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unto the faid Prince Lywelyn, which is extant in the records of 

 the treafurie at Weftminfter (becaufe it is extant in noe cronicle 

 that 1 have feen) and was thence brought to light by Richard 

 Broughton, Efq. Jufcice of North Wales, the chiefe antiquary 

 of England ; a man. to whom his countrey is much beholden, pre- 

 ferring nothing more than the honour thereof, which he mod 

 carefully raketh out of the afhes of oblivion, in fearching, quot- 

 ing,, and coppying, to his great chardge, all the ancient records 

 he can come by. 



Anno Domini 1253 one Gruffith ap Conan ap Owen Gwynedd 

 was buried, in a monkes cowle in the Abbey of Conway, as fayeth 

 the Welfh cronicle. Anno 1201 a Prince Llewelyn banifhed 

 Meredith the fonne of Conan ap Owen Gwynedd fufpecled of 



This letter is preceded by one from Henry the Third to Lewelin in 

 the following words : 



" Rex Lewelino Principi de Aberfrau, &c. Domino de Snawdun. 

 Salutem. Noveritis quod die lume, proximo poll: inftans feftum na- 

 tivitatis beatae Maris mittimus confilium noftrum ufque Colewent^ 

 in occurfum confilii vcftri ibidem. Et ideo vos rogamus quod 

 detis confilio veftro plenam poteftatem ad exponendam confilio noftro 

 plene voluntatem veftram, quia nos dabimus confilio noftro ex parte nof- 

 tra plenam poteftatem ad exponendam confilio veftro voluntatem noftram 

 ad firmiter pacem faciendam inter nos & vos ; ita quod nullus fcrupu- 

 lus fit inter vos & nos. 



Et volumus quod id providebitur inter nos &vos, quod nullo modo 

 vos, vel David filius vefter aliquo tempore a ferviiio nqftro recedatis. 

 Tefte R. apud Hayam 2 die Septembr'." Rymer, ibid- 



The author feerris to have afcribed the firft letter to Henry the Third,, 

 on account of the expreffions Majeftas vejira — rogamus ferenitatem — -valeat' 

 excellently vejira, which hechofe fhould be applied to Lewelin. Whereas 

 it appears by the letter from this King to Lewelin that he confidered him 

 as his vatTal, Quod nullo modo vos vel David jilius vefter aliquo tempore a 

 nojlro fervitio recedatis. 



3 It muft be admitted that thefe fa&s are not ftated with proper atten- 

 tion to their dates. A moft ingenious and learned friend (the Rev. Dr. 

 Benjamin Pye) hath fuggefted, that if the two dates were tranfp.ofed^, 

 they would agree with Wynne's Hiftory of Wales. 



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