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in a handwriting, as O'Donovan judged, nearly equally ancient. It 
may indeed be a cotemporary transcript of an older edition of the text 
already glossed. There are other editions of the narrative in later 
Trish manuscripts; but though these be later in transcription, and some 
of them in compilation, it is not to be concluded that they are necessa- 
rily derived from less ancient material. I offer no excuse for the bald- 
ness of the translation, which sayours of the almost prehistoric rudeness 
of the original. 
Aided Nathi agus a adnacol inso. 
Rogab Nathi mac Fiachrach herind agus roimsaig 
co sliab nelpa. Formenus  tracia tanic 
dia ailithri co sliab nelpa isivd amsirsin. 
.1. do fotuib agus clochaib 
Do rigned leis tor cathrach agus sesca traiged 
a airdde agus oen traig dec uadsom co solsi agus ro boi 
.1. Formenus 
A, is de atbertea seom im medon in tuir agus ni aced gvim na solsi. Tanic 
ne Ea. : ti 
azikien Be get tra Nathi cosiv tor. roscailset tra muintir Nathi in Tor 
is dathi gabalaid. agus ro airig formenus in gaith chuca. ruc tra dia uadib 
.i.-mile chemeyzd on sleib sis ata Formenus. 
formenus iz adluim thened mile chemend on tor agus roguid 
formenus in comdid nabiad flathius dathi ni bad sia 
i. Nathi 
inna sin agus roguid nabad ardaire a ligi nirabi tra 
do segul oc ond rig acht airet robas oc taithmech 
na cathrach in tan tanic saiget gelan do nim chuci 
co fuair a bas. Gabaid tra amalgaid cernacht fer 
«1. da amzalgaid robatar azd .i. azzalgaid mac fiachrach agus as#algaid mac Nathi. 
nerend agus atnaig corp a athar leiss. Noi catha ro 
brissitar rempu an air. in deseib temrach tra fuair amal 
1, Cath corpair _ 4. MacNathi : : 
Cath cima Cath faili gaid a bas. Tucad tra corp dathi aniar co ro ad 
Cath miscail. Cath naiced he i cruachaix. Cethror daz da es grada 
Moe Chee tucsat iv corp leo .1. dungalach agus flandgus tomal 
Cath fornar. isiat siz tach agus tuathal. co fil for lar oenaig cruacan. 
na catha ro maid ammuil ro follsig torna eces. Celis cach a erwacho 
setar re nathi chroderg coem ri heriz dathi mac fiachrach fial ri 
srva na thaisbenad : ° aS 
dona sluagaib ar muir ar tir techtastar cach cara rig iath ra 
is e marb. ortar cach ni cheil. Celis cach. 
and further on, referring to the incident of the tower :— 
In noem ar togail a muir atrubairt fris in a ruin 
a ligi no a lecht and nibad airdaire a cruacho. 
That is to say, in literal translation :— 
The death (Aided, query Edda?) of Nathi and his burial here. 
Nathi, son of Fiachra, took [reigned over] Erin, and invaded to the Alp 
mountains. Formenus, king of Thrace, came on pilgrimage to the Alp mountains 
at that time. There was made by hima castle tower, and sixty feet its height, and 
