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T I O M N A G H U I L L,
Olauna nan (liabh tha e ruaga'
Nu aifling, 's a fliuain ga threigfinn f.
Right angr)' in his heart he was,
And fair wondered that he (hould fae
Stoney them him alone but raae.
He faid, Methinks Martheoke's fon.
Right as Coixi-}>iac-niern was won,
To have from Fingal his menzie,;
Right fo from us all his has he.
He fet enfample thus him like,
The whiLk he might more manner-like."
P. 35. edit. Glafg. 173;.
The ftature and prowefs of Gaul is hkewife alluded to in
one of the poems collected by Mr G. Bannantyne, A. 1568,
and publilhed in AUan Ramfay's Ever-green. From the
the phrafeology it would appear to have been written before
Barbour's.
" My fader meikle Go'vi-tnac-nwrnt,
Out of his moder's wame was fchorne,
For littlenes was fo forlome
Siean a kemp to beir."
Interlude of the Droichs.
•j- Venantumque canes in molli faepe quiete
Jaftant crura, tamen fubito vocefque
Mitlunt, et crebras reducunt naribus auras,
Ut veftigia fiteneant inventa ferarum:
Caidlibh, a chlanna an fgios,
'S gach reul a' direadh nan aonach ;
Caidil a lu'-choin luaith,
Gha dean Oifian do fliuain a dhùfga.'
Tha mife ri fatreadh am aonar,
Is caomh learn doille na hòiche ;
'S mi 'g'imeachd o ghleamian gu gleannan,
Gun fhiughair li madain no foillfe.
Caomhainn do fliolus, a Ghrian,
'S na caith co dian do lochrain ;
Mar righna Feinne, 's faoilidh tanam,
Ach crionaidh fathafd do mhòr-chuis.
Caomhainn lochrain nam mile lafair,
Ad ghorm-thalla, nuair theid thu
Fo d'chiar-dhorfaibh, gu cadal
Fo afgailt dhorcha na h iargail.
Cao'inn iad mu'n fag iad thu t aonar,
Amhuil mife, gun aon is blà learn :
Cao'inn
Expergefadlique fequuntur inania fjepe
Cer\'orum flmulachra, fiigx quafi dedita cernant ;
Donee difcuffis redeant erroribus ad fe.
Lucret. lib. i