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kings of the Chaldeans and 100 yeai-s; 

 and the 95 years that the Medes reigned, 

 Ireland being empty, and the 105 years 

 that the Chaldeans reigned, make up the 

 [two] hundi'ed years that Ireland was 

 empty from the destruction of Conann's 

 tower to the voyage of the Fir Bolg. 



Y. (BB 



Et da .c. hi. do bhi Eri fas o thoghail 

 thuir Conaind ou tangadar Fir Bholg. 

 Comaimseardhacht righ in domain andso 

 fria righaibh Fear mBholg .i. a ndeireadh 

 flilaithTwa iia nGallagdha tra tangadar 

 Fir Bolg a nEriVin .i. a tiughlaith,«idhe 

 7 is do tarfos domn gan righidh ig 

 sgribeand 7 iss^-rf ro scribh mane techel 

 7 faires .i. umir 7 tomhas 7 foghail 7 is 

 fair ro thoghail Cir mac Dair i»i 

 mBaibiloin 7 ro marb Ballastair 7 ise 

 Cir ro leg i« mbroid do EriMalnn iar 

 mbeith doi .Ixx. bl. a ndairc Flaithi'tM 

 Pcrs tra a ndiaidh na nGallagdha .i da 

 righ dec ro gnbastair dhibh. trica 7 da 

 .c. bliWan doibh .i. sil Elaimh m«ic 

 Sheimh m«ic Nat- Laimida ba sloindidh 

 doibh gu P«rsus moc loib 7 P*rs 'wamorro 

 osin amach. Cir mac Bair a ccidrigh 

 siden tricha hMadoa. do gnnorchair la 

 St-itbeagdhaibh. gu tri .c. mile uimc 7 

 issc sin rug m.l. mile' do broid lenualnn 

 a Babhiloin 7 n.* castair oir 7 mile ' 

 castar n-airgid a lin. Cambaseis mac 

 Cir iardn .uii. mbl. co ros marbsat a 

 dhruithe fein 7 "Eachaid mac Eire i righe 

 nErran in tan sin 7 isiad sin na mi. 

 mbliWna rxx. ro badar Fir Bolg a 

 nErinn .i. ocht vaXAiadna} flaithiiMa. 

 Cir m#ic Bair gosin seachtmadh bl. 



31 ^ 38.) 



And 200 years was Ii-eland empty 

 from the destruction of Conann's tower 

 till the Fir Bolg came. The following is 

 the synchronizing of the kings of the 

 world with the kings of the Fir Bolg. 

 At the end of the sovereignty of the 

 Chaldeans the Fir Bolg arrived in Ire- 

 land. He [BalthassarJ' was their last 

 prince, and to him was shown a hand 

 without an arm writing, and what it 

 wrote was maiie thfkfl phares, i.e. number 

 and measure and division; and over him 

 Cyrus son of Barius captured Babylon, 

 and he slew Balthassar. And it was 

 Cyrus who let go the captives {lit. cap- 

 tivity) to Jerusalem when they had been 

 70 years in bondage. The Persian em- 

 pire then after the Chaldeans, i.e. twelve 

 kings of them reigned. Their time was 

 230 years, i.e. the race of Elam son of 

 Sbem son of Noah. Elamites was 

 their description until Persus son of 

 Jove, and Persi thenceforward. Cyrus 

 son of Barius, their first king, reigned 

 30 years till he was slain by Scythians, 

 with 300,000 of his followers. And it 

 was he that brought the 50,000 of the 

 captives of Jerusalem out of Babylon, 

 and 5,000 vessels of gold, and many 

 thousand vessels of silver, such was 



I Read at in Lttan. * Read 6 chct bliadain. 



' The omission of the name shows that the compiler of the T..eabhar Gabb&Ia bad a rontinuous text 

 of Z which he broke up into ee<.tions. Balthassar is the last king named in the preceding scclioa. 

 Four pages of BB interTene. The Lecan (ciibe noted the omiasioD and re-inserted the name. 



