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" Mo laogh fein u, laogh mo laoigh, 



" Leanabh mo leinabh, ghil chaomh, 



" Mo chroidhe liumnich mar Ion, 



" Gu lath bhrath cha n' eirlch Ofcar." 



Cha do chuir Fionn deth chriogh mor-ghraia, 



O'n latha fin gu lath a bhais ; 



Cha ghabhadh e, cha bu d thigeadh leis, • 



Trian d'an bheatha ge d' abruinn. 



" ftill as the game was, as the fox, the wolfe, the deer, and all other paftimes. Such 

 " diforders they kept, that the kings did aflemble together, that they would banifli 

 «« them the kingdom, and fo fent them word ; who made anfwer that they would 

 " not, unlefs they were put out by battle. And fo thefe foldiers fent to Denmark 

 " for their king's fon, with a thoufand tall worthy foldiers as ever crofled the feas 

 «' before that time to Ireland. And fo the day of battle was appointed. At which 

 " time all the kings of Ireland did prepare againft that day of battle to the number 

 " of .... M and five. The number of foldiers and ftrangers was xxviii M, and 

 " vii C Danes of Norway. The place of the battle was at Burne-vegein in Mauga- 

 « then, in Meath appointed. But thefe ftrangers thought themfelves fo ftrong and 

 " apt for battle, they made hafte to come to fight, and came to Ardrath againft 

 " the kings ; who made hafte alfo, and came to Garefton, and they, perceiving their 

 " enemies fo nigh, embattail themfelves there ; and after kiffed the ground, and gave 

 " a great cry, as their manner was, of which cry that name was given Balli-garva. 

 " The order of the battle was this : Thofe foldiers placed themfelves by the S. W. 

 « the hill of Ardrath in one great battail, &c. The iffue was, all the foreigners 

 " were flain, faving one called Offein, who was alive 'till St. Patrick's coming, who 

 " told that holy man of all their doings," &c. 



