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POEMS OF PSSIAN. 21
coi-dingly, that though the names of Fion, OfTian,
gjid Gaul the fon of Morni *, were well known
even
* See the Bruce, by John Barbour, publirtied from a MS.
dated 1489, by J. Pinkcrton. London, Ì790. Buke 3. 1. 61.
70.
♦ Quhen that the Lord of Lorn faw
Hys men ftand off him ane fik aw.
That thai durft not follow the chafs
Rycht angry in his hcrt he was ;
And for wondyr that he fuld fwa
Stot them, hym ane but ma.
He faid, methink Marthokv's fon,
Right as Go/ Mak Morn was won,
To haiff fra Fyngal his menyie,
I^ycht fwa all hys fra us has he'
In Kirk's edition of the PfaUns of David in -Gaelic, pnbhlk-
<?d at Edinburgh in 1684, the following is the author's addrcfs
to his book.
' Imthigh a Dhuilieachaln gu dan,
Le dan glan diagha duifg iad thai!,,
Cuir f ailte ar fonn flal nab licnn
Ar gharbh chriocha is Lifeabh Gall-'
That is,
•* Little volume go boldly forth,
Roufe whom you reach to pure and Godly ilraiu^ ;
Hail the generous land of Fingal's heroes,
The Highland tradls ar.d Ifles of Hebrides.'
William Dunbar, in the « Interlude of the Droichis.' F.ver-
jreLn, p. 259. It. 3.
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