THE EVE OF ALL-HALLOWS;

OR,

ADELAIDE OF TYRCONNEL;

A ROMANCE.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

By MATTHEW WELD HARTSTONGE, Esq. M. R. I. A.

Nescia mens hominum, fati sortisque futuræ
Et servare modum, rebus sublata secundis!
* * * * * * * * * tempus erit,
* * * * * et quum spolia ista diemque
Oderit!
Virgilius, Æ. x. I. 501.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

FOR G. B. WHITTAKER, AVE MARIA LANE.

1825.


TO

SIR WALTER SCOTT, OF ABBOTSFORD, BART.,

&c. &c. &c.

(WITH WHOSE KIND PERMISSION,)

THE FOLLOWING TALE OF ERIN

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS EVER OBLIGED FRIEND

AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

Molesworth-street, Dublin,

February 1, 1825.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
CHAPTER1. [1]
CHAPTER11.[33]
CHAPTERIII.[70]
CHAPTERIV.[95]
CHAPTERV.[115]
CHAPTERVI.[137]
CHAPTERVII.[157]
CHAPTER VIII.[191]
CHAPTERIX.[228]
CHAPTERX.[247]
CHAPTERXI.[263]
CHAPTERXII.[286]
CHAPTERXIII.[305]