J. F. Campbell Collection > Ais-eiridh na sean chánoin Albannaich; no, An nuadh oranaiche Gaidhealach

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ced longy hi whatever part of a ivord ìt may
occnr.
No pa'ins have been fpared to render the
■Xanguage as plaìn and ìnteUìgìhle as reafonably
can be expe£ied. And ìn order to make the
force andfoiind ofthe fyllables approach as near
aspoffihle to that ofthe Englifhf and to the more
lifual pronuncìation of the generality of the
highfanders, fome quiefcent letters formerly
ufed in the Galic are thrown out ; letters are
frequently tranfpoftd ; and fome are changedy
efpecially in iiords whofe terminations are
bh, inftead ofivhichy n aiid on are common-
ly ufed. As theje innovations are intended
for ohtaining the ends ahove ?nentÌGned, it is
hoped none ivill take them to be any trefpafs
upon grammatìcal rules.
De AU CTO RE tejìimonium.
OPtirae quem tellus gennlt montana poeta,
Zoilus (euge !) tuum memo momordit opus.
Q^Liis negat antiquaoi patrias fplendefcere Jinguam
Ingenii mirà fertiiitate tui ?
Te licèt eripiat fatum, tua fama maneblt,
Atque tuas laudes fecla fotura canent.
^Grascia iMaeonidem jactat, LatlumqueMaronem,
Tu quoque Montanas gloria gentis eris.
Macdonaldorum cognomine nate vetufto
Nobilium, vatcs ingeniofc, vale.
D. M .