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THE BATTLE OF VENTRY. 



(i) s^-s^-S^^-S*^ with monosyllabic rime-word, with three stress-syllables in 

 each hne, a line-pause after the third syllable. 



LL. p, i47a: A maccatn, na cl, 



cta so dogra atat, 

 mo chride^ doslofd 

 dia clor-sa do chui, ^-c. 

 LL. p. i48a: Fothud na Canone cecinit: 



Cert cech rtg cor-reil 

 do chlanna\b Neil nair 

 dcht triar (m dlig cert) 

 did raib nert na Idim &c. 

 Here the rimes a and c reappear in a word of the second and fourth lines respectively 

 {reil-Neil, cert-nert), 



(2) 5-5i'-5-5^, with trisyllabic rime, with three stress-syllables, a line-pause 

 after the second syllable. 



Aid. Cl. L. (Edin. 38): Olc an bheatha sd, 



fuacht na hoidhchi si, 

 mead an t-sneachta sd, 

 cruas na gaoithi si. 



Rerti thriar derbhrathaY- 

 sunn do sgarus-\s\a, 

 fuar ^ an chomhursa 

 sruth na mara sa. 

 Ann do luighdts-[s]ion 

 fd mo chaoimsgiathaibh, 

 tonn da ttreuntuargain 

 Conn is ' caoimh-Fiachra. 



Do chuir lesmhdthair 

 sinn ann ceathrar so 

 anocht * 'sa dochar so : 

 olc an hheatha so. 



(3) 6a-6rt-5^-6c-6f-6c-5 3, a and c being rime-words of two syllables, 

 c of one, with three stress-syllables in each line, a line-pause after the fourth syllable. 



LL. p. I74b: Cdn tecait na techta? 



Slainnid ddm far slechta 



CQ Conchobor cairn. 



Irm andnd i n-Emain 



in flaith cusna fledaib 

 / 



no inn ed tic do debaid 



i n-degaid a tairb ? &c. 



1 To be read chri. '^ as fiiar, MS. ^ Xq be read 's. * To be read 'nocht. 



