Two notebooks containing ballads transcribed from printed sources by D[avid] Pryse Williams ['Brythonydd'], Troedyraur, Cardiganshire [aft. pastor of Libanus Baptist Church, Treherbert, Glamorgan], with a few additions in the hand of J. H. Davies. The titles include Dwy Gan Newydd: I. Am Wroldeb yr hên Frytaniaid. II. Am Lwyddiant yr Efengyl (Caerfyrddin, 1797), Can o Ddiolchgarwch I Dduw, Am ei Waredigaethau o Ddwylaw ein Gelynion (Caerfyrddin, 1799), Can o Ganmoliaeth i Volunteers Y Tair Sir; Sef, Sir Benfro, Sir Aberteifi, a Sir Gaerfyrddin (Caerfyrddin, 1799), Can o Glod I'r Arglwydd, Am Ein Holl Fuddugoliaethau, Ar For, Ac Ar Dir (Caerfyrddin, 1799), Can o Glod, I Foluntiers Glan-Teifi, A'u Hofficers, Gan Dafydd Evan Morgan, o Dreleach (Caerfyrddin, 1800), Dwy o Gerddi ... Yn ail Dau Benill yn rhoi. Ychydig o hanes y Gelynion a Diriasant i Borthladd Abergwaen yn Sir Benfro ... o waith Richard Roberts (Trefriw, n.d.), and Tair o Gerddi Newydd (see J. H. Davies: A Bibliography of Welsh Ballads, no. 426).

Transcripts, by Richard Griffith ('Carneddog'), and typescript copies of ballads and other poetry:- 'cerdd alarus ... am Lewis Owen yr hwn a ddienyddwyd ar Forfa Seiont gerllaw Caernarvon, ... 1822; 'cerdd ... hanes ... tân yn y Plas yn Neigwl ... 1787'; 'Drylliad y Royal Charter, 1859'; and a 'cywydd ... i ofyn prenn i un Edward Owen o Dann-y-Bwlch, 1767', by Dafydd Jones o'r Penrhyn Deudraeth.

'Gossodedigaetheu a Messureu y Deyrnas, Cantrevi a Chymydeu Kymry', being a list of hundreds, commotes and other geographical divisions within Wales. At the end of every division is a list of its castles.
The list of 'Cantreds and Commotes of Wales' (p. 5) agrees practically with the one in Peniarth MS 163.

A 'Copy of the Dedication of, and Preface to Sir Thomas Wiliems's Latin-British Dictionary', together with notes on the life and work of Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, and ballads, which include the works of Rowland Fychan of Caer-gai, Lewis Morris and Richard Abraham, written c. 1738 (see p. 2). Also including englynion to Robert Vaughan, Caer-gai by Dr John Davies; a translation by Dr Davies of Thomas Wiliems's dedication of his Dictionary to Sir Richard Wynne, Gwydir; and notes concerning Thomas Wiliems's Dictionary at Hengwrt, with a copy of its Preface (see Peniarth MS 228).

Medical recipes similar to those of 'Meddygon Myddfai', written 1693 (see p. 73).