93:, was published in the preceding year. Salesbury dedicated his book to Henry, earl of Pembroke; no copy is now known. He also began a Welsh-Latin dictionary, to which he gave the title âGeirva Tavod Cymraec: hoc est, Vocabularium LinguĂŚ GomeritanĂŚ,â &c., and this he intended to publish with a new edition of his grammar; but, according to Wood, the manuscript was âleft imperfect,â and came into the hands of Dr. John Davies, who refers to it as unfinished. Davies is, however, said by Wood to have largely utilised the work in the preparation of his own dictionary; but this must have been with Salesbury's consent, as Davies states in his preface (dated 31 May 1632) that Salesbury was alive at the time of the publication of his work. The manuscript was perused by
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