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A collection of the work of Guto’r Glyn, followed on pp. 234-321 by other cywyddau of [15 cent.], all in the hand of Robert Vaughan, writing [mid-17cent., not before 1654]. The beginning of the manuscript was already wanting when it was paginated in [18 cent.]; its end is also wanting. Vaughan added a few variant readings (e.g. pp. 9-11). One watermark appears to be Heawood 3627 [not before 1654].

A manuscript in the hand of a single scribe dating from the second half of the 13th century and comprising Historia Hen Gruffud fab Cynan (p. 1); a treatise on earth, water, air and fire (p. 17); a treatise on the planets (p. 20); and a series of Welsh proverbs in verse (p. 27).
Memoranda in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne have been pasted onto the inside of the front cover. Ff. iii-iv contain a letter from J. Williams ab Ithel, 25 January 1862

A fragment of the Welsh prose Brut y Brenhinedd written by a single scribe and dating from 1477.

The Laws of Hywel Dda, [c. 1380], (p. 1); religious and secular prose by a number of scribes, including a brief chronicle from the arrival of Brutus in 1230 BC to 1375 (of Welsh interest) and the number of years from the flood until the current year, 1404, (p. 225); Brutus Saxonum (p. 251); and englynion (p. 270), [pre 1416, mid-15 cent.].
The date of the foundation of Cardiff is noted in the Latin text. There are some later memoranda as well.

A collection of Welsh poetry compiled in the thirteenth century and a collection of Welsh poetry and prose compiled in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The volume is divided into two sections: The first section includes verse by Cynddelw; the second section includes the following poems: Cyfoesi Myrddin, Yr Afallenau and Yr Oianau, and the following prose: Breuddwyd Pawl, Cynghorau Cadw Hen and Ystoria Judas.

The Romance of Charlemagne as written by Ieuan Ysgolhaig in 1336.
The folios have been misarranged in the binding. This text seems to be the prototype of the version in Peniarth MS 5 (White Book of Rhydderch), Peniarth MS 10, and Jesus College Oxford MS 111 (Red Book of Hergest).

Pedigrees and genealogies, including those relating to the five kingdoms of Wales; pedigrees of saints; and a synopsis of Biblical history. The manuscript is written in two hands of the second half of the 16th century, both possibly those of Simwnt Fychan.

A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda by a single scribe dating from the mid 13th century.

Poetry of Tudur Aled, Guto'r Glyn and others, transcribed late 16th century.

A notebook entitled 'Records relating principally to the co. of Merioneth, but also to other parts of North Wales ... also some few notes relating to S. Wales, collected from the Archives of the Kingdom in London, Manuscripts in the British Museum' in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne.

A notebook containing genealogical notes and pedigrees of North Wales families in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne. 'Book No 3' has been deleted from the front cover.

A notebook containing transcripts by W. W. E. Wynne of correspondence, 1642-1655, mainly to and from Sir John Owen, taken from originals at Porkington. The correspondents include Charles I, Princes Rupert and Maurice, Gilbert Byron, John Byron, Robert Corbett (Ynysymaengwyn), H. Mackworth, Thomas Mytton, William Neale, Richard Vaughan and John Williams, archbishop of York. Also included are notes by W. W. E. Wynne on Llanegryn and Llangelynnin churches, Merionethshire (ff. 8 verso-12). 'Historical Letters, &c: Peniarth MS 18 [corrected to] No. 75' on spine; '495' on label pasted on spine.

A collection of medical recipes.

Medical tracts, including Arnold's 'regimen sanitatis'; 'liber ysagoge'; 'liber pronosticorum'; 'liber urinarum'; and 'liber ... de pulsibus'.

On pp. 1-13 the arms, painted, of John Williams and of offices held by him (excluding the archbishopric of York), with accompanying Latin verse, in calligraphic script, by 'Mercurius Pattenus' (p. 13). Added on p. 14 is the achievement, in trick, of Ystumcolwyn, [17-18 cent.]. On p. 16 are notes on the John Williams scholarships at St John’s College [Cambridge], cf. a note dated 1709 on f. ii.

The manuscript consists of two parts: The first part comprises a collection of pedigrees in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog, with some later additions, c. 1545, in the same hand. The second part of the manuscript comprises pedigrees; a list of receipts in the hand of Rhys Cain; etc.
One of the other hands is that of Siôn Cain.