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earl_n of_o lincoln_n ibid._n take_v and_o send_v to_o prison_n 381._o maelgon_n gwyneth_n 2._o maelgon_fw-mi ap_fw-mi rée_n 242._o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n 243._o win_v the_o castle_n of_o strat_n meyric_n ibid._n his_o unconstancy_n 266._o die_v 286._o maelgon_n the_o son_n of_o maelgon_n 287.289.290.308.315.380_o magedawc_n 16._o manaw_fw-mi d_o 14.5_o marry_o princess_n of_o wall_n 393._o mathraval_a d_o 6._o &_o 11.267_o maud_n the_o empress_n come_v to_o england_n 195._o she_o die_v 240._o menevia_fw-la d_o 18._o destroy_v 114._o spoil_v 154._o the_o see_v make_v subject_a to_o the_o see_v of_o canturburie_n 160._o spoil_v 289._o merdhin_a or_o merlin_n 4._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi owen_n 69.71_o he_o die_v 73._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n prince_n of_o southwales_n 103._o he_o be_v slay_v 110._o meredyth_n ap_fw-mi blethyn_n 157.158_o take_v by_o his_o brother_n jorwerth_n and_o send_v to_o the_o king_n prison_n 159._o he_o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n 162._o 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turberuile_n 125_o his_o issue_n and_o heir_n 132._o parliament_n when_o it_o first_o begin_v 182._o penant_fw-fr bachwy_fw-fr 173._o pembroke_n d_o 18_o the_o castle_n build_v 154._o the_o same_o castle_n build_v again_o 163._o peter_n le_fw-fr soore_n 125._o his_o heir_n 135._o polydor_z virgil_n reprehend_v d_o 23._o poole_n take_v by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canturburie_n 248._o the_o castle_n overthrow_v 288._o powy_n d_o 11.35_o the_o partition_n of_o it_o 211._o priest_n forbid_v to_o marry_v 162._o prophecy_n cause_n of_o much_o hurt_n 5._o pwlhgwitie_n 113._o q._n quo_fw-la warránto_fw-la 336._o r._n radnor_n destroy_v 71._o rees_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n 111._o he_o obtain_v the_o rule_n of_o southwales_n 112._o he_o be_v slay_v 113._o rees_n ap_fw-mi theodor_n prince_n of_o southwales_n 113._o he_o join_v with_o gruffyth_n ap_fw-mi conan_n 114._o overthrow_v and_o put_v to_o flight_v the_o child_n of_o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi convyn_n 117._o overcom_v his_o enemy_n at_o 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his_o issue_n 131._o richard_n de_fw-fr syward_n 125._o his_o heir_n
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