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in the genitive ; and that on the edges may be the name and parentage 



of the raiser of the monument. 



As to the comparative age of the Ogham and Latin inscriptions,, 



when both occur on one monument : — 



In some instances they are certainly cotemporary : — 



Eevern. — The Ogham and the Latin give the same name, -pc&Li&ni. 



The Latin has in addition the name of the raiser of the monument, 



EMEEETO. 



Clydai, 1. — Both inscriptions have the name of the person com- 

 memorated, euceprn, and that of the raiser, pcuo-p, the Latin sup- 

 plying the prasnomeu of the latter. 



Clydai, 2. — Both inscriptions seem to give the name of the person 

 commemorated ; the Latin supplies his paternity. 



Llanfechan, Llaudyssul. — The same may be said. 



At S. Dogmael's the Ogham and Latin are equivalent, m^cjt 

 being translated fill 



At Crickhowel, the edge of the stone has just room enough to 

 complete the legend cujipiLi (cpi)tLnni ; and the Latin ttjrpilli 

 pweei teilvnt shows that cpiLtuni is the name of the father, and 

 supplies dvnocati, name of the grandfather. 



At Cilgerran, the two legends give the same name, but the Latin 

 has the name of the father, fili magliteeni ; the Ogham that of the 

 grandfather, m^i m&qi cpem. 



So also, the legends at Kenfig, Trallong, and Llanwinio, seem to 

 be strictly cotemporary. 



At Buckland Monachorum, if en&b&ppi be the complete legend, 

 the Ogham must be a generation earlier than the Latin. 



The Fardell stone shows that inscriptions were added to the 

 original one, presenting as it does an Ogham pyp&^uci m&cp cjici,, 

 and two Latin, fanoni maqi eint and sageantti, perfectly distinct ; 

 and the Bedd Emlyn stone commemorates two distinct persons, 

 •pubitinti and aimilini, whether they held successively the dignity of 

 tofisac, or were two sons of one who held the dignity. For the 

 Ogham reading is certain; the Latin is asserted by Mr. Westwood 

 most positively to read aimilini ; and I am convinced that he is right, 

 for the name of the barrow on which this stone was placed is evi- 

 dence of a tradition that it was " Emlyn's grave," originating either 

 from fact or from an ancient reading of the inscription. Where the 

 monuments thus bear distinct legends, the relative priority of one or - 

 the other can only be matter of conjecture, unless there be some 

 ground on which an opinion can rest. At Llandawke, where the Ogham 

 is m.6.<}i m(ucoi), or m&<}i m&cp) litimele'oon&'p, and the Latin 

 baeeivendi FiLixjs vkndtjeaei hic iacet, the Ogham was undoubtedly 

 written first ; for the v in the first name has the first stroke nearly 

 horizontal, apparently in order to keep quite clear of the n score, 

 which is between it and the second ; and the second score of h (in 



