Two Welsh Classics: A Book of Three Birds and The Sleeping Bard

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Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659), the nephew of a professional soldier and magician, was a Roundhead, a millenialist, a chaplain in the army of Oliver Cromwell, and later a civil servant of the commonwealth in Wales.  Ellis Wynne (1671-1734) was an Anglican minister, a translator and poet, and one of the most outstanding satirists of his time. Their two remarkable classics of the Welsh language, combining religious allegory, social commentary, and a deep concern with the people and culture of Wales during an age of enormous political upheaval, are presented in modern translations by T. Gwynn Jones and Rob Mimpriss, and accomponied by introductions reflecting on their significance and relevance today.