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Title: Owen Glyndwr and the last struggle for Welsh independence, with a brief sketch of Welsh history;
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Bradley, A. G. (Arthur Granville), 1850-1943
Subjects: Glendower, Owen, ca. 1354-1416
Publisher: New York, Putnam
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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eep into thehills, while to the eastward, where the twin peaks ofthe Arans fill the sky, spread those miles of foliagethrough which the crystal streams of the Wnioncome burrowing and tumbling seawards. Natureshowed even a wilder aspect to Glyndwr and thethen lord of Nannau as they took their memorablewalk together upon these same heights five centuriesago. At that time there stood in the meadows beneath,near the confluence of the Wnion and the Mawd-dach, the noble abbey of Cymmer, whose remainsare still a conspicuous object in the landscape.Howel Sele was by no means an admirer or followerof his cousin Owen, and if latterly he had not daredopenly to oppose him, he had at least held back; hisrelationship to the chief alone saving him, no doubt,from the punishment meted out to others who wereless prudent, or less faint-hearted. The worthy abbotof Cymmer, however, for some motive of his own,or perhaps in a genuine spirit of Christianity, en-deavoured to promote a better understanding be-
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1402J The King and Hotspur 167 tween the relatives, and so far succeeded that Owenconsented to come and visit Howel in peacefulfashion, bringing with him only a few attendants. The meeting took place and an amicable under-standing seemed assured. During the course of theday the two men, so runs the tale, went for a strollin the park, Howel, at any rate, carrying his bow.He was celebrated for his prowess as a marksman,and Owen, catching sight of a buck through thetrees, suggested that his cousin should give him anexhibition of his skill. Howel, falling in apparentlywith the proposal, bent his bow, and having feignedfor a moment to take aim at the deer swung sud-denly round and discharged the arrow full at Owensbreast. The latter, either from singular forethoughtor by great good luck, happened to have a shirt ofmail beneath his tunic, and the shaft fell harmlesslyto the ground. The fate of Howel was swift andterrible. Accounts differ somewhat, but they allagree in the essential fact tha

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