ye. text. I have given the best acct. I could of ye. Torques in yt. county, at Harlech; and hope it may be easily understood by ye. description, thô a figure of it had been ornamental. I have also added all ye. information I cod. get from Mr. Wyn of Maes y neuodh, and Mr. Jones of Dôlgelheu, of ye. prodigious fire, wch. they say continues stil; for I was unwilling to omit wholly so strange and unaccountable a phænomenon. The toutch I mention'd of my old Frd. I intended thus. Having occasion of mentioning his name, I thought to adde these words: a gentleman (that we may not envy our worst friends all the good character they seem to deserve,) &c., but I omitted it. He has indeed some learning and ingenuity; but nothing of candour, and no great share of judgment, as appears from his letter to my Lord of Leechfield, concerning the British History, which he gave me formerly to transcribe. I take Mr. Mostyn (betwixt you and I,) to have as good a share of both these, besides his other qualifications, as any I have had correspondence with in Wales.

Mr. Anwyl in all appearance is like to be prefer'd to Lhan-Iestyn Caern, which he tells me is worth about 120lbs. per an. I have nothing to adde but my service to Mr. Jones and all other friends, particularly to that negligent varlet Mr. Wm. Wyn, if you happen to see 'm.

I am, Dear Vetn.

Yr. most affectionat
Friend and Servt.
EDW. LHWYD.

For The Revd. Mr. John Lloyd,
Schole master at Ruthyn,
Denbighshire.

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HOND. SR.

I ought to have return'd my thanks ere this, for ye. favour of your letter of Decr. ye. 7th wherein (as in the rest I have receiv'd from you) appears your obliging civility and readinesse to promote whatever bears but some shadow of learning. Sr. Roger is pleas'd to grant me ye. favour of a draft of the Torques, thô it be too late for Camden; the table of antiquities for Wales being long since engraven and printed off, and ye. book now completely finish'd and dedicated (by Mr. Gibson) to the Lord. Keeper. I hope you have receiv'd, ere this, that county I made bold to trouble you with, as also ye. plate wherein all the figures

are engraved much lesse than I expected, because they would not be at the charges of two plates; but 'tis well they have allow'd us one. I think I never mention'd to you that Mr. Jo. Davies, Rector of Newburgh, in Anglesey, informed me yt. ye. great copper plate inscrib'd Socio Romæ, was found near Aber Ffraw, in that county, and that there could be no doubt of it, in regard a gentleman now living in his neighbourhood saw it when first found. I conclude he means the very same with yours, because he says Mr. Wood of Rhos Mon gaue it ArchBp. Williams; however I have mentioned it at Caer hûn, which, if it should prove an errour, is not perhaps very material; but I must beg you pardon if I have committed a mistake in the place where ye. brasse axes were found; for Mr. Stodart, the Scholemaster, of Wrexham, having given me one of them soon after they were discovered, told me (as I find by ye. inscription on ye. paper where I kept it) that they were found at or near Diganwy Castle. I was somewhat unwilling when I was writing to trouble you with a letter on that question, and therefore ventured to place it at Deganwy; having an opportunity of adding an annotation on that place, because mentioned in Mr. Camden.

Whenever I come to your parts of Wales, I shall make it my businesse to wait upon you, there being none more sensible of his obligations to you than

It's high time to beg your pardon for defferring so long my answer to yours sent by Mr. H. Jones. I have at last sent you the two Camdens by the Shrewsbury Carrier, and directed them to be left with your brother at Wrexham. You will find four in the box, but the other two are for Mr. Brynkir and Will. Anwyl of Dôl Friog. I shall give you directions by Mr. Anwyl (who sets out next week,) to whom you must direct them at Bangor

or Caernarvon; but I had rather you should dispose of them in your own neighbourhood if you can: upon acct. of ye. maps they come to six shillings a piece the binding; and each book cost me 1lb. 12s. in quires; but Harry Clement, partly out of spight to the London booksellers yt. were the undertakers, and partly for more quick sale, has sold ym. at first for thirty-six shillings bound, but is now come to thirty-eight, you must know by ye. way, that tis a folly (as ye. booksellers manage it) to subscribe for one copy of any book, for ye. undertakers allow ye. country booksellers two books in 8 gratis, so that they can afford to sel them at subscription price, if not under, to those yt. have not subscribed. In one of the books you'll find the errata corrected in my province, but I had no time to do it in all, and, therefore, must beg that trouble of you, or one of your lads. The undertakers put a trick on us as to the maps of Wales; for when they told us in the proposals, they would give us a map of each county in England, 'twas generally understood that they comprehended Wales; but they have given us only one map of North Wales and another of South Wales; and 'twas partly for that reason, and partly because I was not so capable of the task, that I refused to have any thing to doe in ye. correcting the maps. Having some old maps of Wales by me, I made bold to adde them in your copy, but if they prove too great an eyesore, they are easily pluck'd out; you may freely use your discretion, either to take 36s. a book or 388. Charles Wyn pays 38s. for his, so did Mr. Anwyl and two or three more of my friends in the college, for whom I had subscrib'd. If I receive 38s. I have the seventh book gratis, wch. was according to their proposals; and if 36s., I pay onely 12 shillings for it.

Something ought to be reply'd to your letter, but I am in some haste, as you find by my scribleing. That ye. Romans conquer'd and were possess'd of North and South Wales, is no question at all amongst antiquaries; and if it were, their subterraneous stoves and bricks inscribed LEG. II. LEG. XX. & LEG. VI. dug up in Monmouthshire, Flintshire, and Caernarvonshire, besides other inscriptions, coyns, &c. to be found, doubtlesse in each county, would soon decide ye. controversy; and, whereas you say ye. country afforded no corn several years after, I doubt not but it afforded no corn before the Romans reduc'd it; (for Tacitus tells us Anglesey was a receptacle of fugitives;) and think it no absurdity, if we imagine 'twas till'd before Rome was built. I suspect ye. plant Dr. Foulks means, may be ye. Gladiolus Lacustus, ye. characteristic whereof is, that it yields milk, bears blew flowers, &c. I directed you a parcel of books from Harry Clement (by ye. Anglesey carrier) who, I suppose, enclosed a letter with them. You tell me ye. good poems would be acceptable; there's one lately pub

lish'd by the name of Prince (or King) Arthur; ye. author, one Dr. Blackmore, a London Physician, which is highly commended, but it is a large b. of about 16 shillings price. As for the Epithalamium you mention, written by Dryden, Clement tels me there came no such thing to the booksellers' hands. I am, Dear Veteran,

Yr. most affect. Friend,

EDW. LHWYD.

My hearty service to Cardo, and thanks for his kind present, but I shall shortly write to him myself: his brother is usher of Burford. Fail not of telling me freely what is liked, and what disliked in Camden, especially my share.

For the Revd. Mr. John Lloyd,

Schole master,
at Ruthin,

In my letter, printed in your last Magazine, page 94, you have made me say, "the earliest English authority we have for Ich dyn is in the will of the Black Prince." I must beg you to correct this to Ich dien, otherwise I may appear as laying the foundation of an argument against my main position.-I take this opportunity of correcting another error, at page 95, which is not yours: I have stated that " Edmond Meyrick married Catherine, daughter of Sir Evan, and sister of Sir Francis Llwyd, knight, but left no issue." This was on the authority of Edward Llwyd, the antiquary, and George Owen; but their testimony, as to North Wales genealogy, is not quite so good as that of Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, and the Salesbury collection of pedigrees at Llangedwin. These authorities state that he married, 1st, Grace, daughter and heiress of Cadwaladr Watcyn ab Edward, of Llanddervel; and 2nd, Sioned, daughter of John, son Ellis Vaughan, of Cevnbodig. By his first wife he had, 1st, Peter, who died November, 1670, the father of the Rev. Edmond Meyrick, the great benefactor to Jesus College, who died in 1713; 2nd, Gelly Meyrick; and three daughters, Lowri, Jane, and Ellin: and by his second wife, 1st, Lewis Meyrick, barrister at law, who, in 1668, sold Glenalwen to William Salesbury, of Rug, esq; 2nd, John Meyrick; and 3rd, Captain Meyrick, who died in 1670; and two daughters, Elizabeth, who married Hugh, son of Robert Vaughan, the antiquary, and Rebecca. The family descent was continued through a brother of the Rev. Edmond Meyrick before mentioned.

Goodrich Court; January 28, 1832.

Yours respectfully,

S. R. MEYRICK.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

The Physician. Cholera. 1 vol. 18mo. pp. 209. London: Charles Knight, 1832.

FOR the introduction of a medical work, like the present, into the pages of the "Cambrian Quarterly," some apology may be required, some explanation expected; but when our readers shall have carefully perused the subject of this notice as we have done, they will, we doubt not, fully absolve us from the charge of indifference or inattention in the choice of our subjects; and they will assuredly admit that the pages which may teach them the best way of combating a frightful disease, must be as interesting and important to the Cambrian as the Saxon, Caledonian, or Hibernian.

This little work, under a very plain exterior, and sold at a price which will merely defray the charges of printing, contains such a mass of concentrated information, historical records, and prophylactic maxims, on the all-absorbing topic of Cholera, that we have risen from its perusal with our minds enlightened by the plain and simple reasoning it unfolds, the facts it advances, and the precepts it inculcates.

In the publication of this very seasonable, but unpretending, little work, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge have conferred a lasting benefit, not only upon that class for which the treatise is more especially intended, but upon society at large; for while the subject, in simplicity and arrangement, is accommodated to the language and comprehension of the humblest cottager, we will affirm that the more erudite, and even the experienced practitioner, will read it with advantage. Clothed in familiar language, and communicating information of essential interest to the community, and at a price which places it within the reach of every one, the tact and observation of a skilful physician are conspicuous in every chapter. It is no small praise to have thus succeeded in divesting the work of all those technicalities which, to the general and unprofessional reader, give to medical works so forbidding an aspect. To withdraw from the learning of the schools, and to adapt the language of ordinary life for the elucidation of a medical subject, has been rarely attempted, and still more rarely successful; but when it does happen, as in the present instance, that an author succeeds in throwing open those boundaries which for so many ages have

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