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'The Sleeping Bard; Or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell' is a novel written by Ellis Wynne. It was an adaptation of Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of the Spanish satirist Francisco de Quevedo's Sueños, giving savage pictures of contemporary evils, and is seen as a Welsh-language classic. It is generally said that no better model exists of "pure", idiomatic Welsh, as yet uninfluenced by English style and method.
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ELLIS WYNNE was born in 1671 at Glasynys, nearHarlech; his father, Edward Wynne, came of the familyof Glyn Cywarch (mentioned in the second Vision), hismother, whose name is not known, was heiress ofGlasynys. It will be seen from the accompanying tablethat he was descended from some of the best families inhis native county, and through Osborn Wyddel, from theDesmonds of Ireland. His birth-place, which still stands, and is shown in the frontispiece hereto, is situate abouta mile and a half from the town of Harlech, in thebeautiful Vale of Ardudwy
