CONTENTS. ᎪᎡᎢ. PAGE 1 NOTICE TO READERS. Ir may be proper here to apprise the reader, that, throughout the following pages, v and F are substituted, in the Welsh, for F and FF, in conformity with a Resolution adopted at the last Anniversary of the CYMMRODORION, and of which the following is a transcript : "RESOLVED, That this Society will henceforth, by all the means in its power, recommend and promote the substitution of the letter v for F, and of the letter F for FF, in Welsh orthography, as an alteration sanctioned as well by the practice of all other tongues, as by the ancient mode of writing the Welsh language itself; and as being, moreover, consonant with the value universally appropriated to the letters in question, with the exception only of the present anomalous usage in Wales, and which is, accordingly, productive of a confusion decidedly inimical to the interests of our national literature." This Resolution was proposed at a very numerous meeting, at which Lord Dynevor presided, and was carried unanimously. All notes in the following pages, having "ED. TR." affixed to them, are by the EDITOR OF THE TRANSACTIONS. TRANSACTIONS OF THE Cymmrodorion. CARED DOETH YR ENCILION. THE ODE, Which gained the Cymmrodorion Medal, on the 22d May, 1821, BY MR. THOMAS JONES*. AWDLARADSEVYDLIAD Y CYMMRODORION.—1820. Mawr nodded, yn mryn addien,-geinvwyn dir, Gwynva ein doeth AWEN! Araulvyd pob gwar elven, Modd cyson, amcanion cu: Gad i'm hymgais gael llais llòn, -a hoewav, Nwyv velysav nevolwysion : Dyliviad o loew avon-Awen goeth, A ry ddawn berddoeth rwydd i ein Beirddion. This Ode on the re-establishment of the Cymmrodorion" has already been printed in the "REPORT" of the Institution, published last year, which, however, with the exception of this article, and that, immediately following, on the Welsh Language, was devoted entirely to the Proceedings of the Society. It has, therefore, been deemed advisable to reprint both articles alluded to here, and especially as this Ode forms an appropriate introduction to the present volume.-ED. TR. B Arwyrain eirwir araith, I'mro henaidd-Cymru hoenus—a cha Na vydded i anvoddus-wyr diglod, Eu byw-iaith hen wrthod, byth, yn warthus! Draw, engiriawl wawl á welav-ter ddull, Mal pelydr araul haul hav, Ca' y'mrwd araeth Cymmrodorion, Y gynghaneddawl gangen addas, Tyva yn hardd, mewn gardd, le gwyrddlas; -a Beirddion, Yn awr, Wyr Llen oreu llad- Doeth garwyr da laith gywrain, Maethynt, dyborthynt idd ei da barthau. * The Gwyneddigion Society, established in London, A. D. 1771. |