497 



bered 48, consequently the forty-seven first leaves are want- 

 ing; and the MS. is written in double columns, of thirty-nine 

 lines each, ornamented with small illuminated letters scattered 

 through the volume. Between folios 128 and 129 is a semi- 

 longitudinal page, upon which is found the following note in 

 the Irish language :* 



mkvnfOt ^t^ioltttf, ^ <*> o^ 



Eversus, alluding to White, is as follows : "Pater Stephanas Vitus e Societate 

 Jesu, sacrae Theologise doctor, et professor emeritus, lucubrationem elabo- 

 ravit accuratissimam, qufe infamiam Hiberniae a Giraldo impactam luculen- 

 ter amovit. Ejus operis exiguum fragmentum penes me habeo, quod reliquse 

 partis prsestantiam, tanquam unguis leonem indicat ; sed integrum alicui 

 mutuo pridem traditum, proh dolor, in latebras aliquas reconditas abditum 

 est, ut ex iis erui, ae in lucem, hominumque conspectum proferri exinde non 

 potuerit." — Cambrensis Eversus, p. 1. 



* [It would seem that these lines ought to be read and translated as fol- 

 lows : 



6ennacc cuanna a'^uy (pa) noem capo- 

 ui a caccach ppip, ap ainmain in ci cue 

 a jaeouilc illaoin in bechupa .i. ppip Tohip 

 mac Sepuill. be epjallia. 



Anima quoque fratris Dermitii i Dhunchadha requiescat in 

 pace Amen. 



" The blessing of Cuanna, and (of the) saints who were in communion 

 with him, be upon the soul of him who translated this life from the Irish into 

 Latin, viz.. Brother John Mac Keruill of Oriel." — Editor of the Proceed- 

 ings.] 



