Note 37 — LLANGOLLEN VALE, INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY ELEANOR BUTLER, AND MISS PONSONBY.
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l. 1. Dubious omens—According to the records of Lewis Owen, the year 1349 was distinguished by the first appearance of the pestilence in Wales, and by the birth of Owen Glendour. Hollingshed relates the marvellous tale of his father’s horses, being found that night in their stables, standing up to the middle in blood. The Bard, Iolo Goch, mentions a comet, which marked the great deeds of Glendour, when he was in the meridian of his glory.—See Mr Pennant’s Tour.