It is said that in 495, three generations that is to say after the departure of the Legions for the defence of Rome, Cerdic and his son, Cymric, landed upon the southern coast, and presently seized Winchester within whose broken walls they established themselves.
"England of My Heart--Spring"
Edward Hutton
The French came into contact with the old British literature in two places: in the Welsh marches in England and in the province of Brittany in France, where the population is of Cymric race and spoke, and still to some extent speaks, a Cymric dialect akin to the Welsh.
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
It was only in her subjection to Cymric superstitions that she was benighted.
"Aylwin"
Theodore Watts-Dunton