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tir mu)«aii iiid amsir samdine dobisred 

 huadisi imohomrac ua mac bethad ind 

 tire congraid} isxom disi he 7 ronail fair 

 cona, tormaigfed n6 ria digebad cid a oen 

 fooul dia briat/;r«ib si no di briatAraib 

 ind caicb cossa fuided. Asb«rtsi iris, 

 ia.vum conarbsra' daw* olsisi iri maoli'uain 

 no iri fer da crich acMs is d6cliu on 

 fobith isTiidiu' ro>«b6i maolruaoin qimm 

 samdan. Is si mo sansercsa di cleirchib 

 ind deisc;>t 7 ni cowebera iris Aiis ind 

 airim banscala ior a cubus 7 Cms and 

 geba mo anwcairdessa, Negotiator \uec 

 retulit. Andand* immur^o f risiom rowiba 

 si saiwserc samdine he atrecbt fochetoir 

 7 dohuargaib a de laim hi crosfigill 7 

 atluchestar bui'' do dia. Anddond iar«M» 

 atbc^'t iris dws ind aithcomraictis ban- 

 scale [42''] fm 7 dJis ind arfaomad a 

 anwchartisi i?«dercad corrici a ucht 7 

 slechtais fo tri 7 spatio magno siluit. 

 Is iaxum atb«rtso)H apur siu f^-jesi 

 ira olsesem cowimthisi comarli hude 

 Po«<ca narrauit negotiator owwia hasc 

 u«-ba do sawKlin 7 ilia d(xz'< anda lim ol 

 sisi dorraga ni don mrtc sin. Is iarowj 

 doticsa'' a delg asa brut 7 clandti inda 

 grjtaid conidairsir isind chnaiwj 7' da 

 srenga ais iarow. Mtfo«tuilid immurgu 

 cid a oen bande folae ass. Fecais ind 

 cendaig ior qui 7 torrsi oca faicsin sin 

 Gabesi iaxum ind crecht eitw- a di vner 7 

 fecais for a f ascud ree m6r 7 nicowtaldad 

 ba?ma as Asendad iaro?M dolduid bannan 

 bee bee as lasind fascad fottai. Banna 

 bee son de usci 7 robui buidetai bee fair 

 do caomclod a datha. Dobsrteom ior a 

 hiwgin iaxum in dibiirsin mbic sin. 

 Asb«;'tsi' tra aii-et his iavum olsi a 

 cutruraesi do slig inda curpsom ni be 

 mundtsras indda taobatu do iri banscala. 



pedlar in Munster in the time of Samdan, 

 who used to carry greetings from her to 

 the ' ' sons of life ' ' in tb at country. Once 

 she called him to her and bound him 

 5 not to add to nor take away a single word 

 that she said, nor a word that, anyone 

 should say to whom he was sent. Then 

 she said to him : " Say to Maelruain for 

 me, " said she ( — or to Fer Da Chrich, and 



10 this latter is more likely, since Maelruain 

 was more venerable than Samdan), " that 

 he is my favourite among the clerics of 

 the Descert, and another thing thou shalt 

 say to him : ask, does he receive woman- 



15 kind to his confession, and will he 

 accept my soul-friendship ? " The pedlar 

 took this message. But when he told 

 him that he was Samdan's favourite, 

 he rose at once andrajsed both hands 



2Q as in a cross-vigil and gave thanks to 

 God. When the pedlar asked him 

 next whether women took counsel of 

 him, and whether he would accept 

 Samdan's soul-friendship, he blushed 



25 down to his breast, and made three 

 genuflections, and fell silent for a long 

 time. Thenhesaid: "Tell her," said he, 

 "that I will seek counsel from her." 

 Then the pedlar told all these sayings 



30 to Samdan, and she said : " I trow," 

 said she, " something will come of that 

 youth." Then she draws her brooch 

 out of her mantle and drives it into her 

 cheek till it stuck in the bone, and then 



35 there came out two filaments of milk : yet 

 not a single drop of blood came out. At 

 that sight the pedlar began to weep and 

 wail. Then she took the wound between 

 two fingers and began to squeeze it for 



40 a long time, and not a drop was wrung 

 from it. Then at the last by reason of 



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