Welsh Journals

CHRONICLE OF THE PRINCES. O the angel he saw in his trance. And there he was five years, and died there ; and when his bones return to the isle of Britain, the Britons shall have their right and crown, according to the words of the angel to Cadwalader. a.d. 683.—Alan, king of Armorica, sent his son Ivor, and his nephew Ynyr, and two strong fleets, to the island of Britain ; and war ensued between them and the Saxons, in which they partly succeeded. Then Ivor took upon him the sovereignty of the Britons. After that the Saxons came against him with a powerful army; and in a pitched battle Ivor and the Britons put them to flight after a bloody battle, and acquired Cornwall, the Summer Country, and Devon¬ shire completely. And then Ivor erected the great monas¬ tery in Ynys Avallen, in thanksgiving to God for his assist¬ ance against the Saxons. a.d. 698.—The bloody rain occurred in the island of Britain, so that the milk, butter, and cheese, acquired a red colour like blood; and Ivor went to Rome, where he died, after maintaining the sovereignty of the Britons twenty-eight years with great praise and wisdom. He gave many lands to churches in Wales and England. a.d. 720.—A wonderful hot summer occurred, the drought and heat of which destroyed trees, herbs, and animals ; and in the month of September of the same year the unexpected flood took place which breached the church of Llancarvan and many of the houses, and drowned an infinity of the cattle and the sheep, causing a very great loss ; and the same in many other places. And at the same time a prodigious flood in the Severn sea broke the embankments; and a great deal of the low land on the sea shore in Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire, and Somersetshire, was lost, and great the losses thereby. The same year Rhodri Molwynawc was made king over the Britons, and a great war arose between him and the Saxons, during which the Britons won two battles honourably. The same year the battle of Garthmaelawg took place, and ano¬ ther in Gwynedd, and the battle of Pencoed in Glamorgan¬ shire ; in all which three the Britons conquered.