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A volume of Welsh poetry, cywyddau and cerddi, given by [Thomas Edwards] (Twm o'r Nant), to [William Owen-Pughe] (Idrison), in 1809. Pages 1-172 are in the hand of Twm o'r Nant and pages 102-110 are bicolumnar. Most of the items contained in the manuscript are the work of Twm o'r Nant and are unpublished for the most part. Other poets represented in the volume are: John Thomas o bentre'r Foelas, Jonathan Hughes, Sion Prichard y gof o Dreffynon: alias Sion y Gôf ffyrnig, Gutun Gwrexham [=Edward Charles], Hywel Wehydd [= Hugh Evans (Hywel Eryri)], John Roberts of 'plwy Lygen', and Rog[er] Edw[ar]ds. Other poems are attributed to Gwas Ystiwart Castell Rhodwy, Rhys y geiriau duon, Gelyn y Bleiddiaid, and Cynffon yr Esgob.

Transcripts by Ellis Pierce of poems by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'): 'Cân ar ddyfodiad y Brenhin George y Trydydd i'w 50 mlynedd o deyrnasiad'; 'Cân mewn dull o gyngor i feibion a merched ...'; 'Cerdd o gynghor i ferched ifaingc ..'; 'Cerdd yn erbyn godineb'; 'Hanes yr ymgyfarfod a fu rhwng y balch a'r diog'; 'Cerdd o gwynfaniad merch ...'; 'Cerdd o hanes fel y digwyddodd i'r Prydydd gael lletty (neu lodging) ddrwg ymhentre Helygain ...'; 'Cerdd mewn perthynas i'r Aur byrion ...'; 'Cerdd cyffes Owen Roberts ...'; 'Cerdd Trugaredd a Barn ...'; 'Cerdd Hanes un Ambros Guinet ...'; 'Cerdd o fflangell ysgorpionog i falchder y merched a'r meibion ...'; 'Cerdd Ymddiddan rhwng gwraig yr Hwsmon a gwraig y Shopwr ...'; 'Cân i ddeisyf ar J. R. o Hersedd ymofyn am lwyth glo i T. E., Nant ...'; 'Cân o ddiolchgarwch i Esq. Ellis o'r Cornist ... am lwyth glo ...'; 'Cerdd o anerchiad i Mr. Evan James, apothecary ...'; 'Cerdd Dduwiol ...'; 'Cerdd yn achos Tid Goed a ddyged ...'; 'Cerdd o achos Cig a gafwyd wedi ei guddio ...' by Jonathan Hughes; 'Cerdd i ateb y Gerdd o'r blaen ...'; 'Cerdd ar ddull tosturus gwynfan Siopwr ..' by John Thomas, Pentrefoelas; 'Cerdd i ateb y Siopwr ...'; and 'Cân Newydd'; and an incomplete transcript of Y Parchedig Gecryn Penchwiban neu Ddrych y Bugail Drwg (Caernarfon, 1835).

A collection of the poems of John Thomas, Pentrefoelas, with an introduction by E. L. Roberts, Saltney Ferry, 1909.

'Geirlyfr William Lleyn'; 'Bardhoniaeth ... William Middelton'; pedigrees and arms, mainly of North Wales families; 'cywyddau', 'awdlau', etc. by Adda Fras, Iolo Goch, Maredudd ap Rhys, Robin Ddu, Rhys Nanmor, Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen, Dafydd Gorlech, Tudur Aled, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ab Llywelyn Fychan, Wiliam Llŷn, Sion Cent, Sion Tudur, Thomas Prys, Lewis Menai, Gruffudd Phylip, Richard Cynwal, Edmwnd Prys, Wmffre Dafydd ab Ifan, Wiliam Phylip, Sion Bryncir, Siôn Phylip, Richard Phylip, Sion Dafydd Lâs [John Davies], Watcyn Clywedog, Mor[u]s Dwyfech [Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion], Huw Lewis, Dafydd ap Hwlcyn ap Madog, Rhisiart Brych, Dafydd Jones ('Ficer Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd'), Owen Gruffydd, Sion Lleyn [John Roberts], Taliesin, Rhys Goch Eryri, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Sion Roger, Sypyn Cyfeiliog [Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd], Bedo Brwynllys, Mathew Owen, Edward Morus, Huw Mor[y]s, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Huw ab Ifan, Robert Davies (Nantglyn), Robin ab Iorwerth, Rolant Huw (Graienyn), Dewi Wyn [o Eifion] [David Owen], Griffith William (Braichtalog), Goronwy Owen, John Thomas (Pentrefeidiog) [i.e. Pentrefoelas], M[organ] D[avies], Griffith Puw, Dafydd Jones ('Tailiwr'), William ab Edward ('o'r Bennar'), Thomas Edwards ['Twm o'r Nant'], Lewis Morris, Ieuan Llwyd [Brydydd], Rhys Llwyd [Pant-y-piod], Rolant [Rowland] Jones (Pandy) [Roli Penllyn], Hugh Jones (Llangwm), John Jones [Jac] (Glan y Gors) and W[illiam] Jones [Bardd Môn]; 'englynion' by several authors; material relating to persons and places in Merioneth.

'Diferyn Difyrrwch neu ganiadau plygeiniol er coffadwriaeth am ymddangosiad Duw yn y cnawd', being a collection made by G. C. Griffith of 'englynion', 'carolau', and other poems by Robert Hughes (Neuadd y blawd), William Griffith ('Gwilym ab Gryffydd', 1794), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas, 1800), David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifionydd'), G. C. Gryffydd (1816), and Richard Jones (Trefdraeth).

A collection of 'carolau', 'cerddi', 'englynion', and other verse in various metres. The poets include John Rhees, 1776-8, Hugh Jones 'o Faes y glase' (1749-1825), Robert Evan 'o Feifod' (fl. c. 1750), Edward Morus 'o'r Plas yn y Pentre', 1785, Ellis Rowland (c. 1650-c. 1730), George Humphreys (senior) (1747?-1813), 1803-7, George Humphreys (junior), Ellis Roberts (d. 1789), Jonathan Hughes (1721-1805), Evan Williams, Rhys Lloyd, Harri 'o Graig y Gath' [Harri Parri (1709?-1800)], Hugh Morris (1622-1709), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas), Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) (1739-1810) and John Cain alias 'Ceiriog' (c. 1575-c. 1650). Also included is a shoemaker's accounts and a charm against tooothache.

'Casgliad o Garolaû a Cherddi. Un gyntaf o Waith Thomas William o'r Court. Yn ail o waith John Thomas o Pentre r Foylas', being carols, 'cywyddau' and other poems by John Thomas (Pentrefoelas) and Thomas William.

Biographical sketches of, or notes on, the Reverend David Charles Davies, principal of the Calvinistic Methodist College, Trefeca; the Reverend Lewis Edwards, principal of the Calvinistic Methodist College, Bala; the Reverend Thomas Charles Edwards, principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and later of the Calvinistic Methodist College, Bala; the Reverend John Elias ['o Fôn'], Calvinistic Methodist minister; the Reverend Christmas Evans, Baptist minister; the Reverend Evan Herber Evans, principal of Bala-Bangor Congregational College, Bangor; John Thomas ('Eos Gwynedd'), of Pentrefoelas [co. Denbigh], poet; Lewis Thomas, son of the aforesaid John Thomas; and John Thomas, of Llanrwst, son of the said Lewis Thomas.

Transcripts by Ioan Pedr from manuscripts of Robert Jones (Tydu, Cwmglanllafar) and John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') of 'cerddi' and 'cywyddau' by David Jones ('Dafydd Sion Siams'), Elis Roberts, Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Hugh Jones (Llangwm), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas), Rice Hughes ('o Ddinam'), Owen Gruffydd, Robin Ddu, Dafydd Gorlech, John Roger, Mor[y]s ab Ieuan ab Einion, Thomas Prys, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Tudur, Guto'r Glyn, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Gruffudd Gryg and Dafydd ap Gwilym.

Carols and other poems by John Thomas (Pentrefoelas), Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant), Jonathan Hughes, Richard Pryce, Walter Davies, Humphrey Jones, and Lewis Evans (Pengwern); englynion; and miscellanea written mainly by Walter Davies and including an alphabetical catalogue of precious stones and metals.

Miscellaneous prose and verse including holograph poems on 'Dirwest' and 'Rhyddid' by Robert Parry ('Robyn Ddu Eryri'); a copy of an elegy on the death of Watkin Wynne of Voelas, 1774, by John Thomas, Pentrefoelas; 'pryddest: Paul yn Areopagus' submitted by 'Z.Y.Z.' for competition at the Tabernacle Eisteddfod, Pontypridd, 1862; 'Molawd i'r Iaith Gymraeg' (beginning 'Chwi hoff frodorion Cymru dirion'); a note by Owen M. Edwards on Gwen Jones, Panty March, Llangower, 1879; jottings by Owen M. Edwards of discussions at Lincoln College, Oxford, 1905-1906; a typescript copy of a letter by Owen M. Edwards from Geneva, printed in Y Goleuad, 31 Rhagfyr 1887; a note by Charles Ashton on a seventeenth century Welsh manuscript in his possession, 1891; a fragment entitled 'Gweledigaeth y Babell Wag'; 'Lloffion Llenyddol Mawddwy'; the first sheet of a letter on education in Anglesey, with a carol beginning 'Sain Hosanna Haleliwia'; and a sheet of sermon notes.