[35b] Caer Liwelydd, Carlisle.
[36a] Arllechwedd, a part of Carnarvonshire.
[36b] Cemmaes, the name of several places is Wales. The Bard means here a cantred of that name in Anglesea.
[37a] Tyganwy, the name of an old castle near the mouth of the river Conway to the east; it was formerly one of the royal palaces of Maelgwn Gwyneld, king of Britain, and was, as our annals relate, burnt by lightning, ann. 811, but was afterwards rebuilt, and won by the Earls of Chester, who held it for a considerable time, but was at last retaken by the princes of North Wales.
[37b] Arfon, the country now called Carnarvonshire.
[37c] Beli. This was probably Beli Mawr, to whom our Bards generally trace the pedigree of great men.
[37d] Eryri, Snowdon, which some suppose derived from mynydd eryrod, the hill of eagles, but more probably from mynydd yr eiry, the hill of snow. Snowdon, in English, signifies literally the hill of snow, from Snow and Down, that being still a common name for a hill in England, as Barham Downs, Oxford Downs, Burford Downs, &c.
[37e] Greidiawl, the name of a hero mentioned by Aneurin Gwawdrydd in his Gododin.
[37f] Teivi, the name of a large river in Cardiganshire.
[38a] Bryneich, the men of Bernicia, a province of the Old Saxons in the North of England. The inhabitants of Deira and Bernicia are called by our ancient historians, Gwyr Deifr a Bryneich.