A volume containing 'Awen Dafydd', being holograph poetry in strict and free metres by David Evans ('Dewi Glan Llugwy'). The titles include 'Dyffryn Conwy', 'Chwe Phenill i Dalhaiarn', 'Diwygiad 1859', 'Englynion Ar farwolaeth Mr. Lewis Thomas Cyfferiwr Llanrwst bu farw y 9fed dydd o Ebrill 1835 yn 60 mlwydd oed ... mab ydoedd i'r diweddar Fardd Mr. John Thomas o Pentre'r Foelas', 'Anerchiad i Gymdeithas Gymraegyddol Llansantffraid Glan Conwy', 'Englynion i Bont Llanrwst', 'Englynion Ar farwolaeth fy Nain Mrs. Mary Evans o Drawsfynydd bu farw Ion 5 dydd 1838 yn 103 oed!!!', 'Englynion a wnaeth yr awdwr ar ddymuniad Cyfaill iddo yr hwn oedd yn aelod o Gymdeithas y Cleifion yn Machynlleth ... 1850', 'Robert ab Gwilym Ddu a Dewi Wyn o Eifion', 'Englyn i Bwlch y Groes', 'Dau Englyn I Thomas Oldfield Yswain Eryr Moelfre Llywydd Eisteddfod Llanfairtalhaiarn', 'Englynion i Llyn Tegid', 'Dau Benill ... i Robert Owen ('Eos Crwst') ...', 'Marwnad Er parchus goffadwriaeth am y Parch. Lewis Roberts Gweinidog y Bedyddwyr yn Llanrwst bu farw Awst 1861 yn 43 oed', 'Marwnad Er Coffadwriaeth parchus am Mrs. Margaret Roberts ... Llanrwst yr hon a fu farw ar enedigaeth un bychan Rhagfyr 19 1857 yn 31 oed ...', 'Chwe Englyn I Hugh Hughes Ysw Tyn twll ger Llanrwst am y daioni a wnaeth i Lanrwst ai chymydogaethau trwy ei anturiaethau mewn gweithfaoedd ...', 'Yr Herald Cymraeg ar Arweinydd', 'Y Brython', 'Y Sylwedydd', 'Y diweddar Edward Jones Maes y Plwm', 'Thomas Edwards ('Twm y Nant')', 'Dau Englyn I Mr. Samuel Davies Oriadurwr ... Llanrwst', 'Dau Englyn ar rhagoroldeb Tobacco Meistri W. Williams a'i fab Caerlleon', 'Chwe Englyn I Mrs. Oakeley Tan y Bwlch', 'Penill I olygydd yr Hyfforddwr', 'I'w roddi ar fedd y Parch. Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd')', 'I Ddrws Ardudwy', 'Recabiaid Llanrwst', 'I Rhuadr Parc Mawr ger Llanrwst', 'Golygfa o Ben Bryn Saith', 'Pedwar Englyn Ar farwolaeth ... David Owen Ysw (Dewi Wyn o Eifion) ...', 'Pedwar Englyn Er Cof am Mr. Robert Davies Nantglyn', 'Afon Dyfrdwy', 'Anerchiad i Diliau Meirion sef llyfr barddonol Meirig Ebrill', 'Anerchiad i Pedr Jones ('Pedr Ddu'), Saer a Bardd Llanrwst', 'Ateb i Anerch Dewi Fardd' (by Pedr Ddu), 'Anerchiad i Meirionydd ar ol yr Etholiad', 'Ar farwolaeth Llithrig Arfon', 'Pan glywais am farwolaeth Pyll', 'I'r Organ sydd yn Eglwys Llanrwst', 'I Dewi Arfon', 'I Joseph Roberts ('Llew Coch')', 'I Mr. W. Hughes (Cowlyd) Meddyg', 'Molawd Dyffryn Llanrwst', 'Penillion a wnaethum ar Lan Llyn Geirionydd Mawrth 15 1855', 'Harlech a'i Thrigolion', 'Deg o Englynion i J. Lloyd Davies yswain Blaendyffryn sir Aberteifi ... 1857 ..., etc., etc. Some of the poems, transcribed under a pseudonym, were submitted for competition at local eisteddfodau. There are a few 'englynion' by Robert Owen ('Einion'), Denbigh, [John Jones] ('Pyll Glan Conwy'), and [Owen Roberts] ('Owain Aran'). The manuscript also includes memoranda correspondence, 1863-5, between David Evans, William Morris ('Gwilym Tawe'), secretary of Swansea [National] Eisteddfod (1863), [Morris Williams] ('Nicander'), and John Griffiths, rector of Neath, relating to the inability of David Evans to recover a 'Casgliad ... o Draddodiadau Gwirebau a Diarhebion Cymreig' submitted for competition at the Swansea Eisteddfod; and a catechism or play entitled 'Gwyddorydd neu Holwyddoreg Anudonaidd. A holwyd ac a Attebwyd yn ysgoldy Gonestrwydd Ar ol Alban Hefin'. Inset are a photograph of David Evans and his memorial card, 1883 (died 4 August, buried 8 August).

A volume written in the same hand and in the same format as Cwrtmawr MS 196. It contains a list of book titles and prices (2 pp.); and poetry, with some annotations, by [William Williams] 'Caledfryn', Dafydd Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), John Jones (Glan-y-gors), 'H. Dyfed', [John Price] 'Ioan Machno', 'Llewelyn Gwynedd' (Treffynnon), [Thomas Essile Davies] 'Dewi Wyn o Essyllt', [Robert Williams] 'R[obert] ap Gwilym Ddu', [John Evans] 'Ioan Tachwedd', [David Williams] 'Dewi ab Robert', Robert Davies (Llanwyddelan), John Roberts ('Ioan Lleyn'), 'Cymro Ieuanc (Cendl), [? John Williams] 'Ioan Madawg', 'H. Gethin' [Evan Jones] 'I[euan] Ionawr', J. J. (Rhyl), E[llis] Owen (Cefnymeusydd), Richard Pugh, [John Davies] 'Einion Ddu' (Tregeiriog), E. Richardson (Conwy), Ebenezer Morris, John Parry (Llanelian), Ellin Catherine Williams (Bangor), [James Hughes] 'Iago Trichrug', John Cadwalader, [Joseph Griffiths] 'Philomath' (Wyddgrug), T. F. Ll. (Rhos), 'T. Bangor', G. M. (Drefyn), 'Cryg Cellt', W. Jones (Bala), 'Dafydd y Glowr Du' (Glan Rhondda), Parch. Robert Roberts (Rhosllanerchrugog), 'Harri ab Ieuan' (Llundain), [Ellen Evans] 'Elen Egryn', W[illiam] W[illiams] (Pantycelyn), Joseph Harris ['Gomer'], [Evan Evans] 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 'Nona', John William (Tre Sior), 'Owen Glyn-y-Dwr', Edward Jones (Maes-y-plwm), Ann Griffiths, 'Alltud', Robert Thomas (Llidiardeu), J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon'), 'Barddonfab' (Ysbytty Ifan), [John Emlyn Jones] 'Ioan Emlyn', T[homas] J[ones] ['Taliesin o Eifion'] (Llangollen), [Robert Williams] 'Trebor Mai' (Llanrwst), [Richard Roberts] 'Bardd Treflys', 'Yr hen Fryn Moel' (Dolwyddelen), W. J. Roberts 'Caersallwg', John Jones ('Ieuan Glan Clidro'), [Richard Foulkes Edwards] 'Risiart Ddu o Wynedd', [William Ellis Jones] 'Cawrdaf', W. Harries (Aberystwyth), 'Gwynfardd Hiraethlyn', 'Ab Nudd', etc., and anonymous poems. Among the titles are 'Ar Farwolaeth y Parch. John Jones (Ioan Tegid) ... ', 'Priodas Hwfa Môn a Mrs Evans (A.D. 1853)', 'Ar farwolaeth Mary Ann, merch Mr W. Edwards, Beaufort Inn, Cendl' (1853), 'Dychweliad Cenhadau Madagascar' (1853), 'Beddargraff [John Roberts] Ioan Twrog' (1853), 'Emyn Jubili y Fibl Gymdeithas, 1853', 'Coffadwriaeth am Mr Daniel Rowlands', 'Englynion i Bont a Hall Llanrwst', 'Ar Briodas Mr John Pugh [Bardd Odyn' a Miss Cath. Jones, Dolgellau' (1855), 'Deigryn ar ôl John Rhys, Pendarren' (1855), 'Coffadwriaeth Mr Robert Ellis, Ty Mawr, Cwmpenaner ... 1853', 'Ar Farwolaeth Miss Frances Simon, Gellifor, ger Rhuthyn ... 1854', 'Robert Owen, Barcer, Llanrwst, a fu farw ... 1852', 'Y Pennillion a ganwyd wrth Fedd Mr Moses Parry, Dinbych ... 1855' and 'On the Grave-Stone of the Rev. Thomas Hughes, Wesleyan Minister at Llanrwst ... 1846'. Much of the poetry appears to be dated within the period 1852-5, and a few items have been extracted from printed sources.

A miscellany entitled 'Blwch Manion', largely of the period 1855-9, in the hand of Enoch Williams ('Llithrig Arfon'), tailor, Llanrwst. It contains strict- and free-metre poetry by the scribe and others; a copy of part of a letter from the scribe's brother, W. E. Williams, Trenton, New Jersey, to his uncle Richard Jones [Capel Curig], [18]56 (the writer's reminiscences of Capel Curig, the writer's church membership); the scribe's wages accounts and tailoring measurements; memoranda relating to eisteddfodau; an essay on 'Manteision Gwybodaeth'; an extensive collection of Welsh proverbs; etc. The titles of the poems include 'Englyn i Glogwyn yr Ogo. ger Llanrwst', 'Llinellau Ar farwolaeth Miss Margaret Jones, merch Mr R. Jones, Tuhwnt-i'r-Bont, Llanrwst. Bu farw Hytraf [sic] 31 1853', 'Englyn i Mari fy ngwraig', 'Englyn o anerchiad i aelodau y gymdaethas [sic] lenyddol yn Llanrwst', 'Englynion beddargraff....' (to Llewelyn Samuel, Bethesda, William David, Siop y Garreg, Dinas [Glamorgan], William Jones, Pen Rallt, Betws-[y-coed], Hugh Jones, Pen Rallt, and John Jones, 'diweddar Ddeiacon Bettws y Coed'), 'Englyn i Miss Elinor Roberts, merch Mr David Roberts, Tan y Ffordd, Llanbedr ...', 'John Mills ['Ieuan Glan Alarch']', etc.

A small volume entitled 'Cell-gasgl Sion Lleyn, 1805', containing 'englynion' (chiefly epitaphs), stanzas in free metre including hymn stanzas, and one or two longer poems (e.g. 'Awdl ar Dosturi 1809' and 'Pillion i Dwm or Nant herwydd ei Lyfr, sef Ban y Byd - Creglais o Groglofft &c, 1809, Ebrill 27') by and in the autograph of John Roberts ('Sion Lleyn'). Other poets represented are Griffth Williams('Guttun Peris'), W. Elias and O[wen] Griffith. There is also a list of unfamiliar Welsh words ('Geiriau Cymraeg dieithrol yn amlwg'), with the following note: 'Hyn a gymerwyd o gasgliadau Thos Prys Esqur, Plas Iolun, a D. Ddu a S. Lleyn'. On p. 58 is the note 'Mai 11. 1812 Priodais' [see Cwrtmawr MS 510, p. 106].

An imperfect volume of Welsh poetry and Welsh translations of poetry by, and largely in the hand of, the Reverend John Myrddin Thomas (1838-1914), a native of Felin-wen, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire and Independent minister successively at Abersychan (1858-62), Newport (1862-6), Monmouthshire, Mold and Sychtyn (1866-72), Llong (1866-82) and Pontybodkin (1868-82), Flintshire. The volume was acquired on 25 October 1856 and much of the poetry is dated within the period 1856-?87. In many instances there are copious revisions by the author with a view to publication. Among the titles are 'Deigryn ar fedd fy ewythr yr hwn a huna yn monwent bruddaidd Abergwili', 'Can i ddyffryn Tywi', 'Laura Annie. Merch Morgan John Ysw Pontypool', Galareb i D. W. Evans B.A. Athraw Ysgol y Tabernacl Caerfyrddin', 'Baban newydd eni Mr Evan Jones Contractor Abersychan a'i briod', 'I'w osod ar fedd Dd Morgan Twynyffrwd Abersychan', 'Englyn i'w osod ar feddfaen gwraig y Parch. Thomas Morgan Noddfa Abersychan', and 'Englyn yn ymholi am ansawdd iechyd Emily Gwenfrewi Merch fach William Howell Town Lock Casnewydd'. On the flyleaf and on the inner lower cover the author has recorded brief particulars of his educational and ministerial career, and among the insets are a few additional poems and a letter to J. Myrddin Thomas from T[homas] Johns ('Taborfryn'), Llanelli, 1886 (thanks for contribution to Tywysydd [y Plant], a personal tribute to the recipient and his family at Felinwen and a reference to an estrangement following the 'dadl Falayddol' [Bala College controversy]).