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his heathen masters; and their authority is supported by ano- 
ther of no less weight.* The ancient gloss on this passage in 
the Book of Hymns is as follows :— 
“1. po lenaptap mtainm ap cochpalge .1. cechapaige .1. 
apinni 00 snich cpibibup 101.” 
‘“‘i,e, the name Cothraighe followed him: i.e. quasi Cetharaighe, 
i, e. because he served four tribes.” 
Here it will be seen that this very ancient authority 
agrees with the lives, in considering Cothraighe a name given 
to Patrick; and paraphrases bacap we Cochnaige, “ the name 
of Cothraighe followed him.” But how this explanation is 
justified by the Irish, Dr. Todd professed himself unable to 
explain. He could only conjecture that, possibly, the words 
ought to be divided thus :— 
bad apile Cocthpaige; 
** Fuit aliud (nomen) Cothraighe;” 
bad being the old form, which is now bis, the third pers. 
sing. pret. of the substantive verb, and apile for apoile 
another. But the whole question being one of great uncer- 
tainty and difficulty, Dr. Todd wished to be understood as 
merely throwing out these suggestions for the consideration of 
Trish scholars. 
* The same interpretation of the name is also given in the Preface to the 
Hymn of St. Sechnall, Audite omnes, as transcribed into the Leabhar Breac 
(see the Liber Hymnorum, edited by Dr. Todd for the Irish Archeological 
and Celtic Society, p. 27). This is an authority which may not be of much 
greater antiquity than the thirteenth century: and is therefore not superior 
to that of the Lives. 
