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Old-Irish Verse.

ara tiiitarrad"^ o chloen* • tuatiia Herenu*' do bethu^
Tuatha Herenn" tairchantais'^ • dosnicfed sidflaith*" niiae*:
20 meraid co de*" a'^iartaige • bid' fas tir Temrach"^ tuae'*.
A druid^ fri™ L6egaire • tichtu Phatraicc niceiltis"^ :
rofirad"^ ind faitsine^ ■ inna flatha* asbeirtis. 5
Ba leir^ Patraicc co mbebae^* • ba sab" indarbai cloine'^ :
is ed tuargaib a feba"" • suas^" de sech treba" ddine*".
25 Yiamuin^ ocus abcolips" • na tri coicait^ noscanad"':

that he might turn the peoples of Ireland from iniquity unto Life.
The peoples of Ireland used to prophesy that a new prince of lo
peace would come to them,
20 that his posterity would remain till Doomsday, that silent Tara's
land would be desolate.
Loegaire's wizards used not to hide from him Patrick's coming:
the prophecy hath been fulfilled of the prince whom they used to 15
speak of.
Patrick was diligent till he died, he was mighty in expelling iniquity:
that hath raised his excellences up beyond the households of men.
25 Hymns and the Apocalypse, the three fifties^ (of psalms) he used to
chaunt them.

4. .i. ara comthad 'that he might convert' 5. .i. o chloene^ .i. o adrad idal ' from iniquity, to wit, from the worship of idols ' 6. .i. ad fidem Christi'^ 7. .i. co hrdth ' to Doom ' T, .i. ad diem iudicii F 8. .i. Tea mur .i. mur sen inroadnaiged Tea ben Ermoin meic Milid, ' that is a rampart wherein Tea wife of Erimon son of Miled was buried ' F 25 9. .i. cen gloir ' without glory ' T

1. Adruid. Itena druid Lucru 7 Lucat Mcel; 7 w ed asberiis: ticfa Idlcend^ dar muir mercendy', a brat tollcend, achrand'^'^ croincend^'^, amias i nairthiur'^'^ athige^^, frisgerat a munter huile^^ amen ame/i, 'The wizards are Lucru and Lucet Mael. And this is what they used to say : " Adzehead 3° will come over wild sea, his mantle hole-headed, his staff crook-headed, his table in the anterior part of his house : all his household will answer 'Amen, Amen.'"' 2. .i. nirocheilset 'they have not concealed' F 3. .i. rocoviailled ' has been fulfilled ' F 4. .i. Pa^raic 5. .i. i craJiud ' in piety ' T, .i. ba feb ar crdbud ' he was excellent for piety ' F 35 6. .i. CO a bas 'until his death' TF, .i. corobith donbith 'till he ' F 7. .i. ba sonairt^^ 'he was strong' 8. .i. soebe 'falsity' F 9. .i. amathe^^ 'his goodness' 10. .i. ar ec ¥ 11. .i. ad caelum

1. .i. Ambrois^^ uel Audite" T [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

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  1. tintarad F
  2. Herenn T, Herend F
  3. Herenn T, Herend F
  4. tairchaintais F
  5. sithlaith TF
  6. nua TF
  7. tiF; with co de cf. co dia LU. 4" 17
  8. on F
  9. bed T
  10. leg. Temro or Temra; in Ann. Ul. the ninth century form is still Temro or Temra, the tenth century form is Temrach
  11. tua TF
  12. ar F, which is the proper preposition after celim; but fri may be a construction according to the sense, ni cciltis being equivalent to asbertis
  13. clieilltis T, chciltis F
  14. rofirad T
  15. atsine T, aitsine F
  16. vibeba T, mbebai F
  17. indarba cldeni T, innarba cWeni F
  18. eua TF
  19. doeni F
  20. abcoilps F
  21. coicat T, coicait F
  22. nascanad T; O.Ir. recte noscaned
  23. cf. yninos cum apocalipsi psalmosque cantat Dei S. Sechnall's hymn 1. 85, also Lib. Ardm. 7* 2
  24. o chldene in F only
  25. T only
  26. tailcend F
  27. merrcend T
  28. chrond F
  29. chromcend F
  30. iniirthair T, iniarthur F but cf. ex anteriore parte domus suae Lib. Ardm. 2"1, Trip. Life i. 34, 11. 448
  31. tliigi F
  32. ule F
  33. sonart T
  34. mathi F
  35. i.e. the hymn Te Deum laudamus
  36. i.e. S. Sechnall's hymn 1. 85, also Lib. Ardm. 7» 2