Iolo manuscripts. A selection of ancient Welsh manuscripts
THE PRINCIPAL TERRITORIES OF BRITAIN before the Saxon Invasion
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1. Gwent; — from the river Usk to Gloucester bridge.
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2. Morganwg ; — from the river Usk to Ystrad Tawy.
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3. Rheged; — from Ystrad Tawy to Ystrad Tywy.
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4. Dyved ; — from Ystrad Tywy to Glyn Teivi.
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5. Ceredigion; — from Ystrad Teivi to the sea, and onwards,
including Dyvi and Cantrev Ordovices. ;
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6. Gwynedd; — from Cantrev Orddwyv to Menai, including
also, Aerven and Teyrnllwg (Vale Royal of Chester).
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7. Teyrnllwg ; — from Aerven to Argoed Derwennydd (Derwent wood).
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8. Deiri and Bernicia ; — from Argoed Derwennydd to the river
Trent.
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9. Argoed Calclivynydd ; — between the river Trent and the
river Thames that is, the river of London.
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10. Fferyllwg; — between the rivers Wye and Severn.
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11. Powis; — between Aerven, the extremity of Teyrnllwg, the
borders of Fferyllwg, and Oantrev Orddwyv.
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12. Brycheiniog ; — from the sources of the Wye to the source
of the Usk, and thence on to the extremities of Fferyllwg.
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13. Caint ; — from the river Thames and Môr Tawch (German Ocean) to the confines
of Arllechwedd Galedin.
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14. Arllechwedd Galedin ; — from the last territory to the extremities of Dyvnaint (Devon), Gwlad (Somersetshire) yr Hav, and Argoed Calchvynydd.
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15. Dyvnaint and Cerniw (Devon & Conwall) ; — from Arllechwedd Galedin and the
intermediate seas, to the British Channel.
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16. Gwlad yr Hav; — from the river Goreivion 6 along the extre-
mity of the territory of Calchvynydd, the river 7 Fferyllwg and
Gwent, to Môr Essyllwg, called the Severn Sea, and the confines
of Dyvnaint and Cerniw.
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