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Wight, had not long before gained up- 

 wards of two thoufand acres of land from 

 the fea : the affair, however, pobably from 

 want of money, was never carried into 

 execution.* 



Penmorfa, the head of the Marjh, is a 

 fmall wood-clad village, romantically fitu- 

 ated on the weftern bank of Traeth Mawr, 

 and lies fo far out of the ufual route, as to 

 have been hitherto but feldom vifited by 

 tourifts. The church is dedicated to St. 

 Beuno, and within it there is a fmall mo- 

 nument, in memory of Sir John Owen, a 

 general in the army, and a ftaunch fupport- 

 er of Charles I. This valiant commander, 

 after the execution of his royal mailer, 

 was, with feveral of the nobles, condemn- 

 ed by the Parliament, to lofe his head, 



* Sir John Wynne's Memoirs of the Gwydir fa- 

 mily in Barrington's Mifcellanies, p. 351. Pen- 

 nant's Tour 184187. 



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