A manuscript, completed 1 June 1776 (note inside back cover), in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing extracts from historical and other tracts, copies of charters, etc., including 'Annales Oweni Glyndwr' from a manuscript of Lewys Morganwg (ff. 1-4); Brud y Saeson (ff. 23-33); Buchedd Collen (ff. 37-43); charters of Chirk (ff. 47-61) (for the first charter (ff. 47-56) see also Peniarth MS 163, pp. 70-78); an account of Simwnt Fychan (f. 66); etc.

A manuscript in the hand of Ieuan Fardd containing translations of the songs of Llywarch Hên, with accompanying notes (pp. 5-19); notes on Welsh and Shropshire place-names, some taken from the work of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (pp. 19-36); 'Extracts apparently from the English Chronicle' (pp. 37-44); parallel quotations from Llywarch Hen and Shakespeare (pp. 45-46); a translation of Cynddelw's 'Song of Eva daughter of Madawc the son of Maredudd' (pp. 55-56); an index to the Red Book of Hergest (pp. 57-74); a Welsh-English vocabulary, dating from 1542 (pp. 75-128); and a list of Welsh words compared with allied forms in Latin, Gothic, etc. (pp. 129-133).