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 hathe bin and is called Shrowsbury. The said fiftie brethren were called, or named, by the names of Saints, or sainted, to the end the difference might be knowen betwixt them and the vulgar or comon sorte of people. And after they remained and contynued there in peace and quietnes, and had forgon all anger, which they counted a dangerous estate to remaine and contynue in, they beinge learned Brittaines named the Towne in the Brittaines langwage Ymwythige or Ymygige, which is by enterpretation to saie, we have forgon anger, or wee will no more be angrie, and so the auncient Brittaines call the Towne to this daie Ymythyge, or shire Ymythige. The Towne then beinge smallie builded, and the Walls verie sclender, and most parte unwalled, saveinge on the North side, as before I have said, by the Castell, the said late Bangorian brethren cast trenches abouts the Towne betwixt Seavron and the Towne, to keepe that the water should not waste the Ground above the Trenches, which they made abouts the Water side for savegard of the Ground, and they sett Sallie trees or Withie trees to growe all abouts the Towne, and when the said Sallies were growen bigge, and were verie manie abouts the same Towne, they afterwards called the Towne Sallopsbury or Saliopsbury, of Sallopia, or shorter Sallop, all which last names were meant and derived of the aboundaunce of Sally trees, thereaboutes growinge. This famous Towne of Sallop was formerlie repayred and augmented by kinge Malquin Gwynyth, and the said Browghwell y scydroe prince of Powys, which Broughwell brought with him to Sallop the fiftie brethren from Bangor, as aforesaid. And afterwards in the tyme of Prince Llewellin vawr, or Llewellin Magnus, and others, the Towne was repayred and augmented, but especiallie by Llewellin the greate, who was also called Llewellin Drowin Donne, who made the Westbridge over the River of Seavron, and built the worthy Tower thereon, and caused his Monument or Picture to be made and putt upon the same Tower on the Welshbridge, with his face lookinge towards Northwales, of which Countrie he was Prince; and likewiese he made a stone wall, with divers Towers thereupon, abouts the same Towne, from the Walshbridge unto the Stone gate.