Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 73 



ocuf po la m fluaj bu» ip in oail rap a ceann. 

 Et timuerunt timore magna, etjhcti sunt velut 

 tnortui, &c. 6apin Din, pleccaip Caogaipe 

 ocup popmna noajouine n-Bpeno pop 015- 

 peip n-t)e ocup paqiaic. Qimne, ainmne, 

 a cLepij, oloaiD pip BpenD, po ppicchepcaip 

 Dilja! rriair, eiti, ol paqiaic, peouicuili pip 

 ©peno: paDinapum pip ©ipeno ppi paqiaic 

 ut dictum est, cabaip comaiple paip. Ip lap pin 

 lapum ap bepc paqiaic, po cepo-pa, epa, 

 ol pe, a pep pijpilro mpi Gipeno .1. tDuBrach 

 IDac U Cujaip, lepcap Ian do pach m Spi- 

 para Naimb. TTlaich, em, ol t)uBcac ; 

 Duppann Duir a pao ppiutn, a cleipij, ol 

 Oubcac, ip amnup Dam ber ip in oail pin 

 imp t)ia ocup Duine .1. ap maoeo ar beppa 

 nem-epic m jniriiapa bep bio olc ooc incaib- 

 piu, ocup ni bar po lac; maoeo, oon, apbep 

 a epic ocup a innechlann bep ni ba maich 

 la cia pon Don, ap ippeo pil 1 poipcelai oj- 

 DiljuD caca uilc hocaccomnepumoialaile. 

 TTlair cpa, ol paqiaic, an do bepa Dia pop 

 c'eplabpai paiD. .Amen, non vos estis qui 

 loquimini, sed spiritus patris vestri qui loquitur 

 in vobis, &c. Ni pib buoein laibepup ace 

 ppipac m'acap a ca inncib laibepup uaiB. 

 6ennachuip lapum paqiaic a jin-pium, ocup 

 DO luio pach inSpipacaNaimb popaeplabpa 

 conoepepc, 



" In cuch 1 njmclechc," &c. 

 Rajam a lep cpa, oloaiD pip Speno, puio- 

 lujoD ocup opou joD each pechca lino cio 

 cinmoca inipeo. 1]' pepp, ol pacpaic, a 

 Denam, ocup ip annpin caipcomla each aop 

 Dana la h-Gipino, co caippen each a eepo piao 

 Paccpaie ap beluib each plachala h-Gpino : 

 ip ann po hepbao do t)ubchach cmppennao 

 bpechemnupa ocup a uili pilioechca Gpeno 



and quaked, and the men trembled, and the host 

 which was at the assembly came to meet him. 

 And they feared with a great fear, and became as 

 dead men, &c. Upon this Laoghaire and the choice 

 of the men of Ireland submitted to the will of God 

 and Patrick. Patience ! patience ! O ! cleric, said 

 the men of Ireland, you have preached forgiveness. 

 Very good, said Patrick, let all the men of Ireland 

 consider it. The men of Ireland then said to 

 Patrick, as it is said, Give advice upon it. It 

 was after this that Patrick said, I will leave it 

 to the decision of the royal poet of the island of 

 Ireland, that is Dubhthach Mac-U-Lugair, a vessel 

 full of the prosperity of the Holy Spirit. Very 

 good, said Dubhthach ; it is severe in thee, O, 

 cleric, to say so to me ; it is disagreeable to me to 

 be in that decision between God and man ; for if 

 I say that no eric is to be given for this deed, it 

 will be evil for thy protection, and thou wilt not 

 deem it good ; and if I say that eric and mulct 

 are to be given for it, God will not deem it good, 

 for it is in the Gospel that full remission for every 

 evil is to be given by one neighbour to another. 

 Very good, said Patrick, God will say to thy de- 

 cision, ".^men, non vos estis qui loquimini, sed spi- 

 ritus patris vestri qui loquitur in vobis, &c." It is 

 not ye that speak but the spirit of your* Father 

 which speaketh in you.f Patrick afterwards 

 blessed his mouth, and the prosperity of the Holy 

 Spirit descended upon his eloquence, and he said, 

 " In cuch I njinclechc," &c. 

 We require, said the men of Ireland, to settle 

 and arrange every other law whatever among us 

 as well as this. It is better, said Patrick, to do so ; 

 and it is then that the professors of each science 

 in Ireland came forward, and each explained his 

 own art to Patrick in the presence of every chief 

 in Ireland ; and Dubhthach was told to explain the 

 judicature and all the poetical compositions of 



• In the Irish it is incorrectly translated m'acap, of my father. 

 VOL. XVIII. 



t Quoted from Matth. x. 20. 



k 



