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the death of the WA parfon in this manner. She lent a woman 

 to aike lodgeingof the parfon, who ufed not to deny any. The 

 woman being in bed, after midnight began to ftrike and to rave ; 

 whereupon the parfon, thinking that (he had been diffracted, 

 awakeing out of his fleepe, and wondering at foe fuddaine a crie 

 in the night, made towards her and his houfhold alfo ; then me 

 faid that he would have raviftied her, and foe got out of doores, 

 threatening revenge to the parfon. This woman had her bre- 

 theren three notable rogues of the damn'd crew fit for any mif- 

 chiefe, being followers of Howell ap Rys. In a morning thefe 

 bretheren watched the parfon, as he went to looke to his cattle, 

 in a place in that parifh called Gogo yr Llechwin, being now a 

 tenement of mine, and there murthered him ; and two of them 

 fled to Chirkeland in Denbighfhire, to fome of the Trevor's who 

 were friends, or of a kinne to Howell ap Rys, or his wife. It 

 was the manner in thofe dayes, that the murtherer onely, and he 

 that gave the death's wound fhould flye, which was called in 

 Welfh a llawrudd, which is a red band, becaufe he had blouded 

 his hand: the accefl'aries and abetters to the murtherers were 

 never hearkened after. 



In thofe dayes, in Chirkeland and Ofwaldftreland % two fects 

 or kindred contended for the foveraignty of the countrie, and 

 were at continuall Itrife one with another : the Kyffins and Tre- 

 vors. They had their alliance, partifans, and friends in all the 

 countreys round thereabouts, to whome, as the manner of the 

 time was, they fent fuch of their followers as committed mur- 

 ther or manflaughter, which were fafely kept as very precious 

 Jewells ; and they received the like from their friends. Thefe 



2 Now called Ofwejlry : it adjoins to Chirkeland^ where the Trevors 

 continue ftill to be a very coniiderable family. 



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