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'Cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Ellis Rowland, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Thomas Prys, John Davies, Siôn Tudur, Edward Morus, Rowland Price, Wiliam Phylip, Gruffudd Prys, Owen Gruffydd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cadwaladr Cesel, John Roger, Huw Morus, Dafydd Manuel, Richard Abram, Mathew Owen, Edward Williams, William Wynn, Margaret Davies, Rhys Jones, Hugh Hughes, and E[dward] Wynne, [Gwyddelwern].

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.

Poetry by, and in the autograph of, the Reverend H. R. Williams ('Llwydrudd'), Corris, and press cuttings of some of his works, including an essay on old Merioneth poets ('Hen Feirdd Meirion'). Among the poems is an elegy entitled 'Pryddest Goffa i'r diweddar Mr. Richard James, Painter, Talybont', submitted to an eisteddfod held at Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, 1925.

Copies of 'Marwnad Mochyn Brith, yr hwn a fwrddiwyd ar fynydd Llanbedr ar foreu dydd Llun cyntaf o'r flwyddyn 1870, gerllaw y Cross Hands Hotel', 'Caniad y Gog i feirionydd' by 'L[ewis] Morris, Ysw' ('Llywelyn Ddu o Fôn'), and 'Can Alarys A Gyfansoddwyd Dros fachgenun ieuanc Er Ei ddanfon iw hen Gariad'.

A miscellany written during the period 1762-5 by Rowland Jones, Pandy [Llanuwchllyn]. It contains poetry in free metres and some 'englynion', prognostications of Erra Pater based on the incidence of New Year's Day, and particulars of the phases of the moon in the year 1765. The poets mentioned by name include Cadwaladr Dafydd, Morgan Thomas 'o Gynllwyd', Robert Thomas, and Rowland Jones, but most of the poems are either unsigned or incomplete as a result of mutilation of folios. Memoranda in a later hand, probably by one Rees Jones, refer to spare and wanting copies of Y Dysgedydd and Seren [Gomer] for 1820-4, and other later entries associate the volume with the Llangadfan and Llanerfyl districts.

A photostat facsimile, [?early 20 cent.], of a manuscript of the 1780s (now NLW MS 14402B), mostly in the autograph of Humphrey Jones ('o Gastell Caereinion'). It contains poems in free metre by John Thomas ('o bentre'r Fidog'), Sion Abel, Robert Evan ('o Feifod'), David Evans ('o'r Coed Bychan ymhlwy Llanfair ynghaereinion'), Morus ap Robert, and Huw Llwyd Cynfal; a transcript of 'Histori Nicodemus'; 'Ymddiddanion a fu Rhwng Adrian Ymerodor Rhufain ag Epig ddoeth'; a remedy for 'the King's Evil'; etc.

Miscellanea, including englynion, 1887, by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd) (1828-1904), poetry entitled Penillion coffadwriaethol ... J. H. Hughes, composed for an eisteddfod held at Ysbyty Ifan, 24 April 1925, and examples of autographs, including those of Robert Isaac Jones (Alltud Eifion) (1815-1905), David Jones (Dewi Grwst) (fl. 1850), etc.

An 18th century manuscript containing carols and other poetry, mainly by Humphrey Owen, Robert Evans and John Morgan; a blacksmith's accounts, 1743; other accounts kept by John Morgan; recipes; charms.

An 18th century manuscript containing a transcript of cywyddau by Sion Ceri, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Sion Tudur and many others; englynion, including some relating to Bala and Llyn Tegid; a recipe; miscellaneous notes.

An incomplete volume (ff. 1-85, 176-243) consisting largely of cywyddau and englynion by Sion Kent, Sion Tudvr, Grvffydd Grvg, Meredith ap Rees, Will'm ap Sion ap D'd, Gruff' Hiraethog, Will'm Llynn, Huw Arwistl, D'd ap Edmwnd, D'd ap Gwilim, Rob't Leiaf, Rys Goch or Yri, Mastr Hari, Ifan Tew Brydydd, Gytto Glyn, Sion Philipp, Roger Kyffyn, Ievan Fychan, Sr. Davydd Trevor, Tudur Penllyn, Rowland Fychan, Tomas Prys, Evan Tudvr Owen, Ievan Brydydd Hir, William Elias, Tudur Aled, Gruff' ap Ievan, Rys Pennarth, Bedo Aerdrem, Bedo Brwynllys, Iolo Goch, Ellis Rowland, Howel ap D'd ap Ievan ap Rys, D'd Namor, D'd Ddv o Hiraddvc, Lewys Glyn Kothi, Howel ap Ievan ap Rys, Owen Gruffydd, Michael Prichard, Edmwnd Price, Hughe ap Ed'd Lloyd, Rice Kain, Richard Hughes, [Richard Davies] 'Escob Dewi', Ed'd Maelor, Ievan ap Tudvr Penllyn, Harrie Howell, Sion Kain, and Robin Ddv. Towards the end of the volume there are short texts such as englynion in Latin, 'llyma gas bethav Owain Kyveiliog', 'xxiiij gwell', 'Geirie gwir Taliesin', triads, proverbs, the nine grades of kinship, medical recipes, 'Llyma henwau y pedair Caingc ar ddeg Cydwgan a Cyhelyn', and 'Henwau'r pedwar Gosdeg Cerdd dannau'. The greater part of the manuscript was written in the seventeenth century; but there are additions and marginal notes to the nineteenth century. There is an index ('Tabl y llyfr') to ff. 1--76, in a seventeenth century hand. Between ff. 4 and 6 are inserted two leaves (pp. 129-30, 135-6) of David Jones (Trefriw) (ed.): Cydymaith Diddan (Caer Lleon [1766]).

A manuscript containing poetry by various Welsh poets, together with a letter from Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) (1802-1863).

A composite volume containing verse and prose written in various hands, mainly of the 17th and 18th centuries, with additions of the 18th century.

Holograph poems entitled 'Gardd Gethsemane' by Nathaniel Jones ('Cynhafal') (awarded the prize at an eisteddfod at Adwy'r Clawdd, 1859), 'Cywydd i'r Daeargryn' by R[ichard] Davies ('Mynyddog') (awarded the prize at an eisteddfod at Llanerchymedd, 1859), and 'Uffern' by M. Owen ('Meirig Wyn o Wynedd'), Pentrefoelas [after 1855]; an adjudication by [Thomas jones] ('Glan Alun'), William Williams ('Creuddynfab'), and [John Ceiriog Hughes] ('Ceiriog'); a press contribution entitled 'Blagur Llenyddol' by [Henry Rowlands] ('Henri Myllin'); and a holograph letter from [John Jones] ('Talhaiarn'), from Battlesden, Woburn, to [John Owen] ('Owain Alaw'), 1863 (the publication of 'penillion').

'Galargân i'r diweddar Mr. J. C. Jones, Llanarth' by 'Ffarwel Haf', submitted for competition at an eisteddfod held at Llanarth on Good Friday, 1914; 'Penillion er cof am J. C. Jones, Esq., Y. H. Llanarth ...' by 'Brodor Trist'; a draft order of seating at the Welsh National Banquet, 28 May, 1892; and a holograph letter from E. T. Davies, Tutorial School, New Quay, Cardiganshire, to Hywel [Jones], 1914 (ordination at Pisgah [Congregational Church, Llandysiliogogo], etc.).

A volume of transcripts of Welsh poetry. The first fifty-one folios contain copies, in a 16th-century hand, of 'cywyddau' by Siôn Cent, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Madog Benfras, Gruffudd Gryg, Dafyddd ab Edmwnd, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Tudur Aled, Dafydd Nanmor and others. The remainder of the volume (ff. 52-147) is in several hands of the end of the 17th century. At the head of f. 52 is the following note:- 'Haec sequens Collectio facta fuit Opera P.V.A.M. ...', the initials probably representing the name of Peter Vaughan, M.A., who was vicar of Llangernyw from 1682 to 1689. This part of the manuscript contains the names and arms of the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd; pedigrees of some Abergele families (among them that of Peter Vaughan himself) taken from the books of Sion Tudur and Rhys Cain; an account of the five residences of Sir Roger Mostyn in 1682; poetry in strict and free metres by Sion Tudur, Morus Dwyfech, Richard Phylip, Gryffydd Phylip, Guto'r Glyn, Maredudd ap Rhys, Edmwnd Prys, Lewis Glyn Cothi and others; etc.

A notebook largely containing copies of popular nineteenth century poetry (e.g. 'Yr Eneth a Ga'dd ei Gwrthod', 'Hen ffon fy nain', 'Relwe Cerrigydruidion', etc.). Also included in the volume is a copy of a letter, 15 February, 1888, from John Hughes, Bellan, Mold, to 'Mr. Owen', requesting the repayment of a loan; notes on the breeding of the dog; etc.

Poems and addresses by Evan Edwardes (d. 1930) and miscellanea collected by him relating to the parish of Trefeglwys, music, letters from 'Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain', etc.

A manuscript containing a cywydd entitled Darsylliad neu Ystyriaeth ar Oes Dyn by Thomas Jones (Y Bardd Cloff), 1789, bound with printed copies of Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant): Gardd o Gerddi ..., 1790, Robert Davies (Bardd Nantglyn): Barddoniaeth ..., 1803, and Gosodaethau a Rheolau Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion ... .

A manuscript containing a transcript by Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) (1761-1849) of miscellaneous poetry.