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ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HARLEIAN MS. 4353 (V) WITH THE MISSING LEAVES SUPPLIED FROM CLEOPATRA A XIV (W)


[1]Howel the Good, son of Cadell, king of Cymru, enacted by the grace of God and fasting and prayer when Cymru was in his possession in its bounds, to wit, three score and four cantrevs of Deheubarth, and eighteen cantrevs of Gwynedd, and three score trevs beyond the Cyrchell, and three score trevs of Buallt; and within that limit, the word of no one [is] before their word, and their word is a word over all. There were bad customs and bad laws before his time. He therefore takes six men from every cymwd in Cymru and brings them to the White House on the Tav; and there were present those who held croziers in Cymru including archbishops and bishops and abbots and good teachers ; and of that number, twelve of the wisest laics were

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