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the COMBAT of CON' Son of D A R G O, and GAUL 



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JL HE tale of Con, fon of Dargo, who, filled with heavy 

 wrath, went to revenge his innocent father'' on the Chiefs of 

 Ireland '. 



St. Patrick ''. Relate, oh! thou of pleifant tales, the flory 

 of the valiant Con, the brave and beautiful hero. Who was greater 

 in adion, oh ! Offian of fweet words, or who more beautiful in 

 countenance, than the fon of Dargo ! 



OssiAN. The valiant champion fat upon a hill before us ; he 

 approached us in wrath, like an eagle piercing through the clouds. 



^ He is called Ctithon by Mr. Smith. See Gaelic antiquities, p. 293. This entire 

 ftory has been fo altered by Mr. Smith, that nothing remains in common with the 

 original but the names. See the edition of Perth, p. 39. 



^ His father iad been flain in fmgle combat by Gaul, fon of Morne. 



"^ Mr. Smith has perverted this paflage, in order to deprive Ireland of the honor, 

 ft qua eft ea gloria, of being the refidence of Fingal's heroes. The line, which in the 

 original runs thus ; 



