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Dyzaw, dyhebgyr, dybrys dybrau: 
Marwnad Corroi a’m cyfroes ! 
Dy fynnon lydan dyleinw dyllyr, 
Dy faeth dycyre traeth, drwg dybyr, 
Gyr a woreigyn mawr ei varantes, 
A wedy Myttaw, myned trevyz, 
Aethant * fres fraw ionyz, 
“Tra vu vuzygre.vore zugrawr. 
wedlau a’m gwyzir o wir hyd lawr; 
Cyvranc Corroi a Cogolyn. 
Liiaws eu tervyfg ameu tervyn, 
‘Tarzal pen amw.rn pwerin gozvwyn, 
Caer y {vz gulwyz, ni gwyx, ni gryn: 
Gwyn ei vyd yr enaid a°i, harobryn ! 
: THE TRANSLATION, 
Elegy upon Corrot, the fon of Dairi. 18 
Thy ample fountain replenifhes the ftream! it 
eomes, it difpenfes with a path, it maketh hafte : 
the death-cry of Correo: hath agitated me Py HE 
was difmal that a man of fuch fierce paffions 
fhould have been born; few have heard of one 
who furpaffed him in devaftation.—The fon of. 
Deiri was wont to hold the helm on the fea of 
the fouth; glorious was his fame ere he was 
laid in earth. 
Thy ample fountain repienifhes the fprings ! 
“It comes, it paffes onward, it haftens forrows : 
the death-cry of Corre: hath agitated me ! 
Thy ample fountain replenithes the torrent ! 
thy ar-ow flies to the fhore with fad mifchief; 
@man it overcoines, the leader ofa mighty hot. 
After palling Mynawt, reforting to the 
towns they traverfed, the frefh and rippling 
fireamst, whilit the demon of flaughter ranged 
ona black lowering morn. Down from the 
tky, there came to me dire warnings of the con- 
AiG of Corrci and Cocholyn. Many their tu- 
mults for their boundaries, the agonizing mul- 
ttude burfting through the Hmits of the dark 
vale||, that furrounds the city profperous in 
love, which fhall not fail, which fhall not be 
fhaken: happy the foul that fhall be received 
there ! 
It is not certain who was the author 
of the above piece; yet it has been af- 
cribed to Taliefin, on account of its hav- 
ing been found with his works in cne old 
manufcript, but that is judging from too 
flicht a foundation. Mr. Edward Llwyd 
faw another copy of it, or elfe he has 
committed an error in tran{cribing the 
name of Corre, mab ‘Dairi, for in his 
Archzologia it is put Corre ad Dairn. 
jane I remain, fir, your's, &c. 
G&. 6. MEIRION. 

ia Ss Cues acl ant, in the MS, 
+ The Ifle of Man. 
~ Or towns which furround frefh and agi- 
tated ftreams. This difficulty’ is owing to 
fome letters being obliterated in a word of the 
Original. ’ 
|| I take the meaning of this to be figurative, 
and to imply the fame as the walley of the fhadiw 
of deat, 
Authenticity of Pooms of Offian....Bensfit Societies.  [O&. 
To ‘the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
STR, ieee 
| SENT you, a fhort time fince, a few 
hints upon Benefit Societies, or Sick 
“Clubs, and as I think them in fications 
of great national importance, I beg leave 
to trouble you with a few farther ob- 
fervations. : . giles 
About fourteen or fifteen years fince, a 
{mall pamphlet was publiffied, entitled, 
‘« “Pwenty Minutes’ Obfervations on the 
better Relief of the Poor” It was written 
by a Geaticinan who praétifed furgery at 
Wellingborough, in Northampton fhire, 
but whofe name_I do not recolleét ¢ it 
contained many hints well worthy of at- 
tention, and feveral of the remarks I fhall 
now make, I muft confefs myfelf indebt- 
ed tothat a fenfible writer for.—If I re- 
member right, his plan went to a total 
abolition of the poor’s laws in their pre- 
fent form, and that an aét of parliament 
fhould be paffed, obliging every perfon 
as foon as they came to their own hands 
to pay acertain futn weekly, the fame as 
is paid to the Sick Clubs, and when fick 
to receive the fame relief.—The old 
adage—“ Give a man his bread and 
cheefe when he has earned it”=ftill holds 
gocd in many cafes, and there certainly 
can be no reafon alfigned, why thofe, who 
through indolence, improvidence, or ex- 
travagance, will not lay up when they 
can againft a time of ficknefs fhould have 
a legal claim upon the property of his 
more induftrious or frugal neighbour, 
who has been careful to lay up fomething, 
to fupport him in ficknéfs or old age,— 
How far the fcheme propofed by the. 
above-quoted fenfible writer, could, with 
propriety, be haftily adopted, I cannot 
Judge ; but his obfervations on the good 
eficéts of Benefit Societies in Welling- 
borough deferve attention by all who 
with to eftablith and promote fuch focie- 
ties—I beg leave. to offer a few hints 
which } think would tend to increafe the 
number of thefe focieties and thereby 
greatly promote the public welfare, 
{. That gentlemen whe keep men. fervants, 
either as domeftics or labourers, fhould make it 2 
condition that they become fubferibers to ‘fome 
one of thefe clubs. 
2. That matter artificers and manufaturers, 
who employ a number of journeymen, thould en- 
courage their joining thefe focietics, and em. 
ploy none but thofe who will join them, ; 
3. That the gentlemen, mafter-trade(men, and 
manufacturers thould themfelves becomes fub- 
fcribers to fome of thefe clubs, and their fons, 
as foon as they are grown up, although they 
might not {tand in need of relief in cafe of fick- 
nels; as the fubfcription of three-pence per 
week 
