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Verses describing Monmouthshire, beginning 'Ynghyntaf mae Sir Fynwy yn nwyrain deau'n gwlad ...'. Draft.

Verses described as 'Tribanau Seisnig'. The first part is wanting, and the first line we have here is '[ ] and Lasses sporting ...'. On the reverse side are a number of charges against an unnamed person - 'extorting half a Crown, Refusing to open the door at six o'Clock to go for the doctor ...', etc.

Verses, 'Copied by Rees Evans of Toncoch without spectacles at the age of 86 the 15 June 1865', with an account of the circumstances which prompted their composition. (Mention of Iolo Morganwg and the poets' meeting at an inn near Cowbridge to learn the rules of Welsh poetry, c. 1798).

Verses by Richard Lloyd on the Druids. Among the notes written on the dorse is the following: 'Deudneudwyr, a nick name given by the Southwalians to the Northwalians from their corrupt words deud. & gwneud ' (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg).

Verses by Ith. Gm. Beginning, 'Now bleak november's (December's) noisy gales', described as being one of the author's first attempts in English poetry; with a note on rhymes in the Welsh manner (cf. 44). Draft.

(a) Verses by 'Ith. Gm.' Beginning 'Now bleak november's chilly (noisy) gales', described as 'one of the authors first attempts in english poetry about 22 yrs of age'. (cf. 80); (b) 'Advice to a whining lover' beginning, 'Thou sad wand'rer of the night ...'; (c) 'Charity a pastoral ode imitated from 1 Cor. cap 13' by E. Wms. Beginning, 'To sing of bright Charity's charms'.

Twenty-eight verses by Iorwerth Morganwg beginning, 'Wrth rodio'n y meusydd mewn llwyni'n dra llonydd ...'.

Verses by Iorwerth Gwilim beginning, 'O wele'r Blodau peraidd yn Taenu'r meusydd mwyn ...'. On the reverse side is a list of 'Hen Arlwyddiaethau Morganwg a Lleoedd y Bendefigaeth'.

Verses by E. W. 'On Love', beginning, 'O Love thou sweet source of delight', with some 'fragments' on the other side. At the end is the following note: 'Religious lovesongs, these are some of the first attempts in verse of Edwd Wms when he was a mere Boy, they were wrote for a friend'. Drafts.

A copy by Iolo Morganwg of verses by 'Dafydd Thomas sef Dafydd Ddu o'r Eryri 1798', beginning 'Gwreichionen dan anadliad Duw'. The title given here is, 'Y Cristion iw enaid ar ei ymadawiad o'r corph'. in Corph y Gaingc the title is 'Y Cristion yn marw'. On the reverse side is another rendering of Pope's lines, beginning, 'Bywiol fflam nefolaidd gu' again in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg.

Verses between G. and C. beginning, 'Tybiasai'r Cwmpni yma mae ffoliaid oedd yn hela ...', marked 'Neithior Morganwg'. (?Incomplete) On the reverse side (crossed out) are some Welsh words and a list of the names of the months (in Welsh).

Verses beginning, 'Y Deryn mwyn du, a chlymiad [dadceiniad] caniad cu ...'. Written on a sheet bearing the address 'For Mr. Edward Wiliams at Mr Gillets near the Corn market at Sandwich Kent'.

Verses (6) beginning, 'Pell oddiyma, gwae fi gwyno', attributed to Edward Meurig. (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg).

Verses beginning, 'fwyn gyfeillion glewion glan, gwrandewch fy nghan attolwg, Meddwyl wyf drwy dduw ai rad rhoi cerdd i wlad forganwg'. The first six verses appear to be earlier in date than the remainder, which were originally written in pencil and then written over in ink.

Verses (3) beginning, 'for thee the cowslip deckt ye fragrant vale ...'. (Crossed out.) On the reverse side is a fragment headed 'Spencers Glossary. Spenc[e]r the Poet', beginning 'Amis apparel ...'. Incomplete.