it, and enough to make the bold assertor ridiculous to boot. How many English words are there to be met with, in those fragments of his only, that are quoted by Dr. Davies? Mwtlai is one of them; and what is that else but the English word "mottley"? Is lifrai a pure Welsh word? And what can you make of habrisiwn, mên, and threbl, and a great many more? I think "livery," "habergeon," "mean," and "trebble," are but indifferent Welsh words for purity. But, all that notwithstanding, I think it would be a notable piece of service to our language, to have his works printed; though it would give to the English a pleasure they have long wanted; I mean of making it appear that we borrowed as many words at least from them, as they did from us, which yet would be true of no one else but Dafydd ap Gwilym himself; for I do not think he made many proselytes to his fond way of blending Welsh and English together; else our language had long before now been a most horrid gibberish.
Digon yw hyn yn nghylch Dafydd. Ond ni ddarfu mi a chychwi eto. Yn rhodd, a fyddwch cyn fwyned yn y nesaf a gadael i mi wybod, pa newydd annghysurus a glywsoch o Gaer Nerpwl; oblegid ni chlywais i ddim rhyfedd sydd nes ati. Gwir yw nis bum yno er ys ennyd. Ond odid i ddim a dalo i son am dano ddigwydd yno na chlywyf mewn amser. Ac am eich Ac am eich gweddi—"Duw o'i drugaredd a ystyrio wrth ein gwendidau," yr wyf yn dywedyd "Amen" o ewyllys fy nghalon, er nas gwn ar ba achos yr ystwythwyd y weddi.
