GwYNN AND PuitTON — Tkc Monastery of Tulluc/ht, 155 



derai«J coi'onaoenastcw' 7 nidnauaid' a 

 crothad naeh a floscad acht a uidi. 

 Araile ancarae robui hi cluaoin mrtc 

 naois laisrien a ain/B imnoclit imdilmaiH 

 cen ni fo;- a eubHS. he da«o hi luibri 

 galair. Nombered \a.nim each av uair 

 dina iwna oleirohib doch!»« a tigid leu. 

 E.onucc araile mffc clei'e<;A and aidei 

 dpchum a tigi Aohert brat fa a taob. 

 CojjidtuiP laisren ior a brut. Atchi 

 aisliwgi coildnidi 7 nicoifacae 6a gein 

 g«Man aidclii sin. Atraig iar(w» fecais 

 ior eaoi 7 maircctenaich fecais tor flgild 

 iar((;« corogaib na iri caoectfe f;'i figild 

 Tolduid isxum taurtaim fair fo?'a beoln, 

 Tonanic \axiim i?id taingil 7 A.i-s.it ildi. 

 Ifa bad bronac/* ira olse qiiani^ in aec 

 nocti sensisti iterum in uita tua now 7 

 sensis.^ acc«<s isset^ fonuiir indi sin 

 Fobitiw is brat lanamnae ind brat forsa 

 rose 7 ni vaaonacht iarna beith lasand 

 lanamaiw cotreioigur'^ demniiMJ iar«wj 

 iiare nad roanacht. Ar naeh brat berair 

 do aos etraich eowamteit' demmiwj airet 

 uat negw 7 cetera. 



§ 68. Ni molatAfl>'Soni iad troscud 

 is ferr lais i?id fit mesraigti diOgres ni- 

 tfOMfi.1 tiiter ind riagrt// i fueregtar' acht 

 mad a ci?ita oirecne Aon troscut hi ria- 

 gail comgeild .i. i«d cetain ria eaisc. 

 Tri troisciud imm«<rco iantum. la colum 

 cilli in ando .i. aidchi notlaco steill .i. 

 pos< .xii. nataleis 7 ochimad imbairgine" 

 cohiim cilli isuidiu 7 seilind 7 hocJitan 

 ais maith bat ead indas ind troiscti sin 7 



the laity a demon accompanies until it 

 has been washed; and it is no protection 

 to shake or beat it, but only to wash it. 

 A certain anchorite lived in Clonmac- 

 5 nois, named Laisren, quite naked and 

 free from sin, with nothing on his con- 

 science. Now he was infirm with dis- 

 ease ; so each of the clerical students in 

 turn used to take him home witli liim. 



10 A certaia student had taken him home 

 one night, and put a cloak under him, 

 Laisren slept upon his cloak. He sees a 

 carnal vision, and he never saw one from 

 his birth till that night. Then he rose 



15 up, and began to weep and lament. 

 Then he began to perform a vigil, and 

 recited the Three Fifties with his vigil. 

 Then a (ranee fell upon him, as he lay on 

 his face. Then an angel came to him and 



20 said to him : " Be not sorrowful," said he ; 

 " what thou hastfelt this night thou shalt 

 not feel again in thy life. And this is 

 wliat caused the thing : because the cloak 

 on which thou hast slept is the cloak of a 



25 wedded couple, and it has not been 

 washed since it was used by them. So, 

 because it has not been washed, a demon 

 hath. . . . For any cloak that is 

 taken from lustful people, a demon 

 accompanies it so long as it is not 

 washed," etc. 



§ 68. He does not commend fasting : 

 he prefers a regular measured pittance. 

 There is no Rule where it is imposed, 

 exceptoii account of injury done. Tliere 



30 is one fast in Comgall's Rule — namely, 

 the Wednesday before Easter. However, 

 Colum Cille recognized three fasts only 

 ia the year : the eve of Epiphany — that 

 is, twelve days after Christmas, and the 



35 eighth part of Colum Cille's loaf at that 



1 coroenastar C 

 * cotretiguir C 



B. I. A. PROC. 



* ni anaiuh C 

 ' cotuimtet C 



VOL. XXIX., SECT. c. 



3 eonatil C 

 * f uirestav C 



^ quod C 



' Head mbairgiue 



' sen lies C 



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