A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



triennial Clera, or perambulation, 

 they collc6ted and wrote down all the 

 memorable tranfactions that pafled in 

 every country, that it concerned their 

 profefiion to notice. For this purpoie 

 they had a flipend paid to them, and a 

 fevere punifhment of long imprifon- 

 ment, lofs of place, and dignity* and 

 great difgrace, was by law inflicted up- 

 on fuch as mifreprefented facts, or fet 

 down falfities. No man was permitted 

 to defcribe any battle but fuch has had 

 been an eye-witneis thereof ; for fome 

 of the chief Bards were Marfhals, of all 

 battles ; they fat in council in the field, 

 and were the King's, or General's in- 

 telligencers, how the action went on ; 

 fo that they could not be ignorant of 

 any circumftance of importance that 

 was going on in the field. 



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