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John of the bosom without being brought to the green,* 

 Without a stroke, the only one to die. 



The Jews that killed the perfect Simon ; 

 And with stones was Stephen killed ; 

 May my protection be on them all if they will, 

 Through the grace of the King who is not despicable. 



Save, O spotless Christ, 

 The soul of O'Maelchonaire 

 From the awful blasts of hell, 

 In which are habitations very despicable. 



With fol. 1 commences the narrative of St. Matthew's 

 Gospel, accompanied by a most copious catena, which, how- 

 ever, stops at the beginning of the twenty-seventh chapter. 

 In some cases the matter of the notes grew to such an extent 

 upon the scribe that the margins were insufficient to contain 

 them, and he was obliged to insert between the regular folios 

 slips of vellum, of half the breadth of the ordinary page. 



On upper margin of fol. 11 b are introduced two quatrains 

 in a delicate hand, comprised in two lines : 



Coic mile map m each 

 Sepca mile pfp napmacb 

 Do pil lacoib lp eol oam 

 lmm oen mnai Oo pochpacap 



Cimcell ban ocup mace mm 

 Cpebe beoOa t>eniamin 

 Ocup cimcell mb aip polao 

 pop mumoip labip galaO. 



Five thousand, great the battalion, 

 And seventy thousand armed men, 

 Of the seed of Jacob, it is known to me, 

 On account of one woman they all fell. 



* The green or plain of execution. 



