PREFACE. THE publication of this Edition of the Works of GORONWY OWEN demands a few words of apology. I am anxious that my motives should not be misunderstood. I have not entered on the work with the impression that I had any peculiar fitness for so arduous an undertaking. On the contrary, my absence from Wales for a period of thirty years tended to incapacitate me for what required, not only sound scholarship and literary acumen, but an intimate acquaintance with the Welsh language. Had any one come forward to edit the book in a manner worthy of the Poet and of the Principality, I should have hailed his appearance with joy and offered him my help. But when no one cared to take it up, I was induced by the following considerations to do so : The first was a feeling of shame. While the works of authors of far inferior pretensions were given to the world in a form that redounded to the honour of Wales, the writings of GORONWY OWEN, the most talented of her sons, appeared in a dress that reflected discredit on both the literary status and patriotism of the nation. A second consideration was the comparative ease with which I thought the work could be accomplished. I had the materials at hand in my library, consisting of a text carefully revised from the several MSS. of LEWIS, RICHARD, and WILLIAM MORRIS; I had a transcript of the Poet's Correspondence with the two last; and I had culled quotations from such of the letters of his friends as had a bearing on his Works and Life. What remained to be done was the arrangement and welding together of the materials, with notes explanatory of the text. These, however, were found to demand a heavier expenditure of time and mental labour than I could well devote to literary pursuits. I was discouraged, and would have thrown aside the task, but for the remonstrances of one or two friends who had read and approved of some of my previous efforts in the same direction. Reassured by the encouragement they offered me I ventured on, -with what success my readers must judge. All I would ask is, that my anxiety to render "some service" to Welsh literature should have its weight in any judgment they may form. All Saints' Vicarage, Rotherhithe, August, 1875. CONTENTS. On the Escape of Captain Foulkes, in the great Storm of September 10th, 1741, when driven by a hard Gale from Elianus Point to the North of Ireland Some further Thoughts on the Necessity, or Non- necessity of going to Sea, written for the Benefit of Admiral Coytmore and some of the Lady Pas- sengers in the Voyage just mentioned Englynion o Weddi; a ganwyd ychydig amser cyn myned i Rydychen, yn y Flwyddyn, 1741 PAGE Cywydd i'w gyflwyno i Dywysawg Cymru, ar y testun, "Reget patriis Virtutibus Orbem"; gwedi ei gyf- Brut Sibli, Awdl yn ol Dull Meilir Brydydd; pan gânt i Drahaiarn Fab Caradawc a Meilir Mab Rhiwall- awn, yn iawn Ysgrifenyddiaeth y Gogynfeirdd Cywydd y Cynghorfynt, neu 'r Genfigen Caniad i'r Hybarch Gymdeithas o Gymmroodorion Dau Bennill Gwawdodyn Hir, i gyfarch y Cymmrodor- ion yn Llundain pan y cyflwynwyd iddynt An- nerch-Gywydd gan Ieuan Brydydd Hir Cywydd ar Wyl Ddewi 1755, i'w gyflwyno i'w Freninol Uchelder SIOR, Tywysawg Cymru, gan yr Arwyrain y Nenawr. The Garret Poem Cywydd y Gwahawdd. Addressed to Mr. William Parry, Deputy-Comptroller of the Royal Mint Cywydd ar Enedigaeth Siôr Herbert, Arglwydd Llwdlo, Cyntafanedig Fab Ardderchog Iarll Powys, 1756 - 234 In Natalem Domini Georgii Herberti, Domini de Lud- |