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tribuendum aequus fatebitur rerum aestimator
iniquitatemque temporis, et recitantium accusabit
incuriam, si in Phingaleide detorta quaedam, suum-
que extra locum, fortasse videantur.
Hoc ubi mecum evolvissem, pergratum omnibus
tibique gentibus, in Latinarumcommuneincumben-^
tibus litterarum studium, me putavi facturum, siqua
ipsis ea impertirer, vocibusnumeroque Virgiliiexpo-
sita, quae suos inter Gaelice noster canebat Ossianes.
Homero duce antiquissimas invisimus Grajorum
urbes ; horumque nobis opiniones, ritus, moresque
varios domi mihtiaeque, al) ipso describi gaude-
mus. Res Italas, docente Virgiho, Romanorumque
admiramur triumphos. Est autem Celtarum, an-
tiquitus late dominantium populorum, Phingaleis
monumentum insigne, quod omnis, qui mentem
humanam, diversis se plagis ac temporibus expli-
cantem, avidissime rimatur philosophus, inspiciat ;
et, quicunque poeseos est studiosior, volutare velit.
Quamobrem in id me contuli totum, ut, nondum
pro dignitate sat fideliter nitideque evulgatum,

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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.