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hospitality and munificenee of the English and Irish of Ireland 
(Gall 7 Bardel n€peno), the year in which the son of the Earl 
of Ormond was treacherously killed by the Butlers.” The 
son of the Earl of Ormond here mentioned, was probably 
James,. commonly called Black James, natural son of James, 
fifth Earl of Ormond, who was slain by Sir Pierce Butler, 
between Dunmore and Kilkenny, March 17, 1518. The 
tracts are— 
1. An ancient Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer. 
2. An Account of the Destruction of Jerusalem, entitled 
«© The Avenging of the Blood of Christ.” 
VII. A miscellaneous collection of Theological Tracts, 
containing 
1. The Vision of St. Adamnan. 
2. An Account of the King of the Medes and Persians. 
3. Liber Sententiarum. A fac simile of part of this Trea- 
tise is given by M. Champollion in his Paleographie Univer- 
selle, It consists of nineteen chapters. 
4, A Treatise on Repentance. 
5. A Tract entitled, 5leo Michi lep in beipz, “ Michael’s 
Combat with the Monster.” 
6. A Tract entitled, ‘*‘ The Ambition of the Angel, and the 
banishment of Adam out of Paradise.” 
7. A very short Tract, without title, on the same subject. 
On the lower margin the transcriber has written in Irish, “« I 
have not found any more of this narrative to write;” so that 
it is probably incomplete. 
8. A Tract entitled, ‘* Words on the Sacrament :” This is 
a sermon or theological discourse on the Lord’s Supper. At 
the end is this note: ‘‘ I, John, son of the Earl of Desmond, 
wrote this at Carrig o Gonnell (a Cappaig o Comnell) in order 
to assist my companion, and faithful tutor, Mailechloin Mac 
Illion’’ This was probably John, son of Thomas, Earl of 
Desmond, who died 1536. 
9. A Tract entitled, ‘‘ History of the Monks of Egypt.” 
