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I. A book written by William Mac an Legha, some sheets 

 of which are misplaced by the binder. The book, however, 

 when this error is corrected, will be found to be quite perfect, 

 and contains ten tracts, viz. : 



1 . The History of the Children of Israel. A note at the 

 end tells us, that this work was transcribed in the year 1473, 

 in the space of two summer days ; and that it was written by 

 William Mac an Legha, at Cluan Lorg, in the house of Cor- 

 mac O'Betnachan. 



2. The History of King Solomon. 



3. A Tract against defiling or profaning Churches. 



4. A Legend of Hell and its Torments, entitled Censa bic 

 nua, " The Eternal new Tongue." 



5. A Legend describing the Condition of Enoch and Elias 

 in Heaven, entitled, t)a bpon plara mme, " The two sorrowful 

 ones of the Kingdom of Heaven." 



6. A Legend of a holy Monk and a Woman who went to 

 him for Confession. 



7. A Legend of two Children, one Jewish, the other Chris- 

 tian. 



8. A Legend of an Eastern Woman and her Child. 



9. A Legend of St. Brendan. 



10. The Reasons for making Friday a Day of Fasting. 

 IL The second book bound up in the volume is stated to 



have been written by Flathri (who calls himself in cpuaj, •' the 

 wretch, or miserable") for Donogh, son of Brien Mac Conor 

 O'Brien, who must have been the same as Brien Duff, son 

 of Brien O'Brien of the battle of Nenagh, who was the first 

 of that branch of the O'Brien family who settled in the Castle 

 of Carrig O'Gonnell, County Limerick, about 1449; and, 

 therefore, it follows that this portion of the MS. must have 

 been transcribed after that year. The Book of Flathri con- 

 tains the following tracts : 



1. Charta humani Generis, seu Speculum Peccatoris. 



2. A Tract entitled 6puo spaoa t)e, " Stimulus amoris Dei." 



3. A Tract on Alms. 



