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dabamus tumiilo, ut pelago prodibant. Ex Anglia,
Normania, et Belgio profugos civitate donavimus ;
atque hi in unum nobiscum populum coierunt.
Abs extremis Carnabiis trans Bodotriae Glottaeque
aestuaria ad usque Northumbrios imperium protu-
Hmus. Quid patriae possit amor, sanaeque studium
libertatis, demonstravit eques noster, praestantissi-
mus Vallas ; quid mens invicta maUs, rex Brussius.
Tot alma tandem regum progenies, Jacobus Sex-
tus, suscepit Britanniae totius, atque Hiberniae,
insularumque adjacentimn gestandum dextra scep-
trum ; hodieque gestat sanguis Caledonius,
Juraque dat populis, quaqua sol aureus orbem
Respicit.
Invictas quid gentes traduxit Roma, omnium ip-
sa bellua immanissima, quae vel ab uberibus fota
fuerat sanguine, creverat in immensum cruore sa-
tiata, tot proculcarat populos pede cruentato, toties
in se suaque saevierat viscera ? Haec tamen tiir-
bulentissimis enixa est temporibus M. T. Cicero-
nem, cujus animum non capiebant orbis angustiae ;

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Phingalēis, sive Hibernia liberata
Description"Epicum Ossianis poema e Celtico sermone ... ab Alexandro Macdonald". Scottish Gaelic poetry translated into Latin.
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.