Letter about Edward Lhuyd

Oliver Pender 1711

Letter to Gwavas

Original

Rag na algia ev clappia na screffa Curnoack peccara why. Thera moy Gembrack peath rig ea gweele.

SWF

Rag na alja ev klappya na skrifa Kernowek pekar ha hwi. Yth era moy Kembrek peth wrug e' gwul.

Translation

For he could neither talk nor write Cornish like you. It was more Welsh, what he did.

Links

• Modern Cornish http://moderncornish.net/late-texts/Pender-Oliver-lettertogwavas.html

References

• • The Cornish Language and Its Literature, Peter Berresford Ellis, 1974. p104