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Oscar. " A bhaobh a nigheas 'n teadach, 

 " Dian dhuin 'n fhaisneachd cheudna ; 

 " 'N tuit aon duinne aca leinn ? 

 " No 'n d theit finn uille do neomh-ni ?" 



Baobh. " Mairbhear leatfa a cuig ceud, 

 " Is gunthar leat 'n riogh fein, 

 " Maraon fann fear lagha dheth, 

 " Is air faoghal uille gun a thainic." 



Oscar. " Na cluinne e u Rofg Mac Ruoigh, 

 " Na aon duinne uaith ga fhluogh, 

 " Na cluinne 'n Fhein u nochd, 

 " Ma 'm bi fin uille gu mearfneach." 

 Nuair thanic finne ann, 

 Bealach cuthinn no 'n caol ghleann, 

 Sann a bhigh 'n Cairbre glan, 

 Le lonmaireachd a teachd n'ar co-thail. 

 Cuig fichead Albanaeh ard 

 Thanic thair muir choiriaganda ghairbh, 

 Thuit fud le laimh Ofcair thall, 

 Is e mofgladh gu riogh no h Eirinn. 

 Cuig fichead fear cloidheamh glais, 

 N;ich deach aon cheum riomh air ais, 

 Thuit fud le laimh Ofcair thall, 

 Is e mofgladh gu riogh no h Eirinn, 

 Cuig fichead fear, bogha, 

 Thanic air Cairbre ga cabhair, 

 Thuit fud le laimh Ofcair thai!, 

 Is e mofgladh gu riogh no h Eirinn.. 



8 All your lives have come. The Fians never recovered tlieir defeat at Gabhra. 



^ This paffage (hews that Ofcar could not have been of Scotland ; and confirms our 

 former obfervation, that Albin is a corruption of Albheitt, Almhaiti, or Almhuin ; for it 

 is abfurd to fuppofe that Ofcar would have thus flaughtered his own countrymen- 



