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THE DYING YEAR. TOiat if lie die.?, t hi, old grey year, Will if C?u*e for Wringing of hands ? he look the better upon his bier? Will sighs stop the fall of his sands? lIe has had lii turn, l as lived his span, td goes that anothur may come; Jk^re<his jOYi anll his grid-i like a man, And the joys were the greater in sum. Põ6U} I Y at and perhaps not the beat Ot his race, 3-11113 good he ha? done « boasts that the world, a3 ha sinks to his rest, From hi.n wider knowledge lia3 won. fieknows that the year wil{¡'l) uign in his place P Will cat a line higher than his yet Le can look, with a smile on his face, To s"'e ,ill own nnrk where ii is. gT.'hotilii fie put, liks a craven thing, ^Pitiful waiiing unmmn'd ? r hi?n go, like a proud Norse king, rÚ1in!d; with a cup in 111:1 hand. ^An"oravo Yule cd,.s, T« w-_vit!g of friendly s:-e-rj, Ar? 'V',t an^ t'aikness that slowly rise, Yf»* o'i-r the bygone years! road, W. II. GP.EENB ■At idport.

^OBIADAU CYMREIG. -8- Gan "MORIEN "Y Gvn» YX ERiiYN Y DYD." Oyfnod hynod yn hanes hen genedl y Cymry yw yr un presenol. Yn yr hen amseroedd, Y Gwir yn Erbyn y Byd ocdd arwydd- air y genedl ond ei liarwyddair yn Wescnol yw, "A ydynr ef yn aelod g-yl1a ni ? Y r un fath yn union y mae hi gyda phynciau duwjn- yddol. Cymerir yn «*|uataol fed yr holl gwestiynau mawrion yn a' perthynas a'r Crewr, dynoliaeth, a'r Sre*digaeth wedi eu hesbonio yn cithaf cywir £ .ari y tadau. Yr unig beth a ofynir i'r Cymry wnejd yn awr yw credu." Planwyd yn <mian dyn ysbryd ymofyngar, ac y mae yn mteldol i fethu goeod ymddiriedaeth mewn atbrawisc,h nag ydyw yn ei deall. "Wi th gwrs; yn ¡1gb) lch d}-3^eidiaeth ddytiol yr wyf yn vrgrifenu, Y mae gweithrediadau 1:I,tu; yn annealladivy i'r dyn, ond y mae yr ^UiIyj/iaQ a ;;eir diwvduynt o anfeidvol alia a ac«oethincb ID boddloni y dyn synivyrol, ao yn gosod ei vinddirit daeeli i oruhwyH ar sail ddi- Kgog. ^lewn T.i h ilaenorol beiddiais alw syhvaty &lta fodc;.fieithwjr j benod gvntaf o Heneaia cyfi«iit!iu yr enw Elobim (i>awiau) yn y "^Bod bono i'r nnigol, I)m* (Eloah). Gan fod gan yr ys^rifenydd ysbrydolijj wrth law yr eilwau Moah (Duw) yn gystal ag Klohim (Duwian), y 111 ae'n amlwg fod ganddo reiwm tteiilduol dvos ddewis yr enwllaosog, ao nid yr *tt>igol. Y mae Index," Pittsburg, America, tteiilduol dvos ddev:isyr enwllaosog, ao nid yr *tt>igol. Y irsae Index," Pittsburg, America, *'tb feimi&dn fy sylwadau ar y pwnc; jn ywed^dy g;-lwir Dmv yn Klohim, "pan mai lu, jn ddigamsynio],aolygii' I)ysg Mosea ni l^eoteronium yn wahanol. Yny gwreiddiol yvped fel y canlvn Jehovah, ein Elohim, ^Jad on Jehovah (gwel vi., 4). Ken, fel hyn Jehovah, ein Dtvwiati, sydd on Jehovah." J? Genesis xviii. ca vn Jrhovah yn ym- &»gos i Abraham fel tri dyn, ond y mae yn » fel po na buasant ond un, gan eu AiJ* ,yn "Adonai" (Arglwydd), gan ? "na ddos beibio, sttolwg, oddi- iln dl was." Dy na broti drwv ysgrifen gc 868 el bun, nad yw Hu Jndex" ond tri, ?lai Un y w y tri. (Jawn yr un peth yn cael ei%VTedyd7n Marczii,20. # 5 tr"1 ^encs'3 adnod y nawfed, cawn a, 1 y» boli am Sai.,h, A b «vy a ddywed- y Wrtho ef,' Jjac f^arab dv v.raig ?' Yn vrrt)6^ adiiod cawn un o'r tri yn dywedyd djoh "Gan ddychv/elyd y j" a'a' 11 n^hylch anv-er b) woliaelh." 10. cawn y tri vn eodi ac 5,T> tnyned Uuh Abraham yn cu hebrwng ar t:u y ^7, cawn Jehev^h (nid Adonai, .v n,ae -vn y cyiioithiad) yn > V. >A* !» rha;j Abraham yr hyn V^t"'r ^'n yr adnodau y 22 40n cawn beth hynod iawn — °dd: a!)i £ wJr dycithr yn myncd ymaith Pttr-1' Abrahstin taa Sndorn, ond y g0f 1Sr?11 yn aros ar 0! (Ij/'in'r Jehovah, ac yn nJJhyV'^°' ddifethi di v cj liaivn yn JeK,. Ani'Wv,io] Y11 adnod 3-3 cawn Tlia°u ^e^yd yn myti^d ymaith. I ba le ? 11 -TV J-iV!)taf o'r lnnod „i *•) °awn y ddau a aeth ymaith gyntaf J'Ot yn nihorth Sodom yn cael eu !,ot o dan yr enw '■ Argiwyddi." jfK-?n *dnod 18 cawn i.ot yn eu cyfarch yn ^nigol, "Arghvydd." 33eth oedd wedi ^ull wt»eyd i l ot yn a;vr cyfnewid ei 4 Syfarcb o Arg'wydQi" i "Arghvydd." Sg/i yr Un ag &edd wedi aros ar ol i siarad >'n of?.ha,m vvedi uno u r ddan P Ynt»» a oedd J ir.n?'0^ 'l' f0'1 >n ngliy d cyn yr r>J 611 cyfarch yn briodol o dan HnigoiJehovah. Y». Abi a|r v,! hJi«>d mai un o r tri y siaradai n 1:gbylch dinys'.r Sodom a 1 r bwnw y gofvnodd y patri- di y cyfiawn yn nghyda'r k mae y -vn arwyddo un "e^b—naill ai mai gwaitb arbenig yr un y»i ^inystrio y dinasoedd, neu ei fodef r ar y ddau eraiil. y tuiwr ag y mae y byd wedi bod y Rred'niaeth mai i'r Juddewon yn 'dododd Dow yn yr heu oeaoedd ei '4\ye). Uredir, hyd yn nod,yn awr gan 'dododd Dow yn yr heu oeaoedd ei '4\ye). Uredir, hyd yn nod,yn awr gan r« ma' creadnriaid anianol oedd yr *el h e"Pdloedd yn ntfolwg yr Hollalluog. culni a haerliugrwydd yr k Ciei;aG^» ^ea!^ hyd yn nod 1,iae yr un y^ryd ag a ^J>roPbwyd Jonah feddwl nawyddai am »n wtad ond Palestina, yn hpddyw i gredit nad oes dim v,°^'iirVn hann o'r anianjrddwyr (^en- av, j. A'ei'th syiw na moment ovstyiiaeth. Ran'^ i1)lao yn wybyddus i bob dyggawdwr iin o ht n genhi'dloedd mawr v i j "Jb.jii ja-iiai' /ii banea duwtnydd- iaeth yr Eglwys Gristionogol o gysylltiad i offeiriadaeth y Testament Newydd ag anian- yddiaeth y byd-a clwir y byd Paganaidd— yw y ffaith fod athrawiaeth Y Gair (Gr. j Logos) wedi cael ei dysgu gan Plato, yn athrofa Athen, bedwar cant o flynyddoedd cyn ymgnavvdoliad Crist. Dywed yr Esgob Powell yn ei drydedd lytbyr ar d'deg at y Dr. Priestly, i\id yn unig yr wyf yn cyfaddef, ond yn haeru, fod y fath debygolrwydd rhwng trindod Plato a tb: indod yr Efengvlyda loan, ag syddyn profi eu bod wedi hanu o'r un gwraidd (common origin). ■* •¥ Dywed Gibbon (<; Decline and Fall," chap. xxi.): — Gwnaeth y cadanihad Dwyfol a' roddodd yr Apostol loan i egwyddor svl- faenol duwinyddiaeth Plato (Groegnr Pagan- aidd) roddi calondid i'r credinwyr newydd yn yr ail ar drydedd ganrif, i fyfyrio ysgrifeniadau y doethddyn Athenaidd,'yr hwn ag oedd, mor rhyfeddol, wedi traddodi yn nghylch dadguddiedigaethau rhvfeddaf Crsst- ionogaeth." Dywed St. Augustus ei fod yn canfod dechreu Efcngyl loan yn Phaedon Plato. Dywed Gibbon mai y canlyn ocdd y drychfeddwl Platonaidd am v Drindod—(1) Aehos Dechrouo! (2) lihes-1 ymolrwydd, neu yGair; (3) Enaid, neu Ye-; bryd, y Bydysawd. I'ersonola Plato yr ucbod j dan J'r enwauGrorgaidd "Agat.han (y Duw [ Goruchar, neu yTad), Logos" (Y Gair), a; Psyche ^Ysbryd). Cofied y darllenyttd, Plato ysgrifenodd y pel,bau uchod 400 o flynyddoedd cyn i St. loan fyned i breswylio i Fphesus. Dinas hynod oedd hono an wybodacth ei pbreswylwyr o philosophi Plato, Y mae y meddwl yn hoffi dychymygu am syndod St. loan pan ddaethynoigyffyrddiad a pbrawf yn ysgrif- eniadau Plato fod Dnw wedi dangos mwy yn nghylch y Drindod santaidd i'r Cenedloedd nag oedd wedi ei ddangos i'r Iuddewon. Ond aeth St. Joan yn llawer pellach na I Plato. Taerodd of ger bron dy*goidiaeth Epbesus fel y canlyn — Y Gair (Logos) a wnaethpwyd yn gnawd, ac a drigodd yn cin plith ni, ac ni a wclsom ei ogoniant Ef, gogoniant megis yr Unig-anedig oddiwrth v Tad, yn llawn gras a gwirionedd." Md ocdd Y Gair (Logos) i Plalo ond oynhwfiad (abstraction); ond tystia St. loan ei fod wedi dyfod yn ddyn, a'i fod ef ei hunan wedi ei welcd yn lesu o Nazareth Y may yr ystyr- iaethau uchod braidd yn gwneyd i ni dybied mai yn Ephesus y darganfyddodd St. loan yn iawn boll fawredd ei hen GyfaiH Nid af i'r cwestiwn dyrys pa fodd y gall" y Mab" fod mor hyned a'i Dad "—cwestiwn ag a wnacth lawer o Sabeliaid ac a WDaeth ddifrod o'r Cymro gonest, y Parch. Peter Williams, Uaerfyrddin. # 4 Oiid hyn yr ocddwn yn gyfeirio ato: fod perthynaa rhyfeddol rhwng Elohim (tro pheraon Dwyfol yr Hobreaid) a thri pherson Dsyfol y Cenhedloedd. Welc yn canlyn res o enwau trindodau y cenbedloedd:- Y Cymry Plenydd, ALwu, GwrOD. Yr Hinchcaid Brahmti, Vislinw, Siva. 1'" Aiphtiuid Osiii?1, Hoi uj, Typhon. Y Groegiaid Zeaf, Posciftcm, Vis (lieu fladfs). Y Per si aid Ormuzd, Mithras, Ahviman. Y Rhitfeiniaid: Jupiur, Peptone, Pluto. J' Babiloniaid: Sadnicti, Mcs.ich, Abeibiego. Yr ydym wedi profi yn nechreu y llith mai tri pherson a olygai Moses wrth yr enw Elo- him. Gan hyny, y mae yr adnod (Genesis i., 2), "Ac Ysbryd Duw yn ymsymud ar wyneb y dyfroedd," yn golygu tri pherson yn ymsymud ar wyneb ydyfroedd! Y cyfieithwyr, yn canfocl gwrthuni mewn gosod y Crewr yn dri pherson yn notio ar wyneb y dyfroedd, a hyny yn y tywyll wch-canys nid oedd y Crewr eto wedi dechreu ar v gorchwyl o ddef- niddio y dwfr at y clai (tryblith, neu aflun- eiddiweh), a dwyn y defnyddidrefu—gwnaeth y cyfteithwyr osod yn tOn cyfieithiad Ysbryd Duw," yr hyn, yn d -iau, yw y meddwl gwreiddiol, yn lie tri pherson, yn gyduuol i'r gwreiddiol. Dywed dysgedigion mai nid II ymsymnd ar wyneb y dyfroedd" yw ystyr yr ymadrodd yn yr Hebi aeg, ond Elohim yn ymgyhwfanu (broodiny) ar wyneb y dyfroedd." Gosodai yr hen feirdd Prydeimg ddefnydd y ddaear heb ei ddadblygu i dn.fn gan Ddmv allan drwy y gydmariaeth o wy iar, ao Ysbryd Duw drwy y gydmariaeth o'r Jur Ceridvren cariad Dwyfol) yn ymgyhwfanu uwch ei ben, a thrwy hyny yn achosi ei ddeoriad Golygent, yn arwyddluniol. dair priodoledd y Crewr wrth go:-ff a dwy aden yr iar Ceridwen. Cenhedloedd eraill a osodent allan bortread o Yshryd Duw a'i dair banfod drwy y fFigar o golomen wen. »* I Nis gall neb wadu- nid wyf yn gwybod am nebsrwerth eiliado sylw wedi ceisio gwncyd liyny -nad crefydd y meini yw yr henaf yn y byd. Dywedodd y dysgedydd Lube Burl(e fod ei dechreuad yn rbywlc o fewn nlwl boreu y byd Ifhatd i bawb gyfaddof mai Cymraeg oedd yr iaitb a barablni ei chredinwyr, acmai Cymry oedd ei phregethwyr a'i cbynulleid- faodd hi! ynddi hi, ynte, y gellir dysgwyl am yr hen feddy lddrychau crefyddol cynta^ a gynhyrfodd addoliad tadau a mamau yr hil I ddynol! Nid y Duvr goruchaf a fed,lylid yn I nghrefvdd y meini wrth Plenydd, Alawn, a Gwron, ond tair hanfod y Duw goruchaf wedi I eu personoli yn ol y dull barddonol. A detbolid yn i\gorsedd y Beirdd dri bardd cyfrin i arwyddlunio y tair hanfod. Alawn (yr hanfod lladol) yn creu, Plenydd (hanfod addfeda) yn perffeifhio, a Gvrron yn gosod Duw allan yn amddiffynydd i'r pethau a grewyd. Y mae yn nodedig iawn yn nbrindodau y cenhedloedd dwyreiniol eu bod i gyd yn gosod trydydd banfod Duw yn ddinyatrrdd. Dyna a oiodir allan drwy y oymmeriadau Siva (India), Typhon (yr Aipbt), Dis (Groeg), Ahriman (Persia), a Pluto (Rhnfain). Ac y mae yn rhyfeddol iawn mai ag un o'r tri a dalodd YlUweliad ag Abraham y cawn y patriarch yn siarad ynghyleh diiiystrio Sodom a Gomorrah. Y r oedd dau o'r tri wedi myned i weithio trugaredd drwy rybuddio Lot a't deulu, ond arhosodd y trydydd ar ol gJdAg Abraham, a chawn y patriarch yn gofyn iddo, "A ddifethi di y cyfiawn befyd yngbyd a'r I annnwiol? (luid oes le i feddwl mai gorchwyl arbenig yr bwn y safai Abraham ger ei fron oedd dnnystrio dinasoedd y gwas- I tadedd ? J Gosodai y ('yniry dair brif hanfod y Duw Celi-y Duw Goruchaf allan, yn arwydd- luniol, drwy y Nod Cyfi in—/J\. Holygent fod holl gyflawnder y Duwdod yn annirnadwy i reswm meidrol'; ond deallent lywfaint am danynt drwy effeithiau ei briodeleddau 011 hamgylcb. A goaedent i fyny eu od Cyfi i'i cyasegredig fel llun yr oil a amlygwyd i ddyn o'r Duwdod. Am byny y gelwir y nod yn "daircotofn goleuni." Hhaid i bawb gvf- j addef mai yr haul yw amlyj*ydd Duw yn v byd anianol. I'r henafiaid, yr haul oedd y r .1 unig amlygydd o'r Dawdod. j'klryohent ar ei daith flynyddol o'r De i'r Gogledd fel yr esbon:au pe.naf o bono. Yr haul yn amser Nadolig a yn wror. on'd yn y gwanwyn A iawn ac yn Mebc/in "Pienydd. Dyna wraidd y trindod Dorwyddol. a j chredaf yn ddiysgog mai dyna, yn wrtfiddiol,1 oedd trindod yr holl fyd pagavis-idd. Mae banes creadigaeth y byd yn y benod gyntaf o Genesis yn dwyn Arni wedd Aipht- a:dd. Gosodir yn yr hanes mai t.ur,n<d ar- uthrol yw y lie yr y.lvm r.i yn pteswylio ynddo. 1 iy;y yw ystyr yr adnod, "A i'liff a wnaelb y fturfafen, ac a wahanodd dyna'r tunnel, rhivisg y dyfroedd oadilat; y ffurfafen s'r dyfroedd c-ddiar y ffarfafen." Credai yr ysgrifenydd, pwy bynag ydoedd, fod y gw'asv yn di'gyn o'r dyfroedd ar y fSurfafep.. ac v mae yn ddigon tebyg ei fod yn goiygu mai y in or ag oedd ar y ITuifafon ordd yn colli" drtvy agenau Jm wed y Parch. C. W. God- will i.JStsaiis and Jzec; :-I' I'he work of the second day of creation is to erect the vault of Heaven IJeb. r»l;ia which is re- presented an ocean of water above it. The wafers ate said to be divided, so that some are above and some below the vai'.lt." Yr.a a yr ysgrifenydd yn mlatn i broil fod yn da! i fyr.y y Van:?, golofnau iJob xxvi. • 1]': sylfatr.i ••• Samuel xxii,. 8 a itcd iddi agoriadau J-'salin Ixxvii; 3 a ffeue?tri 'Geneeis vii., 11;. Talwn barch i wiriontdd a gwir grefydd

WILL HE DISPROVE THE ACCUSATION? [IIY J CAPTAIN O'SHEA. [ The sensation of the week, which is also likely to be the sensation of the year, is the tiling ct a petition for divorce by Sjaptain O'Shea against his wife, Mr. Parnell being indicated in the position of co-respondent. The case was not altogether unexpected, for Captain O'Sht:'a gave some answers in his examination before the Parnell Commission which foreshadowed the event, and in certain circles the matter bad been gossiped about for some time past. There has been no secret, and Ilr. Parnell makes no secret of the fact that he has been living at the house of Cap- tain O'Shea for some years past. That much is all the public "know as a fact, and it is but right that judgment should be suspended until Mr. Parnell has the opportunity of making an answer for himself io the witness- box. If the charge be true, the;; the public reputation of Mr. Parnell will be regarded, in the present stale of public opinion, as worth no more than Sir Charles Dilke's is at the present moment. Of course, motives of revenge are suggested against Captain O'Shea, and there is, no doubt, no love between hitd and Mr. Parnell. Yet it is but a few years since the Captain was the immediate confidant of the Irish leader. His negotiation of the Kilmainbam Treaty is a matter of history; and diligent newspaper readers will not have forgotten that Mr. S'arnell brought down upon himself much abuse, and nearly eacscd a split in his party, for using bis influence to secure Captain O'Shea's return for Galwav.

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DISCOVERY OF A FROZEN BODY. A shocking falalily ha* been invest.it:at-rd y (Mr. n. Fielding;), )vi z-. Fart i o,,r, a i-eridriii a, 11 d tw-pvt frf,i iiii I)-)Ine P31,1110 tiavfi Jitid hW i itti.-i'ii.' uoea'tn"/?*, inquiries •vere insti'iUcd. lie wa« f.mn t» bnve been at tl»" vi!•«« of U'oodnosb' rmj!) on Friday evenii>»',nnd ,"0" search being ins1 il ut(;tI < ver 'he neishbooring I nisirslic* !I: fiozen hod\" wa° discovered in dyk' De'-e.«td, wf»o w.is 6" ymrs oId, I'm! 1 vi- iiieniiy M-wt, war in t.»e dnrtr««* and su(T ct(d In l'i-]':iri« i».io the mud and water.

"Qginp 11 JFin" NOTK-H AND (iFHNJ F:S" ula:i;1:J to tl" J'(f.<; iiiftery ef /Fairs aaiiilte Eorder Counties. rCentriliitTons intended _fur publication in ihh coluiuii ihou'tl e addressed Editor, Xo!e< Tr,1 Queries, WKKKI.Y MAICnrdiJ)Real aamesand addresses mutt he//iven in confidence. and M S^ ilwn Le icrittcH leqildy on one side e>f the paper '¡¡(I;,I "WEKKLY MA lb," JANUARY 4, 1890.

NOTES. WELbR AAMES FOR I'HE EAST An | del mar, w'-om 1 knew well at Tceoiky j some year? ngo, told tnu I Ii" t the old ptople in S ,,(Ii Wa'e-: 11-el to call the wind cf tiie oiPir; i'cet" an 1 (i y e' tTrocn yi y^h" V\'io 1 of the n >stiil:i. it accouir.s for the first name is the fac'hit the uc;i «eie busied with th, ir ftel towards ti e east. ol tlte eccirid teitii is r."t so clear, but, probably,: i< bad its in 'he practice of diivinj j Welsh cattle into EegUnd, gym da i Loeger ") | for The ox, when driven from Wales info Eoglav.d, would, of course, have its nif-tril eastward; hence the tc-roi 4,gwynt. ffrocn yr ych. I inkjs*, that I like the names. They are very Migg- siive uf the imaginary, as well as priiet.ic il genius of our Welsh at-.ceslors. Llanvatlog, Ar.aide*. J. MYFI NYHII MORGAX. PEMUKOKESIJIKE SAYINGS. Putting uEioo altogether the remarkable j vocabulary of the renibrokeshire people, they have a very peculiar way of using, or more correctly I speaking misusing, onlil1:uy words. Hare nothing is fctclied, taken, or brought, but all things are carried," or c>ir'd,' as they say. ThclI, I do not think the word remember i^ ever used; they say Do you mind, or Can you mind," and instea<3 of saying Don't they say Not you go, or Not you tell." Wii-en very ill tli!.v ,ii-e itiain sorry," «nd when ang y or remorseful they are "wicked." Mischievous children ;ire cursed." A fond fath-n- told me his were "the cussodest lot in ihccoucty." Then they "pile" stones; they do not throw or hit, but pifc" things one at another. Thoy key the doors, and iock their eyes, and ¡ call iru.flhrs "cook?." Tim re is not a word here but what is in eveiy- day use wlwjicver English is spokeo, but what, must stiike ever) one upon hearing Pembroke- shire as she is spoke" is the novel way in which these words are misappropriated. I think it pos- sible that the coming of the Flemish into the county had something to do with the upsetting of the language, for, in a iditiciii o this unique way of expressing tliem^eivei thoy have a quan.ity of very strange words, a lis', of which! hope to give J another time. ENID. Huieijvrdwest. The fjfJowicg saying is n,¡t uncomnion amongst Pembrokeshire people :—"Go to Ballyhack It is use! in the same sense as Go t'J Bath or Go to Jerieho Envious folks declare that the I'eiibyites speak of iheir native town with much vaiii assurance in the summer time, but with a due sense of humility in the winter. In answer, say these outsiders, to the query. "Whete Jo you liill f:-oni," flie Tenbyile, in summer, w.))]d say, H Tenby, to be sure"' bat in winter, "'l\:nby, God help!' When a person is over-dressed the folks in some parts—Tenby, Narboi th, remark that such an one is "dressed to death, like Sally Hatch when she went to the Motnbles 1" Query What is the origin of this particular saying ? In the south of the county, when a doubtful story is being told, unbelieving listeners exeSaiui, in a derisive way, "Till that to the N,tibertli people which implies, of course, that the latter good folk believe anytiiing-a most unjust in- sinuation, for the Narberth people are a particu- larly shrewd race. Should it rain on the. day previous to St. Margnret'e Fair, which is held a.t Tenby 011 July 31, and twc days following, it is quaintly remarked by the townsfolk that "S1. Murgaret is washing her apron i- r the fair! GKO. Shooters' Hill, X. E. THE AJILIIARY FORCE OF THE KINGDOM IN 1591. The triumphant issue of the naval contest with Spain by the complete overthrow of the Great •trrnud i in the year 1588 did not create in the minds of the Elizabethan statesmen a sense of ovei security. For nrtny years th? fear remained that an attempt would again be made. Every pre- caution was takon against surprise, and, for the first time, an effort was tmde to provide an adequate force capable of methodical and combined action ;igainst an invader. III 1591 was drawn up a scheme by which each county was to furnish a given qrota of nrmed men who, lieutenants or sheriffs, were to be diligently 'rained under the o>ders of the lords. The Col toman manuscript Otho E.XI contains a series of tabulated statements showing fhe Dumber of n.< t) and1 qoanl.iiy r.f arms to be supplied by each county. The Hit is in alphabetical arrangement, and J now forwarl you the first instalment of the Yv'i lsb shires. EDWARD OWRN. Lciifipn. ANGLESEY. ( (Caplainet 6 Teta! of Corslet* wth pikes HO [ ye Tikes wtli bay- ) I fences f P' OleiMtr. netU s»vor.l«s 1-300 | ye I traiHCU ami d.iggers J >-Ii25!173=, couiilie hi.'U M'isket<t» 100 | J of •{ armed Calivers 4 0 1 I Anglesey BowtB t9 I ( c*rf.ifled Biiles 1C0) | in ^lout-rs 200) anno 1 LivJittoorsemen 16 ) anno 1 LivJittoorsemen 16 anno 1 LivJittoorsemen 16 ) 1591 H"l'seoifo^ Nugps to mount i iAn> 116 ( ShoMe uppon f l J)) 1441 (To be (vntmued.)

REPLIES. TDE «• TBREE COCKS {ante Nov. 30, 1889).— MR, WILXINS wiil find that the curious heraldic charge of fhree Cocks was borne by EinoD Suis, grnndfather If) of Sir David Gum, who lived near Brecon in tbfc time cf Edward III.; thus: "Ardent, thiee coeka' gules." I have IODg wished to fmd out, the ownership of the coat of arms, "A chevron between :,}¡rcc cocks." which appears in company with the" bend between six lioncels of De Bohun, on the gateway of the ruined abbey of Llanthonia Secunda at Gloucester. Dean Hooke, in his Lives of the Archbishops ef Canterbury, say that the charges" toferred to are Danish ntvefa, and that )heywp!< borne hy Henry Dean, who wis pri'-r of Llanfbonia Secunda sometime before 1*81, and Archbishop of Canterbury 1501. But t hey certainly are not rnvens, and they certainly are: I' A chevron between three cocks." Tlio Three Cocks-lane," in t he citJ. of Gloucester, has :1" doubt some conmc'i -n witli this shield. Xtu.-petrt. W, H. GhEKNE. TDK PLACE OF STRIFE" (Oct. 19, Nov. 16, 1689}.- Th»-re i* in the parish of Trefe^fwys, fl ^ntcr<>mri-3's.lifre, nn a ft-! t n P>\mg* rrr.og Viitm, cstuafc aboot ha-f a '.rile \V. of •he amVf. j j of L'aw rygfyn, » p'sce l<r.owr rs Tn' ■ » 1 O'wt ") y Owmtws." 'l'!o r<<. i.« iti -.he j.> !> tf t of 'ri-ef glwvs Parish, and distant from L'yn Ebyr, one and a half milt's as the crow flies, a place kniwn as "CIw!g\nll(,'n."Onbothplaus ■.• d habitabie dwellings about fifty years ago, un; to-day even llk ruins LavlI been cleared oft",and ■,o< a^cd only <-an point out the exact spot where the above callages .-t.a.ij. For the legend "f "The Pl.co of St rifesee ill" Cumbrian Quarterly Mag** zhif, V.d. II., page S3. N. HBSvKrr. Giem•ra fan, Tref-. (1' The st-ry ''PKOUD SALOPIAN-" seeks is thus told in the Cettubrian Quarterly Mayetzine for 1830:- I n the parish of Tv.'fegJwys, neir L'andiIoM, In In comity of Montgomery, there is a little ohepberd's cot, that is commonly called Twt y Cwnirws (placo of strife) on account of the extriordinary s'rife that. has been there. The inhabitants of the cottage were a man and hit wife; and they had born to them twins, whom the woman nursed with great caie and tenderneat. Some months after, indispensable business called the wife to the heuie of one of hi r uearut neighbours; yet, notwiths'andin^ she had not far to go, she did not like to leave her children by th m-elve^ in their cradle even for a miiiii;e, as her h. use was solitary, and th-re were m'liy sales of the TyUeyth Teg (fair family or fairies), haunting the neighbourhood. However she went, and returned as s:on as she could; but,, on coming b^ck, "ho felt, herself not a little terri- tinil on seeiiii-, though it was mid-day, some of the "IJ elves oi die t'lue petticoat, as they are usual y called new rilndess, when she got backte hor house, she wa. rejoiceit to find everything in the i-tnte she h id left It. Bùt, after some time had passed by the gooJ people began to wonder that the twins did not grow at all, but still continued little dwarfs, The man would have it that they were not hi8 cl'ildrtjn: the w0111 'ii said they must be tbeix children, and about this arose the great strife between them that gave name to the place. One evening, when the v.oman was very heavy of heait, she dtitermin.d to go and consult a Gw ty/arwydd (conjuror;, ledilll assured that every- thing was kn >wn t > him; and he gave her this counsel.—Now there was to be'a harvest of rye and oats, so the wise man said to her :—' When you are preparing dinner for the reapers, empty the shell of a lien's egjf, and boil the shell full of pottage ana take it out through the door, as if y^u .aennt it for a dinner tor the reapers; and I lien listen whItt lhe twin. will say if you hear the children speaking tilings above the understanding of children, return inte the house, take them, aiid throw them into the Llya Ebyr; but if you don't hear anything r-niaikable, do them no iujury.' And when the day of the reap came, the woman did as her adviser had recommended her; and as site went outside the door to listen, she heard one of the children say to the other :— (i\v«!»is fesen oyn gweled Oarwen Gwelais wyuyu gwcled lAr Erioed ni weiais ferwi bwyd i tedel Mewn plisgyn wy fAr! TrtJilsicU iotl. Acorns be lore oak 1 knew; An egg before a hen Never one hen's egg sizall stew- ErJOugh for liarre»t-iwen! On this the mothjr returned to hér house, toefc tha two children, and rtorsw them into (ho LIla; and suddenly the fairies came losave their dwarfs anil the mother had hor own children back again; thus the strife between her and her husband ended." PKNANIKS.

EDITORIAL NOTICES. Received with thanks and will appear shortly? — W. H, GKEKNK, Newport (Antiquity of the word "Welsh"; Chepstow rfgisters and Superstition respecting ttj,3 Cohner Tomb near Christ church, Caeileon); iIE)Tl GLAS" ("Boncyn Gwyla ").

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♦The extensive thread works of Messr-, Barclow and Sons at Lisburn, near Belfast, were partially destroyed by fire on Mondar night. The damage is estimated at £ 26,000, which is covered by insurance. The steamship Coy of Paiis arrived at Queenfr- town on Tuesday afternoon, having completed the voyatre from New York jn five days, twenty-two In n!•••, and fifty mllllHes, bpa, n,- the record by .•?■ v>o; miliums. On M'-nd iy n'fe'i1 an .iuctiom-< r »a-> eofvdwcting a «,.le id. n pt»biu:-U.,m^ at lllaeklieafh, irHeffoi<t si.ir?, wh-»i»e found tiie sum ofj6248 eenmMii k.« .h.twM' of a w.-hstanj he W; "twisw tot oe. T ■" • il < t« i e'oe:i', (l to a man named I;, w-'tr