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A golden neck-lace furrounded her foft neck, and polifiied brace- 

 lets of gold bound her arms, and her fair and lovely fkin was 

 covered with the fofteft fattin. Greater love feized all the heroes 

 of Fin of Almhuin'' for this damfel than ever they had felt 

 before. The white-handed fair put herfelf under the protedion of 

 Fin, and of Gaul, that intrepid warrior, and of Ofgar, the fon 

 of OITian, and of valiant Chaol, the fon of Rugar. 



The Damsel. " I put myfelf under your protedion, Oh I 

 " nobles of the Fians, princes and chieftains." 



Fin. " Who purfues you. Oh ! maid of the beautiful form ?" 



The Damsel. " Nobles and princes of the Fians, the great and 

 " warlike Ulan purfues me, eldeft fon of the king of Spain*" ; and 

 " much do I fear, Oh ! Fians of Ireland'', the wounds and 

 " deftrudion which this fierce warrior will bring upon you. 

 " Wherever he goes, to the eaft or weft, or to the four quar- 

 " ters of the world, his fharp-edged weapon makes every foe 

 " vield the vidory." 



" The palace of Fin-mac-Cumhal in Leinfter, feated on the fummit of the hill 

 of Allen, or rather, as the natives of that country pronounce it, Allowin : The 

 village and bog of Allen have thence derived their name. There are (lill the re- 

 mains of fonie trenches on the top of the hill, where Fin-niac-Cumhal and his 

 Fians were wont to celebrate their feafts. The country hereabouts abounds in won- 

 derful tales of the exploits of thefe antient heroes. Thefe two lines are omitted in 

 the Perth edition, 



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