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ind cetna cetaoin [45'] de qwadragissiwja 

 7 in cena cetai» post pensticosti?i ocht- 

 mhadli in oeoliae. INd aiwe immurgu in 

 ctesta dosforslaicde^ co1m;» cill« ior 

 noebaib herewn fobitliiM atbathatar dend 

 ai?;e siw sruithi iar sircacht in cliorgis 

 Ba erdatt 7 ba lith mor isxitm la ooh«» 

 ci]l« ann dogress dona braitluibb ass 

 niwgnama doib awn nobithe tre?«si ocaur- 

 ciWiui 7 oc legends usee trit fell na 

 nairewion leisow* in&ui fobithi« is awn 

 forcentai anas. 



§ 69. IS cutruwme tra hirriagail 

 cohiim cill« fit sathairn 7 fit domnaioh 

 fobithiw in chatudh robui fo/'si«t sabbait 

 i fetarlaic in opair iatitum is and deilieid 

 f/'i downacb Ata irriagailib ailibb da«o 

 coswmiliws fitta i sabbota 7 in dowmico 

 ire tan ira mbis isna riaglaib sup«;'ponat 

 n6 SMp«rpositito do leith. fitt 7 do leitb 

 trosud is dir i?jsi« ccna carset ivumurgu 

 in taw is t?'0scud .i. cena iw nocte 



§ 70. IS cuwime dawo forich. iw biat 

 ni an oSreiid in oen oeus iw sochaidhe 

 ar ni luga cunimig naernaigbtbi dosww 

 cit lir quam si sibi soli assignetws emiail 

 na.c7i moa soillsi na grene do« oenfer 

 for leitb i?idas do7i sochaidhe 



§71. IS mor leisiwj iw mile cemewn 

 no eo a'/«pliiw do aithidhigh iw deissi i 

 do?wnuch is' f o^'acbadh iw mile ce»dwd fri 

 torrojwe fir galair iri tabhairt cowzne do 

 7 do ocaib 7 tuathibh biti fo an^jchaixtes 



time, with a seJand and a hochtan of good 

 milk : that was the manner of that fast ; 

 and the first "Wednesday of Lent, and 

 the first "Wednesday after Pentecost : 

 5 the eighth of a loaf to each fast. How- 

 ever, Colum Cille relaxed the fast of the 

 Passion for the saints of Ireland, be- 

 cause old men died of that fast after the 

 longprivationsof Lent. A great festivity 



10 and merrymaking was regularly allowed 

 by Colum Cille thereafterto the brethren: 

 the growth of the crops was given to 

 them then : three months were spent in 

 tending and watering them. He called 

 that the Feast of the Ploughmen, 

 because it was then that the crops 

 reached their full growth. 



§ 69. InColumCille'sRuleSaturday's 

 ration is the same as Sunday's, on ac- 



15 count of the honour paid to the Sabbath 

 in the Old Testament. It is only in 

 respect of work that it is distinguished 

 from Sunday. In other Eules also 

 there is a similarity of rations on the 



20 Sabbath and on Sunday. "When, how- 

 ever, there is in the Eules " superponat" 

 or " sttperpositio," this is properly appli- 

 cable to a half-ration and half-fast ; 

 "cena careat" however, is used when a 

 fast is meant — that is, cena in nocte. 



§ 70. It is all one whether one person 

 or a number is present at the Beati or 



25 the Mass; for there is no less efficacy in 

 his prayer if there be many present than 

 if it be appropriated to himself alone — 

 just as the light of the sun is no greater 

 for one man only than for a number. 

 § 71. He makes much of going the 



30 thousand paces, or more, to visit the 

 tenantry on Sunday ; and the thousand 

 paces have been left as an ordinance 

 for watching a sick man, and for 



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