class="c1">71

X.

Tywy River—Caermardyn—Monastery of Albelande

73

XI.

Of Haverford and Ros

76

XII.

Of Penbroch

82

XIII.

Of the Progress by Camros and Niwegal

91

BOOK II

I.

Of the See of Saint David’s

95

II.

Of the Journey by Cemmeis—the Monastery of St. Dogmael

102

III.

Of the River Teivi—Cardigan, and Emelyn

105

IV.

Of the Journey by Pont Stephen, the Abbey of Stratflur, Landewi Brevi, and Lhanpadarn Vawr

109

V.

Of the River Devi, and the Land of the Sons of Conan

113

VI.

Passage of traeth mawr and traeth bachan, and of nevyn, carnarvon, and bangor

115

VII.

The island of mona

118

VIII.

Passage of the river conwy in a boat, and of dinas emrys

125

IX.

Of the mountains of eryri

127

X.

Of the passage by deganwy and ruthlan, and the see of lanelwy, and of coleshulle

128

XI.

Of the passage of the river dee, and of chester

131

XII.

Of the journey by the white monastery, oswaldestree, powys, and shrewsbury

133

XIII.

Of the journey by wenloch, brumfeld, the castle of ludlow, and leominster, to hereford

137

XIV.

A description of baldwin, archbishop of canterbury

139

THE ITINERARY THROUGH WALES
BOOK I

CHAPTER I
JOURNEY THROUGH HEREFORD AND RADNOR

In the year 1188 from the incarnation of our Lord, Urban the Third [11] being the head of the apostolic see; Frederick, emperor of Germany and king of the Romans; Isaac, emperor of Constantinople; Philip, the son of Louis, reigning in France; Henry the Second in England; William in Sicily; Bela in Hungary; and Guy in Palestine: in that very year, when Saladin, prince of the Egyptians and Damascenes, by a signal victory gained possession of the kingdom of Jerusalem; Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, a venerable man, distinguished for his learning and sanctity, journeying from England for the service of the holy cross, entered Wales near the borders of Herefordshire.

The archbishop proceeded to Radnor, [12a] on Ash Wednesday (Caput Jejunii), accompanied by Ranulph de Glanville, privy counsellor and justiciary of the whole kingdom, and there met Rhys,