formula: "I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, shelter to the stranger.' In the lamentations at funerals, the mourners see the deceased enter the presence of the Divine Judge, and they chant the words: "There is no fault in him. No accuser riseth up against him. In the truth he liveth, with the truth he nourisheth himself. The gods are satisfied with all that he hath done. . . . . He succoured the afflicted, he gave bread to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, he sheltered the outcast, his doors were open to the stranger, he was a father to the fatherless." This tenderness for suffering humanity is characteristic of the nation. Gratefully does a man acknowledge in his autobiography (B.C. 4000): "Wandering I wandered and was hungry, bread was set before me. I fled from the land naked, there was given me fine linen.” In a volume of maxims we read: "Maltreat not an inferior. Let your wife find in you her protector, maltreat her not. Save not thine own life at the cost of another.' On the tomb of a man at El-Kalh (B.c. 4000) it is recorded that he "never left home with anger in his heart." STANZAS1 Addressed to Hywel ab Ieuaf, Lord of Arwystli, by the Bard Rheiddin a'm rhoddes Hywel, Llef a glywaf gloew eilyrth, 1 Liber Metempsychosis veterum Egypt. Von H. Brugsh, Berlin, 2 Chabas, 1863. 1851. 3 Deutsch, Lit. Rem., p. 197. Hist. of the Parish of Llangurig, translated by Howel W. Lloyd, Esq., M.A. 5 Talgarth is in the parish of Tref Eglwys in Arwystli. VOL. I. 20 TRANSLATION. I. To me, with lavish lips hath Hywel given II. I hear a startling sound of music clear, A horn loud sounding in the van of war, A deep-toned sound, and that from Talgarth's bull. DESCENT OF THE PRINCES AND LORDS OF POWYS AND FFERLIS. GLOUYW GLWAD LYDAN, King and Founder of the city of CAER LOUYW, or Gloucester. F THE NOBLE TRIBE OF THE MARCHES OF POWYS, & FOURTEENTH NOBLE TRIBE OF GWYNEDD. GWNFYW FRYCH, the second son of Cadell Deyrnllwg, King of Powys (see p. 8), was Lord of both Maelors, Chirk, Whittington, Nantheudwy, and Croes Oswallt or Oswestry. He was the ancestor of GWRGENEU, Lord of the above-named Lordships, and Chief of the fourteenth noble tribe of Gwynedd.1 Gwrgeneu was the son of Gwaethgar, ab Bywyn, ab Biordderch, ab Gwriawn, ab Gwnan, ab Gwylawg, ab Gwnfyw Frych, ab Cadell Deyrnllwg,3 King of Powys, and was father of 2 1 Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 83. 2 Iorddwfri according to others. 3 Gutyn Owain and Sir John Leiaf. See Lewys Dunn, vol. 1, xv, Introduction. CAPFARCH AB GWEGENEC, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg, Mador Saesneg, Chirk, Whittington, Oswestry, and NantLenior. He was the father of — YNYR AB CADFARCH, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg, Maelor Saesteg, Chirk, Whittington, Oswestry, and Nantheudwy. He built the castle of Whittington, in the latter part of the ninth entury, and married Rhiengar, daughter of Liu Mooraf, ab Hyfa: ab Caradawg Ffreichfras, King of Gloucester, Hereford, Erging, and Ewias, who bore dr: ~, a lion rampant, party per fess, or and argent, in a bordure of the third, eight annulets sable; by whom he hai issue, besi its a younger son, Ynyr Frych, Abbot of Abber d'Or, in the Golden Vale in Herefordshire, an elder son. 3 TUDOR TREFOR, King of Gloucester, Hereford, Erging, Ewias, Maelor Uebaf, now called Maelor Gymraeg, Maelor Isaf, now called Maelor Saesneg, Chirk, Whittington, Oswestry, and Nautheudwy. He bore, party per bend sinister, ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules. In 907, he married Angharad, daughter of Hywel Dda, King of Wales, who bore argent, three lions passant regardant in pale, gules ; and dying in 948, left issue three sons:-1. Goronwy; —2. Lluddoccaf; and-3. Dingad, of whom presently; and two daughters: 1. Arddun, ux. Gwrydr Hên; and 2. Rhiengar, ux. Cadell, a prince of the line of Rhoderig the Great. 1. GORONWY AB TUDOR, the eldest son of Tudor Trevor, married Tangwystl, daughter of Dyfnwal ab Alan ab Alsar ab Tudwal Gloff, Prince of Dyfed, fourth son of Rhoderig the Great, King of Wales." He died in the lifetime of his father, leaving issue an only daughter and heiress Rhiengar, who married Cuhelyn ab Ivor ab Severus ab Cadifor ab Gwenwynwyn ab Idnerth ab Ior 1 Harl. MS. 4181. 2 Lewys Dunn, vol. i, p. 297; vol. ii, p. 152. See p. 306. 3 Cae Cyriog MS. 5 Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 307. 4 Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 307. Eyton Pedigree. 7 Eyton Pedigree, Lewys Dunn, vol. ii, p. 307. werth Hir Flawdd ab Tegonwy ab Teon, Lord of Buallt, Maes Hyfaidd or Radnor, Ceri, Maelienydd, Elfael and Cydewen, who bore, azure, three open crowns in pale, or (see p. 307). By Cuhelyn, Rhiengar was the mother of ELYSTAN GLODRUDD, Prince of Fferlis, who had all his father's lordships, and who, in right of his mother, became King of Gloucester, Hereford, Erging, and Ewias. He was born in the castle of Hereford, in 927; or, according to others, 933, and was living in 1010, but was slain in a civil broil at Cefn Digoll, in Powys. He was the founder of one of the royal tribes of Wales, and ruled over all the country between the Wye and the Severn, and bore gules, a lion rampant regardant or. His son, Prince Cadwgan, succeeded him in his principality; but William the Conqueror defeated Cadwgan in battle, and took from him his kingdom of Gloucester and Hereford.3 For a further account of the descendants of Cadwgan ab Elystan, see the IIistory of the Parish of Llangurig. 2. LLUDDOCCAF AB TUDOR, of whom presently, 3. DINGAD AB TUDOR, Lord of Maelor Uchaf, now called Maelor Gymraeg or Bromfield, and Yr Hôb. He bore ermine, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, and married Cecilia, daughter of Severus ab Cadifor ab Gwenwynwyn, Lord of Buallt, Maes Hyfaidd, Ceri, Maclienydd, Elfael, and Cydewen; azure, three open crowns in pale or (see p. 306), by whom he had a son and heir, RHIWALLAWN AB DINGAD, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg and Yr Hôb. He married Letitia, daughter of Cadwaladr ab Peredur Gôch of Môn; and dying in 1040, was succeeded by his son, CYNWRIG AB RHIWALLAWN, Lord of Maelor Gymraeg and Yr Hôb, who bore ermine, a lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules. He was slain, as previously stated, by Gruffudd ab Cynan, in Lleyn, in 1074. An 1 Lewys Dunn, vol. i, p. 313; vol. ii, p. 152. Cae Cyriog MS. 3 Ibid. |