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Duke of Bedford, Redtor of St. Paul’s, Covent-Garden:” that “ Humphrey
was in his time efteemed an honefl: man, and a good Antiquary ; and
that he is mentioned with honour by Camden, Dugdale, Ant. Wood, See.
/Etatis 34. A. D N 1.1561. HWY-PERY-KLOD-NOGLAYD.”
In “ Anecdotes of Topography,” 4m. 1768, are the following fuller
accounts of fome of Lloyd’s writings.
“ Commentarioli Britannicae defcriptionis fragmentum, audore Hum-
fredo Lhuyd, Denbyghienfe, Cambro-Britanno. Hujus audoris diligen-
tiam & judicium ledor admirabitur. Coloniae Agrippinae. 1572*” 12mo.
It was finished 30 Aug. 1568, while the author lay ill of a violent fever,
as appears by the dedication to his dear friend Ortelius, and foon after
tranflated into Englifh by Tho. Twyne, under the title of, “ The breviary
** of Britaine, as this moft noble and renowned ifland wasot auncient time de-
“ vided into three kingdoms, England, Scotland, and Wales. Contayning a
c" learned difeourfe of the variable hate and alteration thereof, under divers as
c< wel natural, as forren princes and conquerours. Together with the geo-
graphical” [Chiefly etymological. He labours hard to vindicate his coun-
trymen from the unfavourable reprefentation of them by Gildas, as if it was
no more than the flourishes of pulpit oratory.] “ defcription of the fame,
fuch as nether by elder nor later writers, the like hath been fet foorth before,
“ Writen in Latin by Humfrey Lhuyd of Denbigh, a Cambre Britayne,
et and lately englifhed by Thomas Twyne, gent. Lond. I573,n I2mo*
Reprinted at the end of “ The hiftory of Great Britain from the firfl: inhabi-
“ tants thereof, till the death of Cadwalader, lafl: king of the Britains ; and
“ of the kings of Scotland to Eugene V. as alfo a fhort account of the kings,
te dukes, and earles of Bretagne, till the dukedom was united to the crown of
“ France, ending with the year of our Lord 68 : in which are feveral pieces of
“ Talieflin, an antient Britilh poet, and a defence of the Scotifh nation:
<£ with many other antiquities never before published in the Englifh tongue.
tC By John Lewis Efq. barretter at law ; now firfl: publifhed from his ori-
“ ginal MS. Lond. 1729.” Fol.
The original Latin edition of Llwyd’s book is fo full of [typographical]
errors, that it is hardly intelligible. A new edition of it was publifhed by
was in his time efteemed an honefl: man, and a good Antiquary ; and
that he is mentioned with honour by Camden, Dugdale, Ant. Wood, See.
/Etatis 34. A. D N 1.1561. HWY-PERY-KLOD-NOGLAYD.”
In “ Anecdotes of Topography,” 4m. 1768, are the following fuller
accounts of fome of Lloyd’s writings.
“ Commentarioli Britannicae defcriptionis fragmentum, audore Hum-
fredo Lhuyd, Denbyghienfe, Cambro-Britanno. Hujus audoris diligen-
tiam & judicium ledor admirabitur. Coloniae Agrippinae. 1572*” 12mo.
It was finished 30 Aug. 1568, while the author lay ill of a violent fever,
as appears by the dedication to his dear friend Ortelius, and foon after
tranflated into Englifh by Tho. Twyne, under the title of, “ The breviary
** of Britaine, as this moft noble and renowned ifland wasot auncient time de-
“ vided into three kingdoms, England, Scotland, and Wales. Contayning a
c" learned difeourfe of the variable hate and alteration thereof, under divers as
c< wel natural, as forren princes and conquerours. Together with the geo-
graphical” [Chiefly etymological. He labours hard to vindicate his coun-
trymen from the unfavourable reprefentation of them by Gildas, as if it was
no more than the flourishes of pulpit oratory.] “ defcription of the fame,
fuch as nether by elder nor later writers, the like hath been fet foorth before,
“ Writen in Latin by Humfrey Lhuyd of Denbigh, a Cambre Britayne,
et and lately englifhed by Thomas Twyne, gent. Lond. I573,n I2mo*
Reprinted at the end of “ The hiftory of Great Britain from the firfl: inhabi-
“ tants thereof, till the death of Cadwalader, lafl: king of the Britains ; and
“ of the kings of Scotland to Eugene V. as alfo a fhort account of the kings,
te dukes, and earles of Bretagne, till the dukedom was united to the crown of
“ France, ending with the year of our Lord 68 : in which are feveral pieces of
“ Talieflin, an antient Britilh poet, and a defence of the Scotifh nation:
<£ with many other antiquities never before published in the Englifh tongue.
tC By John Lewis Efq. barretter at law ; now firfl: publifhed from his ori-
“ ginal MS. Lond. 1729.” Fol.
The original Latin edition of Llwyd’s book is fo full of [typographical]
errors, that it is hardly intelligible. A new edition of it was publifhed by