FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF

Literature, Science, and Art as connected with Wales.

FOUNDED 1751. REVIVED 1873.

Offices: NEW STONE BUILDINGS, 64, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C.

President.

THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF BUTE, K.T.

Vice-Presidents.

The Right Hon. The EARL OF JERSEY.

The Right Hon. The EARL OF Powis.

The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.
The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH.

The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF BANGOR.

The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S (deceased).
The Right Rev. FRANCIS MOSTYN, D.D., Bishop of Ascalon, and
Vicar Apostolic of Wales.

The Right Hon. LORD TREDEGAR.
The Right Hon. LORD PENRHYN.
The Right Hon. LORD ABERDARE.
The Right Hon. LORD MOSTYN.
The Right Hon. LORD KENSINGTON.
The Right Hon. LORD KENYON.
The Right Hon. LORD WINDSOR.
Lord-Justice VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.
Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bart.
Sir ROBERT A. CUNLIFFE, Bart.
Sir W. THOMAS LEWIS, Bart.
Sir GEORGE Osborne MorGAN, Bart.,
M.P. (deceased).

Sir JOHN T. D. LLEWELYN, Bart.,
M.P.
Lieut.-General Sir JAMES
JOHNES, G.C.B., V.C.

H. R. HUGHES, Lord Lieut., co. Flint.
OWEN M. EDWARDS, M.A.
THOMAS E. ELLIS, M.P.

D. BRYNMOR JONES, Q.C., M.P.
The Very Rev. The DEAN OF LLAN-
DAFF (deceased).

The ARCHDEACON
(deceased).

OF

LLANDAFF.

The

Gransactions

of the Honourable

Society of Cymmrodorion.

SESSION 1897-98.

LONDON:

ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY,

NEW STONE BUILDINGS, 64, CHANCERY LANE.

President:-The Most Hon. the Marquess of Bute, K.T.

THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF CYMMRODORION, originally founded under Royal patronage in 1751, was revived in 1873, with the object of bringing into closer contact Welshmen, particularly those resident out of Wales, who are anxious to advance the welfare of their country; and of enabling them to unite their efforts for that purpose. Its especial aims are the improvement of Education, and the promotion of intellectual culture by the encouragement of Literature, Science, and Art, as connected with Wales.

Meetings of the Society are held in London during the Spring and Summer months, for the Reading of Papers on Literary, Scientific, and Artistic subjects, and for the discussion of practical questions within the scope of the Society's aims. A Series of Meetings is annually held in Wales in connection with the National Eisteddfod, under the name of "THE CYMMRODORION SECTION", to promote the consideration of Educational, Literary, and Social Questions affecting the Principality. It was from these meetings that the "NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD ASSOCIATION", the "SOCIETY OF WELSH MUSICIANS", and the "SOCIETY FOR UTILISING THE WELSH LANGUAGE" sprang: the latter being the outcome of the inquiries instituted by the Society of Cymmrodorion in 1884 and 1885.

The Society's collection of books, formed by the bequests of the late Joseph Edwards and the late Henry Davies, and by subsequent donations and purchases, is open to the use of Members as a Lending Library.

Subscription to the Society, entitling to copies of all its publications, and admission to all meetings:-One Guinea per annum.

Application for membership should be addressed to the Secretary, E. Vincent Evans, New Stone Buildings, 64, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.

LIST OF THE SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS.

Y Cymmrodor, Vols. ii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x, xi, xii, 10s. 6d. per volume. [Vols. i and iii are out of print.]

The History of the Cymmrodorion. Out of print.

A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe, by Wyllyam Salesbury (1547). Facsimile, black letter. 4 parts, 2s. 6d. each.

The Gododin of Aneurin Gwawdrydd, by Thomas Stephens, Author of The Literature of the Kymry. 6 parts, 2s. 6d. each.

An Essay on Pennillion Singing (Hanes ac Henafiaeth Canu Gyda'r Tannau) by J. Jones (Idris Vychan). 1 part, 2s. 6d.

Ystorya de Carolo Magno (from the "Red Book of Hergest "). 1 part, 2s. 6d.
Athravaeth Gristnogavl (from the unique copy belonging to the late Prince
Louis Lucien Bonaparte, originally printed at Milan, A.D. 1568). 1 part, 2s. 6d.
The Blessednes of Brytaine, by Maurice Kyffin (1587). 1 part, 1s. 6d.
Gerald the Welshman, by Henry Owen, B.C.L. Oxon., F.S.A. Demy 8vo., vellum
cloth, gilt, 108.

The Description of Pembrokeshire, by George Owen of Henllys. Edited
by Henry Owen, B.C.L. Oxon., F.S.A. Being No. 1 of the Cymmrodorion Record
Series. 2 parts, 218. Issued free to Members of the Society, by the Editor.
The Court Rolls of the Lordship of Ruthin or Dyffryn-Clwyd, of the
Reign of King Edward the First, preserved in the Public Record Office. Edited,
with Translations, Notes, etc., by R. Arthur Roberts, of H.M. Public Record Office.
Being No. 2 of the Cymmrodorion Record Series. Price 21s. Issued free to
Members of the Society.

The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (Sessions, 1892-93, 1893-94, 1894-95, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1897-98).

Gweithiau Iolo Goch: Gyda Nodiadau Hanesyddol a Beirniadol, gan Charles Ashton. The Works of Iolo Goch. Price 10s. 6d.

To be obtained on application to the Secretary, at the Cymmrodorion Library, 64, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.

THE

TRANSACTIONS

OF

THE HONOURABLE

SOCIETY OF CYMMRODORION.

SESSION 1897-98.

LONDON:

ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY,

NEW STONE BUILDINGS, 64, CHANCERY LANE.

DEVIZES:

PRINTED BY GEORGE SIMPSON.