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HISTORY OF THE
Neamh. Tabhair dhuinn a
nnigh ar nar an laitheamhuil,
Agas maith dhuinn ar bhfia-
cha, amhuil mhathinhuid dar
bhfeicheamhnuibh, Agas na
leig ambuaidhreadh sinn, achd
saor sinn 6 olc : Oir is leatsa
an rioghachd, an cumhachd,
agus an gloir gu sioraidh.
Amen.
agus mail' duinn ar B'fiacha
mar mait'midne dar B'feit'-
eam'nuibh fein . Agus na leig
sinn a Ccatgugad' ac'd saor
in 6 olc : Oir is leachd fein
an Riog'achd agus an cum'-
aclid agus an ghloir go sior-
ruig'e. Amen.
The reader cannot but acknowledge the identity of
these, so called, two languages ; — and what is there
in a name ? Acjain —
Scottish Gaelic, From
the Shorter Catechism.
Glasgow. 1639.
Ar Nathairne ata ar
Neamh, Go ma beannuigte
hainmsa, Gu dtig do Rio-
ghachdsa, dentar do thoilsi
air dtalmhuin mar ata air
Neamh. Tabhair dhuinn a
nuigh ar nar an laitheamhuil,
Agas maith dhuinn ar bhfia-
cha, amhuil mhathmhuid dar
bhfeicheamhnuibh, Agas na
leig ambuaidhreadh sinn, achd
saor sinn 6 olc : Oir is leatsa
an rioghachd, an cumhachd,
agus an gloir gu sioraidh.
Amen.
Manks. From Bishop Wil-
sons Works.
Ayr ain t'ayns Niau, cash-
erick dy rou Dt'ennim ; dy
jig dey Rihreaght ; d'taigney
dy rou jeant er Tallu, myr
te ayns Niau ; cur duin jiu
nyn Arran gagh laa ; as leih
duin nyn Loughtin, myr ta
shin leih dau-syn ta janu
Loughtin ny noi shin ; as ny
lihid shin ayns Miolagh ; agh
livrey shin veih Oik. Son
Hats y Rihreaght, y Phuar, as
y Ghloir, son dy Bragh as dy
Bragh. Amen.
Here is a third language, differing from the for-
mer two in nothing but orthography. We have
already remarked somewhere, that the multiplicity
of languages is the effect, in a great measure, of
writing : one commenced here, and another there,
to chronicle, by means of signs or letters, what had
formerly been known, merely orally; thus, writing