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Old-Irish Verse.

Asbert^ Uictor^ iri gniaid'*' • Mil^con*'^*^ tessed""* for toiina".
forruim*^ achoiss"^ forsind leicc^ • maraith*" aes*^", ni bronna^".

Victor said to Miliuc's servant that he should go on the waves :
he set his foot on the flagstone ; the trace of it remains, it wears
not away (?)'. 5

1. .i. attruhairt T 2. .i. angelus T, .i. angel F. Asbert Victor /ri gniad .i. atrubairt Uictor .i. angel communis Scotticse gentis sein. Quia Michael amgelus Ebreicse gentis, ita Victor Scottorum ; ideo curauit eos per Patricium, 'Victor said, i.e. that is the angel etc' F"^ 3. .i. yi'i gnithid A. fvisin niogaid T, .i. frignithid .i. foi fogantaid fsri. mogaid lo 'to the doer i.e. to the servant or to the slave' F 4. .i. milid 'soldier' T 4a. .i. proprium F 5. genetiuus est hie, Michul^ mac hui Buain, ri tuaiscirt Dal Araide, * Miliuc son of Ua Buain, king of the north of Dal- Araide ' F'"^ 6. .i. co ndichsed^ ' that he should go ' 7. /or muir 'on the sea' F, ybr muir sair do legunn 'on the sea eastwards to study' T 15 8. Forruib a choiss .i. i rricht eoin ticed Uictor ai/'igel co Fatr&xc intan robot ic ingaire mucc Milcon meic hui Buan inArcail .i. nomen uallis magnae insen i tuasciurt Dal Araide ic Sleib Mis, 7 i iSciric"^ sainriud ticed cucai: eclesia sen hodie in ualle ilia, 7 vfiaraid slicht a choss beos forsin chloich • Ocus asbert Uictor fris ; Hs mithig duit,' olse, ' dul dar muir do foglaim, ar 10 is duit rochind Dia corop tu bas fovcetlaid do luct na hindsesa iartain.' ' ni regsa,' ol Datrsbic, acsi diceret non (1) stetit donee peruenit ad Ger- manum co {roj)) deoin domino meo".' ' Eirgsiu,' ar int aiigel, ' 7 iarfaig do ' • Dochuaid tra, Datia,ic ocus roiarfaig do, acht ni fuair deonugud acid ma dobevad bruth oir bad cutrnvaaia ria cheyid do • Asbert PatraiG fris : '■dar 25 mode broth, is lualaing Dia sen, mad ail do'; genus iuramenti sen la FatrsXc, ac si diceret : ' dar mo Dia bratha. ' Luid Fatraic for culu coa muccna'^ isin dithrub doridise, ocus atfet do Victor oamia uerba domini sui- Asbert int angel fris : ' lensu in tore ut, 7 tochelaid bruth noir asin talmain, ocus beirsiu lat e dot tigernu.' Et sic factum est • 7 tuc int 30 aiigel inni Fatraic .Ix. mile i noenlo, i .c. ut alii dicunt, .i. otha Sliab Mis i nDal Araide co Gill Cianna{in) ybr bi'u Boinne atuaid fri Manistir anair • Ocus rorec Ciannan he frisna noere robatar ic Inhiur Boinne ar da chore umai, ocus tuc leis iat fri fraigid a thige • 7 rolensat allama dib 7 lama a muintiri • et ille penituit et absolutus est [a] Patricio duxit et a 35 nautisP eum in libertatem. Et baptizatus est Ciannan a Patricio postea, ' in a bird's shape the angel Victor was wont to come to Patrick, when he was herding the swine of Miliuc, son of Ua Buain, in Arcal, (that is nom,en uallis magnae in the north of Dal-Araide), and in Scirit in particular he used to come to him. That is ecclesia etc., and the trace 40 of his feet remains still on the stone. And Victor said to him : ' It is time for thee,' said he, 'to go oversea to learn, since God hath determined for thee that thou shouldst afterwards be teacher to the folk of this island.' 'I will not go,' said Patrick, acsi diceret: 'till it be my master's will.' 'Go,' said the angel, 'and ask him.' So Patrick went and asked him, 45 but he could not get his consent, unless he gave him a mass of gold as large as his head. Patrick said to him : ' By my debroth, God is capable ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

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1. gniad TF
2. Mil T, 7 Milcon F : Miliuc gen. Milcon, as drisiuc, ace. pi. driscoiia, Laws IV. 388, 6
3. tessed F, contessed T
4. foiruib TF
5. chois T
6. leic F
7. marait TF
8. aes: aes T, dia ces F
9. bronnaim is unknown elsewhere in an intransitive sense
10. leg. Miliuc
11. odechsad F
12. leg. Scirit, supra p. 269
13. The words non s<e<tf...Ger/wanMnt seem to be out of place. Colganhas: ac si diceret : donee licentiani obtineam a domino meo
14. leg. mucca
15. nutis MS.