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A catalogue, in the autograph of Robert Vaughan, of the books and manuscripts in the Hengwrt library, [c. 1659].

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees taken from the manuscripts of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (pp. 1-95); together with copies of the marginalia from the Book of St Chad in Lichfield Cathedral, being some of the earliest known examples of written Welsh (pp. 113-126); etc.

A volume in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing transcripts 'From a MS. of Mr. Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt' (p. 1) and from Jesus College MS 2, including lists of rivers in England, Wales and Scotland (pp. 6-27); brief entries and extracts in Latin, Welsh and English referring chiefly to Welsh princes, bishops and saints, in some instances giving dates and pedigrees which were apparently gleaned from the Book of Llandâf (pp. 29-135); a transcript of 'Teir drut aerfa Ynys Prydain', with a translation and commentary in English (pp. 137-141); etc.