[Footnote y:  I am obliged to a learned Welsh Divine for several of the above Observations.]

A Letter written by Charles Lloyd, Esq. of Dol y fran, in Montgomeryshire, already mentioned, published in 1777, by the Revd.  N. Owen, junr.  A. M. in a pamphlet entitled, “British Remains,” strongly confirms Mr. Jones’s Narrative, and of consequence, the Truth of Madog’s Voyages.  Mr. Lloyd says, in a Letter, that he had been inform- by a Friend, that one Stedman of Breconshire, about 30 Years before the Date of his Letter, was on the Coast of America in a Dutch Bottom, and being about to land for refreshment, the Natives kept them off by Force, till at last this Stedman told his fellow Dutch Seamen that he understood what the Natives spoke.  The Dutch bade him speak to them, and they were thereupon very courteous; they supplied them with the best things they had, and told Stedman, that they came from a Country called Gwynedd, (North Wales) in Prydam, (prydain) fawr, Great Britain.[z] It is supposed by Mr. Lloyd that this place was situated between Virginia and Florida.  It is farther said by this Gentleman, that one Oliver Humphreys, a Merchant, who died, not long before the Date of this Letter, told him, that when he lived at Surinam, he spoke with an English Privateer or Pirate, who being near Florida a careening his Vessel, had learnt, as he thought the Indian Language, which his Friend said was perfect Welsh.  “My Brother, Mr. Lloyd adds, having heard this, (Mr. Jones’s Adventures) and meeting with this Jones at New York, desired him to write it, with his own Hand, in his House; and to please me and my Cousin Thomas Price (of Llanvyllin) he sent me the Original.  This Jones lived within 12 Miles of New-York, and was Contemporary with me and my Brother at Oxford.  He was of Jesus College, and called then Senior Jones, by Way of distinction.”

[Footnote z:  This must be a mistake, for this Island was not called Great Britain, at soonest, till the Accession of James the first; Or, these Welsh People were the Descendants of a New Colony from Britain, since James’s Accession.  The latter is most probable, for the Stuart Family had been on the English Throne about 40 Years, when this Oliver Humphreys died.]

The Flight of Jones this Gentlemen supposes to have taken place about the time of Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia, and that he was with the Indians about the Year 1669.[aa]

[Footnote aa:  Mr. Jones’s Narrative says 1660:  this Gentleman, says, 1669; but Mr. Jones’s is the best Authority, for his Narrative is dated March 10th 1685-6, some Years before the time that Mr. Lloyd supposes that he was among the Indians.  The other Date is either, 1675, or 1673-4.

See the Gentleman’s Magazine.  Vol. 47. p. 449.]

The Date of Mr. Lloyd’s Letter is Dolobran. 8m 14 D. 3/4.

There is also in Mr. Owen’s British Remains an Extract from Dr. Robert Plott’s Writings, in which the Doctor declares his Belief in Prince Madog’s Emigration, and Mr. Jones’s Narrative.