THE HISTORY OF THE GWEDIR FAMILY, 



BY SIR JOHN WYNNE, 

 The firft Baronet of that Name, who was born in 1553* 



INTRODUCTION'. 



IT may not be improper £0 give the reader fome account of what 

 he is, or is not, to expect from the prefent publication, as 

 well as to throw together what few particulars can be now col- 

 lected with regard to its author. 



The MS. hath, for above a century, been fa prized in North 

 Wales, that many in thofe parts have thought it worth while to 

 make fair and complete tranfcripts of it. ; One of thefe Carte had 

 confulted, and he refers to it as his authority for the Welfh Bards 

 having been mafiacred by Edward the Firft b . This circumftance 

 alone may ftamp a moft intrinfic value on the MS, as it hath 

 given rife to an ode which will be admired by our lateft pofterity. 

 The whole pallage relative to this tradition is alfo cited by the 



a This hiftory of the Gwedir family was pub limed in oclavo, 1773; 

 but the impreffion having been fold, it hath for fome years been in 

 confiderable requeft and is therefore here reprinted, with fome addi- 

 tional notes. 



b See Carte, vol. II. p. 196. where it is entitled, Sir John Wynne's 

 Hi/lory of the Gwedir family. 



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