[ [215] There is, between Tobermory and Aros in Mull, a place marked in the maps Arile. This was probably the residence of our bard.
[ [216] The Editor has not been able to identify the author of this poetical complaint. During the existence of baronies, with their bailies or local judges, the number of barons or baron bailies in the Highlands must have been large. Of this class was most likely our poet.
[ [217] An ancient Celtic hero, from whom the Isle of Man takes its name, as well as the district in Scotland called Slamannan.
[ [218] The Editor has not been able to obtain any account of this person. There is a contraction over the second a in the MS., which makes the reading doubtful.
[ [219] The three sons of Milidh of Spain, from whom the Milesian races are descended, according to Celtic story.
[ [220] The Editor can give no account of these names. The traditions respecting them seem to have perished.
[ [221] The Editor can give no account of these names. The traditions respecting them seem to have perished.
[ [222] A famous Celtic hero, from whom Ben Lomond and Loch Lomond are said to derive their names.
[ [223] There is a portion of the beginning of this ode wanting, and we have no means of knowing who the poet was. A reference to the history of the time, and the names introduced into the poem, however, suggest very emphatically the occasion of it. It is addressed to Archibald, Earl of Argyle, Chancellor of Scotland, who was killed at the battle of Flodden in 1513. The Saxons assailed so virulently by the poet are, in all likelihood, not the Lowland Scotch but the English, and the poem is probably a “Brosnachadh catha,” or incitement to the rising of the Scotch, and particularly the Argyle men, previous to the disastrous battle of Flodden. This invests the fragment with peculiar historical interest. There seems not to be much of the poem wanting, probably only a few lines.
[ [224] Ireland.