any countries; but it seems they met with a very
warm reception from the prince and his sons, and that they were glad to
sail away as soon as possible.

{26a} Owain Gwynedd had many sons noted for their valour, especially
Howel, who was born of Finnog, an Irish lady. He was one of his father's
generals in his wars against the English, Flemings, and Normans, in South
Wales, and was a noted Bard, as several of his poems, now extant,
testify.

{26b} It seems that the fleet landed in some part of the firth of Menai,
and that it was a kind of a mixed engagement, some fighting on shore,
others from the ships. And probably the great slaughter was owing to its
being low water, and that they could not set sail: otherwise I see no
reason why, when they were worsted on land, they should continue the
fight in their ships. It is very plain that they were in great distress,
and that there was a great havoc made of them, as appears from the
remainder of this very spirited poem.

{27a} Who this lady was is not known at present.

{27b} What country this is I cannot recollect.

{27c} Teivi, the name of a large river in Cardiganshire.

{27d} Elivri, the name of a woman; but who she was, or when she lived,
is not clear.

{27e} Cadvan is the saint of Towyn Meirionydd.

{27f} Dysynni is the name of a river that runs by Towyn.

{28a} I cannot recollect at present who this person is, nor the occasion
of his grief, though it is mentioned in some of our manuscripts.

{28b} Eryri, Snowdon, called Creigiau Eryri and Mynydd Eryri, i.e. the
rocks and mountains of snow, from Eiry, which signifies snow. As
Niphates, the name of a mountain, from a word of the same signification
in Greek.

{28c} Dewi, St. David, a bishop in the time of king Arthur, and the
patron saint of Wales.

{30a} Iorwerth, surnamed Drwyndwn, or with the broken nose, the father
of Llewelyn, was the eldest son of Owain Gwynedd, but was not suffered to
enjoy his right on account of that blemish.

{30b} Owain Gwynedd, prince of North Wales.

{30c} Llewelyn was the lawful heir of the principality of North Wales,
in right of his father Iorwerth, and accordingly put in his claim for it,
and got it from his uncles David and Rodri, when he was very young.

{30d} David, the son of Owain Gwynedd, who succeeded his father as
prince of Wales.

{30e} This battle is not mentioned by any of our historians. The
description is very animated in the original,