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of_o courtier_n unto_o some_o better_a bishopric_n in_o england_n he_o be_v deceive_v of_o his_o expectation_n have_v be_v bishop_n of_o saint_n david_n about_o the_o space_n of_o 33._o year_n he_o die_v ann_n 1148._o 46._o david_n fitzgerald_a archdeacon_n of_o cardigan_n succéede_v he_o die_v the_o year_n 1176._o 47._o peter_n or_o piers_n so_o the_o welsh_a chronicle_n call_v he_o a_o benedictine_n monk_n prior_n of_o wenlock_n be_v consecrate_v the_o same_o year_n his_o cathedral_n church_n dedicate_v unto_o saint_n andrew_n and_o saint_n david_n have_v be_v often_o destroy_v in_o former_a time_n by_o dane_n and_o other_o pirate_n and_o in_o his_o time_n be_v almost_o quite_o 〈◊〉_d he_o bestow_v much_o in_o re-edify_n of_o the_o same_o and_o may_v in_o sonie_a sort_n be_v say_v to_o have_v build_v the_o church_n which_o now_o stand_v 48._o 〈◊〉_d prior_n of_o lanthony_n aregular_a cannon_n be_v prefer_v to_o this_o see_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o hubert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 49._o 〈◊〉_d giraldus_n be_v bear_v in_o pembroke_n shire_n near_a tynby_n of_o very_o noble_a parentage_n be_v near_o of_o kin_n unto_o the_o prince_n of_o wales_n a_o very_a comely_a and_o personable_a man_n of_o body_n and_o for_o his_o mind_n witty_a discrete_a studious_a virtuous_a and_o well_o give_v in_o his_o youth_n he_o travail_v over_o most_o part_n of_o christendom_n at_o paris_n he_o read_v public_o in_o the_o english_a college_n with_o great_a commendation_n return_v home_o he_o grow_v into_o great_a estimation_n with_o king_n henry_n the_o 2._o and_o become_v secretary_n unto_o his_o son_n john_n with_o who_o he_o go_v into_o ireland_n and_o be_v there_o write_v a_o description_n of_o the_o country_n as_o he_o do_v also_o of_o england_n and_o wales_n some_o affir_n i_o he_o be_v archdeacon_n of_o landaff_n of_o brecknock_n and_o saint_n david_n he_o be_v for_o certain_a be_v elect_a unto_o this_o see_v a_o 1199._o he_o make_v challenge_v unto_o the_o title_n of_o a_o 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