Tomos Prys

Welsh soldier, sailor and poet

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

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  • Be meeri I see a sael
    gif sias er a gefais i
    owt topsaelyw lowt tipsi
    gif way ar y gauafwynt
    kynill 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 storm
      We 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 sayl
      Gif sias, er a gefais i!
      Owt topsail, yw lowt tipsy
      Gif way, er y gauaf wynt.
  • Before I will, pill or part
    Buy a ship, I'll be a sheaphart!
    • Before I will pillage or part
      Buy 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
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