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A copy, in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, of 'Cyfrinach Beirdd Ynys Prydain ', correspondending to the text published in 1829. The first 150 folios (NLW MS 21320B), corresponding to pp. 1-171 in the printed copy, are more carefully written than the remainder (NLW MS 21321B), which have now been numbered in pencil (1-85) and arranged to follow as in the printed copy.

'Castles in the Air, By a Journey-man Mason', being a collection of English verse by Iolo Morganwg, in two volumes. The poems are not in their final form, and alternatives are often given above or below the original words. The pages in the first volume are numbered 1-140; the second volume is a continuation to p. 191, followed by 59 unnumbered pages. The first volume contains an index as far as p. 169.

'Poems on several occasions, By Edward Williams, A Journeyman Mason'. There are 39 items in the list of contents at the beginning, and many of the poems are to be found in Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794), but with considerable differences. The cover consists of two leaves from John Walters' Dictionary, Citatory - Clean.

A collection of hymns by, and in the autograph of, Iolo Morganwg, in ten parts. Part I is dated 1800. The 'Salmau' are numbered consecutively from I-MXCI [i.e. 1-1091], and those with a stroke through them have been copied either into No. 60, 'Y Brasnadd Bach' (NLW MS 21348A) or into Nos 64-65 (NLW MSS 21352-3A). A number such as '70. 2' refers to No. 65. A note dated Aug. 7, 1826, found inside Part IV (NLW MS 21339A), gives the total number of 'Salmau' composed by Iolo Morganwg, with the number in each volume.
The 'Salmau' are arranged as follows: Nos 1-60 (21336A), 61-141 (21337A), 142-227 (21338A), 228-304 (21339A), 305-390 (21340A), 391-486 (21341A), 487-644 (21342A), 645-811 (21343A), 812-948 (21344A), and 949-1091 (21345A).

The manuscript of Salmau yr Eglwys yn yr Anialwch, Cyfrol I (Merthyr Tydfil, 1812). The printed volume contains 204 hymns: the last in the manuscript collection is numbered CC. The preface appears to correspond to the printed copy except that the last paragraph but one is wanting here: there is also another draft of a preface dated 'Trefflemin, neu fal ai gelwid gynt Llanfihangel y Twyn, gerllaw'r Bont faen ym Morganwg Alban Hefin 1811' (found elsewhere among the papers). The index which appears to be a draft is to the printed volume and not to the manuscript.

Hymns composed or copied by Iolo Morganwg to the end of his life. The main volume, 'Casledydd Byrr Bach', contains 19 hymns.

A notebook designated 'Y Melin Brith', containing Unitarian Doxologies by Iolo Morganwg, some Unitarian hymns, and Byron's Hebrew or Jewish hymns, etc. The pages are numbered 1-32 and there is an outline of the contents on the cover. There is also another copy of the Byron hymns, with music and some notes on 'Jewish Sacrifices, and Ritual', etc.

A notebook described on the cover as 'Englynion. Iolo Morganwg. Llyfr I, 1810'.

(a) A notebook (8 pp., in Welsh) containing 'Trioedd y Lladron', twelve in number, 'o Lyfr Thomas Philip o Dreos', in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, followed by 'Credo Wladwriaethol' written in another hand; (b) The Bardic Institutes in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg (in English): (i) '[The] Bardic Institution according to [the] Laws of Gruffydd ab Cynan'. A note at the end states that this is an abstract of the Institutes as given by Dr John David Rhys in his Welsh Grammar, 1593; (ii) 'The Bardic Institutes as Traditionally retained down to the Present Day, by the Glemorganshire Bards who assert, and believe that they are unalteredly the same with those of the Ancient British Bards and Druids'.

Three notebooks containing the names of subscribers to Poems Lyric and Pastoral (1794).

An account-book, [c. 1783], in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg, [?possibly to do with the lime-burning business mentioned among his loose papers].

Two memorandum-books, sewn together, containing entries by Iolo Morganwg, [c. 1780]-[c. 1789]. The contents include pedigrees, a draft petition concerning the living of Cheriton, vacant by the death of Mr Williams, on behalf of an unnamed person with a wife and five children who recommends himself 'only as a poor prisoner that has been long detained in the comfortless walls of a Jail by a merciless creditor', accounts, a 'Cynghor Brithodl' attributed to Llywelyn ab Hywel beginning 'Clyw fy nghyngor a gwna doraeth', lines beginning, 'Porthwr moch clywch bawb ei ochain' attributed to Charls ? Daf .... Maredydd, two stanzas beginning 'Clywch bawb ar alarnad a chaniad achwynion' (all crossed out), agricultural queries, some Gwent and Glamorganshire words with their meanings, and a copy of the inscription contained in MS 128/5 [NLW MS 21418E].

'Morae incommodae, Or The Danger of Delay, A Poem, in blank Verse. By John Walters Junr. One of the Gentlemen Pensioners of Cowbridge Grammar-School. Anno Domini MDCCLXXIV'.

An adjudication on the papers of two of the poets who competed at the Gwyneddigion Eisteddfod held at Corwen in May 1789. The papers are designated as No. 2 and No. 3, and the preference is given to the author of No. 2, who appears to have been Twm o'r Nant (see Cwrtmawr MS 35, p. 74 f.).

'A Dissertation on Druidical knowledge and Learning' by J. Williams [i.e. Dr J. Williams, Sydenham?], Oct. 19, 1793.

Various notes, drafts and other autobiographical material by Iolo Morganwg.

Papers relating to Iolo Morganwg's imprisonment in Cardiff Gaol for debt (98/1-25) and to the parish of Rumney and Manor of Rompney, Monmouthshire, where he briefly farmed land given him by his father-in-law (99/1-54).

English poetry by, or in the hand of, Iolo Morganwg.

A collection of broadsides and prospectuses, often annotated or used as writing-paper by Iolo Morganwg.