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bef. c.—Celebpad en an maim 
h Maich vo cthabainc ofp oume 
Cach oib po canap apa 
In va ni an eclaip huile 
Berchan cecinit.—‘t The warbling of birds I observe, 
It is good to give tears to a man; 
Each of them loves the other, 
As does the entire Church.’ 
Fol. 7 b. The Prologue to St. John, beginning “ Hic est 
Johannes.” 
Fol. 8 &. A collection of extracts from Jerom, Gregory, 
and Bede. 
Fol. 9. Notes, wherein the Evangelists are fancifully com- 
pared to four liquors, four elements, four quarters of the 
world, four winds, four pillars. 
Fol. 9 d is entirely occupied by an Irish poem on the per- 
sonal appearance, and the manner of death, of Christ and his 
Apostles. It seems to be framed according to certain rules 
which guided the ancient scribes in the illumination of their 
biblical manuscripts, and may possibly find a partial illustra- 
tion in the figures which appear in the Book of Kells and 
other manuscripts of that class. 
. 
becca na velba aéc velb Oe 
Ni velb do posain vofn Bne 
Folc dono cp nonnual boi occa 
Ocup ulcha puad po atta. 
Oelb Pecap abpcail po mach, 
d mong slan pobo Sle liat 
Finn connail m pep panaa 
Sap umeumain a ulcha. 
Pol appeal alamo a onech 
60 pole (peam uppinech 
Cep cumcha sop vo chotca 
Ulcha Port ba pip potca. 
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