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



C^n biOD anopi 5I1 ac ool," 

 Qp na ba Doaoh ooppain." 

 Qn uall noioec pia n-uabup,« 

 Ha puipec puao, na painpep,''* 

 Hi oac Dimoaij oon aipeiti." 

 Cpi cec oailem nop oaileo.*' 

 Cpi caeca pcaba*' coja, 

 pioD cec oaim, colai cuile, 

 Sec ba cappmocal n-glan m-balc, 

 6a hop, ba hapccao uilea. 

 Cpi coeca coicea n-jalach, 

 Cenac nannac, ppi puipec, 

 ppi h-aipep cenoac coLoc, 

 Ha pij pogac na puipec. 

 6a mo Don mal ba moo, 

 Qp cec loo ba baa, 

 Cpicq cec, noc no puipjeo™ 

 mac Ctipc cuipmeo cec oiaa. 

 Q oponcc piliD ba pipoa, 

 CuinjDip obcceao a n-oala,*' 



While he was feasting, 

 That no mischief might befal him. 

 The harmonious shouts of pride. 

 The vahant chiefs, the mighty men, 

 It is not unpleasant to enumerate them. 

 Three hundred cup-bearers distributed. 

 Three times fifty choice goblets, 

 Before each party, of great numbers. 

 Which were of pure strong carbuncle, 

 Of gold, or of silver all. 

 Three times fifty stout cooks. 

 Without any anger, in waiting, 

 With food in great abundance. 

 Upon the great kings and chieftains. 

 This greatest prince had a greater, 

 Every day a greater number, 

 Thirty hundred, were supported 

 By the son of Art each day. 

 His train of poets were upright, 

 They kept the laws of Ireland, 



" Cein biD in pi ac a ol. — Book of Gkndalough. Cen biOD an Ri ace oal. — L. Gabhala. 



** Qp nabbao Docro ooppom. — Boole of Gkndalough. Qp na ba dood Dopum. — L. Ballymot. Qp na 

 bo DOcro Qopaih L. Gabhala. Conabao ooao Dopon. — H. 2. 16. 



** Q nol nuag ppi uabup. — Book of Gkndalough. Huall, &c. — L. Ballymot. Qn uall nuiDeach 

 ppi h-uabap. — H. 2. 16, and L. Gabhala. 



■^ Ha puipeac puam na paioeao, &c. — L. Ballymot. Ha puipeach puao na painpeap.— H. 2. 16. 



■" Hf bo DimoaiD in aipem.— H. 2. 16. Hip booDimoaiSDia n-aipearii.— i. Gabhala. 



■" Cpicha oalem nop oaileo. — Book of Gkndalough. Cpi caeca po Dop oaileaD.— H. 2. 16. 

 Caocao oailerii nop oaileao. — L. Gabhala. 



* Hoi coicair pcaba poja, ba pi oal COja a CU lle.— Boo4 of Gkndalough. All the other copies agree with 

 the text as given above. In the Glosses on this poem, preserved in H. 3. 18, pp. 467 and 533, the word pcaba is 

 explained by the modern word poijcec, a vessel, and the above quatrain quoted as an example, thus : 

 Cpi pcaba do jac pij oola cuile. Sec ba copmojal ^lan mac, bahop, ba hapjao uile — p. 467. 

 Cpi coeca pcaba coja do jac oaiTti, cola cuile pec ba capmojal^lan mac, ba hop, ba hap- 

 JDC Ulle. — p. 533. Scaba is also explained in Cormac's Glossary by the word lepcap, a vessel. 



"> All the other copies agree very nearly with the text, except the Book of Glendalough, in which this quatrain runs 

 thus : 6a han oo'n malba mou, Qp cac lou ba lia, Cpi mile ba naipmec, Ulac Qipc eipneo cac 



" This line is explained by Michael O'Clery thus : CuingDip .1. DO consbaiDiJ' no apaiDip : " CUinjDip 

 Dlijeao nalla .1. oo conjbaioip olijeao a eipeannaib." 



