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



Rannaipe, oailemain oein, 



Raccaipe peim poep," 



]ii laprap chiji, pop lap, 



Qp Doppeci moel.** 



meoam nimi, nuall cen atp, 



Rannupoo jac aeri, 



Gcip Di choem, oijpuip, pach, 



Ocup each bap chloen.^ 



CiD bee pi cac uan a chuic, 



In appannaib pic, 



mac TTIuipe ap n-oatlem, ap eoicc, 



h-ipp he con oapp pic. 



Q mic, mao cobpu in pleto, 



pomna molaio luio, 



Cach lap n-aipiUiuo hipcrj 



ppi pamujUD ppi puich — " 



Ueach ITliDcuapca Rij Nimi, 



Hi bai cech ba puilliu, 



Qcc col t)e cac do oanjniu 



Hoc a m-bi hi puioiu. 



The distributor, the swift cupbearer. 



The rachtaire of free course. 



In the back of the house, in the middle. 



To them is given a moel. 



The balancer of heaven, boundless wonder. 



Distributes to each person, 



Both to the mild, faithful, wise. 



And to each unjust person. 



Though each think his share small. 



In the divisions in which it reaches him, 



The son of Mary is our cupbearer, our cook, 



It is he who gives. 



My son, if the feast was cheerful. 



Which I have praised in my poem, 



All after being arranged inside 



In comfort and pleasure — 



The Teach Midhchuarta of the King of Heaven, 



There is no house more joyful. 



But except those who do the will of God 



None will be in it. 



It remains now to give an explanation of the ground-plans, or tables, illus- 

 trating the preceding poem, as given in the two MSS. from which it has been 

 copied; and, first, of the more ancient — that found in the Book of Glendalough. 

 As the matter of these tables has, however, been already to a great extent ex- 



" Edegli avea del cul/atto trombetta." — Inferno, canto 21, line 139. 



It may not perhaps be unworthy of remark, that a manor in England is said to have been formerly held by the tenure of 

 a saltus, a sufflatus, and a crepitus ventris, enacted in the presence of the king. 



" This word would signify either a lawgiver, or a herdsman, in which latter sense it is thus explained in O'Clery's 

 glossary: " Reaccaipe .1. OOOaipe aooaipe aipneije." i.e. a herder of cattle. It is obviously used in this 

 sense here. 



" Rannaipe cein oalemain, Reccaipe peim paep, In lapcup cije pop I6p, CTppoppecce mael. 

 — Book of Glendalough. 



* rPeoa mine nual caen aip, Rannaip do cac cen, Gcip di chaem Dijpaip pach, Ocup pach 

 bap chaem. — Book of Glendalough. 



" CiD bee la each uan a cuic, Im a pannaiB pic, TTIac t)e ap n-oailem, apcoie, ipecon Die. 

 Q meiec mao cobpa m pleio, Ponma molaiD luio, lap na pulluo caich 1PC15, Ppi panpijuo 

 pu ID. — Book of Glendalough. There is evidently some defect in the text of these concluding verses, as appears from a 

 comparison of the two copies. The reading in the Book of Glendalough is the more correct, but it is to be regretted that 

 the last quatrain of this poem is entirely effaced in that manuscript. 



