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be feene over. the fpur, which me never faw to any other man. 

 She alfoe faid that in his returne from Chirkeland fhe faw Lowry, 

 daughter of Howell, Ry s ap Meredith's wife, his klnfwoman warn 

 his eyes with white-wine, being bloudfhot by long watching 6 . 



Jevan ap Robert in his returne from Chirkeland, riding home 

 to his houfe by Gallt y Morfa-hir by moonfhine (the tide in 

 Traeth mawr f giveing him noe fooner paffage) talking with his 

 men carelefly, and out of danger, as he imagined, fuddeniy 

 lighted an arrow mot amongft them from the hill fide, which 

 was then full of wood. On this they made a ftand, and mot 

 wholly all feven towards the place from whence the other arrow 

 came, with one of which arrowes of theires mot foe at randome 

 they killed him that mot at them, being the third brother of the 

 murtherers ; God revenged that wicked murther by the death of 

 every one of the three bretheren. Howell ap Rys ap Howell 

 Vaughan, and efpecially his wife, boyling in revenge, drew another 

 draught againfh Jevan ap Robert, in this manner. Jevan ap Robert's 

 mother was of the houfe of Kefnmelgoed, in the countie of Car- 

 digan, whofe mother was fifter to Rytherch ap Jevan Llwyd, 

 then and yet the greatefr. family in that countie. It hath before 

 been mentioned to have been cuftomary in Chirkelande and other 



It appears from the context to have been the ftool on which an image 

 of Christ was reprefented to place his foot on. If therefore the word 

 fpupe had been ufed inftead of pot-fpujie, it would fignify a feat or 

 bench. 



e It appears before that that Jevan had been obliged to watch for fome 

 time in Chirkland, fleeping in the day, and watching in the night, for 

 the murtherers, &c. P. 



f Traeth mawr fignifies the greater trad: of fand, to diftinguifh it from 

 the lefs, which is the road from Penmorva in Carnarvonfhire to Harlech 

 in Merionethfhire. Thefe fands are not commonly paffable till the tide 

 hath ebbed nearly three hours. , 



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