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Hero of heavy contributions. Conjiatit benefa8or to Munjler\ 

 A fwift flowing ftream ; fair as the fnowy foam. 



Protedor of Connaught. Of unbounded enterprize. 

 Generous hero of the long-flowing hair p. Shield to the retreating. 

 Commander of mighty legions. Unrivalled in prowefs. 

 Solid and extenfive fupport. Great in the rout of battle. 



Great is the majefty of my Goll ; liis glory is unfullied. 

 My Goll is a bulwark. The fpirit of clofe conflid. 



" Goll, vigorous and warlike, &c. 



foiled in fingle combat, his adverfary cut off his hair, as a further mark of reproach 

 to a knight who hadfnijified his word ; and we are told he remained concealed for 

 near a year, or 'till his hair grew again. The celebrated legiflator Cormac, in the 

 third century, when he firft became candidate for the monarchy, his hair was 

 intentionally burned at a public entertainment, and he for that time was obliged to 

 relinquifli his claim. It is further remarkable of this fame prince, that after a. 

 glorious reign of twenty-four years, having by accident loft an eye, he was obliged 

 to relinquifli the monarchy. — See alfo WalkerV HiJIorical Effny on the Irifi Brefs, 

 page II. 



Moft antient poems, as well as many of later date, clofed with a recitation of 

 part of the firft verfe, not unlike the Da Capo in mufic. 



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