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Written March 24, 1694, by E. T. Beginning: Gwr traws iw'r gwr o'r Dyffrin.

Beginning: Gwr crueidd glan synhwyrol.

Beginning: Howell Bevan Landdun. Dywedwch ar ych englyn. Gair ne ddai y glywais i. Er mwun bodloni Iestyn. [For 'Howell Bevan' mentioned in the first line of this little screed, see D. Rhys Phillips: History of the Vale of Neath. He lived at Rheola before the farm was rebuilt as a mansion at the end of the eighteenth century. D.R.P.].

Creso Rees ith Lis ath wlad i dario. I dirodd dy hen daid. Hidd gwrol haidde gariad. A bidd fel davidd dy dad. -. Beth y dal sylw mewn sen a digio. Wrth wan wr mewn angen. Er tecked fo'r wheddel hen felen. Fe wyr pawb pwy yw'r pen. -. 'The first of this was made to Rees. David William ancestor to Sir Nicolas. Williams of Rhidodin and the other to. Sir Harry Jones of Abermarlais'. [On the back is 'For Mr Phillip Williams at Dyfferine near Neath ... Cardiff Bagg. Frank G. Rice'. See also A88. Another reference to the 'Cardiff Bagg' (an acrostic sent to Philip Williams in 1681) is in History of the Vale of Neath, p. 732. The lines were probably written somewhere around Llandeilo. D.R.P.].

Beginning: dygwyddir os gwir ar sir. Dro fawr pobol ar heol Landilo. [The candidate was Rice (not Price); viz. Edward Rice, MP, son of the Griffith Rice of Dynevor Castle who was high sheriff of co. Carm., 1694, MP for that county in five parliaments. The election date was probably 1729. D.R.P.].

Welsh elegy on the death of Mr Morg[an] Jones of Tre Gibb, by Dafydd Evan, beginning 'Dysgedigion Doithion hunt Rinwedd wir gynt Apollo'.

Welsh Elegy on Mr Dan[ie]l Morris by William Prees, beginning 'Dewch yn nes gyfeillon mwyn / gwrandewch fy nghwyn dolyrys / Cyd alarwch a mi nawr newn tristyd mawr hiraythys / am bendefig gweddaidd diddig ...'.

Huc ades lodes lwydwen. Dic quaeso cay cissan ar fargen. Give me leave to put my latin. Into yr welsh winch wen. -. Da da o dath iddi shiwrney. Nid os arnof hirath. Felly'r el i farolath. Yn gynta holl gant or fath. -. God bless the Royal Army. The Nations and ye Navy. The defenders of the faith. King William & Queen Mary. ['Winch Wen', in the fourth quoted line, is possibly an allusion to the area of Winch Wen in Llansamlet, and colour is given to this by the legal entry above these lines. It is interesting to find something new about the family of Kilvey (Cilvae) to whom Lewis Glyn Cothi, poet of the Wars of the Roses, addressed a series of six laudatory poems. D.R.P.].

Apparently an exercise book.

Apparently an exercise book.

Warrants to high and petty constables of p's in Newcastle Hundred, Swansea Hundred, Langevelach Hundred, etc., to make returns of the names of freeholders, copyholders, etc., eligible for jury service with returns and lists made in compliance with the warrants.

Warrants by the lieutenants of co. Glam. to the sheriff to bring up the chief constables of Newcastle before the same at Cardiff on 24 May next to answer for default of duty in not collecting an assessment for warlike stores. Signed by John Awbrey, Thomas Lewis and Herbert Evans.

Warrant, signed by Sir Humphrey Mackworth, to the petty constables of the town and p. Neath, to arrest William John and John George and bring them before the Justices of the Peace for co. Glam. at the suit of John Bembow. Signature and seal.

Warrant under hands and seals of the Deputy Lieutenants of the co. Glam. to the chief constables of hundred of Cowbridge, showing that having received directions to put 'the militia of the said county in a posture of service for defence of the King and Kingdom in this time of suspected invasion', they order the said constables to notify the hearing of appeals against alleged overcharging, on 6th Nov. next at Cowbridge. Dated at : Cowbridge. Signed by Sir Edward Mansell and four others. Five seals.

Warrant to the sheriff of London to arrest George Young of Sturton - Candle, Dorset, yeoman, on a charge of assault preferred against him by Robert Hine and John Hine, etc. Latin.

Warrant to the sheriff of Glamorgan, to arrest Watkin Llewellin of Newton Nottage and take him before the justices of the Great Sessions, at the suit of Jonetta Trower, widow, on a plea of debt of £50. Latin.

Warrant to the sheriff of Glamorgan to levy the sums of £10 debt, and 38s. costs, upon the goods and chattels of Edward Jones, late of Coychurch, recovered against him in the Court of the Great Sessions by Elinora Llewis. Latin.

Warrant to the Sheriff of Glamorgan to levy the sums of £10 debt, and 38s. costs, upon the goods and chattels of Edward Jones, late of Coychurch, recovered against him in the Court of the Great Sessions by Elinora Llewis. Latin. #C ---. 1723-1729. Legal papers.