Among other ceremonies performed in the preparations for knighthood, the candidate went into a bath, which was symbolical of the purity of the soul. He was then placed in a bed, which signified the rest he was hereafter to enjoy in Paradise; and when he had slept, the Neophyte was clothed in a shirt, which white dress betokened the purity of his new character.—See Miles’s History of Chivalry.
“The lady looked—and died.”
“The lady looked—and died.”
According to poetical justice she certainly should have died. But the lady recovered, and her good natured lord not only forgave her this slip, but many others of a similar nature, and for herearthly virtueshad her proclaimed aheavenly saint, after she had paid the debt of nature.
Aber, the ‘Bulkely Arms,’ at,360; scenery near,360,367.
Aber Glas Llynn, bridge at,237.
Abernodwydd, brook of,114.
Actor, adventures related by an,34.
Alphabet, Welsh, power of some letters of the,5.
Appendix,385.
Ardudwy, pass of,187.
Arran Fowddwy mountain,150.
Arrenig Vawr, hill of,156,187.
Bala, scenery near,145; inn at,151,157; Llyn Tegid,155,159; the town of,159; Tommen-y-Bala,ib.
Bardsey Island, bards of,186.
Barmouth, the ‘Commercial Inn’ at,81; town of,183.
Beddgelert, the ‘Goat Inn’ at,240; the grave of Llewellyn’s hound, Gelert,241.
Bettwys-y-Coed, iron bridge near,293.
Birmingham, halt at,21.
Butler, Lady Elinor, and Miss Ponsonby, their residence described,97.
Bwlch Tyddiad, romantic scenery of,207.
Cader Idris, altitude of,171; traditions of,172; views of,179,209.
Caernarvonshire chain of hills described,185,210.
Capel Curig, chapel, etc. at,286,291.
Car, jaunting, in Wales,163.
Cardigan Bay, scenery and rivers of,219,233.
Carreg-y-Saeth,191; its summit visited,209.
Celylin Point and Bay,181.
Chirk and the Ceriog river,57.
— castle,68.
Closs, John, story of and monument to,282.
Conway, the ‘Castle Inn’ at,324; venerable buildings at,325; description of the castle,326; old customs at,331; muscle pearl fishery,333; ford at Dynas Gonway,334.
— river, scenery of the,293,310,323,331.
Corwen, ‘the Welsh Harp’ and ‘Owen Glyndwr’ inns,138; church and monuments,139; new road,161.
Crafnant, the residence of Mr. Owen,190.
Cricaeth Castle and Promontory,218.
Cwym Bychan, Llyn-y,191; traditional story,192.
Dale, Ann,124.
Dee, vale of the,86,96,121,129; the river described,150.
Dinas Bran Castle, Llangollen,114.
— Gorten,seeGorten.
Dolbadarn Castle, and Llyns Peris and Padarn,262.
— legend of,264,279.
Dolgelly, vale of,165,171,173; town of,173; best inns at,175.
Doluwcheogryd, the residence of Roland Williams Esq.179.
Dolwyddelan castle,287.
Drwstynrnt vale,164, inn of,ib.
Dunchurch, the inn at,20.
Dwyryd, valley of the river,230.
Edeyrnion, vale of,149.
Edward I. his wars in Wales, and strongholds built by,215,218,328.
Einion, gallantry of Dafydd-ap Ivan-ap,215.
— Howel-ap-,109,112.
Eliseg, pillar of,128.
Ellesmere canal, and aqueduct at Chirk,58.
Elphin, the Consolation of, a poem, by Taliesin,323.
Evans, Hugh, story of,166.
Festiniog, inns of the village of,231.
Fron Fawr, the mountain of,126.
Geirionydd, Llyn, antiquities at,322.
Giant’s Nightcap, tradition of the stone so named,262.
Giraldus, Topography of Wales,288.
Glan Mawddach, loch at,180.
Gloddarth, the mansion of Lady Mostyn Champneys,334.
Glossary, Welsh,6.
Glyndwr, Owen, his manorial possessions,129: War Tramp of,131; traditions of,134,174,178; warfare of,215.
Gôch Owen, his imprisonment,263; tomb of Griffith Gôch,293; Howel Coetmore,319.
Gorten Dinas, encampment on,186; traditions relative to,187.
Griffith, Mary, or ‘the Deserted,’59.
Gwarine, Fitz, or the family of Warrenne,51.
Gwrydd, public-house at,251; romantic scenery at,252.
Gwydir castle, estate of Willoughby d’Eresby,308.
— chapel, built by the Wynne family,315.
Gwynant Llyn, and Llyn Dinas described,247,248.
Gwynedd, Prince Owain,290.
Harlech Castle,214; description of,215; besieged by the parliament forces,192,207; the ‘Blue Lion’283; beauty of the scenery near,218.
Herbert, Sir Richard,216.
Hill, Lord, pillar to,28.
Howel Coetmore,319.
— Voel, ode by,263.
— ap-Eynion,109,112.
Idris,seeCader Idris.
—, and Dyn Ddu, giant brethren, the legend of,256.
Idwal, Llyn, and cleft of Twll Du,290.
Jones’s Edward, ‘Bardic Museum,’171.
— Rev. Mr. his escape at Penmaen Mawr,358.
Jorweth, Llewellyn-ap-, tomb of,319,325.
Llyn Tegai parish,291.
Llanberis church and tombs,253,280,281.
Llanderfell, view from the bridge of,150.
Llandrillo, village of,148.
Llandysilio Hall,132.
Llangollen, vale of,88; ‘Aqueduct Tavern’ near,87; inns at,93; female club at,101.
Llanthyn, the estate of Sir W. W. Wynne,164.
Llanrwst, ‘Three Eagles’ inn at,310; plays at the Town Hall,311; town of, described,310,321.
Llewellyn, Prince of Wales,263,361.
— and the captive knight,362.
Lloyd, Griffith, the rector of Llanrwst,321.
Llugwy river,291.
Madoc, port, slate exported from,232.
Madock, William Alexander, Esq.232; his mansion, Tan-y-allt,232,235.
— Miss, mansion of,177.
Maentwrog, village of,218,219; the shoemaker of,220; the ‘Oakley arms’ at,221; the Maentwrog inn at,230.
Mallow, Mick, story of,102.
Mawddach, river,173,178; embouchure of,183.
Menai strait, the,361,368.
Merionethshire mountains,230,235.
Minstrel Fay, the ‘My Fawny Vychan,’108.
Moel Siabod, view from,247,286.
Mortimer, Roger, Earl of Wigmore,70.
Mostyn Hall, the mansion of the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn,185,188.
Myttwn, General, besieges the castle of Harlech,192,200.
Nannau park,171,178.
Ogo-ap-Shenkin, cave of,295; adventure of Jordan-ap-Jordan at,305.
Ogwen, Llyn, and falls of Benclog,287.
Orme’s Head, the Great, the promontory described,335.
Owain, William, account of,201,217.
Pedestrians, fashionable, in Wales,32.
Pembroke, William Herbert, earl of,215.
Penmaen Bach, promontory of,353.
Penmaen Mawr, precipice of,277; the pass, and modern road,353; fearful accidents at,358; ancient British camp near,359.
Penrhyn Castle, and Port Penrhyn, described,368.
Peveril family, the,51.
Phrenologist, adventure of a,344,351.
Pistyl-y-Cain, and falls of the river Mawddach,178.
— Rhaidadr, waterfalls of,69;seeRhaiadr.
Pont-y-Pair, bridge of the cauldron,294.
Powell’s History of North Wales,288.
Price, Mr. his estate and mansion of Rhewlas,151,155,158,160, his plantations,161.
Pwllhely, town of,186.
Rhaiadr-y-Wennot, or Spout of the Swallow,292.
Rhaiadr-y-Parc Mawr, time to view the fall of,322.
Rhaiadr Du, cataract of,177,231.
Scott, Sir Walter, note to his Marmion,179; quotation from,352.
Severn, river, Mountford bridge, etc.31.
Shrewsbury, and vicinity of the town,29.
Smuggler’s daughter, the,335,343.
Snowdon and Snowdonia,172,286,172,240,251,360,286;seeAppendix.
Songs, etc.:—The Lament,66; the Rose of Llangollen,90; the Minstrel’s Knell,115; Lines at Valle Crucis,123; Farewell to fair Rewlas,162; Farewell Hugh, handsome Hugh,170; Witch of Cwm Bychan,194,196; dialogue, the Traveller,227; Lines written at Aber Glas Llyn,237; Llyn Gwynant,249; Poem of Llewellyn and the Captive Knight,362.
Stag, the enchanted, a legend,71.
Stage-coach, society of a,15.