J. F. Campbell Collection > Book of Common Order, commonly called John Knox's Liturgy

T H I O G H L A I C T H E.
chid araibrifge agas ar aithghiorra bhi-
os gach 6n ni dha mhed da chriochnu-
ghadh leis. Agas is mor an doille agas
an dorchadas peacaidh agas aineolais
agas indtleachta do lucht deachtai'dh
agas fgriobhtha agas chumhdaigh na
gaoidheilge, gurab mo is mian \èo agas
gurab mo ghnathuidheas fiad eachtra-
dha dimhaoineacha buairdheartha bre-
gacha faoghalta do cumadh ar thuath-
aibh de'dhanond agas ar mhacaibh mi-
leadh agas arna curadhaibh agas fhind
mhac cumhaill gona fhianaibh agas ar
mhoran eile nach airbhim agas nach
indifim andfo do chumhdach agas do
choimhleafughadh, do chiond luadhu-
idheachta dimhaoinigh an tfaoghail
dfaghail doibhfein, I'na briathra difle
De agas flighthe foirfe na firinde do
fgriobhadh, agas do dheachtadh, agas
do chumdhach. Oir is andfa leis antfao
ghal anbhreg go mor ina anfhirinde, da
dhearbhadh gurab fior anabruim dobh
eirid daoine foaghalta ceandach ar an
mbreig agas ni hail leo an fhirinde do
B. 3-
DEDICATORY.
how short a time it can be done, however much there may be of it.
And great is the blindness and darkness of sin and ignorance and
of understanding among composers and writers and supporters of
the Gaelic, in that they prefer and practise the framing of vain, hurt-
ful, lying, earthly stories about the Tuath de Dhanond, and about
the sons of Milesius, and about the heroes and Fionn Mac Cumhail
with his giants, and about many others whom I shall not number
or tell of here in detail, in order to maintain and advance these,
with a view to obtaining for themselves passing worldly gain, rather
than to write and to compose and to support the faithful words of
God and the perfect way of truth. For the world loves the lie
much more than the truth, proving how true it is which I
say, that worldly men will give a price for the lie but will not
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