489 



Possibly the readers of the "Unkinde Deserter" may be able 

 to conjecture the purpose of this composition, and assign some 

 reason for finding the Lion of Belgium, the Harp, and crowns 

 of Ireland quartered together. 



Vol. XVII., containing Nos. 5101, 5102, 5103, and 5104, 

 is a thin quarto volume ; the first part is occupied with a col- 

 lection of religious poems in the Irish language; some upon 

 Colurabanus, and others attributed to him and to St. Mo- 

 ling, also the rules of the Irish saints, commencing with St. 

 Colurabanus. This collection was finished in 1630, as may be 

 seen at page 45, where it ends. Then commences " Festilo- 

 gium S. Engussii Keledei," also in Irish, and beautifully writ- 

 ten, unquestionably in the handwriting of Michael O'Clery; 

 the accompanying gloss and notes are very full, and the " Fes- 

 tilogium" occupies fifty-one pages. 



The next piece is entitled " Mariani Gormani Sancti de 

 quibus dubito, an sint Hiberni an alij, quid non reperiantur in 

 aliis Martyrologiis iis quibus denotantur diebus." It is in the 

 Irish language, as well as a testimonial which precedes it, 

 bearing date " 18. aug. 1633," and signed Peappeappa o maoil- 

 conaipe and Cucoiccpice o Cleipij. 



This Martyrology is in short metre, and contains 141 

 pages. 



After this there is a third Martyrology, that of Tallaght, 

 occupying about twenty-seven pages, and then the following 

 testimonials : — 



Nos infra scripti fidera facimus, et per presentes testa- 

 mur has annexas duas copias transumptas fuisse per fratrem 

 Michaelem Clery ex duobus codicibus manuscriptis, quibus 

 a linguae Hybernicse peritioribus hucusque fides adhibebatur, 

 uno nimirum vetustissimo codice pertinente ad Clann y Mul- 

 choner, et altero qui est vera copia celeberrimi et vetustissimi 

 codicis nunc Dublinij reservati ; easdemque copias de verbo ad 

 verbum sine styli ordinis aut substantise rerum inversione aut 

 corruptione cum eisdem suis prothotypis per omnia concor- 



