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de petites gloses interlineaires en Latin sur de certains mots, 

 avec quelques notes mai'ginales qui composent une espece de 

 petite chaine reciieillie de Saint Hilaire, de Saint Ambroise, de 

 Saint Augustin, de Gennadius, et ce me semble de Bede, qui 

 est indique par la seule lettre B. comme Saint Jerome est in- 

 dique par la lettre H. Ces notes, dont il y en a quelques unes 

 fort impertinentes, & qui sont apparement du Compilateur, 

 viennent de deux mains ; car les unes sont en caracteres Saxons, 

 & les autres en caracteres Latins : celles-ci sont beaucoup plus 

 recentes."* 



Simon's error in the division of the original words oomael- 

 bpi^ce was natural enough to one unacquainted with the prac- 

 tice of Lish scribes ; and, though a little too venturesome in 

 describing the handwriting and language as Saxon, he did no 

 more than err with Mabillon, Muratori, and other great autho- 

 rities in re diplomat ica. It has been the misfortune of ancient 

 Irish literature that its remains, through the subordinate con- 

 dition of this country, have, both in England and abroad, been, 

 almost without a dissentient voice, adjudged to the Anglo- 

 Saxon school, whereby not only has the merit of the teacher 

 been transferred to the disciple, but a great obstruction has 

 been placed in the way of an acquaintance with Irish manu- 

 scripts which are scattered through Europe ; the Irish scholar 

 neglecting to examine them, because they are called Saxon ; 

 and the English to consult them, because unable. 



What notes Simon intended as the fort impertinentes, he 

 has not mentioned: possibly that already cited at p. 50, from 

 fob 5 b, and the following : 



Pupliccmi a puplopege, uc liepoOiam ab hiepobe, ec Cpip- 

 cicmi a Cpipco. — Fol. 3. 



On Matt. xvi. 18, 6c ejo Oico cibi quia cu ep pecpup -| 

 pupep heme pecpam eOipicabo ecclepiam. Qp: hoc loco epipcopi 



* Bibliotheque Critique, par Mr. De Sainjore, vol. i. p. 271-5. (Par. 1708.) 



