Edmund Prys

There is a memorial to William Morgan and Edmwnd Prys in St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, where they were students.

[5] Prys composed in the strict Welsh metres, and took an active part in the bardic life of his time.

He engaged in duels of satiric verse, crossing swords with his neighbours, Thomas Price (fl.

[7] But Prys's reputation rests on his translation of the psalms into free Welsh verse, suitable for congregational singing.

A rendering of the psalms into the strict metres by Captain William Midleton had been issued in 1603,[8] and a freer translation of thirteen by Edward Kyffin had appeared in the same year.

Edmund Edmwnd was a Welsh clergyman and poet.
Memorial to William Morgan and Edmwnd Prys, St John's College Chapel, Cambridge
Memorial window in St Twrog's Church, Maentwrog . Prys is pictured on the right, with the caption Psalmist of Wales