O'Connor's. Chronicles: of Evi. 
EMIGRATION OF THE @AAL® 'SCIOT) IBER, 
Asiothough Sra o bad) notssbrought 
enough) aflliction over: the) children: of 
dber; Baabnow grew;:tertibley his wrath 
was kindled; be sent bisfire through the 
Jand;1he|earth was scorched, tle ;bherbs 
Were> consumed; ianen and), cattle!) pe- 
rished-+nor rainy nor yet dew. come.on 
thle grounds) of) 3 
Therefore the chiefs: and all the bende 
ef theepeople,»and Olam, ‘and priests, 
and, Gaal, werd called, together: to the 
Breat> congregation of the speople at 
Asii-erseisy to hold talk of times passed, 
aud: to, think) on what was fitting to be 
done. 
) ‘Phe/sassembly: being together, the 
high priest standing in the presence of 
the king) said, »: 
jot Whatlif Baal be invoked 1o cease 
from, his wrath, and to look down with 
an eye of pity on the miseries of Gael- 
ag;) perhaps) ,the great Disposer will 
hear, aud grant our-supplications,” 
Whereupon Ith the son of Bille, the 
‘brother of Golam, the Prince of Breo- 
ceean, rose and said, ‘* Chiefs of Ib-er 
Gael of Sciot, Are we worthy of our 
s#ace, or \have.we declined. therefrom? 
when ,Lissoir, came: over our great fa- 
thers,),that they could not stand against 
ihefoe, did they not. quit the delightful 
land, watered, by. delicious ‘streams, 
_and,,move to. the hills:of Ard-mionn, 
isaying, the. lords of the earth that have 
been, will not be under tribute, are not 
ithe chilling. winds’ the barren hills of 
Ard-mionn, and liberty, preferable even 
to ihe; warm,sun—the rich plains of 
Sean-ar. calling man by the name of 
master, after the manner of Eis-sor? 
When Lonrac—what evil spirit of air 
breathed the foul thought im Lonrac’s 
mind?— When Lonrac spoke of tribute 
—tribute from, one to ‘another of the 
race—when’ Lonrac | spoke of «tribute, 
uuto File the son of Glas, since which 
day the'name of Lonrac hath not :been 
heard-butiin seorn, by the Gaeliof Sciot 
of Iber,-even uniosthis; when GLonrac 
spokeyunto Vile the son-of Glas of) dri- 
bute) what answer then: did |File' make? 
/Dheianswer that beeamea King 
Themen of Yer will no tribute pay; 
Phenld antag luther come, with high hand to take 
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(The wayis far, and perhaps— 
Whien in the time of Bolus the wise, 
the son of Peine was fecling artfully his 
way on errand Of dike sort, liad not 
Holus the words of Tile repeated wito 
Peine’s' car? |) And now doth Sru, having 
darkcued the -air with voracious dlodks 
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of ravens, 'gorged with, the bload, year 
and with the/fiesh of the childvenjof the 
Jand;.;as is{said, -butjsot,as) seen, by 
Ordac,’ to write -Ahe* truth, their, bare 
bones! blanching jonsthe, surface of) the 
earth ‘unburied, send jhis servants. to 
take off a prey, calling it tribute, for a 
master, 
Can the. warriors, of .Lb-er stand. up 
against all/these?...So, Jet. us. stand, if 
not 
The priests do say, “ Ab, that Go-lam 
had listened to, our voice, and measured 
back his steps e’en to Sa-mur, then 
would) Baal. have crowned him. with 
victory, and conducted him in triumph 
tothe tents of Asti-er-cis.” 
And now Ard-Cruimtear saith, “ Let 
us invoke Baal,” 
Let all the priests of all the nations, 
of the earth stand om the marginjof the 
Door, and call-on Baal to suffer, the 
puny stream, to/;impress. great jocean, 
and force his mighty waves. a distance 
from the land, Would Baal, ehange— 
could Baal change—fixed Jaws for them? 
Oh that Go-lam had;not-attended,to 
the voice of the priests, and loitered.on 
his course, and tarried e’en that one day 
at Samur, then had our warriors/passed 
over the water, and met the foe forth of 
the land. 
Children of Ib-er, hear the words of 
Ith. 
What though the waters of the vast 
decp be terrible; is the ‘desolation of 
water, air, or earth,) yealof fire fitself) so 
frightful. to the Gael .of Sciot, as dhe 
afiliction of slavery? OW 
Baal himself can destroy but: onoe, so 
ceaseth anguisliof body and of, mind ; 
the spirit of the vietim then is freejas its 
kindred elements, pure: apes of air 
and fire. x” 
The body of: tlie captive: is wasted. in 
lingering torture, his form, is;bent,,and 
with his: distorted shape iis) is son} de- 
pressed slike untosthe overstrained bow, 
It-loses its force, itsiuse is atian,eni.. 
Oft:hath my:ship crossed the: world, of 
waters/do’ Breotan.: ‘“Upoiiactime,, re- 
turning for Gaclag,: after bearing! dhe 
complaintscof the Gaal, my vessel wis 
driven out of its caurse, towards; dhe 
sun’s going, till we reached; a; land. of 
wodds, ‘a rough Jand;\ the people fled 
frdm.oun ‘presence; thoughowe were but 
few; we drank of the: waters of that land. 
“Dhither would Tthyge;and he will sre- 
turnin dime to sheWwotke rthither way, to 
all who prefer dangers to slavery. 
» Pov himself, Mb,the' son of Bille, the 
brothe 
