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104 ff. (100 verso-101 blank)
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A volume of miscellaneous material in the hand of William Williams, Llandygai, entitled 'Lloffion. MSS'.
The contents include: 'Papur drwg yw y Llyfr Yma'. Book-plate of J. E. G[riffith] (f. 1); Wm Williams of Llandegai's Emblematical Device engraved on his Seal at Birmingham... (ff. 1v-2v); 'Gleanings - Rivers. Bylchau. Caderau or Forts. Carnau. Dinasau or fortified places. Llynnau, Lakes, Mountains (ff. 3-8); The names of different dieties [deities] worshiped by the ancient Pagans in different parts of the World (ff. 8v-11); Figures in Speech or Writing (ff. 11-13); Recipe: To write without Ink (f. 13); Press cuttings, including poetry by David Thomas, 'Dafydd Ddu Eryri' and Richard Llwyd (ff. 13v); Press cuttings of heraldic devices (ff. 14-16); Belief in ghosts, etc., in Tibet; and Bhutan (f. 16v); Press cutting: Sketch of the Character of Lavater by Helen Maria Williams (f. 17v); The Farmer's Creed' by Sir John Sinclair. 'Cynghor Shakespear' (f. 18); 'Coffadwriaethol Hanes fy Ewythr Huw Rolant, a Modryb Marsli...Hwy a fuant feirw o boptu y flwyddyn 1760' (ff. 19-26); 'Hanes Antur Ifan or Ty Hwrdd allan o waith Mr Edward Llwyd o Rydychain, yr hwn a'i hysgrifenodd ac ai hargraphodd mewn hen lythyrenau anarferol, ac yn yr accen ddeheubarthol o gymraeg' (ff. 27v-31); 'Hanes Caradog Freichfras' (ff. 31v-36); Remarks on Bardism, as it has been lately exemplified by Mr Wm Owen in his introductory preface to Llywarch hen's Triplets (ff. 36v-40); Henry Rowlands and etymology (ff. 40-41v); A Christmas Hymn wrote hastily for accompanying the Music perform'd by my daughter on the Piano-forte. The tune ar Hyd-Nos - 'Pan oedd y byd dan Niwlen bygddu...' (f. 42r-v); Note Endorsed 'Road to Bristol', being a list of mileages from Llandygai to Bath (f. 43v); 'Tafol Brydyddol (Poetical scale) Gan Lewis Morris esq.' (ff. 44-45); 'Derfel fawr' (Fenton appendix p. 33) (f. 45v); Poem: 'Dydd Pasc y 10d o Ebrill 1800' [sic] (f. 46r-v); Natural History. The duration of life in certain Animals from the German (f. 47r-v); Prophecies (f. 48r-v); Recipe: For the bite of a mad dog (f. 49); A list of the effects of Louis XVI which were burnt...after his decapitation... (f. 49v); Poem: 'Rhag pob Cnawdol Awydd, Gwared ni O Arglwydd' (f. 50); Poem beginning: 'Pe rhoddai pechod i mi hawl...' (ff. 50v-51); 'Achau Morfydd gan Ddafydd ap Gwilym' with an English rendering (f. 51r-v); Extract from the Universal Magazine (14 March 1789) (ff. 51v-52); Extracts from James Howel's Letters, a gentleman who flourished in the reigns of James the first and Charles the first (ff. 52v-56); A Curious letter from a Cardinal at Rome to the famous Irish Bishop O'Neale, in the time of Henry VIII (ff. 56v-57); Welsh text beginning: 'Sesostris, Brenhin yr Aipht... [and ending]... Yn ei ddyddiau ef meddir yr oedd Abraham tâd yr Iuddewon yn byw' (ff. 57-58); Note on Stonehenge (ff. 58-59); Recipe for the bite of Mad dog by Dr Hillary which he used in Barbadoes & never failed (f. 59v); The Articles of the Jewish Faith, an Extract from Rabbi Manasseh Ben Israel's Defence of the Jews first published in 1656 (ff. 59v-60v); 'Arwyddion y tywydd...' (ff. 60v-62v); A Pedigree of the Kings of England from a Book published by Dodsley, entitled Dodsley's Trifles (ff. 62v-63); Araith Wgan or Gwgan's Oration A Litteral Translation from the Welsh (ff. 63-69v); Notes on the founding of the University of Bangor-is-y-Coed by Lucius, and on Madog's discovery of America being mentioned by Cynfrig ab Gronw and Sir Meredudd ab Rhys (f. 70); 'Arwyddion y Tywydd' - quotations from the poetry of Wiliam Cynwal and Dafydd Nanmor (f. 70v); 'Pethau enwedigol i gyfarfod a hwynt yn y Llyfreu neu'r papurau canlynol'. [Eurgrawn 1800, 1807; Cylchgrawn 1793; Geirgrawn 1796] (ff. 70v-71); Old Testament Miracles (ff. 71-72); Chirutgical & Physical terms...with their meaning in Welsh (ff. 72v-73); 'Golygiad galarus ar gyflwr dyn yn ei fywyd' W. W. (ff. 73v-75v); Of Songs & Hymns used in Churches (ff. 75v); The Gospel preached in Britain (ff. 76); Doctrine of the Druids (f. 76r-v); Pelagius or Morgan (ff. 76v-77); Of melting & casting mettal (f. 77); Repentance (f. 78); Observations on the State of Agriculture in Northwales, & elsewhere in Britain in 1810. W. W. (ff. 78-81); Poem: 'Gwir'. W. W. (ff. 81v); 'Y Misoedd' Mai 1af 1810 (ff. 82-96); The fall of Young Gruffydd & Gwendolen in the memorable battle on Morfa Rhuddlan, versified from a fragment inserted in the pamphlet, entitled Letters from S[n]owdon... (ff. 96v-97); 'Enwau Rhufeinaidd ar fannau ym mhrydain a'i chyffiniau, y rhai a osodwyd gan Iwl Caisar pan ei goresgynodd o gylch y flwyddyn cyn geni Christ 55' (ff. 97v-98); English Historians - a list (ff. 98v-99); 'Rhinweddau y dyn da' (f. 100); Notes on Characters which may be used instead of the double letters in the Welsh Alphabet (f. 101v); Poem: 'Can y Deng Morwyn' (f. 103r-v); The manner of forming the Hebrew Letters in writing' (f. 104).
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