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A volume of cywyddau and awdlau and other Welsh poems, addressed mainly to members of the Vaughan families of Hergest and Tretower.

Poems on various subjects, many of them submitted to various competitive meetings at Talybont, near Aberystwyth, and elsewhere, and some of them written by Edward Evans; a letter and a postcard, 1918-1919, from John Thomas ('Eifionydd') to Edward Evans.

'Llyfr Cowyddeu i Mr. William Wynn o Langoed yn sir fon'. 'Y Llyfr hwnn a scrifennodd William Davies Curat or plwy yn y flwyddyn o oedran yr Arglwydd: 1642'. It contains 'cywyddau', 'awdlau', and 'englynion' by Sion Cent, Iolo Goch, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Sion Phylip, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, Dafydd Nanmor, Llywelyn ap Hywel ab Ieuan ap Gronw, Edmwnd Prys, Huw Cowrnwy, Dafydd ap Dafydd Llwyd, Maredudd ap Rhys, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion, Sianckyn ab Eingan, Llywelyn ab yr Ynad Coch, Sion Tudur, Morys ap Hywel ap Tudur, Sion ap Hywel ap Llywelyn Fychan, Huw Roberts, Morgan ap Huw Lewis, Sion Brwynog, Morys Llwyd, Hyw Arwystli, Lewis Morganwg, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Lewis Daron, Rhys Nanmor, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, William Egwad, Hywel Swrdwal, Tudur Aled, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Lewis Môn, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Guto'r Glyn, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyli Fychan, Wiliam Myddelton, Bedo Brwynllys, Wiliam Llyn, Lewis Menai, Simwnt Fychan, Llywelyn ap Gwilym ap Rhys, Richard Cynwal, Rhys Cain, Gruffudd ap Tudur ap Hywel, Sion Ceri, Robert ap Dafydd Llwyd, Syr Roland Williams, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Wiliam Cynwal, Morys Dwyfech, Rhys Goch Eryri, Roger Cyffin, Gwilym ap Sefnyn, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Thomas Prys, Gruffudd Llwyd, Dick Hughes, and the transcriber.

Welsh poetry relating for the most part to the families of Nannau and Cors y Gedol, together with a history of the Gwydir family, etc. Pages 1-184 and 197-213 were transcribed, [c. 1690], by 'John Davies, commonly called John David Laes, a family poet at Nannau' (pp. iii, 497); pp. 217-232 and 289-295 are in the autograph of the Rev. William Wynn (p. 295); and pp. i-vii, 497-498 are in the hand of Lewis Morris of Anglesey. The remainder of the manuscript seems to belong to the first quarter of the eighteenth century.

The original manuscript of 'Casgliad o Hen Faledi a Cherddi ... Beddgelert' which won the prize for Carneddog at the national eisteddfod held at Pwllheli, 1925. The collection consists of three hundred and four poems by various writers living in Wales, the United States of America, and Australia, most of whom were in some way or other connected with Beddgelert and neighbourhood. There is a list of the writers, who range in date from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

An index, prepared by Walter Davies, of proper names, mainly Welsh personal and place-names; englynion and other poems; and miscellaneous notes.

A fragment of a volume described as 'Llyfr Kowyddav y Masdr [Hwmffre] Huws or deirnion siryf veirionydd ...', containing autograph 'cywyddau', some of them eulogising him, by Thomas Penllyn, Rhisiart Phylip, Tuder Owen, Sion Cain, and Huw Machno (some of them being dated 1619), together with other 'cywyddau' by Sion Cent, etc.

A miscellany containing a metrical dissertation on Psalm 8, verses 3 and 4, followed by a poem dealing with the seven planets; 'Darlleniad diwiol'; 'Carol i Fair', beginning 'Yngwledydd Judea yr oedd Zackaria'; a part of a carol by Mathe[w] Owen; a 'cywydd', a 'dyri', and a carol by Huw Morus; a 'dyri' by Edwart Rolant ('o'r bala'); 'Erapater dros byth a gaed o lyfr Thomas Jones ... 1701'; farm notes for 1702; etc. -- Much of the volume is in the hand of Richard Roberts, whose name, with the date 'Mai 21, 1699', appears on one folio. At the end of the manuscript is the note: - 'Llyfr y coch o Hergist yn y glasgoed y mae ef'.

'Carolau', 'cerddi', 'cywyddau', and a few 'englynion', most of them transcribed by John Beans. Among the poets represented are Huw Morus, Edward Morus, Ellis Cadwaladr, Edward Samuel, Robert Hwmffres, Dafydd Morus, Gruffudd Edward, Mathew Owen, Robert Sion Owen, Ellis Rowland, Edward Rowland, William Roberts, Jonathan Hughes, William Thomas, Richard Abraham, Cadwaladr Roberts, Ned Lloyd ('o'r Bala'), Thomas William, Evan Thomas, Ellis Roberts, Arthur Jones ('o Langadwaladr'), John Jones, John Parry, Dafydd Puw Rowland, John Hughes, Ellis Roberts ('Elis y Cowper'), Morus Roberts, John Evans, Ellis ab Ellis, Thomas Jones, Derwas Griffiths, Rowland Hughes, Sion Hwmffre, Hugh Jones (Llangwm), John Cadwaladr ('o'r Bala gunt and ynawr athraw ysgol yn Llangwm'), - Lewis ('curad Cerrig y Drudion'), Lewis Morris ('Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn), Sion Tudur, Wiliam Phylip, John Davies ('Sion Dafydd Las'), Maredudd ap Rhys, etc.

Welsh poetry mainly by, or in the hand of, Iolo Morganwg.

The file comprises trancripts of miscellaneous poems in various hands.

A commonplace book belonging to Rowland Eames, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1776-1781, and containing notes on arithmetic, accounts, recipes, 'cerddi' and 'carolau', hymns, precedents of legal documents, music, night-school memoranda, a highway account for Llanfrothen, 1790, etc.

Transcripts of poems by Robert Hughes, Tyddyn y Blawd, Llanddeusant.

A composite manuscript from the Gloddaeth Library, consisting of cywyddau and Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 35-178).

A volume containing Welsh poetry by various poets, etc.

A notebook kept, [c. 1852]-1868, by a farmer in the Dolgellau district, containing memoranda and accounts relating to farming, details of the acreage and valuation of various farms in the neighbourhood, culinary recipes, poetry by Morris Davies (Meurig Ebrill), Evan Jones, maltster, Dolgellau, and Sincin Morgan, etc.