THE EVE OF ALL-HALLOWS;
Reading edition
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
CHAPTER 1. 1
CHAPTER 11. 33
CHAPTER III. 70
CHAPTER IV. 95
CHAPTER V. 115
CHAPTER VI. 137
CHAPTER VII. 157
CHAPTER VIII. 191
CHAPTER IX. 228
CHAPTER X. 247
CHAPTER XI. 263
CHAPTER XII. 286
CHAPTER XIII. 305