2,^6 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES, 



prepared to rufh upon each other's fpears; 

 now, 



" With other echo taught the {hades 

 To anfwer and rcfound far other fong." 



At the commencement of the fixth 

 century, they began to refume the harp 

 with unufual energy, to animate their 

 country in their ftruggle with the Sax- 

 ons ; but, from the ninth to the eleventh, 

 if we are to judge from the few pieces 

 that are extant, compofed during that 

 period, their raufe feems again to have 

 received a check. The hiatus continues 

 till the time of Prince Gryffydd ap Cy- 

 nan, who, about 1100, reformed many 

 diforders which prevailed amongft the 

 bards. Being educated in Ireland, this 

 Prince either from a partiality to the 

 mu lie of his own country, or on ac- 

 count of it's fu peri or excellence to that 

 of Wales, invited over from thence feve- 

 ral of the molt celebrated muficians, and 

 formed a body of inflitutes, for the 



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