| May 1st. went in the Evening to Bodelwyn with the Parson, Cousin Henry Hughes of lLangoed & severall others to drink Dorothy's Ale, and there I staid all Night, it cost me 2s. |
| May 2d. A Very Cold day the Wind W.N.W. nothing else remarkeable but that I tapped a Barrell of Ale this Day. |
| May 3d. The Wind N.W. and very cold, a great hoar frost this Morning. a very poor Markett to day at lLanfechell. spent 6 pence this Evening for Ale. |
| 4th. The Wind N.W. & very cold, was this day at Pont y Gist to see old [Pocced bron sw] [unfortunately can't get a x-ref on this name from Pont y Gist on Internet sw] who is now past 80, he followed his dayly labour all along till last Michaelmas he was taken ill of an Ague & fever which was like to carry him off, but has so disabled him, that he has never recovered his strength to labour, brought a penny worth of Tobbacco at Dry[? sw] of Elsbeth uch Rŷs. |
| 5th. The Wind still W.N.W. very cold & cloudy, cleared up about 11. was pretty fair and warm in the Evening. the parson preached on Titus 2. ver. 11.&12. went after [eve sw]ning prayer to drink Margarett Sion's ale (the poor Widdow of Richard ap Wm. Pugh Prytherch the Miller) I did not intend to stay no further than my 6d. but I stayed there all night & it cost me 18d. – |
6th. ∣❍ 8∣ [this is written vertically in the margin between '6th.' and '7th.' sw] Very cold in the Morning & the Wind W. it turned to S. in the Evening and was warm and Sultry, to day ∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎∎ |
| 7th. The Wind full South & very warm and fine Morning, a great dew fell last night, to day I harrow the long [buts sw] in Cae Tŷ'n y lLwyn that were plowed a week ago, I would not harrow it then for fear of wett cold weather. spent 3d. for ale. |
| 8th. The Wind due N. but still and warm, cloudy all the Morning it rained abt. 9, to day I set out to Beaumares to attend the County Election which begins too-morrow, about 12 in ye forenoon it beg[u sw]n to rain again, & I had rain all ye way till I came to Maenaddwyn, I was sufficiently tired and wett by the time I came to Beaumares, Upon Red Wharf sands I mett John Davies of lLandyfrydog, alias (y gwrndid) who is one of the 24 Capitall Burgessess of Beaumares, [? sw] [Nesta Evans has 'who' here sw] gave me an account that he |