72 Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 



Cocc DO, Hich, ap in conplichr i po lapac 

 na jence ano ppi parpaic. Qimpep do, i 

 plairup in pi j Caejaipi TTlic Neill. peppa 

 DO, pepjup pilio, ao pace puaneiriain pou la 

 paqiaic lap ciaccain a n-©pinn. Dicunt alii 

 Cemuip ocup Caojaipi, ocup t)ubcac mac 

 U Cujaip, pi-piliD inpi ©peno. Opo oepioh 

 oi je na cpeDtni la pipu ©peno, ocup po ppic- 

 coD poipcc^l Chpipc DoiB uile, ocup po 

 papaijeo taojaipe com opuioaib qie pipcu 

 ocup mipBuili Depmaipe do pijne pacpaic i 

 piaonuipi pep n-Gjieno ; juna lapum po 

 cpeicpic ocup popuipicup oijpep pharpaic, 

 ap po conjpa huao popmna pep n-Gipeno do 

 rutoeacc in aon inao ppi aoncaio n-imagall- 

 rha im copup a m-bepcnai ocup a pechca ; 

 ocup do cuap uaicib co pacpaic, co caio- 

 chiopec Don oail. Q laire Din pia nachcain 

 DO phacpaic cucu imap nap lapacap pip 

 ©peno acuppu im a n-ecap. Cid qia, ol 

 Caejaipe ppiu, ap annpam lib po ppiccaoin 

 clepec Duib? Nin. cam diIjud, a\\ lac, ap 

 m uaip jebup cac oume ceill pop Diljuo do 

 neoc DO jena oe ulc, ni b\a comup pop pog- 

 luib ocup jonaiD cac pep alaile, &c. Cio 

 Din DO Denum ppippin ? Ippeo aipic mo aipic 

 pa oe, ol 6aojuipe, map i bup comeple pi, 

 ppomchup a aigneo peipin, .1. joncap nee 

 Dia muincip ap a belaib ; maoa loja, be- 

 mione ppip in pechc pin ; mana Diljea Don, 

 &c. 



"Ro puiDiujao, Din, a comaipli f.aojaipe 

 ocup pep n-6penD, pep punpaij do ^uin 

 map ao bui ap belaib pacpaic amail do 

 nicpeo an oail : quod completum est cpi pao 

 taejaipe. lap pm. Din, po bic in pep do 

 rhumcip pacpaic ap a jnuip 03 caiplim ipin 

 capbac. t)o peccae pacpaic puap do cum 

 a pochpaici ; papain po jab epic ocup calum- 

 cumpcujao map mpi n-Gpeno ocup a pipu. 



Its place is Nith, [so called] from the conten- 

 tion which the Gentiles had there with Patrick. 

 Its time, in the reign of Laoghaire Mac Neill. Its 

 author, Fergus the poet, who joined Patrick after 

 his arrival in Ireland. Others say Temur and 

 Laoghaire, and Dubhthach Mac-U-Lugair, royal 

 poet of the island of Ireland. When the purity 

 of the faith was acknowledged by the men of 

 Ireland, and when the Gospel of Christ was 

 preached to them all, and when Laoghaire, with 

 his Druids, was defeated by the great wonders 

 and miracles wrought by Patrick in the presence 

 of the men of Ireland, it was then they believed 

 and did the will of Patrick, who requested of 

 them that the choice part of the men of Ireland 

 should come to one place to hold a conference re- 

 specting the justness of their covenants and laws ; 

 and messengers were sent by them to Patrick 

 [to state] that they would go to the assembly. 

 The day before Patrick went to them, the men 

 of Ireland conferred on the subject of their meet- 

 ing. Why, said Laoghaire to them, does what 

 the Cleric has preached to you seem difficult ? 

 They replied. The law of forgiveness is so, for 

 when every one is convinced that what he does of 

 evil will be forgiven, there will be no power over 

 plunderers, and one man will stab the other, &c. 

 What, then, shall we do with him ? My advice is 

 this, said Laoghaire, if it meets your approbation, 

 let his own mind be proved, that is, let one of his 

 people be wounded before his face ; if he forgive, 

 we will agree with that law ; if he does not, &c. 



It was then agreed upon in the council of 

 Laoghaire and the men of Ireland, that a certain 

 person of Patrick's people should be wounded be- 

 fore his (Patrick's) face, when they should ap- 

 proach the assembly, which was done at the request 

 of Laoghaire. After this, then, one of Patrick's 

 people was wounded in the face as he was de- 

 scending from the chariot. Patrick went up to 

 the crowd, upon which the island of Ireland shook 



