Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1923 |
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Page 210 - ... of the Infinite. So sweet, so ghostly, in its soft, golden smiles silent as a dream, and quiet as the dying trance of a saint, faded through all its stages this departing day, along the whole length of which I bade farewell for many a year to Wales, and farewell to summer.
Page 426 - Ceiriog, and ordered the woods to be cut and to be thrown down. And there a few chosen Welshmen came bravely to oppose him, who knew not what it was to be restrained in the absence of the princes ; and many of the mightiest fell on each side. And from thence the King led his army into the mountain of Berwyn, and there the King encamped with his advanced troops, in the mountain of Berwyn.
Page 38 - Blessed be God who by the hand of His anointed has given you such a glorious victory over your enemies. And blessed be His Holy Name who was ordained that this great realm should be ruled by law and pacified by arms through the unwearied labour of His Pontiff and Primate, strong both in spiritual...
Page 425 - A true note of the auncient Castles, famous Monuments, goodly Rivers, faire Bridges, fine Townes, and courteous People, that I have seen in the noble Countrie of Wales...
Page 160 - It is formed of a massy piece of knotty oak, rude on the sides as in the state of nature, the top and bottom levelled seemingly with no better instrument than the axe.
Page 121 - Redrift, Newport, Cardiffe, Swansey, Laugharne, Llanstephan. The foundations of many Churches and Houses were in a manner decayed and some carried quite a,way, as in Cardiffe, in the Countie of Glamorgan, there was a great part of the Church next the water side beaten downe with the water. Divers other Churches lie hidden in the waters, and some of them the tops are to be seen, and some other nothinge at al to be seen but the very Tops of the Steeples, and of some of them nothinge at al.
Page 355 - grandfather's power was so great in the country that divers ancestors of the better families now in Montgomeryshire were his servants and raised by him. He delighted also much in hospitality ; as having a very long table twice covered every meal with the best meats that could be gotten, and a very great family.
Page 426 - ... and the whole force of Gwynedd with them ; also the lord Rhys, son of Gruffudd, accompanied by the whole of South Wales ; and Owain Cyveiliog, and lorwerth the Red, son of Maredudd, 2of Moelmant,' and the sons of Madog, son of Maredudd, accompanied by the whole of Powys ; also the two sons of Madog, son of Idnerth, and their whole country with them. And together, united and undaunted, they came into Edeyrnion, and encamped at Corwen. And after remaining there long in their tents, without one...
Page 366 - When the war drums throb no longer and the battle flags are furl'd, In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
Page 426 - ... not what it was to be restrained in the absence of the princes ; and many of the mightiest fell on each side. And from thence the King led his army into the mountain of Berwyn, and there the King encamped with his advanced troops, in the mountain of Berwyn. And after remaining there a few days, he was overtaken by a dreadful tempest of the sky and extraordinary torrents of rain. And when provisions had failed him he removed his tents and his army to the open plains of England...