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to_o adda_n ap_fw-mi awr_n of_o trevor_n gh._n er._n madoc_n coch._n lleuki_n da_o of_o howel_n goch_n ap_fw-mi mare_v van_fw-mi etc._n etc._n to_o bleddyn_n ap_fw-mi cynvyn_n gh._n er._n madoc_n kyffin_n the_o da_o of_o griffith_n ap_fw-mi rees_n ap_fw-mi madoc_n ap_fw-mi ririd_n ulaidd_fw-mi gh._n david_n ap_fw-mi mad._n kyffin_n catharin_n da_o of_o morgan_z ap_fw-mi davydd_n ap_fw-mi madoc_n ap_fw-mi david_n van_fw-mi ap_fw-mi david_n up_o griff._n ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n ap_fw-mi howel_n ap_fw-mi moriddig_n ap_fw-mi sandde_n gh._n rc._n david_n va._n of_o gartheryr_n gwervyl_n da_o to_o griffith_n ap_fw-mi rees_n ap_fw-mi griffith_n ap_fw-mi madoc_n ap_fw-mi jorwerth_n ap_fw-mi madoc_n ap_fw-mi ririd_n ulaidd_fw-mi gh._n griffith_n vaugh._n tibod_n da_o to_o meredith_n ap_fw-mi tudur_n ap_fw-mi gronw_n ap_fw-mi howel_n y_fw-mi gadair_n gh._n hugh_n vaughan_n esq_n jane_n da_o of_o moris_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi griff._n ap_fw-mi nicôlas_o gh._n john_n vaugh._n esq_n catherine_n da._n of_o harry_n ap_fw-mi trahayarn_v of_o bodlysgwm_n gh_o walter_n vaugh._n of_o golden_a grove_n marry_o da._n of_o griffith_n rees_n of_o tresnewyth_o in_o carmartbin_n shire_n john_n earl_n of_o carbury_n etc._n etc._n margaret_n da._n of_o sr._n ge_o meuric_n kt._n richard_n earl_n of_o carbury_n etc._n etc._n alice_n da._n of_o john_n earl_n of_o bridgewater_n he_o bear_v or._n a_o lyoa_o rampant_a g._n the_o coat_n of_o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi kynvyn_fw-mi not_o the_o coat_n of_o prince_n madoc_n ap_fw-mi meredith_n be_v a._n a_o lion_n rampant_a s._n arm_a and_o languid_a g._n the_o 5._o royal_a tribe_n of_o cambria_n 1._o griffith_n ap_fw-mi conan_n king_n of_o north-wales_n be_v the_o first_o register_v in_o our_o book_n he_o be_v the_o grandchild_n of_o prince_n jago_n ap_fw-mi edwal_n who_o son_n conan_n be_v force_v to_o fly_v into_o ireland_n for_o safety_n where_o he_o marry_v ranullt_n daughter_n of_o auloedd_n king_n of_o dublin_n man_n and_o the_o isle_n and_o the_o reliâ—â—_n of_o mathganyn_n king_n of_o ulster_n and_o have_v issue_n by_o she_o this_o griffith_n he_o bear_v g._n 3_o lioncel_v passant_a in_o pale_a barry_o a._n arm_a az._n 2._o rees_n ap_fw-mi tewdwr_n mawr_fw-mi the_o second_o royal_a tribe_n who_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o government_n of_o southwales_n a._n d._n 1077._o g._n a_o lion_n rampant_a or._n within_o a_o bordure_n indent_v 3._o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi cynvyn_n the_o three_o royal_a tribe_n be_v king_n of_o north-wales_n and_o prince_n of_o powis_n and_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o grandfather_n meredith_n ap_fw-mi owen_n prince_n of_o southwales_n he_o become_v king_n of_o all_o wales_n or_o a_o lion_n rampant_a g._n arm_v and_o languid_a or._n 4._o the_o four_o royal_a tribe_n elystan_n glodrydd_o prince_n of_o the_o country_n between_o why_o and_o severne_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o cyhelyn_n ap_fw-mi junr_n by_o rhiâ—ingar_fw-la the_o daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o grâ—nw_n ap_fw-mi tuder_n trevor_n from_o who_o he_o have_v derive_v to_o he_o the_o title_n of_o the_o earldom_n of_o hereford_n athelstan_n king_n of_o england_n be_v his_o godfather_n elystan_n two_o coat_n quarter_v a._n 3_o boar_n head_n cobaze_v s._n languid_a g._n tusked_a or._n his_o mother_n coaâ—_n part_v per_n bend_v sinister_a ermine_n and_o ermine_n over_o all_o a_o lion_n rampant_a or._n 5._o jestyn_n ap_fw-mi gurgant_n the_o five_o royal_a tribe_n be_v prince_n or_o lord_n of_o glamorgan_n he_o descend_v from_o jewdric_n king_n of_o gwent_n in_o king_n arthur_n time_n he_o lose_v his_o country_n to_o robert_n fitz_n hamon_n the_o norman_a and_o his_o 12_o knight_n who_o by_o the_o procurement_n of_o eneon_n ap_fw-mi cadivor_n ap_fw-mi colwyâ—_n he_o have_v hire_v to_o come_v with_o a_o army_n to_o assist_v he_o against_o rees_n ap_fw-mi tewdwr_n prince_n of_o southwales_n &_o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi maenyrch_n lord_n of_o breeknock_n a_o just_a judgement_n upon_o he_o for_o his_o disloyalty_n to_o the_o say_v rees_n his_o lord_n &_o prince_n god_n be_v please_v sudden_o to_o permit_v treachery_n to_o be_v punishedwith_o treachery_n rees_n and_o blethyn_n after_o a_o very_a bloody_a fight_n not_o far_o from_o brecknock_n be_v both_o slay_v in_o the_o field_n g._n 3_o cheâ—onels_n in_o pale_a a._n prince_z griffith_z ap_fw-mi conan_n rees_n ap_fw-mi tewawr_n and_o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi cynvyn_n make_v diligent_a search_n after_o the_o arm_n ensign_n and_o pedigree_n of_o their_o ancestor_n the_o nobility_n and_o king_n of_o the_o britain_n what_o they_o discover_v by_o their_o pain_n in_o any_o paper_n and_o record_n be_v afterward_o by_o the_o bard_n digest_v and_o put_v into_o book_n and_o they_o ordain_v 5._o royal_a tribe_n there_o be_v only_o 3_o before_o to_o who_o their_o pollerity_n to_o this_o day_n can_v derive_v themselves_o and_o also_o 15_o special_a tribe_n of_o who_o the_o gentry_n especial_o of_o north-wales_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n descend_v and_o in_o our_o book_n we_o have_v mention_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o the_o marcâ—â—_n etc._n etc._n beside_o other_o tribe_n call_v gweâ—â—lyth_a and_o gwehelaethan_n the_o end_n