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Majestic.

Triban Gwŷr Morgannwg.or The War Song of the Men of Glamorgan.

Adapted by the Editor, to the words of the Norman Horse Shoe, of Walter Scott, Esq

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Morganwg, Gwlâd-Morgan, or Glamorganshire; so called from a Prince of that territory, about A.D.960: a Country remarkable for its pleasantness and fertility; which formerly was so extensive, that it had Eighteen Castles, and thirty-six Knights fees, whithin the Lordship.In the reign of William Rufus, or theRed Duke of Normandy) Iestyn ab Gwrgant was theLord thereof; who having revolted -. from his natural Prince, Rhys ab Tudor, and being unable to maintain his rebellion,did very unadvisedly call to his assistance, (by the medi ation of Enion ab Cadivor, RobertFitz Hamon, a Norman Baron; who forthwith levied an army of well disciplined Soldiers, and selected 12. Knights, as adventurers in that enterprize: he first marched to attack Prince Rys, who was slain in the Battle:after that,being allured with the fertility of the Country,he treacherously turned his forces against Prince Testin, his employer, and by doing that so unexpectedly, he soon deprived him of the inheritance of his ancestors; and divided the country among his Norman associates;the mountains he granted to Enion,but the more fertile plains he retained for himself, and the remainder he divided amongst his twelve Knights, &c. He then established himself in Caerdydd, or Cardiff Castle, as the Supreme Lord of South Wales, about the year 1091,where he assumed a regal Court and magnificence; and obliged his Knights by tenure, to pay him homage at his Castle, on the first monday in every month, where each of them had separate apartments for that purpose. The Clares, after the conquest of Glamorgan by the Normans, possessed Caer-went or Chepstow, and Caerphily Castle; afterwards were created Earls of Strighul or Strig-hill, and Pembroke; of whom was descended Richard de Clare, the last earl of that name,who was a man of invincible courage and strength,surnamed Strong-bow, from his excellency in archery, about the year 1168.

Nevil, was Baron ofAber-gavenni; and one of his descendants was created by Edward the first, Lord of Aber-gavenni Castle, in Monmouthshire.Providentially King Henry the Eighth abolished the feudal tyranny of those Norman Knights, or Lord Marchers; by meliorating those oppressive laws which had previously been administered to the Welsh, and substituted a more mild and impartial distribution of Justice, similar to that of England;he also, divided Wales into 12 Counties, appointed Sheriffs,and Judges; and added Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and a great part of Shropshire, and Cheshire to the English Counties.

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I am much indebted to the Rev M Lambert, for this animated and faithful verfion of the Poem by Meirion Goch of Eryri.
Probably, this Morgan was Captain of the Glamorganfhire Men, about the year 1294; who gallantly defended his Country from the incurfions
of the Saxons, and who difpofsefsed the Earl of Glocefter of thofe lands which had formerly been taken from Morgan's Förfathers.
But afterwards, this brave Warrior was betrayed and made a prifoner, at the inftigation of K: Edward the Firft. See, Howels Hift of Wales P

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