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Theandain i 'n fin riutha a cul, 



Marcich e a chuirt gu dian : 



Bu hinar frol ga 'n togail fuas, 



A nordabh gu luath chuaithe 'n Fhiann. 



Seachd ficheud gar maitheabh gu leir, 



Is Ailte fein air 'n tus, 



Thuit fud le laimh Airgin mhoir 



Mu 'n deacha no floigh 'n dlus. 



D' fhuirich Fion fada na thofd, 



Luidh fprog mor air 'n Fheinn. 



Fion. " Co dheangas Airgin fa ghreis, 



" No 'n leigemid leis air tair," 



'Sann bha fhreagradh fud aig Goll, 



'N fonn bha dochdoir ra chlaoidh. 



" Leigeior mi is Airgin fa ghreis, 



" Gus 'n feachamid cleas-laoidh." 

 Fion. " Maccan Luthichi, Diarmad donn, 



" Ciaran caom, is Mac-an-Leigh, 



•' Gad dhianadh o bhuilleabh 'n laodhich, 



" Tog dithifl air gach taobh mar fgeith." 



Ochd laithean duine gun tamh, 



Sior dheanabh ar air no floigh ; 



Cean in riogh Lochlunn no 'n fgiath donn 



Se buidhin Goll air a naothaobh lath. 



Mar duine chuaith as o bheal airm, 



No chuaithe le maoim don ghreis ; 



Do riogh Lochlunn no da fluogh 



Cha deach duine ga thir fein. 



That is, " And thus fpoke Fin, the prince of viftory, when he faw the flaughte? 

 " of the army of Innisfail, "Who will engage Erragon in the fight, or fhall we 

 " fuffer him to hear away with him our difgrace ?" The lioft of Fin is here faid 

 exprefsly to be the hoft of Innisfail. 



