[48b] Cadwallon, the son of Cadfan, the most victorious king of Britain, fought many battles with the Saxons; and, among the rest, that celebrated one of Meugen, in which he slew Edward king of Mercia, where the men of Powys behaved themselves with distinguished bravery; and had from thence several privileges granted them by that brave prince. These privileges are mentioned by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, a Powysian Bard, in a poem entitled “Breintiau Gwyr Powys,” or the Privileges of the men of Powys, which is in my custody.
[48c] Môn, the Mona of the Latins, called by the English Anglesea, in which, at a place called Aberffraw, was the palace of the princes of North Wales. The Bard seems here to hint at the loss of Llewelyn-ap-Griffydd, the last prince of Wales of the British line.
[48d] Arfon, the country now called Carnarvonshire.
[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.