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pl do cup a nSardile, acup vo pupdil an curd 00 bi Fo cpuad a 
nHaidilg 01 00 Con a mbusa mnnup 50 mberé pi polup, potuicpena 
vo caé ule; acup 00 timpalg acup ovo tindl an Curo do bi 
Tpreice ap ped penlebop Epenn 01, acup vo secs ap a bél Pém 
hi ap pdgail cpaféarp p6 méip; acup ap caicheam amp paroe 
Pa, ogd prurvép cinoup do Cuippead Pé Fae En Curd 01 ma hinaod 
meubaid pén, amarl acd pepibta annpo pip. 
“Coup ap ngabdil bade acup bpdtaipp1 46 ne na Gpo-naem 
acup pe na pdcpin spddach Pén od parbe pe no Oitpaccac. 
“( Caiplén Phuipc na opi nathac, umoppo, 00 veccaig in beta 
po, an can bud plén 04 bliadain véc ap Ppicit ap chic céc ap 
mile bliadain ven Tigepna.”—Folio 1, b. 
«¢ And be it known to the Readers of this Life, that it was 
extinguished for a long time, and that there was not be found 
but a fragment of the Book, which holy Adamnan compiled 
of it in Latin, and another small portion in Irish, compiled by 
the Irish poets in a very difficult dialect ; and the remainder 
in legends scattered throughout the Old Books of Erin. And 
it is my opinion that the following was the cause of this. 
«¢ When foreign Danes came at first to make a conquest in 
Erinn, they destroyed and burned all the chief churches of 
Erinn, and they destroyed their shrines and libraries (writings), 
and they carried off quantities of the Relics ofher Saints to their 
own country, as it is recorded in the old historical Books of 
Erinn, and particularly as it is recorded in the Old Book which 
is named ‘The War of the Danes with the Gaedhil.* And 
they burned and destroyed the chief churches of Collum Cille 
in particular. And J am certain that it was at that time they 
destroyed and burned his books, and that his Life was lost, 
excepting the little of it that has been collected to be written 
here. 
* An imperfect copy of this ancient account of the wars of the Danes in 
Ireland, was found by Mr. Curry in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. 
It was afterwards perfected by Dr. Todd, who collated it with a MS. in the 
Burgundian Library, Brussels. 
