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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

Cymmrodorion,

OR

METROPOLITAN CAMBRIAN INSTITUTION.

VOL. II.

ΣΩΛ

London:

PRINTED FOR The institution BY W. MARCHANT, 1, INGRAM-COURT, FENCHURCH-STREET;

AND SOLD BY W. NEW, 11, STRAND; AND T. HUGHES,

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INTRODUCTION.

Pennill to the air of " Ar hyd y nos."--By DR. PUGHE.
Cadw cov am hen arverion

Ydyw gwledd y Cymmrodorion
Màn mae Telyn, màn mae canu,
A phob mwynder er dyddanu,
Ydym vàl àr vryniau Cymru.

A free translation of the above, by the late J. H. PARRY.
Ancient customs still to treasure,
Cymmrodorion, is our pleasure,
While, with harp and song uniting,
Rapture is each heart exciting,
As on Cambria's hills delighting.

AT a period when LITERARY INSTITUTIONS are so popular, and a feeling so fervent and generous is manifested by almost every mind towards the cultivation of general literature, the cause of one which, it is hoped, may be allowed to hold a place among the many now existing in this metropolis, under the above appellation, cannot, it is conceived, be better advocated than by craving a dispassionate attention to the perusal of its Transactions.

It is not intended here to particularize the objects for the attainment of which the Cymmrodorion Institution has been founded, a detail of them having been already published in the

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