as the chiefest part to his eldest son Humphry Llwyd in his Breviary of
Britain, and Jo. Leyland in his notes upon his book intituled Genethli∣acon
Edvardi principis, and the book of Hergest written in the dayes of
Ed. 4. averre, that Roderic gave Northwales to his eldest son, adding
withall, that Cadelh (who had Southwales) was the third son. Cyndhelw
brydydd mawr, that is, Cyndhelw the great p••et, who flourished in the
daies of Henry the second King of England, writeth thus:
I Rodri mawr vawr vilwriaeth Gymro
I rai Gymru h••laeth
A Gwynedh nwn gynnydh a••th
I vab hynaf y pennaeth.
Caradocus Lancarvanensis forementioned, who wrot in the dayes of
Henry the
first testifies in some copies of his
Annals, that
Roderic had
by his wife
Angharad diverse sons, as
Anarawd his eldest son, to whom
he gave
Aberffraw with
Northwales. Our
old books of pedigrees written
on parchment above 400 years ago, do attribute the seniority of birth
to
Anarawd the son of
Roderic the
great, and not to
Cadelh. To con∣clude,
Asser Menevensis, Bishop of St.
Davids, who flourished even in
the dayes of the sons of
Roderic, saith in the acts of King
Alfred, that
Anaraut filius Rotri cum suis fratribus ad postremum amicitiam Northan∣hymbrorum
d••serens, de qua nullum bonum nisi damnum habuerat, amici∣tiam
Alfredi regis studiose requirens, ad praesentiam illius aavenit, cum{que}
à rege houorificè receptus esset, & ad manum Episcopi in filium consirma∣ti••nis
acceptus maximisque donis ditatus, regis dominio cum omnibus suis
cadem conditione subdidit, ut in omnibus regiae voluntati sic obediens esset,
sicut Ethered cum Mercis. Here your countryman gives our
Anarawd
a
superiority over his brethren, esteeming them no otherwise then his
inferiors and subjects, as plainly it appears, when he saith, that King
Alfred (of all the brethren) honoured, enriched with great gifts, and
entred into league with
Anarawd only. This testimony with the rest
is sufficient to prove, that
Anarawd Prince of
Northwales was the el∣dest
son of
Roderic the
great, and therefore soveraign King of the
Bri∣tains,
which
Merdhin Silvester 300 years before
Anarawds birth fore∣told,
to wit, that he should be
supreme prince of the
Britains after his
father
Roderic. Now time calleth me to come to my last argument,