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retired amongft the mountains about Snow- 

 don for fafety, and he not daring to at- 

 tack them in their faftnefles, fent over a 

 party of men into Anglefea, and encamped 

 on the bank of the Menai, near this place. 

 Here he ordered a bridge of boats of breadth 

 fufficient to permit fixty men to pafs abreaft, 

 to be built acrofs. Whilft he was at 

 Conwy Caftle, and before this was quite 

 boarded over, feveral of the Englim no- 

 bility, and about three hundred armed 

 men, at the ebb of the tide, rafhly crofled 

 over it. The Welfh from the mountains 

 perceived this, and when the tide had re- 



" ward their enfigns, overthrew all who oppofed 

 " them, and involved the Britons in their own 

 " fires. When the battle was ended, they placed 

 " garrifons in the towns, and cut down the groves 

 " dedicated to the moft horrid fuperftitions, for 

 " there they facrificed on their altars with the blood 

 " of their captives, and confulted the gods by the 

 " infpe6lion of human entrails," 



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