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IV.
ODES AND LETTERS.
THE ORIGINALS OF THE ODES WERE WRITTEN BOTH IN LATIN
AND ICELANDIC; THE LATTER, HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT
THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO INSERT, EXCEPT IN THE
INSTANCE OF THAT TO CAPTAIN JONES, WHICH IS GIVEN
AS A SPECIMEN OF THE ' LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY.
Nos, 1 , 2 , and 3 are Addresses to S i r J o s e p h B a n k s from B i a r n e J o n e s o n ,
and N o . 4 a Letter from T h e o d o r e J o n e s o n .
No. 5 is a congratulatory Address from M a g n u s F i n n u s e N
to C a p t a i n J o n e s .
N° 1.
HEKLiE VALE ANGLIS HEROIBUS.
I.
Me
Sapientes viri
Ambierunt quinque,
Omnes Britanni;
* Montana glacies.
Auscultate,
Excelsi Jokli *,
Montes, tesqua,
In terrà glaciali !
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