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apprehension. We are sure his readers will while Glyndowr, Sir Henry Percy, and Sir agree with us in thinking, that he has done Edmund Mortimer, were represented as the what he has done so well the only regret can dragon, the lion, and the wolf, which should be that he has not done more. His demon-divide the realm between them. Such, says strating, for instance, that Thomas Cromwell Hall, was the deviation, and not divination, the minister of Henry VIII. was neither an of that mawmet Merlin.' The sequel of Glynhonest man nor the grateful friend of Wolsey, dowr's history shows that Hopkin ap Thomas is not only the development of an important of Gower was not infallible as a seer." matter, but another strong proof of the delu- The following is the letter:sions to which we have been taught to submit, Gretyng to yow our gode frendes and worunder the name of histories. We shall, how-schipful burgeis of Monemouthe, we do yow to ever, best consult our own and our readers' understonde of tydynges the weche we have satisfaction by going regularly through this yherd of Owein Glyndor, that is to wete of Series agreeably to the order of its dates, with- Lettres under seel the wheche were y sende to out being tempted to leap forward by the pecu- us by the Capteyne of the towne of Kadewelly; liar interest of any one subject. and in the Lettres wer y wrete words that ther "The Letters of the reign of Henry the was a day of batell ytake by twyxt the worthy Fourth, with which this volume opens, relate Baron of Carewe and Owein Glyndor; and we entirely to Owen Glyndowr's rebellion. They do yow to understonde that thy's day of bataill By reference to the Literary Gazette for are in number fourteen, and are, with one ex-schuld have be do the xii. day of Jule; and the 1824, No. 393, and no fewer than ten succeed-ception, new to history. That they should nyzt be fore that thys bataill schulde be do, ing numbers (vide page 483, et seq.), it will be have remained so long in the Cottonian Library Oweyne wes y purpos to have yvoidede ym to seen how highly we estimated Mr. Ellis's ad- unnoticed, must excite surprise. Several of the Hull azeinward; and for he wold y wete mirable publication, of which this forms the these are from constables of castles, and show whar his wey wer clere y nowe to passe, zyf he second series; and how much of intelligence not only the mode of keeping the fortresses of hede nede, to the Hull, he sende vii. C. of his and interesting information was poured out that time, but the nature of the warfare which meine [many] to serche the weyes, and thes even in the too-brief selections from it which was waged against them. The Welsh hated vii. C. menne went to serche thys weyes, and we were enabled to offer to our readers. We Henry the Fourth for his ill usage of King ther thys vij. C. menne were y mette with the have now but to repeat our panegyric-to say Richard the Second. They had furnished barons menne of Carew, and I slay up everythat we are delighted with these volumes; and Richard with troops in his contest with the chone that ther was nozt on that sc... to recommend them, altogether, as deserving of nobles; and remained unshaken in their fide-...alyve; and thes words buth [be] y do us to the utmost public favour for entertaining nar- lity to him as long as they believed him to be understonde that it is sothe with owte lesyng. rative for curious illustration-for the correc- alive. Of the Letters of the reign of Henry And fforthermor we do yow to understonde tion of long-received historical theories-for the Fifth, there are two more curious than the that Oweine the........ .es in the the development of famous characters for the rest: one concerns the state of Ireland in 1417; ton [of Kairm'then he sende after Hopkyn ap discovery of new and important facts for the the other from John Alcetre at Bayonne, in Thomas of Gower to come and speke with unravelling of state secrets-and, in short, for 1419, details the progress made in building a hym upon trewes; and when Hopkyn come to every thing which can render such a collection ship of very extended dimensions for the king. Owein, he pïede [prayed] hym, in as meche as acceptable to a country keenly alive to the Henry the Fifth was the first of our monarchs he huld hym maister of Brut, that he schuld value of such researches. We shall accordingly who saw the advantage of maintaining ships for do hym to understonde how and what maner enrich many of our ensuing Gazettes from this the purposes of war, distinct from the mer- hit schold be falle of hym; and he told hym prolific source; and still leave it with but chants' vessels.” wittliche that he schold be take with inne a slight justice done to its treasures. We pass, gratia exempli, to Letter VIII. from bref tyme; and the takyng schold be twene These letters, independently of their histo- "The Mayor and Burgesses of Cairleon Kayrmerthen and Gower; and the takyng rical worth, are curious as philological speci- to those of Monmouth, upon the defeat of a schold be under a black baner: knowelichyd mens: we have here the English language part of Owen Glyndowr's Army by the Lord of that thys blake baner scholde dessese hym, from the era of Henry IV. to our own times Carew. and nozt that he schold be take undir hym. (1795); and where the correspondence happens (MS. Cotton. Mus. Brit. Cleop. F. III. fol. 116. Orig.) No more con [can] we say to yow at thys to be scanty, the editor has happily improved "This letter is curious on two accounts. It tyme, bote buth [be] glad and mery, and drede his design by the introduction of contemporary acquaints us with the defeat of a portion of yow nozt for we hopethe to God that ze have memoirs, which are next in point of authen- Glyndowr's forces by the baron of Carewe; a no nede. And we do yow to understonde that ticity and interest to private communications. fact unknown to our historians; and it details al thys tydyngs buth sothe with oute doute. Among these, indeed, are several remarkable a conference between Owen Glyndowr and one Per LE MAIRE & LES BURGEIS pieces, and we may indicate from their notice Hopkin ap Thomas, whom he held to be 'masde KAIRLYON. in the preface, Giovanni Michele's Report ter of Brut,' as to what should be his fate here- When Sir Edmund Mortimer announced to to the Doge and Senate of Venice upon his after. Master of Brut means skilled in the his tenantry his coalition with Glyndowr (it is Return from England in 1557,' the Official prophecies of Merlin, whose vaticinations form a in French), he sets out very curiously by exAccount of the last Moments of the Queen of part of the Brut of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Scots, Sir Gilbert Talbot's Narrative of the Henry the Fourth and Glyndowr were both • Some of the letters of this period are a singular mixVenetian Offer of Assistance to King Charles worked upon by ancient predictions; and each, geston, Archdeacon of Hereford, to Henry IV. It begins ture of French and English; for instance, Richard Kynthe First, or Father Huddleston's Account it is probable, sought the type of the other in Notre tresredoute et soverein Seigneur le Roy, je me (hitherto concealed though printed) of the those numerous prophecies which our ances-recomande humblement a votre hautesse come votre petite Catholic Death-bed of King Charles the Se-tors, in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fif-creature et continuel oratour." And ends, "Eser. en haste teenth centuries, were so fond of considering a Herford le viije, jour de Juyll. Votre petite creature RICHARD KYNGESTON as in a state of progressive accomplishment. By the parties who met at the house of the archdeacon of Bangor, Henry the Fourth was quoted as the moldewarpe accursed of God;

cond.'

Mr. Ellis expresses some fear lest he should be" censured for spreading his comments more diffusely in this, than upon the Letters of the former Series." But he need be under no such

grant haste "A

Ercedeakne de Herford." And the P. S. is right down English, as a man in earnest

might drop his best for his natural style." And for Godes love, my lyge Lord, think ith on zour self and zoure astat, or bemy (by my) trowthe all is lost elles; but and ze come

pressing a doubt, whether Richard II. is dead
or alive.

"Treschiers et bien amez vous salue mielx souvent, et vous face a entendre que Oweyn Glyndor ad moeue une querelle la quelle est tielle, qe si le Roy Richard soit en vie de luy restorer a sa coronne, it sinoun qe mon honore Neuewe q'est droit heir al dit coronne serroit Roy d'Engleterre, et qe le dit Oweyn avoreit son droit en Gales."*

In this letter, Mortimer, "when speaking of the division of the kingdom, he makes no mention of the share which was to fall to the Per

the Fourth's own warfare against Glyndowr
"Previous to the revolt of the Percies, Henry
was remarkably unsuccessful; so much so, that
his failure was universally ascribed to the arts
of witchcraft-

lar warfare. One instance only occurs in these | Legends, and the interest of none of them is
besieging a fortress. The mischief which he must indulge in a pleasant laugh at his sum.
letters in which he used military engines when lost in the hands of our author; though we
did to Wales in the short period of fifteen mary of the first, where he gravely tells us that
years was incalculable."
she sought refuge) "was peopled." As the
beasts of prey with which it" (the forest where
the Countess Genoféva was "unharmed by the
bias of Mr. Planché is evidently towards the
good humoured in his own compositions, we
are sure he will be among the foremost to
enjoy his own hibernicism about peopling the
woods with beasts of prey.

'The King had never but tempest foule and raine,
As long as he was ay in Wales grounde:
Rockes and Mystes, Winds and Stormes, certaine
All men trowed Witches it made that stounde.'

Had

The following is, however, a much more apt illustration of his talents :

"The Chapel of the Stromberg.

Old Man. They came with the torch, and they came
with the sword;

They master'd the brand of the brave old lord;
They dragg'd him down by his thin gray hair,
And stabb'd him like felons and cowards there!
When I saw him murder'd so cruelly,

I pray'd they would do the like by me!
They tore the banners that graced the hall;
They plunder'd the chapel of pyx and pall;
They fired the burgh within and without,
And hail'd the blaze with a fiendish shout.
When I saw the flames rush up so red,
I wish'd I lay with my master dead!'

By the swords of their own sons may they fall!
But for pity's sake, thou man of age!
Guide my steps to the hermitage,
Where my ladye-love and her sister fair
Pass the moments in sorrow and prayer.'

Up to that holy and lone abode;

The hill is steep, and the woods are wide
That crown and clothe it on every side.
Thou hast travell'd far, thou noble knight!
Tarry we then till morning's light.'

cies. Opinion certainly wavered at this time, The Monk of Evesham, speaking of Henry's as to Richard's positive fate; though conjec-second expedition, says, that he could never tured, it was not known. There can be no doubt that the Proclamation of Henry the vidit, nec ubi esset aliquid audivit.' The tac-. Fourth against the Inventors of false Reports, ticks, however, which suited the savage fastfind Glyndowr: 6 Ipsum vero Glyndor nec dated at Westminster, June 5th, in this very nesses of Wales were no longer either profityear, was intended to satisfy those who con-able or expedient when Henry was really to be tinued uncertain. It states that rumours had been hinted to the ears of the foolish, that met by a powerful combination in the field. King Richard, his last predecessor, was still Glyndowr missed the critical moment. alive in Scotland, and that he was coming with he joined his forces to those of Sir Henry Percy the Scots to invade the realm; whereas, in at the battle of Shrewsbury, there seems ground truth, the said Richard was dead and buried: been defeated. Owen tried to repair the over-Sir Diedrich. Now a curse be upon them each and all! quod dominus Ricardus nuper Rex Angliæ, sight by introducing French auxiliaries, who to believe that Henry the Fourth must have ultimus prædecessor noster, adhuc vivit in Scotia, arrived sometime in 1405, and for a while upquodque in manu forth, ac vexillo protenso, held his cause; but, though successful, they veniet una cum Scotis in dictum regnum nos- found little to be gained by remaining in a trum, ipsum, et nos, ac ligeos nostros protinus ravaged country. They left him to drag his Old Man. 'Tis a weary way and a rugged road invasurus, cum in rei veritate præfatus RICARDUS, sit mortuus et sepultus.' Upon the omis-mainder of Glyndowr's life was distinguished sion of the Percies, we have only to observe by few exploits. He maintained his resistance war out upon his own resources. The rethat Sir Edmund Mortimer's Letter is dated without being really formidable. At one time sir Diedrich. I have ridden for days o'er burning sands, December the 14th, and that the tripartite In- he certainly struck a panic into England. From denture of Partition was not finally agreed the MS. of the Historia Aurea of John of Tinupon till toward the middle of the next year. mouth, in the Library of Corpus Christi ColThe negociation for the partition of the King-lege, Cambridge, we learn that the following dom seems to have originated with Mortimer and Glyndowr only. The battle of Shrews-wall at the end of the Monk's Choir of St. miserable hexameter was inscribed upon the bury was fought on July 21st, 1403. The Manuscript Chronicle already named, compiled by Alban's Abbey:one of the chaplains to King Henry the Fifth, gives the particulars of the final Treaty signed Glyndowr's death is usually placed in 1415. at the House of the archdeacon of Bangor more At Corwen, the next stage beyond Llangollen amply than they can be found elsewhere. The on the road to Bangor Ferry, the head of GlynSevern, the Trent, and the Mersey, were to shut in Owen's territory; while the Percies its environs abound in traditions of the most dowr is still the sign of the principal inn; and were to have not only all that was North of marvellous kind relating to him. At Rug also, Trent, but Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, a mile from Corwen, the seat of Col. SalusWarwickshire, and even NORFOLK. Sir Ed. bury, his knife and dagger are shewn, premund Mortimer (not the nephew whom he served in one sheath. Numerous, however, as speaks of in his Letter) was to content himself are the traditions relating to Glyndowr in this with the remainder. The expectation declared district, they are confined to it. In other parts in this Treaty that the contracting Parties of Wales, particularly in the south, nothing is would turn out to be the persons spoken of by Merlin, who were to divide the Greater Britain, as it is called amongst them, corroborates the story told by Hall."

In summing up the result of the correspondence in this division of his work, Mr. Ellis ably remarks

"Such are the Letters, hitherto, with one exception, unknown, which illustrate the History of Owen Glyndowr. The genius of this extraordinary chieftain has been already mentioned as adapted more to rapine than to regu

Christe Dei splendor, supplico tibi destrue Gleendor.'

the facts established by history."
either known or remembered of him beyond

Mr. Ellis's excellent work; but we can assure
The foregoing is but a scant example of
our readers that it is deserving of their utmost
attention.

Lays and Legends of the Rhine. By J. R. Planché. With Illustrations and Views from Sketches taken on the Spot. 4to. London, WHEN the first part of this, now completed, 1827. Goulding and D'Almaine. we joined ours to the general voice in choruswork appeared, with its accompanying music, ing its praise. Nor are we inclined to withhold the same tribute from it, now, as a literary production; though we have not yet seen the music which is to add a charm to the second ***Vory dear and well beloved, I greet you much, and it as a very interesting poetical volume; in make known to you that Owen Glyndowr has raised a and concluding part. At present we speak of quarrel, of which the object is, if King Richard be alive, which some of the old Rhenish stories (and to restore him to his crown, and if not, that my honoured who does not love the old Rhenish?) are very nephew, who is the right heir to the said crown, shall be King of England, and that the said Owen will assert his prettily paraphrased by Mr. Planché. right in Wales." As in the preceding part, there are eight

youre self with haste all other wolle folwin aftir. And ot (qu. note) on Fryday last Kermerdyn town is taken and brent, and the Castell zolden (yielded) be Ro. Wygmor, and the Castell Emelyn is y zoldin; and slayn of the toune of Kermerdyn mo thanne 1. persones. Writen in ryght gret haste on Sunday; and y crye zow mercy and putte me in zoure hye grace that y write so schortly; for, be my trowthe that y owe to zow, it is needfull."

In my hauberk and hood of mail,
And borne the shock of the desert bands,
And the breath of the desert gale!

Shall I shrink from the toil of a moonlight hour,
When the path leads up to my lady's bower?'

Up the hill and up the hill

The knight and the shepherd go;

Its summit is far above them still,

Though the broad Rhine looks like a thread below
But floating down through the calm night air,
Comes the vesper song of those sisters fair.

Ave Maria! Star of the Sea!

Mother and maiden, we call upon thee!
The halls are in ashes where lately we dwelt:
O'erthrown are the altars where nightly we knelt;
But e'en from the depth of this forest so lone,
The prayer of the orphan will rise to thy throne!
Ave Regina Cœlorum!

Ave Maria! shield us this night
From the fury of man, and the malice of sprite,
From the fang of the wolf, and the rage of the blast;
Shield us and save us till darkness be past,

And the light of the morning shines over the wave-
A type of the day-break shall dawn on the grave!
Ave Regina Cœlorum !'

Kneeling in the pale moonlight,
Side by side are those sisters bright,
Like the sculptured forms of angels bent
Over some marble monument.

The clank of arms!-to their feet they start !—
And Bertha is prest to her true knight's heart.

On that meeting I need not dwell;
Ye may fancy it, maidens, well!
Soon by the brave crusader's side,
Bertha of Argenfels bloom'd a bride;
But vainly they strove from vow and veil
To win the heart of their sister pale.

Loved she also that noble knight ?
Stranger, I trow thou hast guess'd aright!
But they knew not, to her dying day,
The worm that was eating her life away.
On the crest of that woody hill
Standeth a little chapel still;
You may see its walls of white

Through the green leaves gleaming bright.
There did the maiden live and die,

And there do her holy ashes lie."

allegory of the river Rhine. Mr. P.
versification of a very curious and beautiful
In another of these ballads there is a fair
says:

Frankfürt, I found the following ingenious
In a little French work lately published at
whose name is not mentioned :— Dans son
allegory, translated from some German author