Wild Wales; its people, language, and scenery . for a time, and when the audience were again admitted Lord V said that the Bench found the prisoner guilty; that they hadtaken into consideration what his counsel had said inhis defence, but that they could come to no other con-clusion, more especially as the accused was known tohave been frequently guilty of similar offences. Theyfined him four pounds, including costs. As the people were going out I said to the farmer inWelsh : A bad affair this. Drwg iawn —very bad indeed, he replied. Did these fellows speak truth? said I. Nage—Dim ond celwydd
Wild Wales; its people, language, and scenery . for a time, and when the audience were again admitted Lord V said that the Bench found the prisoner guilty; that they hadtaken into consideration what his counsel had said inhis defence, but that they could come to no other con-clusion, more especially as the accused was known tohave been frequently guilty of similar offences. Theyfined him four pounds, including costs. As the people were going out I said to the farmer inWelsh : A bad affair this. Drwg iawn —very bad indeed, he replied. Did these fellows speak truth? said I. Nage—Dim ond celwydd —not they ! nothing butlies. Dear me I said I to myself, what an ill-treatedindividual ! CHAPTER LXXIX Machynlleth—Remarkable Events—Ode to Glendower—DafyddGam—Lawddens Hatchet. Machynlleth, pronounced Machuncleth, is one of theprincipal towns of the district which the English callMontgomeryshire, and the Welsh Shire Trefaldwyn orthe Shire of Baldwins town, Trefaldwyn or the townof Baldwin being the Welsh name for the town which. LXXix.] ODE TO GLENDOWER 513 is generally termed Montgomery. It is situated innearly the centre of the valley of the Dyfi, amidstpleasant green meadows, having to the north the river,from which, however, it is separated by a gentle possesses a stately church, parts of which are ofconsiderable antiquity, and one or two good is a thoroughly Welsh town, and the inhabitants,who amount in number to about four thousand, speakthe ancient British language with considerable purity. Machynlleth has been the scene of remarkable events,and is connected with remarkable names, some of whichhave rung through the world. At Machynlleth, in 1402,Owen Glendower, after several brilliant victories overthe English, held a parliament in a house which is )etto be seen in the Eastern Street, and was formallycrowned King of Wales ; in his retinue was the vener-able bard lolo Goch, who, imagining that he now sawthe old prophecy fulfilled, namely,
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