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Huw Cadwaladr was a 17th-century Welsh poet. His works include an elegy on the death of Edward Morris, and a carol on the death of Rowland Vaughan of Caer Gai. [1]
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Huw Cadwaladr was a 17th-century Welsh poet. His works include an elegy on the death of Edward Morris, and a carol on the death of Rowland Vaughan of Caer Gai. [1]
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