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 r^)tcc fid Cfiom ^ttT)ct. bjijctc^d bjnti nitiltt. 



^ott Mie-<tft ni6jit)(il(ic)). zfe-aii fbe-dji Cfie-d«<tfiiMctcl). 

 f?)rfi«fe-tiji fl65ct|it»ia6. fedji loi) ItiT) 5ii)oriitt6. 

 <if5)ctt iifgjac goj^e-. bl^c 50 whr'i'iy ci5lle-'. 

 oile- Cfil^)!) cfle-^te-. brjlte- dbr<iii l<t5nie-. 



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 fe-dfi Md f)6fi Y^ogltt. mac wc-dn tti6ft rjiofitid. 



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' The knowledge of arms was but a part of the education of Celtic warriors. 

 In Ireland they muft ftudy hiftory, poetry, genealogy, &c. They were fworn 

 to be the prote£l:ors of the fair, and the avengers of their wrongs ; polite in 

 words and addrefs, even to their greateft enemies. Behold then the early and clofe 

 unions between chivalry and romance, in oppofition to modern opinions. When 

 the deputies of Agamemnon waited on Achilles, they found him in his tent, 

 chaunting to his lyre the valorous deeds of heroes. — See the ninth Iliad. 



' DeJJroyer of Council:, i. e- defeating, by his fuperior knowledge in war, the 

 defigns of his enemies. 



s As it may appear ftrange to fee Goll celebrated as a great legiflator, it is to be 

 cbfcrved that this was a particular department of ftudy, not only to the princes but 



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