Ossian Collection > Works of Ossian, the son of Fingal > Volumes 3 and 4

122 C A T H - L O D A.
ftant roar of ftreams , no found of the harp.,
from the rocks I Come, thou huntkfs of Lutha,
fend back his foul to the bard.
I look
be improper, to give here the traditional preface,
which is generally prefixed to it. Two years af-
ter he took to wife Pvos - craua ,. the daughter of
Corniac, king of Ireland , Fiiigal undertook atj
expedition into Orkney , to vifit his .friend Cath-
ulla , king of Inistore. After Haying a few days
at Carrie -thura , the relidente of Cathulla: the
king fet lail, to return to Scotland; but a violent
ftorm arifnig, his fhips were driven into a bay of
Scandinavia, near Gormal , the feat of Starno ,
king of Lochlin, his avowed enemy. Starno,
upon the appearance of ftrangers on his coaft ,
funimoned together the neighbouring tribes , nnd
advanced, in a hoftile manner, towards the bay
of U-thorno, where Fingal had taken fhelter.
Upon discovering who the ftrangers were, and
fearing the valour of Fingal, which he had , mo-
re than once , experienced before, he refolved to
accomplifh by treachery , what he was afraid he
iiionld fail in by open force. He invited, there^
foi e , Fingal to a feaft , at which he intended to
asfafllnate him. The king prudently declined to
go , and Starno betook himfelf to arms. ■ "
The fequel of the ftory may be leariied from tha
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