1801. ] Tranflation of the Triads of the Ancient Britons. 238 
pearance of being an addition by Caradoc, 
or fome other tranfcriber. 
TRIAD VI 
Tri MaDcyrvinyz, Ynys Prydain: 
Corvinwre, barz Cert Hir Lyncwyn, 
4 wnaeth long, hwyl, a llyw, gyntav 1 
genedyl y Cymry; Morzar» Gwe 
Gweitcr, faer CERAINT ab GreIpD- 
IAWL, 4 zyfges waith maen agal¢, gyntav 
i genedyl y Cymry; aCoeLabCyYLuin 
ab Can aDawcGab Bran, &@ wnaeth melin, . 
.thod, ac olwyn, gyntav i genedyl y Cym- 
Ry: A thrimeib beirz oezynt. 
. Tranflation. 
The three Good Artifans of the ifle of 
“Britain :. Corvinor, the bard of Ceri of the 
“Long White Lake, who firt made a fhip, 
fail, and rudder, for the nation of the 
Cymry 5; Morzal the.Man of Torrent, the 
wright of Ceraint fon of Greidiol, who firit 
taught the work of ftone and:lime, to the 
nation of the Cyry; and Coel fon of Cyll- 
it, fon of Caradoc, fon of Bran, who firft 
made a mill, a cogwheel, and wheel, for 
the nation of the Cymry: and they were 
three iniciated bards. 
Obfervations. 
With refpeé& to the time when Morzal 
flourifhed, there are inferted after the 
fentence, the words—~* At the time when 
Alexander was bringing the world under 
his {way’, which appears to be the annota- 
tion of Caradoc. 
The Caradoc mentioned in the triad is 
the celebrated Caractacus, the general of 
the Britons, who with his father and the 
whole family were carried to Rome. 
Another triad fays that Braz was kept 
‘for feven years, as hoftage for his fon ; and 
when liberated that he introduced Chrif- 
-tianity into Britain, by bringing fome 
> Chriftians home with him. 
TRIAD VII. 
Tri Detvnocion Cerz a CeupAWD 
cenedyl y Cymry: Gwyzon Ganue- 
BON, 4 wnaeth gerz davawd gyntav oc y 
vbyd; Hu Gaparn, 4 zodes gyntav ar 
gerz davawd gynnal cév a ceudavd; a 
Tuybain Ted Awen, a zodes gelvyz- 
yd gyntav ar gerz davawd, a dofbarth ar 
geudawd: Ac or 4 wnaethant y triwyr 
hypy y cavad beirz a barzoniaeth; a dodi 
-yn nofbarth braint- a devawd y pethau 
/ hyny, y gan y tribeirzcyntevigion ; nid 
amgen, PLENNYZ, ac ALAWN, a 
Gwron. 
Tranflation. 
The three Cultivators of Song and Ima- 
Bination of the nation of the Cymry: Gwy- 
zon Ganhebon, who made vocal fong the 
firft in the world ; Hu the Mighty, who firft 
applied vocal fong to preferve memory and 
es ~ 
imagination; and Tydain- the Father of 
the Mufe, who fir reduced vocal fong to 
afcience, and arrangement for imaginas 
tion: and out of what thofe three men 
did, were had bards and the bardic infti- 
tution; and the putting of thofe things 
under the regulation of right and privi- 
lege, by the three primitive bards ; namely 
Plennyz, and Alawn, and Garon. 
Obfervations. . 
There is a Triad, intitled the three 
Grand Atchievements; one of thofe he- 
ing the * fones of Gwyzon Ganhebon, 
whereon was tobe read all the {ciences and 
knowledge of the world.” This Triad re- 
lates events anterior to the peopling of 
Britain, confequently thofe written tones 
are to be fought for in fome of the firt fta- 
tions of the Cymry: who knows but that 
this pafflage relates to. the Written Mouns 
tains, on the borders of Natolia, which 
have been mentioned by travellers. The 
appéllation of Gwwyxon Ganhebon is fingu- 
lar, and feemingly beftowed in confequence 
of the abovementioned atchievment: ag 
nearly as it can be rendered, it implies, 
One that gives cognizance concomitant with 
{peaking. Hu Gadarn, according to other 
Triads, was the firft civilizer of the Cymry ; 
alfo the leader of them into the weft of Eu 
rope, with a view of finding an uninha- 
bited region, to fettle in without commit 
ing injuftice to ethers, or of waging wars 
and he taught the Cymry the ufe of the 
plough. ‘The latter poets of Wales give 
the name of Hz Gadara often to the Su-’ 
preme Being. 
To give the pronunciation of Hz, it 
muft be written He, in the Enelifh ortho- 
graphy: and J have little doubt of Hezus 
being the fame perfonage, to whom di- 
Vine honor was paid in Gaul, according 
to the information of Roman writers. 
TRIAD VILL. 
Tair CeneDyu a lygrafant 4 vu gan: 
zynt ar zy{g o varzoniaeth beirz Ynys 
Prydain, trwy gymmyfgu overbwyll, aco 
hyny aicollafant: yGwyzeLop, Cym- 
RY LLYDAW, ac yr ELLMYN. 
Tranflation. 
Three Nations corrupted what was 
taught them of the bardifm of the bards 
of the ifle of Britain, by blending with it 
vague notions, and on that account they 
loft it: the Guyzelians, the Cymry of 
Lhdaw, and the Almazs. 
Obfervations. - 
The . Gwwyzelod, Yfgodogion, “Grwyr 
Celyzon, and Celtiaid, are fynonymou's 
names for the Irith people. 
Cymry Llydaw, are the people of Brit- 
tany. % 
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