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'Tell me, man, Buchanan answered, 'giff I have tauld the treuthe? 'Yes, replied his nephew; 'sir, I think sa. 'I will byd his fead and all his kin's, then! Melville needed a stout heart for the task that lay before him in Glasgow.
His features were rude, but full of wild, strange expression; below the picture was the following couplet: "Llun Gwr yw llawn gwir Awen; Y Byd a lanwodd o'i Ben." "Did you ever hear of Twm o'r Nant?" said the old dame. "I never heard of him by word of mouth," said I; "but I know all about him I have read his life in Welsh, written by himself, and a curious life it is.
At last, methought, the young man said "There they are, the verses of the Nightingale, on his death-bed." I took the book and read aloud the following lines beautifully descriptive of the eagerness of a Christian soul to leave its perishing tabernacle, and get to Paradise and its Creator: "Myn'd i'r wyl ar redeg, I'r byd a beryi chwaneg, I Beradwys, y ber wiw deg, Yn Enw Duw yn union deg."
I would fain have excused myself, but the old gentleman insisted on my drinking. "Well," said I, taking the glass, "thank God that our gloomy forebodings are not likely to be realised. Oes y byd i'r glod Frythoneg! May Britain's glory last as long as the world!" Then, looking for a moment at the ale, which was of a dark-brown colour, I put the glass to my lips and drank.
"Thank you, sir," said my companion; "I now thoroughly understand the meaning of carn. Whenever I go to Chester, and a dressed-up madam jostles against me, I shall call her carn-butein. The Pope of Rome I shall in future term carn-lleidyr y byd, or the arch thief of the world.
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