95 Lafcription on Bifbop Benfon’s Manument—Britifs Triads. [Sept 1, 
iftenee. Mr. Dudgeon alfo correfponded 
with the celebrated Bifhop Hoadly. Of 
his profound philofophical labours, which 
are perhaps the moft elegant, correét, and 
 §ntelligible difquifitions on the “nature of 
moral good and evil extant, we fhall de 
cline mentioning, till fome ef your Cor- 
_¥efpondents favour us with even the parifh 
regifter of his exiftence. 
Your’s, 
Chapter Coffee-houfe, JAS SB. 
~  Fuly 16, 1801. 
See i 
Io the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, : 
ee fince, I copied the follow- 
KY ing infcription from the monument 
ef the pious Dr. Martin Benfon, Bithop 
of Gloucefter, which I hope you will caufe 
to be inferted in your Magazine. At the 
fame time, I fhall be cblised to any of 
your numerous Correfpondents for fome 
particulars of this werthy prelate. 
Tam, your's, &c. 
J. WaTKINS. 
€¢ Reader, be admoniflied by this marble 
to- imitate Martin Benfen, late B:fhop of 
this Diocefe. A rational piety raifed the 
views of this excellent man above the- 
world, and formed his whole temper into 
a truly Chriftian {pirit of refignation. An 
uncommon warmth of benevolence made 
it the bufinefs and pleafure of his life to 
go about doing good, by infiruétion in 
rightcoufnefs, and by works of charity. 
He watched the flock of Chrift as a faith- 
ful fhepherd, from a-fenf of his own 
duty, and a difinterefted concern for their 
common welfare: and he maintained the 
dignity of his authority by the meeknefs 
with which he exercifed it. He felt a deep 
compaffion for the vicious, and fhewed it 
even while he was expofing the felly and 
wretchednefs of vice, with a ftrength and 
turn of language peculiar to himfelf. His 
reproofs, being diciated by friendthip, 
qualified by candour, and delivered with a 
natural delicacy of manners ; were fincere, 
without roughnefs ; and endearing, with- 
cut, diffimulation. He was, by conititu- 
tion, liable to a deprefiion of fpirits ; "but 
innocence of heart enlivened his mind and 
his converfation with a cheerfulnefs that 
created a more affectionate regard for his. 
fuperior worth, by renderirg it more fami- 
Jiarand amiable. Under* the moft acute 
pains of his laft tedious illnefs, he pof- 
{- fled. his foul in patience, and, with a 
firm truft in his. Redeemer, caimly re- 
figned his fpirit to the Pather of Mer- 
Gigs.” F 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Sirti! 
TAKE the liberty of fending, for in= 
fertion in your valuable Repertory, 
fome interefling documents, hitherto un- 
known to the world in general, refpeéting 
‘the firft introduction of Chriftianity into 
this ifland. They confit of extra&s from 
the Brity/b Triads, printed in the Mywyrian 
Archatology of Wales, vol. ii, page 60; and 
of which you were pleafed to infert ex- 
amples, in the Magazine for April lait, 
page 229. 
In a Triad, entitled the Three Hal- 
lowed Families of the Ifle of Britain; the 
firft family in order is menticned thus : 
“¢ Gwelygorz Bran Vendigaid ab Llyr Lle- 
diaith: fev, y Bran hwnw a zug y fyz yn 
Nghrift gyntav iyr ynys hon o Ruvain, lle y 
bu ev yn ngharcar, trwy vrad Aregwez Voez= 
awg, mere Avarwy ab Lluz.” 
In Enghith thus: 
The family of Bran, THE BLESSED, 
fon of Lryr or Bargparous SPEECH: 
that is to fay, this BRan brought the faith 
in Chrift firft into this ifland from Rome, 
where he was in captivity, through the 
treachery of AREGWEz VOEZAWG, daughter 
of Avarwy fon of Luvz. 
What follows is: an extract from ‘a 
Triad, called Iri Meuwedigion deyruez 
Ynys Prydain; or, the THREE BLEesseD 
PRINCES OF THE ISLE OF BRITAIN, the- 
firt ef which is mentioned in thefe 
words ; 
‘6 Bran Vendigaid ab Llyr Llediaith, a 
zygwys gyntav fyz yn Nghrift i genedyl y 
Cymry o Ruyain, ile y bu eve faith mlynez ei 
vab Caradawg, a zug gwyr Rhuvain yn ngh- 
arcar, gwedi ci vradycu, trwy hud a thwyll, 
a cynllwyn Aregwez Voegawg.” 
This is, 
Bran Tue Briessep, fon of Liyr oF 
BarRBAROoUS SPEECH, who firft brought the 
faith of Chrift to the nation of the Cymry 
from Rome, where he was for feven years in 
hoftage for his fon Canapawe, whom the 
men of Rome carried away a captive, after he 
had been betrayed through the allurement 
and deceit and plotting of AREGWEz VoE- 
ZAWG. 
Vhe Triads record feveral other curious 
fatts refpecting Bran, and refpeing Ca- 
ratiacus, his fon, fo celebrated in the 
world, which are capable of affording 
much light, in tracing out the fyfem of 
government amongft the Britons ; and of 
which, at a future opportunity, I may be 
able to furnifh you, Mr, Editor, with 
fome detail, I remain, &c. 
Auguft 7, 180%6 MEIRION. 
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