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2. — Neb na gare y gwayn, Coll restoua. He that loves [or minds] 

 not gain, Loss beset him [or, shall surely find him out.] 



3. — Neb na gare y gy, an gwra deveeder. He that loves [heeds] not 

 his dog, will make him a choke-sheep. 



4. — Tatv, Tavaz. Be silent. Tongue. 



5. — Sbiil sooth, Tor lean, paravy an gwaynten. A south sun, full 

 belly, [brings on] pleasures of the spring. 



6. — Cows nebas, Cows da; I Speak little, speak well; 



Nebas an geveren,* an gwella. \ Little of publick matters is best. 



7. — Cows nebas. Cows da, 

 Ha da veth Cowsas arta. 



Speak little, speak well. 



And well will be spoken again. 



8. — JSTyn ges Goon heb lagas, na Kei Tieb scovorn. There is no Down 

 without eye, nor Hedge without ear. 



[An excellent caution concerning what we say of our Governoura.] 



9. — JVa reys gara an forth goth, rag an forth noweth.-\ [You must 

 not leave the old way, for the new way.] 



10. — Reys yw meeras dueth, hen lemmell uneth. [Need is to look 

 twice, before you leap once.] 



11. — Coss, Coss,fon nebas. Speak, Speak, let it be little. 



12. — Cowsa da, ha neba. Speak well, and little. 



13. — Nebas gueriow, yle y guethow. Few words, they maybe best. 



14. — Taus, Taus. [For Tavaz, Tava%.~\ Tongue, Tongue. 

 [A reproach ; doubling y^ word gives force.] 



15. — Guel yw gwetha, vel goofen. Better is it to keep, than ask 



{i.e., beg.] 



* "Geveren" is unknown to me. This is in Pryce, under the word 

 "Nebaz." See also Sig: Ff. 



f This is from page 251 of LTiuyd's Archceologia ; but, for " gara,"= to 

 love, read " gasa," = to leave. It is printed wrong in Lhuyd, and the typo- 

 graphical error was followed of course by Pryce, in his ignorance. 



