THE

POEMS OF OSSIAN,

IN

THE ORIGINAL GAELIC,

WITH A

LITERAL TRANSLATION INTO LATIN,

BY THE LATE ROBERT MACFARLAN, A. M.

TOGETHER WITH

A DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY

OF THE POEMS,

BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART.

AND

A TRANSLATION FROM THE ITALIAN OF THE ABBE CESAROTTI'S DISSER-
TATION ON THE CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE AUTHENTICITY
OF OSSIAN, WITH NOTES AND A SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAY,

BY JOHN M'ARTHUR, LL. D.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE HIGHLAND
SOCIETY OF LONDON.

MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW;
SOLD BY G. AND W. NICOL, BOOKSELLERS TO HIS MAJESTY,
PALL-MALL; CREECH, BELL AND BRADFUTE, CONSTABLE
AND CO. EDINBURGH; AND ARCHER, DUBLIN.

1807.