THE

Literature of the Kymry;

BEING A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE

HISTORY

OF

THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

OF

Wales,

DURING THE TWELFTH AND TWO SUCCEEDING CENTURIES; CONTAINING NUMEROUS
SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT WELSH POETRY IN THE ORIGINAL AND

ACCOMPANIED WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS; TO
WHICH WAS AWARDED THE

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM REES; LONDON, LONGMAN & CO.

MDCCCXLIX.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM REES, LLANDOVERY,

1805

ΤΟ

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES,

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY PERMISSION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,

THE FOLLOWING RECORD OF

LITERARY AND INTELLECTUAL

LABOURS AMONG THE

Ancient and Illustrious Race,

WHOSE

REPRESENTATIVE HE IS;

IN THE HOPE,

THAT WHEN FUTURE YEARS HAVE EXTENDED HIS EXPERIENCE,

AND RIPENED HIS JUDGMENT,

HE MAY FEEL A REGARD FOR THE INHABITANTS

OF

The Principality,

AS STRONG AS IS THEIR AFFECTION FOR THE

HEIR APPARENT

TO THE THRONE OF BRITAIN.