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   Gethin Evans December 29, 2014 at 6:56 am #

   City & State
   Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion
   Read your article with considerable interest, thank you for it. Might I make a few comments — the Morgan Floyd, to which you refer, and I am sure you rely on Levick, was actually called Morgan Llwyd, and was a priest at Wrexham and a keen supporter of the Parliamentarian cause. He wrote in both Welsh and English and his Welsh contributions are considered an important elemnt in the development of Welsh literature — his classic wascalled Llyfr y Tri Aderyn [Book of thr Three Birds]. He admired the Quakers and wrote as such to his mother, and indeed some of his phrasing reflects Quaker inclinations. I very much doubt the contention that Wales was ever alive with Quakers but they did establish themslves in certain localities. They were I am sure, as in England in the main from the yeoman class, such that the body of people living in Wales were never touched by the Quaker message and they adhered to the old mother church as Anglicans. The Second CivilWar was by some called the Welsh revolt and showed allegiance by the majority in Wales to the monarchial cause, whilst most Quakers would have had Parliamentarian leanings — as you say more accepting of freedom of thought. Levick, being of his time, over‐romanticises — I doubt whether we have ‘congenially disposed to piety’ if so, no more than anyone else!

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     Jack Schick January 11, 2015 at 6:19 pm #

     City & State
     Quakertown, PA
     Thank you for reading my article. My knowledge of those places and times is obviously not as extensive as yours. I hope it did not ruin the reading experience for you.

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