Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry

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ANCIENT CORNISH

THE POOL OF PILATE.
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From the ancient Cornish drama, The Resurrection of Christ (vide section: “The Death of Pilate”). See the volume on the subject by Mr Edwin Norris, referred to in Note to “The Vision of Seth.”

MERLIN THE DIVINER.
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(Vide Introduction.) This, though it exists in the old Cornish dialect, is really an ancient Breton incantation. The Cornish variant is to be found in that invaluable depository of Armorican legendary lore, the Barzaz Breiz. The translation here given is by Thos. Stephens. (Vide Thos. Stephens: a Memoir. Wm. Rees, Llandovery, 1849.)

THE VISION OF SETH.
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This dramatic fragment is from The Ancient Cornish Drama, edited and translated by Edwin Norris, Sec. R.A.S. (Oxford, 1859).