This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION. It may not be uninteresting to the English reader to learn something respecting those in Wales, who have been the most eminent in promoting true religion in that country, since the glorious times of the reformation from Popery. Even their very names are not much known in England. Some short account of them may be suitably introduced before the memoir of a man, who in many respects was the most illustrious of them. To this brief account is added a biographical table, exhibiting the time in which they lived, and their different ages. The most eminent of these men may justly be deemed to be the following;--1. William Salesbury, Esq. This illustrious individual was born at Plasisav, near Llanrhwst, Denbighshire, about the beginning B 2 WILLIAM SALESBURY, ESQ. of the sixteenth century. He was brought up at Oxford: and having finished his studies there, he went up to London and, entered at one of the Inns of court. He did not continue long in London, but returned to his native country. His residence is said to have been Cae-du, Llansannan, Denbighshire. He possessed a particular talent for learning languages, and this he cultivated to a considerable extent; so that he became pretty familiar with no less than nine languages, besides English and Welsh. He published several books in his own native tongue. The following have been ascribed to him: --1. English and Welsh Dictionary, in the year 1547. 2. Calendar of Months and Days-3. The Overthrow of the Pope's high altar 1550. 4. Easy and Plain Guide to the Welsh lan guage...... 1550. 5. Translation of the Epistles and Gospels 1551. 6. Rhetoric, or Exemplifier of Eloquence 7. Translation of the New Testament-1567. This was to commence a new era in his native country. There were before..