Yr hên wr ỻwyd o’r cornel,
Gan ci dad a glywođ chwedel[6],
A chan ci dad fe glywođ yntau
Ac ar ei ôl mi gofiais innau.
The grey old man in the corner
Of his father heard a story,
Which from his father he had heard,
And after them I have remembered.
As stated in the introduction of the present work [i.e. the Physicians of Myđvai], Rhiwaỻon and his sons became Physicians to Rhys Gryg, Lord of Ỻandovery and Dynefor Castles, “who gave them rank, lands, and privileges at Myđfai for their maintenance in the practice of their art and science, and the healing and benefit of those who should seek their help,” thus affording to those who could not afford to pay, the best medical advice and treatment gratuitously. Such a truly royal foundation could not fail to produce corresponding effects. So the fame of the Physicians of Myđfai was soon established over the whole country, and continued for centuries among their descendants.
‘The celebrated Welsh Bard, Dafyđ ap Gwilym, who flourished in the following century, and was buried at the Abbey of Tal-y-ỻychau[7], in Carmarthenshire, about the year 1368, says in one of his poems, as quoted in Dr. Davies’ dictionary—