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)Se n; pojllpjlieix/' jn y^/t;be*n fO jo bjrujl bomnall 2t)(xc boncba 2Qoi.c bomn4;ll 

 ~d Del ]n CujUe, <xcu;r Se<X0Ln O'CDoie;! Conajjie on if/ibcojU aj ben<xm conafit<x <xcuy- 

 ceanjA;!! ;te cett;le <x t;mcel ceAt/KirtKX m)i\ (C*cA;/ie ^nClojjjn <xcu^ leatceAC^ttjima 

 mjn CD<xca;/ie Oe<!i;l n<x <fba, jc;;i co;ll <xcu;- co;i<xc acu;'- c/tu<xbcan .;. bomnall CD*c 

 boncbci CWac bomn<x;U <i5 tab^t r* c/i; le<xt: ceac;i<xm<xn m;^ y;n uab pejn, <xcuy 

 ona eaj j;ijb n<x i)<X)-^, too SecKxn 0'CD<xe;l Con4;/te <xcu;- ba e<x; j^;b n<x ir^jll jie fe&f- 

 mbuA;b p;cjt ;n l.<xoj : <icu;- ma;' jt>)T^ be<xUto;ne acuf pe<xjl ^^oin Se<XAjn jruflj^-ceolcoi;* 

 jn pg^ftS pn, ;<xb pn bo be;c r<x mbuajb fe<\fc<y, <xcu;' <x mbea;c jn l<xoj <x peAjl ;'An 

 S&^]n «m<ic ; <xca|- <i b<x;i;i ;-*0;t yloin 015 Se<xn <xn bljAbajn f uA;;'ceolt4|i ; ; <ycaf 

 fefjacbajb <i;t bomnall acu;- <x/i eajj/ijb <xn pe;t<\n bo conmft;l ;^<xo;i bo Seoian <xcu;" ba 

 eaj j;ijb cjon c;/ie ; <ycuf jan <X;i neoi;ic old j:e<x;i<xn pn bo frua/-cl<xb ixf- bejj/i^b b;l;;- 

 bomn(x;l CD;c boncb* m<X/< jeall <i;i <x <X]ine]f bjlj;' pejn. ^/ju^r m;;^; (Da)jice<Xf\tOLC 

 0?<xc ConcubA;^ o;^ CDej jrlancbftb* bo ;^;ijb bo cojl jn bA ;<An, a T?o;-mY;ncA;<, AO;y 

 yn C^jeft/in* .m. b. ^cuf CT55 •'^* *<^"/" <^r "i^^J**"* acu;- bAp;c;t. )pAC a pAjojn 

 lA;c;ieAc ;-o, bonc7)A CDjc SeAAjn CBac COAt jAmoA l?o;-mT;ncA;i, bomnAll .^. ODac 

 ConcubA|t rA)cne, SeAAn CDac boncbA CDac bomnA;ll, JTIajC;*; CDac boirwAjU (Dej 

 plArcbAbA, LocblAn O'CeA/tmobA, LocIaB ;i;AbAc CDac ^05 ; An nAObAb Ia bo m; Jun 

 bo ^;<;obAb. 



pl<x)tiij TOac ClAncbAj. (O* i-Am boiiwAjll ClOjc boncJja. 



SeAn (10 AC boncfjA. 



boncbA TOac SeAAjn. 



bomnAll ;iaAb CDac ConcubA;t uc.)ine. 



XXIII. 



Translation. — Mortgage of Land. — A. D. 1548. 



This writing declaretli that Donald Mac Donogh Mac Donald of 

 Belincolly and John O'Mulconry of Ardcoill,* do covenant and 



* Another Irish Poet, who presided over a great school at Ardcoill, in Thotnond, at the time 

 of the date of the above deed. He was author of an excellent poem, written in the Phenian 

 dialect of the Irish, on Brian na Murtha O'Rourke, prince of Breifny, who was elected 

 chief of his tribe in the year 1566. A fine copy of this poem, with an interlined gloss, is in the 

 posseasion of the writer hereof, which he intends shortly to publish, with a translation. 



