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Drafts of an ode on 'Mynyddoedd Eryri' by W. J. Roberts, and a transcript of 'Cerdd i ofyn bwyall' (Ellis Roberts y cowper).

A transcript by W. J. Roberts from a manuscript which he found among the papers of David Jones of Trevriw ('Dafydd Sion Dafydd') and which he sold to E. G. B. Phillimore (i.e. NLW MS 255A); and transcripts of 'englynion o wneuthuriad Ellis ab Ellis o blwyf Trillo yn Sir Feirionydd' and of a portion of the Interlude of 'Deifus a Lazarus'.

A volume of poems and notes by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), entitled 'Lloches Cymhlithigion neu gyfansoddiadau llenyddol a barddonol, y rhai a ysgrifenwyd gan mwyaf ar ol Dydd Calan, 1856 (a rhai pethau blaenorol) gan Gwilym Cowlyd neu William J. Roberts, Tyddyn Willim yn Nghwm Cau-lwyd, Trefriw'; with press cuttings, and transcripts by W. J. Roberts, of poems by Llewelyn Edwards (Llewelyn Twrog), John Wynne ('Gwynfardd Hiraethlyn'), Ellis Roberts y Cowper, Robert Jones, Bryn Moel, Dolwyddelan, Evan Evans, potter, Llanrwst, and Griffith Jones, Bryn Moel.

A copy of Rhys Jones : Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru ... (Amwythig, 1773), with manuscript notes and corrections.

Transcripts of poems by Evan Lloyd (1734-1776) entitled 'The Methodist' and 'The Curate', and of various 'cywyddau', etc., mainly written to members of the Rhiwaedog family; 'Englynion ar Ymadawiad Miss Parry o'r Bala' and other poems by Gwrtheyrn; etc.

Four volumes containing transcripts of 'cywyddau' and other poems, some of them copied from a Lewis Morris manuscript which belonged in 1913 to J. C. Evans, headmaster of the Bala Grammar School; three undated letters written to Gwrtheyrn by J. H. Jones, editor of Y Brython; and miscellanea.

Transcripts by Owen of miscellaneous poems by David Hughes ('Eos Iâl'), Sir Henry Wotton, R. Roberts (Treflys), 'Ioan Madog', Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'), 'Glasfryn', Huw Morus, John Owen, William Jones, Thomas Jones ('Glan Alun'), William Jones (Graienyn), R. Tecwyn Morris, 'Ab Ieuan', Hugh Jones (Llangwm), Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), and Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), with some anonymous poems.

Pedigrees, mainly of North Wales families; a list of uncommon Welsh words taken from John Davies, Mallwyd: Dictionarium ... (London, 1632); a vocabulary of some 'hard' Latin words; 'cywyddau' and other poems by Rowland Williams, Rhys Meigen, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Rowland Vaughan, Siôn Cent, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Wiliam Phylip, Owen Gruffydd, Edmwnd Prys, Robin Ddu, Siôn Phylip, Sion Tudur, Gruffudd Phylip, Maredudd ap Rhys, Gutun Owain, Iolo Goch, Morus Berwyn, Ffowc Prys, Owain Gwynedd, Roger [C]yffin, Siôn Brwynog, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Wiliam Llŷn, Huw Arwystli, Richard Phylip, Dafydd Nanmor, [If]an Llwyd ('o wain Eingian'), Hywel Cilan, Edwart Urien, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Rhys Cain, Lewis Trefnant, Matthew Brwmffild, James Dwnn, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Heilyn Fardd, Huw Machno, Guto'r Glyn, etc. ; a description of Britain based on the early chronicles; the triads of Dyfnwal Moelmud; etc.

Poems by John Jones ('Tegid'), William Owen [-Pughe], Goronwy Owen, etc.; letters, mainly to Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, from John Jones ('Tegid'), Hugh Davies, Angharad Llwyd, William Owen [-Pughe] and others; and miscellaneous notes on Welsh books, etc.

A manuscript collection of prose and verse in the hand of an amanuensis of Dr John Davies, Mallwyd. The volume comprises 'Ystori Peredur fab Efrawg', with five missing folios at the beginning supplied by John Jones ('Tegid'); 'Achau'r Kwrwf'; Caerwys Eisteddfod roll, May 26, 9 Elizabeth [1567]; triads; recipes; 'Tlysau Ynys Brydain'; 'Araith Wgan'; an extensive selection of 'cywyddau' and 'awdlau', mainly 'cywyddau merched', by Bedo Aeddren, Bedo Brwynllys, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Nanmor, Gruffudd Gryg, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Guto'r Glyn, Gutun Owain, Iolo Goch, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Rhisiart Phylip, Sion Cent, Sion Phylip, Simwnt Fychan, Tudur Aled and others; a collection of eulogies offered to Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, some of the poems having the date of composition recorded and including poems by Huw Machno, Sion Cain, Rhisiart, Gruffudd, Siôn and William Phylip and others; and miscellanea in various hands, including 'englynion marwnad Sion Dafis Athro parchedig mewn devinyddiaeth [Dr John Davies, Mallwyd]' by 'Rowland Vaughan esgwier o Gaergai' (1644), 'penillion gwr ifanc i'w gariad' (1688), 'moliant Sion Foulkes, Llanymowthwy', by Huw Morus (1674), 'moliant . . . maer Dinas Mowthwy' by Richard Lloyd, a fragment of 'Achau y Cwrw a'i hanes', an account of mizes paid (1646-1647), notes on Latin grammar, recipes, pedigrees, and a fragment of an interlude ('Argolws and Symoniax').

An exercise book containing miscellaneous transcripts, extracts, etc., including copies of two anonymous poems entitled 'Cerdd Newydd i atteb yr Ynfyd yn ôl ei Ynfydrwydd rhag iddo fod yn ddoeth yn ei olwg ei hun', and 'Cân o glod i offeiriadau ac eraill ou plaid am sefyll yn gadarn yn erbyn pregethwyr cyffredin sydd yn tramwy'r gwledydd, &c.'; seventy-four lines headed 'Pedair o Bleidiau yn cael eu dynodi: sef Dissenters, Methodistiaid, Wesleyaid, a'r Baptistiaid', being a variant version of a section of Thomas Edwards ['Twm o'r Nant']'s interlude Bannau y Byd . . . [( Treffynnon, 1808)]; a transcript of the said Thomas Edwards's poem Cân ar Berson Paris . . .[(Caerlleon, 1802)]; a transcript of the poem Thomas Edwards, yn gymmaint ac na allaf gyd fyned â chwi yn eich canu diweddaf â' r Offeiriadau, anturiais eich anrhegu a'r Gân ganlynol [(Caernarfon, 1802 )], written by W[illiam] Jones, Cefn Berain, Llanefydd [co. Denbigh] in reply to Cân ar Berson Paris; and extracts from Cylch-Grawn Cynmraeg neu Drysorfa Gwybodaeth, rhif. I-IV, 1793.

Holograph copies and transcripts of Welsh verse in strict and free metre, including poems in strict metre entitled 'Cywydd marwnaed er Coffadwrieth am . . . Richard Owen, esqr., o Benierth, y rhwn a madawodd ar Byd . . . 1714', by Richard Edwards (y prydydd), 'Cywydd marwnaed Mr. Francis Williams ai Wraig, Mrs. Jane Williams, of [sic] Penierth ucha . . .' (1732 ), also by Richard Edwards (bardd ag athraw ysgol), 'Marwnad y parchedig Mr. Wiliam Wynn, Person Llan Gynhafal . . . a Manafon . . .', by Evan Evans, 'Cowydd Galarnad am Ynys Minorca a Phorthladd St. Philips, yr Hon a Gollwyd trwy ffalster a Llwfrdra A . . .l B . . . g', by Hugh Hughes, 'Cywydd Marwnad y parchedig Mr. Wiliam Wynn, Person Llann Gynhafal a Mynafon', by Rice Jones, 'Cywydd Marwnad Mrs. Sydney Fychan, Gwraig Howel Fychan o'r Hengwrt, Esqr., 1750', also by Rice Jones, 'Kowydd dau wr soredig wrth i gilidd o achos Merch', by Thomas Price (Plas Iolyn), 'Kowydd trafferth y byd ar Gyfraith', also by Thomas Prys, 'Cywydd Marwnad it parchedica Mr. John Nannau o faes y pandu', by Dafydd William, 'Cowydd Marwnad I William Wynn o Faes-y-neuoedd, Esqr., a ymadawodd a ni A[nn]o 1730', by Er. Will[ia]ms, 'Cowydd Marnad Mer. Robert Wynne', 'Englynion i Edward Sawdwr . . .,' by R. J., 'Englynion i annerch Edwart Hudol . . .' by Rice Jones, 'Englynnion er Coffadwrieth I Naid Mr. Hugh Pugh o Risie'r Mysseum ir Colofn gerllaw', by Mer. Lloyd, and 'Englynion'r Eos'; free- metre poems entitled 'Ychydig o ddiolch o waith William Davies i Mr. Wynn o fays yneyoedd, Dros gerdd ddorion Sir feirionydd' (1759) 'Carol y Scuthen', by Moris Lloyd, 'Cerdd o glod i Mr. William Weeinn o faes y neiodd i ofin hen wasgod' (1757), by Morris Parry, 'Carol Siani', by Phylip Richiard, 'Hanes Gwr Ifangc oedd mewn blinder achos Cariad . . .', ‘'Penhillion o foliant i Gras', 'Rhybydd ne Hanes Carwriaith drwstan dyn Ifangc', and 'Can i'r Gwydde . . .'; and other anonymous, miscellaneous compositions.

A folio volume, the contents of which consists mainly of transcripts, in a variety of hands, of Welsh verse in strict metre, including 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Tho[mas] lloyd Ienga, Cad[wala]dr Thomas, W[illia]m Phillip, Huw Lloyd Cynfel, John Davies, Owain Griffith, Robert Humphrey (y prydydd bach), John Richart, Davydd lloyd llewelyn ap Gruffyth (o fathafarn), Gutto'r Glynn, Davyd Nanmor, Lewis Môn, Theodor (Tydur) Aled, Robin ddu ap sianckin Bledrydd, Hugh Machno, John Phylyp, Gruffyth Phylip, Richard Kynwal, Ievan llwyd, John Owenes, Philip Jo[h]n Philip, Rys Cain, Jo[h]n V[ augha]n (Caergai), David Davies, Edm[wnd] Prys, and D[avi]d Lloyd ap Will[ ia]m. There is also some Welsh verse in free metre by Rowland Vaughan (Caer Gai). Other items include copies of a rental of chief rents issuing to the crown out of the hundred of Ardydwy ywch artro, and out of Isartro [co. Merioneth], 1623, and of a rental of assize rents in the vill of Llanaber [co. Merioneth], 1637; pedigrees of the families of Anwyll [of Park, parish of Llanfrothen, co. Merioneth], Wynn [of Gwydir, co. Caernarvon], and Wynn [of Maesyneuadd, parish of Llandecwyn, co. Merioneth ]; maternal pedigrees of several North Wales families; a copy of 'The message of king Hen[ry] the seventh, as he was on his march to Bosworth field, to John ap Meredith, as it is in Edward Puleston's Bk.'; a memorandum, 1676, by Robert Wynne, of a lease of lands called Moel y Glo to Gruff Owen; and a few lines of English and Latin verse.

A copy of Hugo Grotius, Gwirionedd y grefydd Grist'nogol ... a gyfieithwyd gan Edward Samuel ... (Y Mwythig: John Rhydderch, 1716), with eight folios stitched in at the beginning of the volume containing verse and prose in the hand of Thomas Williams, 'Merchant Taylor', 1753-1756, including a Welsh version of the legend of the Wandering Jew (ff. i-v) and 'Englynion i bont llanrwst', 1635, attributed to 'John Roger, wever of llwyn Bleuddun in llan-llechid Parish' (f. viir-v). Transcripts of poetry by Rhys Prichard, vicar of Llandovery, and other verse also appear on pp. 2, 13-16 of the printed work.

A cycle of three interludes on the history of the world, and miscellaneous poems, mainly englynion and poetry in carol metres, autograph, 1739-1758, by Thomas Williams, 'Merchant Taylor' (ca. 1690-1763), Tal-y-bont, Llandygai, Caernarfonshire, all of which appear in his published work Mynegiad yr hen oesoedd ... (London, 1761). Folios i (the original front cover), 1-6, 136-41 are palimpsests. The underwriting, partly legible under ultra-violet light, is from fifteenth and sixteenth century court records relating to Caernarfonshire, consisting mainly of lists of names.

A small book of transcripts of Welsh poetry in the hand of John Davies, Pentrefoelas. It contains 'Cywydd y pren eirin yn dair rhan'; 'Cywydd yn erbyn Medd-dod'; and 'cywyddau' by Llewelyn ab Evan, Edward ap Rheece, Meredydd ap Rhys, William Cynwal, and 'englynion' by Owen Gruffydd, Moris Powel, Edward Maelor, and Simwnt Vaughan.

Two tune books now bound as one volume, the first (ff. 1-16) probably compiled in the late eighteenth century and the second (ff. 18-42) by 1800, containing hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes, together with a few englynion and other verse in Welsh (ff. 18 verso-20), and various memoranda.

Autograph poems by Griffith Griffiths, Rhys Jones (Blaenau), Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), Lewis Morris, Ap Iorwerth, Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg), Owen Williams (Waunfawr), Thomas Jones (Russell Cottage, Denbigh), Rowland Davies, Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant), William Augustus Miles, Alltud, and others; a transcript by Walter Davies of a poem by Huw Morus; etc.

A commonplace book of John Harris of Cwmdauddwr, Radnorshire, containing a few poems in Welsh, sheep-shearing records, and other farming memoranda.

Poems by Jonathan Hughes (1721-1805), with a few by D.E. Arthur Jones, John Jones (Llandynan), and David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri). Most of the poems by Jonathan Hughes are printed either in Bardd a Byrddau ... (Mwythig, 1778) or in Gemwaith Awen Beirdd Collen ... (Croesoswallt, 1806).