| CHAPTER I. | PAGE |
| The Poems contained in the Four Ancient Books of Wales | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Literature of Wales subsequent to the Twelfth Century | 19 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Sources of the Early History of Wales | 33 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| State of the Country in the Sixth Century, and its History prior to A.D. 560 | 42 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| State of Britain in A.D. 560 when Gildas wrote, and Kings of the Line of DYFI | 61 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| MANAU GODODIN and the Picts | 77 |
| p. vi | |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Races of Britain, and the Place of the Picts among them | 97 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Celtic Dialects and the Probable Character of the Pictish Language | 120 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Celtic Topography of Scotland, and the Dialectic Differences indicated by it | 141 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| CUMBRIA and the Men of the North | 165 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Recent Criticism of the Mythological Poems examined | 184 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Recent Criticism of the Historical Poems examined | 208 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| True Place of the Poems in Welsh Literature | 225 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Result of the Examination of the Poems, and their Classification | 242 |
I.
HISTORICAL POEMS CONTAINING ALLUSIONS
TO EVENTS PRIOR TO A.D. 560.
| | A. POEMS REFERRING TO EARLY TRADITIONS. | PAGE |
| I. | Book of Taliessin LIV. The Reconciliation of Lludd the Less | 253 |
| II. | Book of Taliessin XLII. Death-song of Corroi, son of Dayry | 254 |
| III. | Book of Taliessin XL. Death-song of Erof | 255 |
| IV. | Book of Taliessin XLI. | 256 |
| V. | Book of Taliessin XLVI. | 257 |
| | B. POEMS REFERRING TO ARTHUR THE GULEDIG. | |
| VI. | Book of Taliessin XV. The Chair of the Sovereign | 259 |
| VII. | Black Book of Caermarthen | 264 |
| VIII. | Book of Taliessin XXX. | 261 |
| IX. | Black Book of Caermarthen Geraint, son of Erbin | 266 |
| " | Red Book of Hergest XIV. | " |
| | C. POEMS REFERRING TO GWYDYON AP DON AND HIS GWYDDYL AND THE BRITHWYR. | |
| X. | Book of Taliessin X. Daronwy | 269 |
| XI. | Book of Taliessin LII. The Praise of Lludd the Great | 271 |
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| XII. | Book of Taliessin XIV. | 274 |
| XIII. | Book of Taliessin viii. The Battle of Godeu | 276 |
| XIV. | Book of Taliessin I. | 284 |
| " | Red Book of Hergest XXIII. | " |
| XV. | Book of Taliessin XLIII. Death-song of Dylan son of the Wave | 288 |
| XVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXV. | 288 |
| XVII. | Red Book of Hergest XXII. | 290 |
| | D. POEM REFERRING TO GWYDDNO AND GWYNN AP NUDD. | |
| XVIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXIII. | 293 |
| | E. POEMS REFERRING TO EARLY TRADITIONS WHICH BELONG TO A LATER SCHOOL. | |
| XIX. | Book of Taliessin XVI. The Chair of Ceridwen | 296 |
| XX. | Book of Taliessin XLVIII. Death-song of Uthyr Pendragon | 297 |
| XXI. | Book of Taliessin XLV. | 299 |
| XXII. | Book of Taliessin XII. The Praise of Taliessin | 300 |
| XXIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXVIII. | 302 |
| | F. POEMS RELATING TO CITIES OF THE CYMRY AND THEIR LEGENDARY HEROES. | |
| XXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XV. | 303 |
| XXV. | Book of Taliessin XXI. | 303 |
| " | Black Book of' Caermarthen | " |
| XXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen VIII. | 306 |
| XXVIII. | Book of Taliessin XXV. | 307 |
| XXIX. | Black Book of Caermarthen XIX. The Verses of the Graves | 309 |
II.
HISTORICAL POEMS CONTAINING ALLUSIONS TO EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO A.D. 560.
| | G. POEMS REFERRING TO WAR BETWEEN SONS OF LLYWARCH HEN AND MWG MAWR DREFYDD. | |
| XXX. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXIX. Names of the Sons of Llywarch Hen | 319 |
| XXXI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXX. | 321 |
| XXXII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXIV. | 325 |
| XXXIII. | Red Book of Hergest XI. | 326 |
| | H. POEMS RELATING TO GWALLAWG AP LLEENAWG. | |
| XXXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXII. | 336 |
| XXXV. | Book of Taliessin XI. | 337 |
| XXXVI. | Book of Taliessin XXXVIII. | 338 |
| | I. POEMS RELATING TO URIEN REGED. | |
| XXXVII. | Red Book of Hergest XVII. | 341 |
| XXXVIII. | Book of Taliessin XXXI. | 343 |
| XXXIX. | Book of Taliessin XXXII. | 344 |
| XL. | Book of Taliessin XXXIII. | 346 |
| XLI. | Book of Taliessin XXXIV. | 348 |
| XLII. | Book of Taliessin XXXVI. | 350 |
| XLIII. | Book of Taliessin XXXIX. The Satisfaction of Urien | 352 |
| XLIV. | Book of Taliessin XXXVII. The Spoils of Taliessin, a Song to Urien | 353 |
| XLV. | Red Book of Hergest XII. | 355 |
| | J. POEMS RELATING TO URIEN AND HIS SON OWEN. | |
| XLVI. | Book of Taliessin XVIII. | 363 |
| p. x | | |
| XLVII. | Book of Taliessin XXXV. The Affair of Argoed Llwyfain | 365 |
| XLVIII. | Book of Taliessin XLIV. Death-song of Owain | 366 |
| | K. POEMS RELATING TO THE BATTLE OF ARDDERYD. | |
| XLIX. | Black Book of Caermarthen I. | 368 |
| L. | Black Book of Caermarthen XVII. | 370 |
| | L. THE GODODIN POEMS. | |
| LI. | Book of Aneurin I. The Gododin | 374 |
| LII. | Book of Aneurin II. The Gorchan of Tudvwich | 410 |
| LIII. | Book of Aneurin IV. The Gorchan of Cynvelyn | 412 |
| LIV. | Book of Aneurin V. The Gwarchan of Maelderw | 414 |
| LV. | Book of Taliessin XX. Song to Ale | 427 |
| | M. POEMS RELATING TO CADWALLAWN | |
| LVI. | Book of Taliessin XLIX. | 431 |
| LVII. | Book of Taliessin L. | 432 |
| LVIII. | Red Book of Hergest XV. | 433 |
| | N. PREDICTIVE POEMS RELATING TO CADWALADYR. | |
| LIX. | Book of Taliessin VI. The Omen of Prydein the Great | 436 |
| LX. | Book of Taliessin XLVII. | 443 |
| LXI. | Book of Taliessin LIII. | 444 |
| | O. POEMS CONNECTED WITH POWYS. | |
| LXII. | Book of Taliessin XXIII. Satire of Cynan Garwyn son of Brochwael | 447 |
| LXIII. | Red Book of Hergest XVI. | 448 |
| | p. xi | |
| | P. POEMS WHICH MENTION HENRY, OR THE, SON OF HENRY. | |
| LXIV. | Red Book of Hergest I. A Dialogue between Myrdin and his sister Gwendydd. | 462 |
| LXV. | Red Book of Hergest II. A Fugitive Poem of Myrdin in his Grave | 478 |
| LXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XVI. | 481 |
| LXVII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XVIII. | 482 |
| LXVIII. | Red Book of Hergest XX. | 490 |
| LXIX. | Red Book of Hergest XIX. | 492 |
| LXX. | Red Book of Hergest XXI. | 493 |
III.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN.
| | Q. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO OTHER EARLY BARDS. | |
| LXXI. | Black Book of Caermarthen II. Meigant | 497 |
| LXXII. | Black Book of Caermarthen III. Cuhelyn | 498 |
| LXXIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen IV. | 500 |
| LXXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XX. The Cynghogion of Elaeth | 501 |
| LXXV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXI. | 502 |
| | R. ANONYMOUS POEMS ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS. | |
| LXXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen V. | 504 |
| LXXVII. | Black Book of Caermarthen VI. | 506 |
| LXXVIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen VII. | 506 |
| LXXIX. | Black Book of Caermarthen IX. | 508 |
| LXXX. | Black Book of Caermarthen X. | 510 |
| LXXXI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XI. | 511 |
| LXXXII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XII. | 512 |
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| LXXXIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XIII. | 513 |
| LXXXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXV. | 515 |
| LXXXV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXIX. | 516 |
| | S. POEMS RELATING TO YSCOLAN. | |
| LXXXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXVI. | 518 |
| LXXXVII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXVII. | 519 |
IV.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BOOK OF ANEURIN.
| | T. POEMS CONTAINING ANCIENT PROVERBS. | |
| LXXXVIII. | Book of Aneurin III. The Gwarchan of Adebon | 522 |
V.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BOOK OF TALIESSIN.
| | U. POEMS RELATING TO THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TALIESSIN. | |
| LXXXIX. | Book of Taliessin III. The Fold of the Bards | 523 |
| XC. | Book of Taliessin VII. Hostile Confederacy | 525 |
| XCI. | Book of Taliessin XVII. The Chair of Taliessin | 533 |
| XCII. | Book of Taliessin XVII. Song to the Wind | 535 |
| XCIII. | Book of Taliessin XIX. Song to Mead | 538 |
| XCIV. | Book of Taliessin LV. Song to the Great World | 539 |
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| XCV. | Book of Taliessin LVI. Song to the Little World | 541 |
| XCVI. | Book of Taliessin IX. Juvenile Ornaments of Taliessin | 542 |
| XCVII. | Book of Taliessin II. The Elegy of the Thousand Sons | 545 |
| XCVIII. | Book of Taliessin IV. The Pleasant Things of Taliessin | 550 |
| XCIX. | Book of Taliessin V. | 552 |
| C. | Book of Taliessin XXVII. | 557 |
| | V. POEMS RELATING TO JEWISH HISTORY. | |
| CI. | Book of Taliessin XXII. The Plagues of Egypt | 559 |
| CII. | Book of Taliessin. XXIV. The Rod of Moses. | 561 |
| CIII. | Book of Taliessin XXIX. | 563 |
| CIV. | Book of Taliessin LI. | 564 |
| | W. POEMS RELATING TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT. | |
| CV. | Book of Taliessin XXVI. The Contrived World | 566 |
| CVI. | Book of Taliessin XXVIII | 567 |
VI.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE RED BOOK OF HERGEST.
| | X. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO LLYWARCH HEN. | |
| CVII. | Red Book of Hergest V. | 569 |
| CVIII. | Red Book of Hergest VI. | 571 |
| CIX. | Red Book of Hergest VII. | 573 |
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| CX. | Red Book of Hergest VIII. | 574 |
| CXI. | Red Book of Hergest IX. | 576 |
| CXII. | Red Book of Hergest X. | 580 |
| CXIII. | Red Book of Hergest XIII. | 584 |
| | Y. POEMS BEGINNING "EIRY MYNYD." | |
| CXIV. | Red Book of Hergest IV. | 586 |
| CXV. | Red Book of Hergest III. | 590 |
| | Z. POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. | |
| CXVI. | Red Book of Hergest XVIII. | 595 |
| CXVII. | Red Book of Hergest XXIV. The Viaticum of Llevoed Wynebglawr | 596 |
| Map of Prydyn or Y Gogled | To face page 1 |