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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



136, Here is a fragment which he has not even made an attempt 

 to translate, but slurs it over with the ready asterisks [42 y 8] : when 

 a man gets drunk, 



eueine mpefrpmeeue 



etmete 



euwuhm mpsaje 



5tS neuereu 



bos ere phob 



o iispere erow 



eofsolie nsoiT 



his memory is brought 



to the half, 



and his words 



contradict each other, 



so thai the thing 



is a wonder to people, 



and the [words) are laughed at. 



Of all this passage there is not a word, and the reason of this 

 omission is not far to seek ; because, after groping about in un- 

 certainty with one or two similar places, he finally translates as 

 follows, apparently in despair [43 a 26] : "when he speaks against 

 one, then he exalts himself . . .", though the words: safomkf 

 ehrai plainly denote the inarticulate utterance of a drunkard, ''' he is 

 wont to swallow it down, when he utters a word " &c. And then he 

 continues, in equal uncertainty [43 /3 1] : 

 137. 



saun pran g^ar 

 nrdme nim 

 etmete hitm ptihe 

 bS mmansd 

 eusaje nsa 

 netsotp erow 



si porta il nome 



di tutti gli uomini 



in mezzo {?) delV ebrieta 



nelle iaverne 



parlando contro 



gli eletti. 



It is almost incredible that this sort of work should have been pro- 

 duced ; but there it stands : " for the name of all men is brought into 

 the midst of intoxication in the taverns, speaking against the elect " ! 



The passage really means : " for they bring the name of every 

 man to the half, oioing to intoxication, in the taverns, while they 

 speak against those who are hetter than themselves ". 



138. I have already stated that Prof. Rossi has no definite idea of 

 the function of the tense-regents ; the wildest confusion often reigns 

 in his rendering of these particles. On the same column we have 

 this specimen [43 /? 15] : 



mn benrows nte pbios 

 nte peboiv etmniau 

 ei cjn teutn 

 ntbe nwpas 

 atetusotm oa^ je 



e le cure della vita 

 di quel giorno 

 vennero su di voi 

 a guisa di un laccio. 

 Udiiemi ancora. 



