MacNkill-- Jm Jrish Uiahrival Trucl dated A.D. 721. 147 



a new graiidfatlier fnv Mil, and seizing on a passage in Orosius they 

 connected Breogan with Brigantia, and gave " ostinm Scenae " an undefined 

 location in Irish topogiaphy. Mag Breogain was a plain in east Munster, 

 inhabited by the Muscraige Breogain. Except the Iberi, nearly all the 

 features of the legend in Z are retained but difl'erently placed in the later 

 versions. The present version may have been already invented before the 

 seventh century, for S. Columbanus of Bobbio, in two of his letters, uses 

 Hiberi as a name for the Irish. 



Comparison of the spellings of names in the Hieronymo-Eusebian 

 chronicle (H) with the spellings in Z, B, and Tlann's poem, Lecan 43/3 (E) : — 



H 



Armamithres 



Maniylus 



Manchaleus 



Ascatades 



Atossa 



Semiramis 



Balepares 



Sosares 



Lampares 



Panyas 



Sosarmus 



Mithreus 



Tautamus 



Teulaeus 



Eupales 



Laosthenes 



Peritiades 



Ophrataeus 



Tuonus 



Arbaces 



Sosarmus 



Mamycus 



Cardaces 



Deioces 



Cyaxares 



Z 



Armitcres 



Maiminitus 



Alacholius 



Ascaidias 



Athosa 



Saimiraimmis 



Poilipoiris 



Sosaires 



Lampades 



Proeminias 



Soparrdis 



Metralis 



Tutanes 



Flethius 



Calafares* 



Lanteis 



Perifianis 



Offrailus 



Tonus 



Arbait 



Sutt'onus 



Madidus 



Cardicias 



Deuchus 



Ciratreas 



B 



Armimentes 



Maimintus 



Masailius 



Ascaitias 



Ahosa 



Asaimiraimis 



Poilipoiris 



Sossairses 



Lampaires 



Piamineas 



Suffardus 



Metaralnius 



Tutanes 



Flaithius 



Lapales 



Lauisteutes 



Peridioidis 



Ofratolus 



Tomus 



Aarbatus 



Sogafanes 



IMaidius 



Cairdisis 



Dioiies 



Cir-asserses 



Armamentcres 



Mamitidus 



Machalius 



Ascathias 



Athoss 



Samiramis 



Polip«?-is' 



Suspwres' 



Lampades 



Panwanias 



Sophardus 



Metralius 



Tutanes 



Fletius 



Lampaleis 



Lustines 



Parathathis 



Attratulus 



Tonus 



Ai'pait 



Susfonius 



Madias 



Ardeichias 



Teochus 



Ciraxerses 



' In each ol these words the syllable par is represented by ii p with the stem crossed (= per) aud 

 with a overwritten (= nr or ra), so that it is possible to read perm: 



' Here xxx. = iriginia precedes, and probably the 6nal -ta read as -ca has been added to the 

 misread Lapales — Eupales. For the misread I see also Mithreus, Tcutaeus, Ophrataeus in H. 



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