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same character, and probably of about the same age as the 

 Psaltar na Kami. It is introduced by the following note : 



"Pcmcfcce mcipic .1. cmcuo Ouibbxpfch lun riuacgaile pop 

 pm panOecc Cipine qua goeOeilg inpo pfp. Do apOgabalaib 

 in Oorhum, acup Oo chpoebaib coibmupa m Ooriiain, acup Oia 

 Tulchenelaib; acup Oo nuiiup a mbepla, acup Oo aippib a naip- 

 ech, acup Oia nanmannaib; acup Oo aeppaib in Ooriiain, acup Oo 

 nurhvp cacha aeppe. Do pfip m cSfpcm mpo." 



" Pantecte incipit, viz., a translation made by Dubhlitir* 

 O Huathghaile, of the Pandect of Cirine [St. Jerome], into 

 Gaedhlic, here follows. Of the great conquests of the world, 

 and of the genealogical branchings of the world, and of its 

 various races ; and of the number of their languages ; and of 

 the ages of their chiefs and their names ; and of the ages of 

 the world, and of the duration of each age. This is accord- 

 ing to the Septuagint." 



This poem begins 



" Cecna aimpip becaO binn." 

 " The first age of the noble world." 



The work here alluded to under the name of " Pandect of 

 St. Jerome," is certainly his " Bibliotheca," or Latin version 

 of the Bible. It is so called by Alcuin, in the well-known 

 epigram which he annexed to his own copy of the Scriptures : 



" Nomine Pandecten proprio vocitare memento 

 Hoc corpus sacrum, Lector, in ore tuo ; 

 Quod nunc a multis constat Bibliotheca dicta 

 Nomine non proprio, ut lingua Pelasga sonat." 7 



* Dubhlitir, i. e., Black Letter. There were several abbots of this name 

 living between the years 780 and 930. See note, next page. 



t Quoted by Vallarsius, in his Preface to the Bibliotheca of St. Jerome. 

 Opp. S. Hieron., torn. ix. p. xi. (Venet. 1770). The erroneous quantity given 

 to the penultimate syllable of Bibliotheca, in these lines? is by no means 

 uncommon amongst mediseval writers. The entire epigram of Alcuin may 

 be seen in Baronius, ad an. 778, n. 23. 



