Gruffudd Hiraethog to Humphrey Llwyd
Translated by Mary Burdett-Jones O God, to whom our prayers go, clement lord, my great Creator, would that everyone who lives in the world be like one man; who could be fairer? May he have a long life, the one…
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Lewis ab Edward’s elegy for Humphrey Llwyd
translated by Mary Burdett-Jones There is lamentation and grief over the taking yesterday of the lord of Denbigh, Humphrey of fair countenance and honoured here, of the long line of Robert. The lakes are overflowing, a month’s sea goes through…
Wiliam Cynwal’s elegy for Humphrey Llwyd
translated by Mary Burdett-Jones A sad world – there is one who presides – treacherous, wretched, how short man’s life is; what is it worth to him whose judgment is to try and live long if he is caught? Although…