President:-The Right Hon. Lord Tredegar.

Chairman of the Council:-Mr. Stephen Evans, J.P.

Treasurer:-Mr. H. Lloyd Roberts.

Secretary:-Mr. E. Vincent Evans.

THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF CYMMRODORION, originally founded under Royal patronage in 1751, was revived in 1873, with the object of bringing into closer contact Welshmen, particularly those resident out of Wales, who are anxious to advance the welfare of their country; and of enabling them to unite their efforts for that purpose. Its especial aims are the improvement of Education, and the promotion of intellectual culture by the encouragement of Literature, Science, and Art, as connected with Wales.

Subscription to the Society, entitling to copies of all its publications, and admission to all meetings:-One Guinea per annum.

Application for membership should be addressed to the Secretary, E. Vincent Evans, New Stone Buildings, 64, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

Y Cymmrodor, Vols. ii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x, xi, xii. New Series, Vols. xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, and xviii. 10s. 6d. per volume. [Vols. i and iii are out of print.] The History of the Cymmrodorion. Out of print.

A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe, by Wyllyam Salesbury (1547). Facsimile, black letter. 4 parts, 2s. 6d. each.

The Gododin of Aneurin Gwawdrydd, by Thomas Stephens, Author of The Literature of the Kymry. 6 parts, 2s. 6d. each.

An Essay on Pennillion Singing (Hanes ac Henafiaeth Canu gyda'r Tannau), by J. Jones (Idris Vychan). 1 part, 2s. 6d.

Ystorya de Carolo Magno (from the "Red Book of Hergest"). 1 part, 2s. 6d. Athravaeth Gristnogavl (from the unique copy belonging to the late Prince

Louis Lucien Bonaparte, originally printed at Milan, A.D. 1568). 1 part, 2s. 6d. The Blessednes of Brytaine, by Maurice Kyffin (1587). 1 part, 1s. 6d. Gerald the Welshman, by Henry Owen, D.C.L. Oxon., F.S.A. Demy 8vo., vellum cloth, gilt, 10s. 6d. Cloth gilt, 38. 6d.

Gweithiau Iolo Goch: Gyda Nodiadau Hanesyddol a Beirniadol, gan Charles Ashton. The Works of Iolo Goch. Price 10s. 6d.

The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion for 1892-93,1893-94, 1894-95, 1895-96, 1896 97, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1903-04. 10s. 6d. per number.

IN THE CYMMRODORION RECORD SERIES.

The Description of Pembrokeshire, by George Owen of Henllys. Edited by Henry Owen, D.C.L. Oxon., F.S.A. Being No. I of the Cymmrodorion Record Series. 2 parts, 21s.

The Court Rolls of the Lordship of Ruthin or Dyffryn-Clwyd, of the
Reign of King Edward the First, preserved in the Public Record Office. Edited,
with Translations, Notes, etc., by R. Arthur Roberts, of H.M. Public Record Office.
Being No. 2 of the Cymmrodorion Record Series. Price 21s.
Gildae de Excidio Britanniae, Liber de Paenitentia, accedit et Lorica
Gildae. (Gildas: the Ruin of Britain, Fragments from Lost Letters, the
Penitential, together with the Lorica of Gildas.) Parts I and II. Edited by Hugh
Williams, M.A., Professor of Church History at the Theological College, Bala.
Being No. 3 of the Cymmrodorion Record Series. Price 218.

A Catalogue of the Manuscripts relating to Wales in the British
Museum. Parts I & II. Compiled and Edited by Edward Owen, of Gray's Inn,
Barrister-at-Law. Being No. 4 of the Cymmrodorion Record Series. Price 21s.
The Black Book of St. David's. An Extent of all the Lands and Rents of
the Lord Bishop of St. David's, made by Master David Fraunceys, Chancellor of
St. David's in the time of the Venerable Father the Lord David Martyn, by the
grace of God Bishop of the place, in the year of our Lord 1326. Edited by
J. W. Willis-Bund. Being No. 5 of the Cymmrodorion Record Series. Price 21s.

To be obtained by Members on application to the Secretary, at the Cymmrodorion Library, 64, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.

THE

TRANSACTIONS

OF

THE HONOURABLE

SOCIETY OF CYMMRODORION.

SESSION 1903-1904.

LONDON:

ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY,

NEW STONE BUILDINGS, 64, CHANCERY LANE.

1905.

Edward's
6-19-40

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CONTENTS.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1903-1904

:

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR 1903-1904 ... X

Sir Henry Morgan, the Buccaneer. By W. LLEWELYN
WILLIAMS, M.A., B.C.L. (Oxon.) (with Portrait*)

Thomas Edwards o'r Nant, a'r Interliwdiau.

FOULKES (Llyfrbryf) (gyda Darlun*)

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Gan ISAAC

In Memoriam: Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf). By E. VINCENT

Prolegomena to the Study of old Welsh Poetry. By

Professor EDWARD ANWYL, M.A.

The Ideal of a Welsh National Library.

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* From the Collection of the late Mr. David Williams, Brecknock

Road, N.W.