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F I N G A L,
AN ANCIENT
EPIC POEM.
In SIX BOOKS.
BOOK I.
CU C H U L L I N * fat by Tura's wd! ;
by the tree of the ruling leaf. — His ipear.
leaned againft the mofTy rock. His fbAtld
lay by him on the grafs. As he thought of miglit-
ty Carbar f, a hero whom he llevv in war ; t'ns
B fcout
* Cuchullin the fon of Semo and grandfon to Ciifh-
bat, a drtiid celebrated in tradition for his wifdom and
valour. Cuchullin when very young married Brageli
the daughter of Sorglan, and parting over into heland,
lived for feme time with Connal, grandfon by a daugh-
ter to Congal the petty king of Ulller. His wifdotn ar.d
valour in a Ihort time gained him fuch reputation, that
in the minority of Cormac the fupreme king of Ireland,
he was chofen guardian to the young king, and fole nra-
nager of the war againft Swaran king of Lochlin. .'ifier
a feries of great actions he was killed in battle fomev/here
in Connaughr, in the twenty-feventh year of his ao^e.
He v;as fo remarkable for his ftrength, that to defcribe
a ftrong man it has pafled into a proverb, " He has the
flrength of Cuchullin." They fhew the remains of his.
palace at Dunfcaich in the iile of Skye ; and a fione :o
which he bound his dog Luath, goes Itill by his name.
t Cairbar or Cairbrc fignifies a ftrong man.