Tomos Prys

thumb| Tomos Prys (c. 1564 – 23 August 1634) was a Welsh soldier, sailor, privateer and poet. A number of his poems, written in a mixture of Welsh and English, are extant in manuscript. Quotes Be meeri I see a saelgif sias er a gefais iowt topsaelyw lowt tipsigif way ar y gauafwyntkynill agynilly gwynt. 'Be merry, I see a sail.Give chase, for all I've got!Out topsail, you lout tipsy!Give way!' In the winter stormWe mustered and mastered the wind. A Poem to show the Trouble that befell him when he was at Sea (Cywydd i ddangos yr hildring a fu i ŵr pan oedd ar y môr), trans. Gwyn Williams Variant reading quoted by David Fraser, The Adventurers (1976), p. 121: Bi Miri! I see a saylGif sias, er a gefais i!Owt topsail, yw lowt tipsyGif way, er y gauaf wynt. Before I will, pill or partBuy a ship, I'll be a sheaphart! Before I will pillage or partBuy a ship, I'll be a shepherd. A Poem to show the Trouble that befell him when he was at Sea (Cywydd i ddangos yr hildring a fu i ŵr pan oedd ar y môr), trans. Gwyn Williams External links Gwyn Williams, Presenting Welsh Poetry: An Anthology of Welsh Verse (1959), p. 41 Gwyn Williams, Welsh Poems: Sixth Century to 1600 (1973), p. 107 Gwyn Williams, The Burning Tree: Poems from the First Thousand Years of Welsh Verse (1979), p. 200 Category:Poets from Wales Category:Soldiers Category:1634 deaths Category:Sailors