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§ 34. Biii alaile anchore i cluain ua 

 diiban lie. Mor ian<»« a saothar . da 

 cet sleohtain matiw \sed dognid 7 cet 

 caclm trniha, 7 cet im ermergi secht cet 

 iile. Adfes do maolruaoiw indni Asbir 

 mo briathfl!r ol maolruaoin. Beith re 

 dosom n'aneoaib 7 ni dognea cid 

 oenslechtai?!. Doronad on rogabtha a 

 cossse cona dei'noe figild ree mor ria 

 necaib lasind forcrid dorigni di'a naild. 



§35. Muim dob«ftliar o thuatib is 

 faitciii laissom anewfairitiu. Arisfemat 

 araile do fodail leusom do bochtnin {no 

 b) iarum Pobithin arna fodlat ind tuati 

 do hoohta.ih. Ata lasna tuati iarum beith 

 lor doib do asenara nime acht doratat ni 

 dona banchairtib^ 7 bidsom \sxum iria 

 toil. IS ferr a nemgabail iarum aobt 

 onti bass formbthi noti' addaim anmcar- 

 ti«o 



§ 36. Dia fercaicht/i6';' tra iria neoh 

 cid sechtair cid frit muindtw' ma 

 fosuathor trist do tab«Vt ior nech no 

 aithis troscud iwd. issed co?imidir maol- 

 ruaoi?* do maoldithr2«'5 7 di'gde iud caich 

 ro c>"«dis manip muindtcr accws cid fer 

 nuii?!dt«'i mad forbtiu 7 mat cias^ a 

 maith riasi?id aurd [39°] dara gaib 

 t/esind doch»'«dsa iris is ierr a dfede 



them after each fifty ; or one canticle 

 after each division." 



Now this is Maeldithruib's practice. 

 § 34. There was a certain anchorite 

 at Cluain ua Duban. Great was his 

 labour : two hundred genuflections he 

 used to perform at matins and atundred 

 5 every canonical hour, a hundred at 

 nocturns — seven hundred in all. This 

 was told to Maelruain. " By my word," 

 says Maelruain, " a time will come to 

 him before his death when he shall not 



10 perform a single genuflection." This 

 came to pass : his feet were seized so 

 that he could not perform a vigil for a 

 long time before his death, on account 

 of the excessive amount he had per- 

 formed in other days. 



§ 35. Wealth (?) that is given by lay- 

 folk, he is careful not to accept. Some 

 accept such things to be distributed by 

 them to the poor thereafter: because the 



15 lay folk do not distribute to the poor. 

 The consequence is that the lay folk 

 deem it enough to win a place in heaven, 

 if only they have given something to 

 their confessors, and after that they 



20 think it will be at their pleasiu'e. It is 

 better then not to accept anything, save 

 from one that is holy, or from one that 

 submits to spiritual direction. 



§ 36. Now if thou art augry with 

 anyone, whether a stranger or one of 

 thine own monks, if thou art wroth so 

 as to lay a curse on anyone, or revile 



25 him, fasting is imposed for it: (this is 

 what Maelruain prescribed to Mael- 

 dithruib) ; and to beseech pardon of 

 everyone thou hast offended, if he be not 

 one of thy monks ; or, if it be one of thy 

 monks, if he be a holy man, and if his 

 virtue was reported before [he reached] 



' Jiead dia nanmchaitib 



- Jiead n6 oiidi 



^Read ina'tcfias (or ma'tcess) 



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