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ma's chief. Now they had raifed their death-
fui fpeais : unleen an arrow came. It pierced
the hand of Gaul; his freel fell founding to
earth. Young Filian came "^j, with
Cormufs fliield , and ftretched it large before
the king-. Foldath fent his iliout abroad, and
kindled all the field : as a blalt , that lifts the
broad -winged flame, over Lumon's^^) eccholng
groves.
Son of blue - eyed Clatho, faid Gaul, thou
art a beam from heaven ; that coming on the
troubled deep , binds up the tempeft's wing. —
Cormul is fallen before thee. Early nrt thou
in the fame of thy fathers. -- — Kalli not.
too far, my hero, I cannot lift the Ipear. to
aid. 1 ftand harmlefs in battle: but my voice
fliall
•■') Fillan had been dispatched by Gaul, to cppnfe Cor-
jnul , who had been fent by l^oldath, to lie i»
ambufh behind the Caledonian army. It appears
that Fillan had killed Cormul, otherwife he could
not be fuppoled to have posfefTed himfelf of the
fhield of that chief. The poet being intent upon
the main ailion, pafTes over flightly this feat
of Fillan.
**) Lumon, bending hill; a mountain in Inis-hunn ,
or that part of South - Britain , which is over-
againft the IriXh coaft.