The Description of Wales
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1. Front matter2. FIRST PREFACE TO STEPHEN LANGTON, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY3. SECOND PREFACE TO THE SAME4. CHAPTER I OF THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF WALES, THE NATURE OF ITS SOIL, AND THE THREE REMAINING TRIBES OF BRITONS5. CHAPTER II OF THE ANCIENT DIVISION OF WALES INTO THREE PARTS6. CHAPTER III GENEALOGY OF THE PRINCES OF WALES7. CHAPTER IV HOW MANY CANTREDS, ROYAL PALACES, AND CATHEDRALS THERE ARE IN WALES8. CHAPTER V OF THE TWO MOUNTAINS FROM WHICH THE NOBLE RIVERS WHICH DIVIDE WALES SPRING9. CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE PLEASANTNESS AND FERTILITY OF WALES10. CHAPTER VII ORIGIN OF THE NAMES CAMBRIA AND WALES11. CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING THE NATURE, MANNERS, AND DRESS, THE BOLDNESS, AGILITY, AND COURAGE, OF THIS NATION12. CHAPTER IX OF THEIR SOBER SUPPER AND FRUGALITY13. CHAPTER X OF THEIR HOSPITALITY AND LIBERALITY14. CHAPTER XI CONCERNING THEIR CUTTING OF THEIR HAIR, THEIR CARE OF THEIR TEETH, AND SHAVING OF THEIR BEARD15. CHAPTER XII OF THEIR QUICKNESS AND SHARPNESS OF UNDERSTANDING16. CHAPTER XIII OF THEIR SYMPHONIES AND SONGS17. CHAPTER XIV THEIR WIT AND PLEASANTRY18. CHAPTER XV THEIR BOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN SPEAKING19. CHAPTER XVI CONCERNING THE SOOTHSAYERS OF THIS NATION, AND PERSONS AS IT WERE POSSESSED20. CHAPTER XVII THEIR LOVE OF HIGH BIRTH AND ANCIENT GENEALOGY21. CHAPTER XVIII OF THE ANTIQUITY OF THEIR FAITH, THEIR LOVE OF CHRISTIANITY AND DEVOTION22. BOOK II23. CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY AND INSTABILITY OF THIS NATION, AND THEIR WANT OF REVERENCE FOR GOOD FAITH AND OATHS24. CHAPTER II THEIR LIVING BY PLUNDER, AND DISREGARD OF THE BONDS OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP25. CHAPTER III OF THEIR DEFICIENCY IN BATTLE, AND BASE AND DISHONOURABLE FLIGHT26. CHAPTER IV THEIR AMBITIOUS SEIZURE OF LANDS, AND DISSENSIONS AMONG BROTHERS27. CHAPTER V THEIR GREAT EXACTION, AND WANT OF MODERATION28. CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE CRIME OF INCEST, AND THE ABUSE OF CHURCHES BY SUCCESSION AND PARTICIPATION29. CHAPTER VII OF THEIR SINS, AND THE CONSEQUENT LOSS OF BRITAIN AND OF TROY30. CHAPTER VIII IN WHAT MANNER THIS NATION IS TO BE OVERCOME31. CHAPTER IX IN WHAT MANNER WALES, WHEN CONQUERED, SHOULD BE GOVERNED32. CHAPTER X IN WHAT MANNER THIS NATION MAY RESIST AND REVOLT33. FOOTNOTES