Neceffary DIRECTIONS to the READER who is a Stranger to the WELSH LANGUAGE; Shewing the RIGHT PRONUNCIATION of all the LETTERS that differ from the ENGLISH ORTHOGRAPHY,

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O read Welfh, a right Knowledge of the Alphabet is all that is neceffary; for, (not going to a nicety) all the Letters retain one invariable Sound, which must be diftinctly pronounced, as there are no Mutes. Letters that are circumflexed must be pronounced long, as Bôn like the English Bone; Bwn, Boon; Bin, Been, &c.

C, as C English in Can; but never foft as in City.

Ch, as the Greek x properly pronounced. If instead of touching the Palate with the Tip of the Tongue to pronounce K, you touch it with the Root, it will effect this found.

Dd, as TH English in Them; that is very foft; not hard as in Thought.

F, as V English.

Ff, as Fand Ff English.

G, as G English in God, but never foft as in Genius.

I, as I English in King, and ee in Been; but never as I in Fine. Fine, according to the Welsh Orthography, would be pronounced Veenè.

Ll, as L Aspirated; and can be reprefented in English only by Lh

or Lih.

Th, as Th English in Thought; but never foft as in Them.

U, as I English in Blifs, This, It, &c.

W, as Oo English in Good.

r, as U English in Burn, though in the laft Syllable of a Word, and all Monofyllables, except Y, Ydd, Ym, Yn, Yr, Ys, Fy, Dy, Myn, it is like I in Sin, It, &c. both its Powers are nearly fhewn in the Word Sundry, or Syndry.

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CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

CONTAINING a Review of the British History before the

Retreat of the Romans out of Britain

Page 1.

Containing a Review of the British History from the final Retreat

of the Romans, to that Period when the ancient Britons were

driven into Wales, Cornwall, and Armorica

воок III.

P: 30.

Containing an Account of the Wars between the Saxons and Welsh,

to the Death of Roderic the Great

P. 78.

From the Death of Roderic the Great to the Death of Bleddyn ap

Cynvyn

P. 135.

BOOK

BOOK V.

From the Death of Bleddyn ap Cynvyn to the Death of Gryffydh

ap Cynan
Page 213.

BOOK VI.

From the Death of Gryffydh ap Cynan to the Acceffion of Llewelyn

ap Jorwerth
P. 275.

BOOK VII.

From the Acceffion of Llewelyn ap Jorwerth to the Death of David

ap Llewelyn

P. 319.

BOOK VIII.

From the Acceffion of Owen and Llewelyn the Sons of Gryffydh ap
Llewelyn ap forwerth, to the Death of Llewelyn ap Gryffydh P.396.

BOOK IX.

From the Acceffion of David ap Gryffydh to the entire Conquest of

Wales, and the final Departure of Edward out of that Country

P. 483.

A fhort Account of the Welsh from the Conqueft, to the complete Union

of the two Nations in the Reign of Henry the Eighth.

P. 525.

The Introduction and Progress of Christianity in Britain and in

Cambria.

P. 536.

APPENDIX.

Ancient Memorials of the Welsh Princes to Henry the Third and to

Edward the First.

P. 561.

An Index.

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CONTAINING A REVIEW OF THE BRITISH HISTORY BEFORE THE RETREAT OF THE ROMANS OUT OF BRITAIN.

It is probable, that Britain was first colonised by the Gauls,' about one thousand years before the birth of our Saviour;* a period of time coeval with the reigns of David and Solomon. The names of Albion,' and of Britain,+ are supposed to have been given to the island by the Belgic Gauls, who inhabited the opposite shores.

• Verftegan, cap. IV. p. 88. Buchanani Rerum Scoticarum hiftoria, p. 67. Amferdam edit.

2 Whitaker's history of Manchester, 2d edit. vol. I. p. 7.

Ibid. p. 10.

• On the etymology of this name, fee ibid. p. 11. and Humfrey Lhuyd's Breviary,

of Britain, p. 8. N. B. He wrote in the year 1568.

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