar, extracted from the accounts of former 

 writers. The diilances are marked, I be- 

 lieve, pretty accurately -, and all the vil- 

 lages, and fome other places^ are here 

 inferted ; many of which, from their in- 

 fignificance, have not been noticed in the 

 body of the work. 



In the Appendix, I have placed, chiefly 

 at the defire of fome of my Welm friends, 



Lord 



