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ruaoiw. Aithrus ind anmcharat dia 

 \)\\a.dna beus mad hi cein beith. Cid 

 snentiva imnuM-go maith ind ocojw is 

 cet. 



§ 45. Ni fogni lasna celiu A6 ni di nacli 

 ret do denam iar nespartain domnaich. 

 Fecht robiii damsae domchaomnacuir 

 airisem hi fothrucad sel bee iar nes])«>'- 

 tain domnaich. AsrubrtrtsoOT buith oen 

 anland de saill na him aidchi ndomnaig 

 7 dia domnaich tara, heis. 



§ 46. IS iiecl asrub^rtsa' iri nech bad 

 o'flibdech conahi\t mor fair deithitiu na 

 ooilnidi manip iri toil d6 dosmerat. 

 IS sed atruboj't maolruin iri sechnasach 

 espM<?o^?<s ochild golpin. Condatecht a 

 raathaiv cucisom aggaire 7 tamen noluit 

 awerti a pecctis. larmfacht iamm sech- 

 nasach do maolruaoi». Cindws nombiad 

 etir an d6de sin IS sed asb^ctsoin cenis 

 tucasu chucud dochom betad hisi ni 

 rucasi t;Msu ad [40"] mortem si uero 

 oonuersa. inoit debes curare earn Mad 

 fir doim tra nech bess coklnaide dlegair 

 airchiseclit de amail cech doim 



§ 47. Teorse briatArrt forfaecaib diar- 

 maid app iae la cartach neej^ucoptcs. 

 Fit foss figell .i. ni b^ erehailiud lat. 

 is h.6 so fit nocaithiub dog»-es. Biat i 

 fus cen scucht. IS si figell indso 

 dogen 



§ 48. IS sed fognid la maolrui?* inti 

 dia macnleirchiu fo-rsa mbeith I'tu nior 

 comarlecud digi use;' no midcc do 

 tr«th teii-t co hiarmergi Acc!w dogni'd 

 trichoit pff<«r hi crosfigild tara h6isi. 



ruain : To consult his confessor once a 

 year regularly, if he be at a distance : 

 if he be nearer, however, it is allowable 

 to consult him oftener. 



5 § 45. It is not the practice of the 

 Celi De to do anything whatever after 

 evensong on Saturday. Once it happened 

 tome that I chanced to stay in the bath 

 a while after evensong on Saturday. 



10 He told me to go without condiment of 

 bacon or butter on the Saturday evening 

 and the Sunday following. 



§ 46. This is what he said to one 

 tliat was devout : that concern for carnal 

 things should not weigh on him, unless 



15 they led him to oppose the will of Grod. 



This is what Maelruain said to Sech- 



nasach the bishop from Gill Gulbin, 



His mother besought him to take care of 



her, and yet would not turn from her 



2Q sins. Then Sechnasach asked Maelruain, 

 " How shall I at all manage these two 

 things ? " This is what he said : 

 " Though thou bring her not to thee 

 to life, let her not carry thee to 



25 death : but if she be converted, thou art 

 bound to take care of her." If anyone 

 that is carnal be reaUy poor, he deserves 

 pity, as every poor man doth. 



§ 47. Three words Diarmaid, abbot 

 of lona, left with bishop Carthach : pit- 

 tance, perseverance, cross-vigil : that is, 

 do not make a resolution — " This is the 



3Q pittance I will always eat. I will 

 say the £eati perseveringly without 

 desisting. This is the vigil I will 

 perform." 



§ 48. This was Maelruain's practice : 

 any of the clerical students who suffered 

 from great thirst had [lermission to take 



35 a drink of water or whey from the 

 hour of tierce to that of nocturns, lest 



' Jiead asrubartsom 



