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Enmitie did continue betweene Howell ap Rys ap Howell 

 Vaughan, and the fonnes of John ap Meredith. After the death 

 of Jevan ap Robert, Gruffith ap John ap Gronw, (cozen german 

 to John ap Meredith's fonnes of Gwynfryn,) who had long ferved 

 in France and had charge* there, comeing home to live in the 

 countrey, it happened that a fervant of his comeing to fifh in 

 Stymllyn k , his fifh was taken away, and the fellow beaten by 

 Howell ap Rys his fervants, and by his commandment. Gruffith 

 ap John ap Gronw tooke the matter in fuch dudgeon, that he 

 challenged Howell ap Rys to the field ; which he refuting, and af- 

 fembling his cofens John ap Meredith's fonnes and his friends 

 together, affaulted Howell in his owne houfe, after the manner 

 he had feene in the French warres, and confumed with fire his 

 barnes and his out-houfes. Whillf he was afterwards affaulting 

 the hall, which Howell ap Rys and many other people kept, 

 being a very ftrong houfe, he was mot out of a crevife of the 

 houfe, through the fight of his beaver, into the head, and flayne 

 out-right, being otherwife armed at all points. Notwithftand- 

 ing his death, the aflault of the houfe was continued with great 

 vehemence, the doores fired with great burthens of ftraw ; be- 

 fides this, the fmoake of the out-houfes and barnes not farre dif- 

 tant, annoyed greatly the defendants, foe that moft of them lay 

 under boordes and benches upon the floore in the hall, the better 

 to avoyd the fmoake. During this fcene of confufion, onely the 

 old man Howell ap Rys never ftooped, but flood valiantly in the 

 middeft of the floore, armed with a gleve 1 in his hand, and called 

 unto them, and bid them " arife like men, for fhame, for he 



k Stymllyn is on the Carnarvonfliire coaft, not far from Crekieth. 

 There is a pretty large pool of water near the fea, where there are fome 

 good trouts, and in which this fiffung probably happened. 



1 Gleve figniries a fvvord, from the French Glaive. 



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