Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh BardsEvans, Evan
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Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards
Evans, Evan
Welsh poetry -- To 1550; Welsh poetry -- Translations into English
{48e} Rheon, the name of a river in Carnarvonshire, often mentioned by
the Bards; but it must have altered its name since, for I do not
recollect any such river which bears that name at present.
{60a} P. 213. H. Steph. Edit. 1559.
{60b} P. 246. D.
{61} Footnote mark in book, but no corresponding footnote, unless it’s a
mix-up with the one on page 60.—DP.
{66} Fortasse, “Vindictam in Deirorum populum,” &c.
{68} Quid sibi vult hic Bardus non mihi constat.
{69} Sc. cruore fuso.
{73} “Qui Harpatorem in manum percusserit, componat ilium quarts parte
majori compositione quam alteri ejusdem conditionis homini.” Inter Legg.
Ripuariorum et Wesinorum a Lindenbrochio collectas—Unde patet quanto in
honore apud exteros etiam Bardus et Harpator (idem enim pleruuque fuit
munus) habitus esset. Præter harpam aliud instrumenti genus sibi
peculiare Norwallenses vindicant, quod _Crwth_ vocant—Hinc verbum
Anglicum _Crowdero_ apud Hudibrastum pro _Fiddler_, _or Player upon the
Violin_, ad quod _Crwth_ principium dedisse videtur. Hoc instrumenti
genus ferè in desuetudinem abiit, et _violino_ cessit.—Ex sex chordis
felinis constat, nec eodem modo quo _violinum_ modulatur, quamvis a
figurâ haud multùm abludat: in Sudwalliâ peintus ignoratur:
“Romanusque Lyrâ plaudat tibi, Barbarus Harpâ,
Græcus Achilliaca, _Crotta Britanna_ canat.”
VENANTIUS. Lib. 7. Carm. 8.
{74} Vid. PRYNNE’S Coll. of Records, Vol. III. p. 1214.
{77} _Dygen Freiddin_, hodie _Craig Freiddin_, est rupes alta et
prærupta in agr. _Salopiensi_, non procul a _Sabrina_.
{79} Quaenam sit hæc avis mihi non constat.
{80} Potûs genus apud veteres Britannos.
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