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If" this had been done, however, in every inftance, it would 

 have greatly increafed the fize of the publication ; it therefore 

 may not be improper to premife, that the fcene chiefly lies in 

 Eifionydd, Dolwyddelan, and Gwedir, all of which are in Gar* 

 narvonfhire* 



I conceive it to be much to the credit of thefe Family Memoirs 

 that the very learned and ingenious Dr. Percy (Dean of Carlifle) 

 hath perufed them with fuch attention as to have drawn out four 

 genealogical tables, as alfo to have added fome notes, for the iL- 

 luftration of certain parts, and more particularly with regard to 

 the pedigrees. I am proud to infert thefe, and the reader will 

 find them under the mark of P. I have likewife added fome ob- 

 fervations for which I am indebted to the Rev. Mr. Evan Evans., . 

 tranflator of fome fpecimens of ancient Welfh Poetry, publifhed- 

 for Dodlley, in quarto : thefe are marked E, 



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Writtes. 



