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Dic ergo temet insipienter egisse,qui Gigantis in-
star voluisti omnibus Caledoniae agminibus expro-
bare; dic rabiem Lochlinidarum,tuorum majorum,
quos toties perfregere Phingalidae, ad seros de-
ductam nepotes,in te, advenaOrcadico, annales volu-
tante, tot saevis colubris hydrisque puUulasse ; dic
usque adeo te memorabile ahquod afFectavisse no-
men, ut non fueris dedignatus vel Herostratum imi-
tari, qui sacrilegas injecit manus facesque Ephesi-
no Dianae templo ; quique id unum suo assecutus
est auso, ut, quoties nostras subit mentes, toties im-
manissimi sceleris recordemur.
II.
OssiANis confirmata vetustate, dicam de Phinga-
galeidos genere et pulchritudine. Plura fuderat is
carmina ; horumque ahqua ad nos usque devenere.
Faciem variant ; sed cognata facile agnoscuntur.
Ex his unum, Temora nempe, Phingaleide majus
est, rehqua mmora. Phmgaleiden, quasi speci-
men, placuit vertere. Multa in singulas partes,
seu hbros, notaturus, sat modo, brevitati studens,

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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.