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A68397	The breuiary of Britayne As this most noble, and renowmed iland, was of auncient time deuided into three kingdomes, England, Scotland and Wales. Contaynyng a learned discourse of the variable state, [and] alteration therof, vnder diuers, as wel natural: as forren princes, [and] conquerours. Together with the geographicall description of the same, such as nether by elder, nor later writers, the like hath been set foorth before. Writen in Latin by Humfrey Lhuyd of Denbigh, a Cambre Britayne, and lately Englished by Thomas Twyne, Gentleman.; Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum. English	Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568.; Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.	1573 (1573)	STC 16636; ESTC S108126	73,902	228

accompayned with many Erles and Lordes of VVales which loued not the prince Untill that the prince him selfe beyng forsaken by many of his owne men was by the men of Buelt betrayed not far from the riuer Vaga or wye whether he came with a very few souldiers And by one Adam Francton whiche faught vnder the conduct of Helias walwin far from the residew of his owne power beynge accompayned with one only Page and vnarmed with certain other noble men of that country which had tolde y same before to his enemies was there slayne most dishonorably After whose death the VVelshmen came in subiection to the Englishmen and had alwayes afterwarde to their prince the kyng of Englandes eldest sonne or daughter if male issue fayled This kynge builded certeyne townes and Castles there whiche he compassed with stone walles and left garisons in them to keepe the VVelshmen in awe And prouided by special lawes for that intent made that VVelshmen should enioy no such liberties nor freedoms as they and their posteritie had graunted vnto the Englishmen But by many Edictes Decrees set foorth agaynst the VVelshmen especially by Henry the fourth who by reason of a Rebellion made by one Owen whiche dwelt neare the Vally of Dee was verie highly offended with al that nation the kynges of England kept them vnder the yoke of seruitude abolishinge their owne proper Lawes brought in the English Lawes prouidyng by generall cōmaundement that no man should vse the welshe tongue in any Court or Schoole Howbeit the honour of th● most auncient tongue so much preuayled that not only the welshmen themselues but also the inhabitours of the English townes through VVales beyng now called by the name of welshmen doo gladly frequent the same And hath remooued the boundes into Englandwardes ouer the Riuer Dee cheifly since the beginnyng of the reigne of Henry the seuenth a moste prudent Prince vntill this day Who lineally descēdyng from his grandfather Owen Tudyr a welshman borne in the I le of Anglysey quite deliuered all the welshmen from such lawes of bondage as in other kynges dayes they were subiect vnto And the most mightie Prince kynge Henry the eight his sonne deliuered them wholy from all seruitude and made them in all poyncts equall to the Englishmen Wherby it commeth to passe that laying aside their old manners they who before were wonte to liue most sparingly are now enritched and do imitate the Englishmen in diet apparell howbeit they be somedeale impatient of labour and ouermuch boastyng of the Nobilitie of their stocke applying them selues rather to the seruice of noble men then geuynge them selues to the learnyng of handycraftes So that you shall finde but few noble men in England but that the greater parte of their retinew wherin Englishmen exceede al other nations are welsh men borne For men cheifly brought vp with Milke meates beyng ●ymble and well set of bodie are very apt to do any kynde of businesse Besides beyng somwhat high minded and in extreame pouertie acknowledgyng the nobilitie of their famely are more giuen to the culture and trimmyng of their bodies like Spayniards then to ritches or the belly and beynge very apt to learne courtlike behauiour are therfore by the English nobilitie preferred before Englishmen Howbeit also of late they haue very commendably begun to inhabite Townes to learne occupations to exercise merchandise to till the grounde well and to doo all other kindes of publique and necessary functions as wel as Englishmen And in this one thing surpassyng them that there is no man so poore but for some space he setteth forth his children to Schole and such as profitte in studie sendeth them vnto the Uniuersities where for the most part they enforce them to studie the Ciuile law Wherby it chaunceth that the greater sort of those whiche professe the Ciuile or Canon lawes in this Realme are VVelshmen And you shall finde but few of the ruder sorte whiche cannot reade and write their owne name and play on the Harpe after their maner And now also the holy Scriptures and dayly seruice are printed in their tongue And like as this nation as Tacitus reporteth beyng very impacient of iniuries was alwayes at variance in continuall warres and slaughter within it self so now through feare of lawes whiche they doo very ciuilly obey they striue in actions and controuersies vnto the consumyng of all their gooddes And thus much touchinge the manners and demeanure of the VVelshmen at this day but now heare of their olde out of Gyraldus Whiche writeth thus If is a light nation a sharpe nation rather then a rough a nation wholy giuen vnto warres For here not only the noblemen but all the multitude is redy so arinur For the Trumpet no sooner soundeth alarme but the husbandman cometh as spedely to battaile from the Plough as doeth the courtier from the court For not here as in other places The Ploughmans toyle in circle rounde doth runne For in March and Aprill only they steere once for Otes but they fallow not twise in Sommer and the thyrde Winter after for wheatland The most part of the people is fead with Rudder beastes for the payle They fead on Otes Cheese Mylke and Butter on Fleash more abundantly on Breade more sparyngly They trouble them selues with no Marchandize with no trauell by Sea with no handycraftes neither with any affayres els sauynge Martial And yet they seeke for preseruation of peace and their liberty They fight for their country they labour for theyr libertie For whiche not only to blade it out but also to leese their liues they compt it sweet Wherby it cometh that they thinke it shame to die in their Beds and an honour to die in warre And these beyng now the remnantes of Aeneas trayne would runne foorthe headlongewise in Armur for their libertie Of whom this is verie notable to be marked that many times beyng naked they dare encounter with those whiche beare weapon vnarmed with those which are armed and footemen with horsemē In which cōflict many times only through their nimblenesse courage of minde they become the conquerours And are not vnlike vnto those in place and nature of whom the Poet speaketh Subiect vnto the Northen Beare Most happie folke by their mischance on whom those heapes of feare And cheefest dread of death doth nothing daunt Wherby doth rise To them a redie minde to runne to fight and death dispise Accompting for to spare life that will come againe great cowardise And in another place A nation slenderly armed trustyng rather to theyr agilitie then the force of their men For if they be ouercome to day and shamefully turned in to blouddie fight notwithstandinge tomorow they prepare a new expedition not mindefull of theyr losse nor shame And althoughe they preuayle not when Warre is proclaymed with open meetynges yet in secret ambushments and breakynges in by night they wil vexe their enemy So that beyng

inheritance vnto a woman called Hauisia who beynge maried vnto one Carleton an Englishman made him Lorde of Powis from which house at length it descended vnto the Grayes in the North. Next vnto that standeth Cadeuenna a new towne aboue whom towardes the risinge of Seuern are Arwistle and Lhanidlos countries wel knowne by reason of the Townes And more by VVest and by North at the head of Deuey Mouthuy now a portion of Merionedh Kefelioc knowne by the towne Machaulhaith On the other side of Seuern beneathe the Region Kerey there is a Castle by a litle Towne which VVelshmen call Trefaldwyn that is to say Baldwynes towne but the Englishmen terme it Montgomery of the builder Roger of Mont Gomer From this Towne all these Regions beyng ioyned together are called Montgomershyre a country brooder sometime of noble horses now it sendeth foorthe but few and by the forenamed Roger and his sonnes verie valiant and warlike gentlemen very sorely afflicted vntill that Robert beynge accused of high Treason was enforced to flie his countrie The region is hilly and by reason of plentifulnesse of Pastures verie good for grasinge of Cattell aboundynge with many waters and bryngynge foorthe tall men very well fauoured much addicted vnto Idlenesse and vnprofitable games Whereby it cometh to passe that you shall finde many ritche Englishe Farmers amongste them when as the Landelordes themselues which will take no paynes do become very poore These six shyres namely Anglysey Aruon Merionydh Denbyghshyre Fluitense and Montgomershyre Englishmen comprise vnder the name of Northwales There remayneth yet that parte of Powis which stretched sometime vnto Wey whose first Region taketh name of the Riuer Colunwy and of the Castle and possession of the Fitzalanes Next to Melienyth and Gurttrenion hilly countries and at the South RADENOR called of the VVelshmen Maisifod head of the shyre Ioynyng vnto these are the Eluil with the Castle of Payne by Wey which our country men cal Gwy Beyonde al these are Prestene whiche wee call S. Androwes Churche and Kynton with the Castle of Huntington And vpon Themis of vs called Tefedioc ▪ standeth the fayre towne Castle of Ludlaw in Schreupshyre in olde time called DINAV the worke of Roger Mōtgomer And aboue that the castle of Wigmore the patrimony of the Mortumars And at Seuern Bridgenorth Beaudely in old time very wel knowne by the castle Tyrhil ▪ And on the Southwest side vpon Logus which wee call Lhygwy on a passyng fertile playn standeth Lhanlhieni of the Englishmen Lemstre And not farre thence is the auncient Citie Henfford that is to say● an olde way of Englishmē in old time called Ferleg now Hereford standinge vpon Wey or more truly vpon Gwy Towards Seuern are Maluern hilles and in the very corner between Seuern and VVey not farre from the towne of Rosse is that renowmed Woodde whiche of the Danes is called the Forest of Deane These Regions with al Herefordshyre beyonde Wey before they were possessed by the Englishmen in olde time were termed in British Euryeynnwc and the inhabitants Eurnwyr of whiche name there remayneth yet some signification apparant in one place of Herefordshire For that which the Englishmen called Vrchenfeld the VVelshmen called Ergnig and afterward Ergengel And no meruayle since the least portion therof retayneth now as I haue sayd the name of Powis There remayneth the thyrd kyngkingedome of VVales of the English called Southwales of our countrymen which inhabite the lande Deheubarth that is to say the right or South part for so wee vse to terme the South The same is wholy compassed with the Irish Sea the streame of Seuern and the riuers Wey and Dyuei And although the country be very fertile the lande ritche and far more bigger then Gwynedh notwithstandynge as Gyraldus sayth it was compted the worser And that not only because Vchelwyr that is to say the nobliest cheefest men refused to obey their kynges but also by reason that the sea coastes therof were continually molested by the Englishmen Normans Flemmynges Whereby the Prince was compelled to forsake Caer mardthyn his seate and to apoyncte the principall place of his regalitie at Dinefur in Cantremawr And although these princes were of greate authoritie in VVales yet after that Rhesus the sonne of Theodore the greate was slayne through the treason of his owne men they were no longer termed Dukes nor Princes but Arglwydhi that is to say Lordes Untill at length through Ciuile Warres by deuidyng of their landes amongst many and also by externall whyle the Englishmen endeuored to possesse all by force and crafte they were so weakened that after the death of Rhesus the sonne of Griffith a very noble and valiant Gentleman they lost bothe the authority and name of Princes and Lordes Now let vs descend vnto the description of the Prouince wherof the first Region which commeth to hande is that whiche Gyraldus calleth Ceretica our countrymen Ceredigion the Englishmen Cardigan Where it is to be noted as in all other that C and G haue the force of Cappa Gamma This region on the North hath the Irish Sea on the East the riuer Dyuei wherby it is deuiued from Gwynedh towardes Powis very high Hilles on the South Caermyrthyn and on the West Dyfetia Their tōgue as Gyraldus affirmeth is esteemed the finest of al the other people of wales And Gwynedh the purer with out permixtion cōmyng nearest vnto thauncient British But the Southerne most rudest coursest bycause it hath greatest affinitie with strange tōgues The sea coast of this parte Rychard Clarens a very noble man comminge in with a nauie and buildyng Castles at the mouth of Teifi and Vstwyth possessed it for his owne and leauing garisons there returned into England But when he vnderstoode that his men were besieged by the VVelshmen beyng boldned by his great power he entended by an ouer rash enterprise to go ayde them by lande But at Coed Gronus not farre from Abergeueni he was slayne with all his armie by Ierwerthus of Caërlheon And so those Fortes returned agayne vnto theyr olde lords I suppose that the mouthe of Ystwyth is of Ptolomaeus called Rotossa and Tibium Abertius but that through necligence of the transcribers they were confounded into one Not farre from this place standeth Lhanpaternfawr that is the Church of Paternus the greate which in olde time was had in great veneration For welshmen aboue all other nations were accustomed to reuerence Churches attribute much honour vnto ecclesiastical persons For as Gyraldus reporteth they vsed not once to touche the most deadlyest foes they had and such as were accused of Treason if they escaped vnto the church Yea not so much as their enemies cattell if they fedde in any Pastures or Leazes whiche appertayned vnto the Churche Moreouer when they be armed and goynge vnto battell if they fortune to meete with a Priest on the way they will cast downe their