9. Moliant i Fwrog
edited by Eurig Salisbury
LlGC 3049D, 500‒1
Notes
A collection of poetry compiled for members of the Wynn family of Gwydir. Most of the section which includes the poem for Mwrog (pp. 335–509) was created in the time of Sir John Wynn by two collaborating scribes, Ifan Siôn and Huw Machno. The poem is the last of three poem recorded by Huw in this part of the manuscript that are addressed to patrons in prison (another copy of this poem in Huw’s hand is in C 4.101). The second is Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy’s poem to Ithel and Rhys (see the explanatory notes), and the first is Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen’s poem to Henri ap Gwilym and one Owain who were incarcerated in Harlech (GDID poem XVI). Gwilym hopes that dyrnod
Herbard
‘Herbert’s blow’ will release them, probably William Herbert of Raglan (ibid. XVI.64), which strongly suggests that the events were concerned with the Yorkist and Lancastrian struggle,
which, in turn, suggests that Huw Machno believed that the two poems for Ithel and Rhys were also involved with the same cause. He made one correction as he copied (l. 38) and another two probably later (ll. 2,
6).
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kowydd ir vn gwyr
mawr yw dy wrthiav r awron
mwrog saint mae rhowiog sion
bvgail y kor baglog gwynn
benrhaith ail bevno rhvthyn
5Dvw a roes pand da yr aeth
vwch ragor wych rowocaeth
a gwrthiav mawr y gwerthydd
yn dy feddiant sant y sydd
a deilliaid o fewn dallor
yn dy gylch o fewn dy gor
15gwnaethost dithav gwnn wythwaith
ir rhai ni cherddai y chwaith
redeg ar dy waredydd
heb vn ffonn mwrog benn ffydd
Dof ith orssedd fvcheddol
20Dyn wyf ai neges da ’n ol
klyw o wynedd fy ngweddi
klwyfvs ofalvs wyf i
gwyr fy nghalon ar fronn fry
gwaew hiraeth gwae ai hery
25nid hiraeth anwyd hoewryw
ag nid serch ar ferch yn fyw
hiraeth meibion maeth y medd
am gyrr i farw om gorwedd
am ithael mi a evthym
30meddai bawb or modd y bym
gwnn i bryderi dyrys
gwyr ymron gwewyr am Rys
meibion ifan mae /n/ obaith
vychan y devan or daith
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35o chvddiwyd gwyr awch addwyn
kant o rianedd ai kwyn
och allel o ddichellwyr
r roi llen gel ar ierll yn gwyr
mwrog gwna yn ymwared
40am ddav o benn kreiriav kred
gwyddost lle mae n dav flaenor dav
mewn kastell ymachell mor
kyfod dy fagl yn draglew
kvr frig y twr kerig tew
45Dwg er fy mendith ithael
oi tyrav hwnt wr tra hael
vn waith gwna help in ynys
o wlad yr haf weled Rys
minav a wnaf mynn y nef
50yn ddidro pann ddon adref
rhoddi dav lvn gar dy law
ag avr er i gowiraw
kei fendithion vwch konnwy
ag ymon kai a fo mwy
55kai lawer o badrevav
kai glod am ddyfod ar ddav
Gruffydd nanav