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An incomplete transcript made by John Jones, Gellilyvdy, of a treatise on arithmetic. It is entitled 'Llyfr Sion ap William ap Sion o Gyfrifyddiaeth'.

Extracts copied in 1744-5 by John David or Davies (Pentre Vidog) mainly from a miscellany transcribed by Sir Thomas Williams in 1594-6 (now British Museum Additional MS. 31055). One of the sources used by Sir Thomas Williams was the lost 'White Book of Hergest'. John David's copy includes 'Efengil Nicodemus', 'yr achosion yr ymprydier ddydd Gwener . . .', 'Breuddwyd Maxen Wledig', extracts from Y Bibyl Ynghymraeg, poetry by Taliesin, a deaf and dumb alphabet, 'englynion', a brief chronicle, 542-1463, taken by Sir. Thomas Williams 'ex libro Joanis Prise militis', 'am y pader, or Ll. G. H.', and the text of Y Bibyl Ynghymraeg. The following items in John David's manuscript were taken from other sources: the story of 'Adar Llwch Gwin' taken from a book of Thomas Evan 'o hendre forfydd'; 'englynion a wnaeth Edwart Morys ei Thomas Lloyd Penmaen am fynd yn Gwaccer', with Thomas Lloyd's reply; a note of land tax paid in all Welsh counties except Cardiganshire and Flintshire; 'englynion diharebion'; 'Carol yr hen wr o'r Coed' by William Pirs Dafydd; and 'carol . . . i ofyn Ebill'.

Translations of two texts, the first entitled 'Dangosiad am y Coed a elwir Gwaiacwm yssydd yn iachav y vrech ffrengic, a hefyd sydd yn helpio y gowt yn y traed, y tostedd, y palas, y klwy gwahanol, dropsi, klwy tegla, a chlevydion eraill', translated from 'Of the wood called Guaiacum that healeth the French pockes, and also helpeth the Goute in the feete . . .' (London, 1635, with subsequent editions), in its turn a translation by Thomas Paynel of Ulrich von Hutten: De Guaiaci Medicina et morbo Gallico. The text is incomplete, wanting the end of chapter 8, the whole of chapter 9, the beginning of chapter 10, the end of chapter 24, and the whole of chapters 25 and 26. It is followed by a translation of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert: 'Boke of Hvsbandry' (London, 1534). This text is also imperfect, wanting the first seven chapters, the beginning of chapter 8, chapter 51, the latter half of chapter 141, chapters 142-4, the beginning of chapter 145, the greater part of chapter 151, and the beginning of chapter 152. The Welsh translator is not identified.

A draft translation and a fair copy (incomplete) of the text and translation of Mesca Ulad edited and written by William M. Hennessy.

Manuscripts formerly belonging to Thomas Powel.

Transcripts of the 'gessa' or heroic tales of Cuchulaind from the Book of Leinster, the Book of Lecan, and the 'Leabhar h-Uidhri', with translations, partly in the autograph of W. M. Hennessy.