Siôn Phylip (1543–1620) was a

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poet from the

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. In 1568, Sion was ordained as a master poet at the second

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. One of his works was en elegy composed for the poet

Morus Dwyfech Morus Dwyfach (fl. c. 1523–1590) – otherwise, Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion – was a Welsh-language poet. He was domestic bard to the Griffith family at Cefnamlwch on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserv ...

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