Ossian Collection > Thoughts on the origin and descent of the Gael

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" hiffKivd^iia' TOTS Ss Kx) XQy^-»it >.u,^ov(rx, ufi xxi he revrov Tclvlm
" hcvhnrlHv" " Focmina procerissimo corpore, specie
" maxime triici, vultu acerrimo, voce aspera, quae
" capillum densissimum eundemque intense fla-
" vum ad nates usque promisisset. Gestabat et
" magnum torquem aureum, indutaque erat stola
" variis coloribus distincta et in sinum constricta,
" cui chlaniydem crassam ope iibulte connexam
" superinjecerat. Quo habitu cum et alias sem-
" per uteretur, tum hasta quoque in manus sumta,
" qua omnes perterrefaceret." " She was a wo-
" man of very great stature, of a very com-
" manding form, and of a stern countenance:
" She had a strong rough voice, and hair very
" fair, thick and long, which flowed down to her
" haunches. She wore a large golden chain, and
" was clothed with a jacket stained with various
" intricate colours, and above that a thick short
" cloak, tied with clasps ; for in that manner she
" was always clothed ; and she held a spear in her
" hand, that by it she might affect all with terror."
Boadicea, with her daughters along with her,
in a chariot, went about encouraging the several
nations to throw off the Roman yoke; declaring
that it was not her object to jfight for empire or
riches, but, as one of the people, ambitious to re-
store lost liberty ; to revenge the stripes they had
inflicted on her, and the dishonour with which
they had treated her daughters : That, if they
considered both armies, and the cause of war on