Crossword-Solution: PHEN 4 letters, 31 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

She was sister of Sir Philip, countess of Pembroke, ‘Sidney’s sister, Pembroke’s mother.’ There is no allusion to Sir Philip in the dedication, and therefore we may infer that it was penned before the battle of Zut-phen.

MAE gen i gariad glân, glân, Gwrid coch a dannedd mân; Ei dwy ael fel ede sidan, Gwallt ei phen fel gwiail arian.

DACW mam yn dwad Wrth y garreg wen, Menyn yn ’i ffedog, A blawd ar ’i phen; Mae’r fuwch yn y beudy Yn brefu am y llo, A’r llo yr ochr arall Yn chware banjo.

MAE’N dda gen i ddefaid, mae’n dda gen i ŵyn, Mae’n dda gen i feinwen a phant yn ei thrwyn; A thipyn bach bach o ol y frech wen, Yn gwisgo het befar ar ochr ei phen.

His father, commonly known as Phen-den-Klang, first or supreme king of Siam, had just died, leaving this prince, Chowfa Mongkut, at the age of twenty, lawful heir to the crown; for he was the eldest son of the acknowledged queen, and therefore by courtesy and honored custom, if not by absolute right, the legitimate successor to the throne of the P'hra-batts.