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Beginning: Once was a time when the Roman Empire stood. [Possibly the Lady Mackworth, who was the beautiful Molly Miers, who married Sir R. H. Mackworth, 'the charioteer'. This union led to the transfer of Gnoll MSS to Miers's Keeping at Ynyspenllwch. Molly was reported to be the prettiest woman in the Vale of Neath. D.R.P.].

'A Satyr upon Herb't L[or]d Torrington', beginning 'Sing not the Battle (soe fam'd) of Lepanto / nor what the Turkes gott by the siege of Otranto / nor the Spanish Armada soe brave and gallanto / Which noe body can deny'. Note. Admiral Arthur Herbert, earl of Torrington, 1647-1716.

Beginning: The[y?] Glamorgans grand ktt.

A 'Scheme of a Rent - Roll to be given in on a Treaty of Marriage', showing the Margam estate as it stands in 1713 by lease.

A series of statements concerning the property of Sir Thomas Mansell, and his method of conveying it; of Sir Lewis Mansell, his son, and Henry Mansell son of Sir Lewis, with questions as to the incidence of wardship, jointure, etc., and the assignment made by Sir John Stradling to Sir Lewis Mansell, of Margam and Havod y Porth. With answers by William Morgan, a lawyer. Early 17th century.

Beginning: Come listen good people to what I can say. Concerning ye blessing of our hoped day. The downfall of Crookebacke & joyfull return. Of Mon yt will make all Popery mourn.

Beginning: Rhedun mwynedd criedd dos atteb drwsso o hyd. ['Coz. John Llewelin'. To qualify as a cousin of Philip Williams the genealogist, d. 1717, probably John Llewelyn of Ynysygerwn, who was an alderman of Neath, d. 1714, must be selected. Herbert Evans (of Gnoll) mentioned on the back of A18 was the presumed Knight of the Royal Oak, friend of the Cromwellian, Philip Lord Jones, d. 1678-9. But if the A18 title was written by Llewelin Williams (d. 1748) the J. L. who wrote poetry may have been the 4th of that ilk, d. 1755. D.R.P.].

A stanza of four lines, beginning:. 'Like a true Irish merlin that mist of her flight'.

'A True Copy of the Paper delivered by Sir John Fenwicke Baronett to the Sheriffs of London and Midlesex on tower hill being the place of Execution on Thursday, January 28th, 1696/7.'.

Beginning: [Duw?] ych ymddifynno Madam Hobby. And: In generall we are both rich and poor. [This tribute in bilingual verse to Madam Hoby gives a reminder of the tuneful elegy (in History of the Vale of Neath, p. 733) written in English by one who had been her fervent and devoted admirer, possibly Philip Williams of Dyffryn Clydach. See History of the Vale of Neath, pp. 416-7. D.R.P.].

Beginning: Och ddwyn arnon wr purnaws.

Beginning: Och ie och weld achosion dolan cloch,. Barddorion doith ble benna y boch. Wi yn erfin arnoch fod.

Beginning: O Duw hael wyd a hwylys. [Charles Thomas is an unknown, but a tolerable poet. William Evans whom he mourns may be William Evans of Eaglesbush (Llwyn Eryr), high sheriff of co. Glam. in 1751. William Evans of the Gnoll family (fl. 1637-9) was brother-in-law of William Jenkin ap William of Aberpergwm. 'William Ifan fwynlan fodd / hap hoywedd duw ai piodd / Iawn y grist gael yn ddistaw / Y anwyl was ai dras draw ... / oedd wr hawddgar dan warant / a chalon bywr sywr fel sant'. William Evans of Gnoll (fl. 1637-9) married Mary, daughter of Hopkin ap David Edward of Gwernllwynwith, and the William Evans of the poem also has a wife, Mari, with an heir named Dafydd. These names are noted in the next elegy by Thomas Griffith, A65. D.R.P.].

Beginning: Cluwch achwyn uchel ochu. Farwolaeth Mistir Hobie. O'r bron mewn alar prydd.

'A Welsh Elegy to Mr Wa[lter] Evans of Eaglesbush', [? by William Prees], 1694. Beginning: Dewch y nes brydyddion hardd. A ffob ryw fardd dyallys. Cyd alarwch a mi nawr. Mewn tristyd mawr hiraythys. Am bendefig Criuadd Credig.

Beginning: yr achwr gwich i lyfre. Rhowch wybod maes ag arfe. Y gwr o ddyffrin Clydach fwyn. A Bwedd mae dwyn i ache. -. Arfeu'e gwr or dyffrin. Tri chwppwl arian ydin. Mewn maes o goch a'i bordro'n ddu. Hen hynedd Lln [?] o werin.

Beginning: Pob llawn o ddawn ddonia (fo beunydd).