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Or an eadar AILTE agus M A C - R O N A I N air dhoibh 

 fearg a ghabhail ri F I O N N. 



X-i ATH gun rabh Padric no mhur 

 Gun failm air uigh, ach bhi ag ol, 

 Ghluais e a thigh Oifein mhic Fhinn, 

 O fan leis bu bhinn a ghloir. 



Patrick. Umhlachd dhuitfe a fliean-fhir fliuoirce, 

 Ad iunnfaid air chuairt thainig fuinn, 

 A laodhich mhilent as deirg dreach, 

 Cha d' ear u riobh neach mu'd ne. 

 Fios a bail luinn fhaotin uait 

 Ogha Chuthaili is cruoigh colg, 

 N teanntachd as moghadh 'n rabh 'n Fhionn 

 O na ghin u riobh nan lorg. 



OssiAN. Dhinnfin fin duitfe gun tamh, 

 Ghiulle Phadric na 'n falm binn, 

 'N teanntachd as moghadh 'nrabh 'n Fhionn 

 O na ghineadh fiantachd Finn. 



Poem, becaufe it was addreffed to one of thefe firft Chriftian miffionaries. We here fee 

 that this Culdee, whofe name he was fo fearful of difclofing, was no other than St. 

 Patrick. This prefatory dialogue is omitted in the Perth edition. 



(L 2) 



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