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Verses beginning, 'Dyn wi fi Dan ei ôfyd O Dramwy'r Byd wi'n Drwm'..., possibly by and in the autograph of Joseph Jones for Iolo Morganwg has written the name 'Joseph Jones' at the head of the sheet, and on the dorse is a form of a receipt to Jos. Jones from [ ], 9 Feb. 1777, on account of rent due.

Verses beginning, 'Dear Hawkins I pity thy sorrowful case ...'. Iolo Morganwg has copied the last lines, 'By Jove Goodman Wiliams your lines are so droll ...'(14a).

Verses (?tribanau) beginning 'yn yr hen oesoedd diddrwg', written on a sheet of paper which may have formed part of a letter addressed to 'Edwd. William Mason at Flimston near Cowbridge Glamorganshire Southwales'.

Verses (4) beginning, 'When Summer or Autumn or Spring ...' by 'Mallingiensis'. On the reverse side (crossed out) is a note beginning, 'Sir Lawrence Berkrolles a wnaeth Eglwys Llandathan, a'r Castell newydd yno ...'. (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg.)

Verses beginning 'What Joys Can Come pair to the Hunting of the [?Hare]', endorsed 'Hunting the hare' (Not in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg except for the endorsement). Mutilated.

Verses beginning 'Thrice happy do I hold that wight' described as 'Old version of Saphoes ode'. On the reverse side is an account of the way in which E. W. was stopped on the road by James Evans and struck with a whip. This occurred on April 18; the year is not given.

Verses beginning 'Some Bards in their crambo's (ballads) the wonders relate ...' about Jack Williams, 'a bold flogging parson'. Pencil.

Verses beginning 'Secure in rural friendships (peaceful natures) reign ...'. On the reverse side is part of an early version of the ode to 'Fortitude' (Poems Lyric and Pastoral, Vol. II, p. 46).

Verses beginning 'Remember well what pow'r to kill is In Baillie, Heberden, and Willis', written in imitation of a jeu d'esprit crambo which appeared lately in a Bristol paper.

Seven verses beginning 'Mae Canu'n hen arfer a mi[n]au sy fardd ...'. 'Will Tabwr ai Cant'. On the reverse side (crossed out) are lines beginning, 'Ar brydnawngwaith berffaith bur ...' and an English stanza, 'My Chloris feign'd with seeming truth'.

Verses (3) beginning, 'If unrestrain'd benevolence ...'. 'The following verses were written extempore by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) about the year 1773 in London, at the request of a barber's apprentice who exhibited on his Christmas Box to stimulate the bounty of his friends.' (?In the autograph of Taliesin Williams).

Verses beginning 'great god is mercy thy fond atribute' (?in the autograph of Margaret Wiliams). On the reverse side is an emended version of the first half, in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg.

Verses beginning, 'Cunyddion cain addas (?) tir cynyl twr cynas'. At the end is an 'englyn'- 'William Robert ai Cant'. The sheet bears the following address: 'To Mr. John Edwards Att Lanishan to be left att the [?three Cranes] Cardiff these'.

Verses beginning 'Clywch ganu cwynfanus chwi fowrion a man', in which Sian Thomas mourns the loss of her cat. 'Sian Thomas ai Cant.' (In the autograph of Iolo Morganwg). Welsh. Torn.

Seven verses, the first beginning 'Clywch alwad uchelwaidd oen c'ruaidd ein cred ...'. On the reverse side is a 'Cywydd' beginning, 'O fenaid hed i fyny ...'.

Verses beginning 'Brittons born free, how envi'd. are wee Because of our liberties dear ...'. (?in the autograph of Thomas Evans, Bromsgrove).

Verses (3) beginning, 'Ah what avails the flatt'ring smile of Joy ....'. On the reverse side are verses beginning, 'Now swell, ye raging torents o'er my soul '. Endorsed: 'Elegiac Fragts'. Draft. Incomplete.