Barddas
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- "the "Barddas" of Iolo Morganwg - is a collection of writings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "about Bardic - Druidic - and Celtic - wisdom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "although the author of this work is cited as J. Williams Ab Ithel, he was actually the editor - who pieced it together from manuscripts written by Iolo Morganwg !"
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- "Morganwg spends his entire life collecting and transcribing - old documents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this is one of those visionary texts - which is worth reading for its own merits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this collection contains a great many of the rules and usages - appertaining to the Gorsedd of the Bards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Throne - of the Bards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and valuable fragments on the natural - and moral philosophy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the theology of the Bardism - the Bardic Coelbren - and a vast quantity of Triads !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "every fragment that can be made public - is truly valuable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "inasmuch as it is a moral - and sublime system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that constitutes the very foundation of the worship - legislature - and scholastic institutes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and is the living means of promoting learning and morality - among all classes of the Celtic people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there are some fragments in this collection which contain, as is very clear - to every initiated Bard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "such as those extracts about the elements - the migration of the soul !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "from the point of nothing in "Annwn" - to the point of extreme good in Heaven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "they are old dogmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it is a valuable book - not only as aid in the management of the Gorsedd of the Bards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but also, and especially - because the time is undoubtedly now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "where every fragment of the Bardism - is treasured as gold !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Morganwg, or the Glamorgan system of versification, in preference to the twenty-four new canons of poetry - which are sanctioned at the famous "Eisteddvod" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "held at Caermarthen - under the patronage of Gruffydd ab Nicholas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in reference to the Triad entitled - "Tri phrif anaw Beirdd Ynys Prydain" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "often it is not easy to understand, for example the word - "anaw" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it can signify both - an original genius - or a philosopher !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "referring to light in the Triad - there are three cognates: man - liberty - and light !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "man springs into existence - simultaneously with the resplendent appearance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of the triple form - of God's name !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "which is the first manifestation - of material light !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Bards Ieuan ab Hywel Swrdwal - Gwilym Tew - Lewys Morganwg - Meurig Davydd - Davydd Benwyn - Llywelyn Sion - Davydd Llwyd Mathew - and Edward Davydd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "have compiled a whole system - ingenious, and complex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and yet harmonious - and symmetrical !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we deny that the contents of these volumes could have been derived immediately from the metrical compositions - of the medieval poets !"
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- "there are numerous allusions, which, otherwise obscure and unintelligible - become by means !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of the light thrown upon them from Bardism - as clear as day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "as an example, Rhys Brydydd has the following lines - on "Hu the Mighty": !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "long ago Hu the Mighty was not very big - as the world had judged"
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- "the higher - inner values !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but now He is a great one - and like a lord to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "let us well believe - and our mysterious God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Light His course - and active !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "let us deal - in bounty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "the philosophical features of Bardism are - indirect - and unexpected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it is difficult to explain why - "advyd" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a term signifying - re-world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "or a beginning of the world - over again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in common use also stands for - adversity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""Rhol Cof a Chyfrif" informs us that it is originally applied to the state - of retraversing abred !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "being a punishment - for sins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "again, we find that the word - "gwydd" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "means both - wood - and knowledge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "which cannot be accounted for except on the supposition of a common origin - or that there is a mutual connection between the one and the other - from the earliest times on !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in like manner, the doctrine of eneidvaddeu alone can satisfactorily account for the double meaning of - "maddeu" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and show us how a word, which properly means to liberate - or to dismiss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "comes also to signify to forgive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the unity of the Godhead is the very soul - and centre of Bardism !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "which also strongly insists upon the co-equality - of its orders !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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