10 COENISH PEOVEEBS AND EHTMES. 



16. — Groua da, rag tha Jiannen te yn gura. Do good; for thyself 

 thou do'st it. 



[Gwra dha, rag tha honnon te y gwra, is y« right reading,] * 



Feom LHUYD'S MSS. 



1. — Nag vi Irog, na holan. I am neither malt, nor salt. 



[i.e. I don't care a pin for you ; you can neither eat nor drink me.] 



2. — Na sorren f may tefo gueith ha Losou. We should not be sorry 

 that trees and herbs may grow. 



3. — Po mark ledre%. "When the steed is stolen. 



4. — A mean e% a rhjllio. The stone that rolls. 



5. — En Hdf peragoh Givav. [rectius "Gwaf."] In Summer think 

 of Winter.]: 



[" Gwavas' motto," says Mr. Tonkin.] 



6. — Ma JBreez dho G'lasTcor yw. ' My mind to me a Kingdom is.' 



N.B. In addition to the above, Mr. Lhuyd's MS. contains 

 numerous Sentences in Cornish and English, which cannot be called 

 Proverbs, and were probably intended to illustrate a Grammar. 



Feom GWAVAS' MSS. 



1. — Gofen hagwrd gen Shyans da; 

 Gofen ha gwrd gans Colon da. 



Ask and act with Prudence ; || 

 Ask and act with a good Heart. 



2. — Hithow gwra, gen SJcyans da; 

 JSa Dew vedn ry, Peth ew da 

 rag why. 



To-day act, [with good sense;] 

 And God will do § what's good 

 for you. 



[ComiDare Piyce, who seems to have confused this Proverb with 

 tlie following : ] 



* The latter reading is the best. 

 f " Na sorren " means " we may not be displeased." 

 + This is in Pryce : see Sig : E e. 4. Paragoh is a corruption of " perth 

 coo"=bear remembrance. 



II For " prudence " read " good kno\^ledge." 

 § For " do " read " give." 



