A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



annually in Lent, and without whole 

 approbation he could make no competi- 

 tion public; and, during three years, 

 that is, till the next Eilleddfod, he re- 

 mained an under-graduate, and was 

 called Difgybl yfpas -cerdd davod, a 

 probationary Student of Poetry. 



At the next Eifleddfod, he was exa- 

 mined for the degree of Difgybl Difg y 

 Waidd, or Bachelor of the Art of Poetry^ 



After another like interval, the Bard 

 took the degree of Difgybl Penceirddi- 

 aidd, or Mafter of the Art of Poetry ; for 

 which it was requifite, that he mould 

 tmderftand the rules of grammar and 

 rhetoric; and analyfe and explain the 

 alliterative concatenations of the lan- 

 guage ; to efcape all the errors ; and to 

 fing melodioufly in parts twenty-one of 

 the metres. 



To the Pencerdd, or Profejfor of Poe- 

 try, who obtained his degree at the end 



of 



