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Ocup ni baop ci ao bepa" 

 Co n-aop cena cec oana." 

 Cuipmim rejlac na rolaiB 

 Cije Cempac do oinibh ;** 

 Ip e po an aipiom pipe," 

 Caoca ap inile do mhilibh.*^ 

 Dia m-boi Copmac a Cemaip 

 Q po blao uap jac pojein ;'' 

 TJij aicjen mac Qipc Ctinpip'*' 

 Nip cm DO Daoinib Domain.*' 

 Copmac CO caime cpocha, — 

 6a pora connbalc plaro^ — 

 J5enip o Gchcaij, imjiV 

 IDac DO mjin Uilccaicheee.*** 

 O boi Solaih pp' pip'oo, 

 pep jac cinic do comol,*^ 

 Cem buD com maic ppi Copmac,^ 

 Q De, in copmolc an Domain ?^ 



And what they said was not folly 



With the professors of each art. 



I enumerate the household of the hosts 



Of the house of Temur of tribes ; 



This is the true enumeration, 



Fifty above a thousand of heroes. 



When Cormac was at Temur 



His great fame was over every select one ; 



A king like the son of Art Ainfir 



There came not of the men of the world. 



Cormac of the fair form — 



A pillar of a mighty king — 



He was born of Echtghe, the fair, 



He was son of the daughter of Uilcaiche. 



Since Solomon was inquiring, 



A man who united each tribe, 



An offspring as good as Cormac, 



O God, has the world consumed ? 



« Ocup ni baip ceo ao bepa H. 2. 16. Ocup ni baep cia ac bepa.— Z. Gaihala. 



" The last word in this line is defaced in H. 3. 3, but is supplied from the other copies. In the Book of Glenda- 

 / lough the quatrain is given thus : Ceno Dponj pileD po pipoa, SaijDip olijeo a n-Dala, Ip Depb ni 

 baep ci ac bepa, Cenap chena cac oana. 



** In the Gloss on this quatrain, preserved in H. 3. 18, pp. 467 and 533, DiniB is explained by aipeiTI. For 

 Dinibh, H. 2. 16, has oainib, and the X. Gabhala Daoinib, 



" Ip e peo an c-aipeam pipi H. 2. 16. Qp 6 po an c-aipem pipe.— i. Gabhala. 



^ This quatrain is given thus in the Book of Glendalough : Cuipmem cejlac I n-Dolaib, Caire Cempac 



6 olnib, Ipp hi peo an apim F'P^j Cpica mile oe milib. 



" Qp po bias uap cac po jail.— Sooft o/ GfenrfafougA. Q po blac uap jac pojain L.Ballymot. 



Q po blao op jac pogain. — H. 2. 16. Q po blao op gac pojain. — Z,. Gabhala, 



^ Rij aojein mac Ctipc Cfenpip. — L.Ballymot. 



^ Hi FP"^ oe Doinib Domain Book of Glendalough. Hip cm Dainib Domuin L. Ballymot. 



60 6a pocha ponobalc placa. — Book of Glendalough. 6a poca ponnbalc. — 



*' Jenaip o Gchcaij imjil. — Booh of Glendalough. ^^naip o Gaichcje pinnjil Z. Gabhala. 



^ Ullcacha. — Book of Glendalough. 



^ pepp each ciniUD Fpi cotnuX.— Book of Glendalough. pep cech cinn do choihal.— Z. CaiAafa. 



^ 5^'" ^'-'"' cumma ppi Copmac. — Book of Glendalough. The word Cein in the text is evidently an error 

 bf the transcriber for jein, as appears from the more ancient MS., the Book of Glendalough. 



" CI DC in copmalc ooman. — Book of Glendalough. Q t)he an rcopmalc an Domain. — Z. Gabhala. 

 The two last quatrains of this poem are wanting in the Book of Ballymote, and in H. 2. 16. 



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