4 NETHER LOCHABER. 



agreeably to it, he himself came forward and received her with 

 the following beautiful address." We present our readers with the 

 original lines verbatim et literatim, precisely as they stand in the 

 MS., only omitting two lines that are partly illegible from their 

 falling into the sharp foldings of the sheet. The sense and tenor 

 of these lines, however, we have ventured to guess at and to 

 incorporate with our English version : — 



Beannaohadh Baied. 



Mile fkilte dhuit le 'd bhrfeid, 



Fad' a rfe gu'n robh thu slkn, 



Moran laitbean dhuit as sith, 



Le d' mhaitheas aa le d' ni 'bhith fks. 



A cbulaidb cheiteas a chaidh suas. 



'S trie a thairiu buaidh air mnaoi — 



Bithse gu euiloeaoh, oeiteach, 



O thionnseain thu fhein 'ean treubh. 



An tils do choiruith 's tu bg, 



An ttis gaoh 16 iarr Eigh nan Dtil ; 



Cha'n' eagal nach dean e gu ceart 



Gach dearbh-bheachd a bhios 'nad rtin, 



Bithsa fialuidh — aoh bith glic. 



Bith misneachail — ach bith stolt. 



Na bith brith'nach, 's na bith balbh, 



Na bith mear na marbh 's tu 6g ; 



Bith gleidhteach air do dhea ainm, 



Ach na bith duinte 's na bith fuar ; 



Na labhair fbs air neach gu olo, 



'S ged labhras ort, na taisbean fuath. 



Na bith gearannach fo chrois, 



Falbh socair le cupan IJin ; 



Chaoidh dh' an olo na tabhair spMa — 



As le 'd bhrfeid ort, mile fkilt ! 



Whether with the sense of the above we have succeeded in 

 catching anything of its quaint beauty and tenderness in the 

 following lines, is for the reader to judge : — 



