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Rys Goch q of Eryri, a bard of that time, made him a fong, 

 mewing what notable qualities he had, and yet durft not name 

 him therein, for that as it feemeth he was an outlaw at that 

 time when the fong was made, but fheweth in the fong his de- 

 fcent from Gruff' ap Conan r , and that he was the hope of that 

 ftocke. 



The Song that Rys Goch made to Robert ap Meredith be- 

 ginneth thus : 



HIR y bu RufFudd ruddbar 



Waywdan fab Cynan ein car 



Ar goefgeirch hir gwayw yfgwyd 



Yn gorwedd Llew Flamgledd Llwyd 



A'i dalaith Llwybr goddaith Llaw 



Fynnodd gynt yn kelfFeiniaw 



Tann oerfab bid tan arfoli 



Na chryn ddyn ni chrynodd oil 

 • Mae arno gaink llathrfaink Llv 

 . Etifedd propr yn tyfv 



Iegariis, fi qua in ipfum his occalionib' fuerint ^mulgata, & firrrram 

 pacem pdicti cmi regis & patris inde concedimus, ac ca bona & catalla 

 fua quaecumq' dido dino nro regi & patri occafionibus premiffis forisfacla 

 noie & authoritate pdicYis concedimus p pfentes : ita tamen qd ftet reclus 

 in curia pdieti dm regis & patris & nra, li quis verfuseum loqui voluerit 

 de pmiffis vel aliquo pmiJTorum; in cujus rei teftimonium has littcras nras 

 fieri fecimus patentes. Dat' London xx die Septembris anno dicli metu- 

 endifiimi nri regis & patris Henrici quarti port conqueftum ix°. Irrotu- 

 latur ad feffionem tentam apud Carnarvon die Lunas proximo poll fef- 

 tum aflumptionis beatae Marise Virginis aho principatus dai H. principis 

 Wall ice, undecimo. 



1 Rys Goch flouriihed about the year 1400. See Lluyd's Arch. 

 He liv'd at Havod Garregog near Beddcelhert. — The late heirefs of this 

 place (who married Mr. Hughes of Trevan) was defcendcd from him in 

 a direct line. E. 



1 i. e. Gruffith ap Conan Prince of Wales. P* 



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