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THE BOOK <)1- CLAXRANALD. 269'
Too much has gone of their rightful share,
The choice of the stock of Fionnlochlanu ;
Long shall he be piously in the remembrance of all,
The extreme of all affliction is the loss.
Dearly beloved of the noble mind,
On the death of the chief from the advantage of power,
The truly grand clan of men selected him
On account of his great military spirit
Every happiness came into the country
Until the death of the Royal son of Rory ;
On it has come the grievances,
Every misfortune since you interred him.
Their excessive grief is no wonder for them,
To the nobles of Fionngall it is death ;
The pure-armed land on which no rout pressed
On account of the chief mustering its forces.
Mournful they go from it after him
His royal troops, his trusty forces ;
The land of division walls of the best profit.
Deep sorrow replaces hev pleasures.
Every great engagement in slaughtering or fighting
The clan of King Leod had their full share in tliem ;
The end of the first hospitaller of each clan.
Lamentable is the end of his justness.
The weeping at Babilon in bondage,
It would appear to you it came into this country.
By the greatness of the downfall of power
Throagii the death of the defender of this territory.
Joy was in tlie affliction of sorrow,
On account of its delightfulness being changed.
Without an expedition it was plundered.
The territory of the Isles is in a similar condition.
Our sorrowful case of anguish is similar
To that which occurred after Conn and Conaire ;
There was daily excessive grief among the learned,
I believe that ours is an exact type of it.
A sadness which has not ebbed after him
Is that for the son of Macleod, a cause of true sorrow ;
On everyone therefore there is a gloom,
On account of the decease of the chief of our protection.