nag o'r holl wirionedd a wnaethost a'th was; oblegid â'm ffon y daethum dros y FENAI hon, ond yn awr yr ydwyf yn ddwy fintai." A diau mai fy ffon a minnau oedd yr holl dylwyth oedd gennyf pan ddaethum dros Fenai o Fon; ond yn awr mae gennyf gryn deulu a roes Duw imi mewn gwlad ddieithr. Bendigedig a fyddo ei Enw ef!
If I were ever so sanguine, I could hardly hope that the Lord Bishop of Landaff would find me anything so soon as I should want it, which must be probably about Lady-day next; and, consequently, I should not be so indolent as to leave myself unprovided in case of necessity. To use one's own endeavours is not at all inconsistent with a firm reliance on Providence.
I should be very glad to hear of a curacy in any county of North Wales, excepting Anglesey and Denbighshire. The first I except for the reason above mentioned; and the other, because I know the inhabitants of it too well. Pobl gignoethaidd, atgas ydynt. "Ffei arnynt," as my wife is used to say in her Shropshire dialect. I beg you would be so good as to get some intelligence whether that curacy in Lancashire, where young Owen of Aberffraw was to have gone, may now be had; and if so, whether it is worth the striving for. I have no objections to that country any more than to this, and I am now a pretty old priest; and anyone that would serve turn in Shropshire, especially in this part of it, might almost suit any other country in England, London only excepted. As I am in favour with Mr
Lee, nid anhawdd fyddai iddo ef ddal i mi grothe
