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Old-Irish Prose.

14. In fobdod fombaiter iwdalled figor fobdotha cuirp exist inna- fuil iarnaaithchumbu" hicroich •

15. Inpars benar ahichtw?' indlithe bis forlaim cli figor i/idaith- chumnii cosi?idlagin iwoxil intuib deiss arisslar robui aiged exist m cruce .i. contra cimtatern j issair" robui aigeth longini arrobothuaisre 5 dosuidiu isset^ ropodesse*' do cvist : ~

16. Ataat -uii- figne forsinchombug .i. -u- parsa diobli choitchinn hifigmV «u- sense anmse • a -uii- diobli • noeb 7 huag acht na huaisli. hifigMzr -UII- ndana spirtYws saiicti • A -uiii- di obli • martor • hifigmr indnuifiadnisi ochti • A -uiiii- di obli downich hi figm'r noe montar 'o nimse 7 noengrath secalsa. A -xi- diobli apstoZ hifig<^^V innaairme anfuirbthe^ apos^o/ iarnir/tmarmtts iudse ; A -xii- deobli kt- 7 chenlai f. 65b hiforaithmut airmse foirbte* iwna napstal, A •Xlll« diobli minchasc* 7 fele fresgabale priws cefodailter ni bes miniu iarwm octecht dolaiwi hifi gwt'r cvist conadib napstoiai6 deac : • ^5

17. Inna -u* 7 iwna 'Uii- 7 irma -uiii- 7 inna •uiill- 7 iwna -xi- 7 i^rna -xti- 7 i??na -xiii- IThe acuicsescot samlith 7 ishse lin pars iwsin bis i?iobli case 7 notlaic 7 cheiincigis arcongaibther huile hi crist iwsin 7 ishitorrund cruisse suidigthir huile forsi^imeis 7 isforcloen


14. The submersion with which the two halves are submerged (in 20 the chalice is) a figure of the submersion of Christ's Body in His Blood after His wounding on the Cross.

15. The particle that is cut off from the bottom of the half which is on the (priest's) left hand is the figure of the wounding with the lance in the armpit of the right side ; for westwards was Christ's face on the 25 Cross, to wit, contra ciuitatem, and eastwards was the face of Longinus ; what to him was the left to Christ was the right.

16. The confraction is of seven kinds ^, to wit, five particles of the common Host as a figure of the five senses of the soul : seven of the Host of saints and virgins, save the chief ones, as a figure of the seven 30 gifts of the Holy Ghost*': eight (particles) of the martyrs' Host as a figure of the octonary New Testament *: nine of the Host of Sunday as a figure of the nine households of heaven^ and the nine grades of the Church : eleven of the Host of the Apostles as a figure of the incomplete number of the Apostles after the sin of Judas: twelve of the Host of the 35 Kalends (the Circumcision) and of Maundy Thursday, in commemoration f. 65b of the complete number of the Apostles : thirteen of the Host of Low- Sunday and the Festival of the Ascension formerly, although later something less is distributed at the communion as a figure of Christ with His twelve apostles. 40

17. The five and the seven and the eight and the nine and the eleven and the twelve and the thirteen they are sixty-five thus, and that is the number of the particles that is in the Host of Easter and Christmas and Whitsunday, for in Christ is all that comprised, and in the form of a [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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  1. MS. ianmithchumhu
  2. MS. isair
  3. oi.fordese Ml. 128» 3, indessiu Ml. 127*= 26, [dlessi below p. 256
  4. MS. anfuirthe
  5. leg. foirbthe
  6. Plummer compares the Cymr. Pasc hychan
  7. literally : there are seven kinds on the confraction
  8. see Isaiah xi. 23, and Vol. i. of this work, p. 670, noteb, semper septiformis Spiritus sanctus est, Eldefonsus cited by Plummer KZ. 27, 443
  9. the four Gospels, 5, the Acts, 6, the Catholic Epistles, 7, the Pauline Epistles, 8, the Apocalypse
  10. Angeli, Archangeli, Virtutes, Potestates, Principatus, Dominationes, Troni, Hiruphim et Saraphim, Lib. Hymn, 11"