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.
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