To the copy, from which the transcript was made for the London edition, the following note is annexed.
(Translation.) “These Triads were taken from the book of Caradoc of Nantcarvan, and from the book of Jevan Brechva, by me, Thomas Jones, of Tregaron—and those are all I could get of the three hundred—1601.”
I. The three pillars of the Race of the Island of Britain.
The first Hu Gudarn, who first brought the Race of the Cymry into the Island of Britain; and they came from the land of Hav called Defrobani, [where Constantinople stands,] and they passed over Mor Tawch (the German ocean) to the Island of Britain, and to Llydaw where they remained.
The second, Prydain, the son of Aedd-Mawr, who first established regal government in the Island of Britain. [Before this, there was no equity but what was done by gentleness, nor any law but that of force.]
The third, Dyfnwal Moelmud, who first discriminated the laws and ordinances, customs and privileges of the land and nation. [And for these reasons they were called the three pillars of the nation of Cymry.]
II. The three benevolent tribes of the Island of Britain.
The first was the stock of the Cymry, who came with Hu Gadarn, into the Island of Britain; for He would not have lands by fighting and contention, but of equity, and in peace.
The second was the race of the Lloegrwys, who came from the land of Gwas-gwyn, and were sprung from the primitive stock of the Cymry.
The third were the Britons. They came from the land of Llydaw, and were also sprung from the primordial line of the Cymry.