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Mil a phedwarcant mae Jor 

 A thrugaiii ag wyth rhagor g . 



In that expedition Jevan ap Robert lay one night at the houfe 

 of Rhys ap Einion at Henblas, who was maried to his cofen 

 Catherine daughter of Robin Vaughan ; and fetting forth very 

 early before day unwittingly carried upon his finger the wreft h 

 of his cofen's harpe, whereon (as it feemeth) he had played over 

 night, as the manner was in thofe days, to bring himfelfe 

 afleepe '. Tiiis he returned by a meflenger unto his cofen, with 

 this meflage with all, that he came not into Denbigh land to 

 take from his cofen as much as the wreft of her harpe : whereby 

 it appeareth, that by his means neither her houfe, nor any of 

 her goods were burnt, wafted, hurt, or fpoyled. Thus both her 

 houles, Henblas and Brinfyllty, efcaped the Earle Herberte's de~ 

 folation, though the fame confumed the whole burrough of 

 Llanrwft, and all the vale of Conway befides, to cold coals k , 



s " Kt Harddlech and Denbigh every houfe was in flames, and Nant- 

 <c conway in cinders ; 1400 from our Lord, and fixty and eight more." 

 This tranflation was made by a learned Divine, well known in the literary 

 world for feveral publications. He was alfo fo obliging as to add the 

 following metrical verlion in the ftile of Sternhold and Hopkins : 



" In Harddlech and Dinbech ev'ry houfe 



" Was bafely fet on fire, 

 " But poor Nantconway fuffer'd more, , 



" For there the flames burnt higher ; 

 " 'Twas in the year of our Lord 



" Fourteen hundred iixty-eight, 

 " That thefe unhappy towns of Wales - 



" Met with fuch wretched fate." 



k The wreft of a harp is the hollow iron with whick the firings are 

 tuned ; this term is ftill ufed by the harpfichord tuners for an initrument 

 which they ufe for the fame purpofe. 



5 The oldeft Welfh tunes are very plaintive. 



k i. e. To cinders : the author hath before ufed cold a/Joes in the fame 

 fenfe, 



whereof 



