m to be real
prophets. Hence the great veneration they had for the prophetical Bards,
Myrddin Emrys, Taliesin, and Myrddin Wyllt. This accounts for what the
English writers say of the Welsh relying so much upon the prophecies of
Myrddin. There are many of these pretended prophecies still extant. The
custom of prophecying did not cease till Henry the Seventh's time, and
the reason is obvious.

{38c} Pwlffordd, is the name of a place in Shropshire. There is a
bridge of that name still in that county.

{38d} Cydweli, the name of a town, and Comot, in Carmarthenshire.

{39a} Cefn Gelorwydd, is the name of some mountain, but where it is
situated I know not.

{39b} Arderydd, is the name of a place somewhere in Scotland; perhaps,
Atterith, about six miles from Solway Frith. This battle is mentioned in
the Triads, and was fought by Gwenddolau ap Ceidiaw and Aeddan Fradawg,
petty princes of the North, against Rhydderch Hael, king of Cumbria, who
got the battle. Myrddin Wyllt, or Merlin, the Caledonian, was severely
handled by Rhydderch Hael, for siding with Gwenddolau, his patron, which
he complains of in his poem entitled Afallenau, or Apple-trees.

{39c} Eiddionydd, now Eifionydd, the name of a Comot, or district, in
Carnarvonshire.

{39d} Drws Daufynydd, is the name of a pass between two hills, but where
it lies I know not. Drws Daufynydd signifies, literally, the door of the
two hills. There are many passes in Wales denominated from Drws, as Drws
Ardudwy, Drws y Coed, Bwlch Oerddrws, &c.

{39e} Aberffraw, the name of the prince's chief palace in Anglesea.

{40a} Dinefwr, the name of the prince of South Wales's palace,
pleasantly situated upon a hill above the river Towy, in Carmarthenshire,
now in the possession of George Rice, of Newton, Esquire, member of
parliament for that county.

{40b} Mathrafal, the seat of the prince of Powys, not far from Pool, in
Montgomeryshire, now in the possession of the earl of Powys.

{40c} Rhos and Penfro, the names of two Cantreds in Pembrokeshire.

{41} Fflamddwyn, the name of a Saxon prince, against whom Urien, king of
Cumbria, and his son Owain, fought the battle of Argoed Llwyfein.

{46a} Nudd Hael, or the Generous, one of the three liberal heroes of
Britain mentioned in the Triads, and celebrated by Taliesin.

{46b} Griffydd Llwyd, the hero of the poem, was the son of Rhys, son of
Griffydd, the son of the famous Ednyfed Fychan, seneschal to Llewelyn