The Courtship of Ferb
THE COURTSHIP OF FERB
THE COURTSHIP OF FERB
An Old Irish Romance transcribed in
the Twelfth Century into the
Book of Leinster
Translated into English Prose and Verse by
A. H. LEAHY
Late Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
With Preface, Notes, and Literal Translations
Illustrations by
CAROLINE WATTS
Published by David Nutt, at the Sign of
the Phœnix, London: 1902
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
TO
MY CRITIC.
B. M. L.
Since the foregoing pages and the translation which follows were in type, a short version of this romance, with the title of the Wedding of Maine Morgor, has appeared in Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne, which seems to have been based, with a few alterations, on the translation by Professor Windisch. The statement on p. vii that this is the first English translation must therefore be qualified; but no change has been made in the text in consequence of the appearance of Lady Gregory's version; and the following pages must be regarded as an independent rendering of Windisch's text.
July 1902.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION | 2 |
| THE COURTSHIP OF FERB | 5 |
| THE STORY OF THE COURTSHIP OF FERB | 58 |
| NOTES | 64 |
| LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE POEMS IN | |
| THE COURTSHIP OF FERB | 72 |
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