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[i. e. the deluge] that came on it ; but it was only one pain that came on 

 it. The many pains of Christ were more intense .1111, annis et dimedio, 

 and the pains and vengeance for them shall be more numerous and in- 

 tense, us modo, i. e. ad tempus, quod modo.'' 



Of the subscriptions to the Gospels that after St. Mark 

 has been given above. At the end of St. Matthew is the fol- 

 lowing : 



Op 00 TTlaelbpisce qui pcpibpic hunc libpum. lp mop iti 

 5mm Copmac mac Capchaig 00 mapbao o CaipOelbach .h. 

 Dpi am. — Pol. 60. 



'A prayer for Maelbrigid qui scripsit hunc librum. Tis a terrible 

 deed, Cormac Mac Carthy to be killed by Turlogh O'Brien.' 



The allusion is to an event Avhich the Four Masters thus 

 record at the year 1138 : " Cormac, son of Muireadhach, son 

 of Carthach, King of Desmond, and bishop of the kings of 

 Ireland for bestowal of jewels and wealth upon the clergy and 

 the churches, an improver of territories and churches, was 

 killed in his own house by treachery, by Toirdhealbhach son of 

 Diarmaid Ua Briain, and by the two sons of O'Conor Kerry." 



At the end of St. Luke, the scribe's name appears again, 

 but with a different chronological note : 



Op Oo THaelbpijce qui pcpibpich. I. m ;c;c°uni° anno aecacip 

 puae. In oapa bliabam laippm goCchai^ moip pdn. — Fol. 127 b. 



' A prayer for Maelbrigid qui scripsit hunc librum in xxviii anno 

 atatis sua; ; The second year after the great storm was this.'* 



* John Toland, whose real name was O'Toolan, was a native of Eskaheen 

 in Inishowen, near Derry, where Irish was the language commonly spoken 

 in his time. (See O'Donovan, An. Four Mast. 464.) He undertook to inter- 

 pret this passage, and his autograph, which is pasted on p. 194 of Wanley's 

 Catalogue, vol. v., contains this translation: "Orate pro Brigidiano qui 

 scribsit hunc librum in vicesimo octavo anno aetatis suae secundo anno ab 

 aedificatione magna domus." Mr. Westwood, who translates from Wanley's 

 Catalogue instead of the original, places the occurrence " in the second year 

 after the building of the great house."! At least he should have followed 

 Dr. O'Conor, who interprets the passage correctly. 



