GwYNN AND PuRTON — The Monasterij of Tallaght. 



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dotiagat do airsemh offrired 7 do etseeht 

 p^'ocepti 7 do ia:taibh tricibh cene 

 era : — 



§ 72. [45"] IS bed rochuala la crund- 

 mael aohtfothri iiico rotroisoi maelruaiw 

 o gabis tawlaobti .i. for artrig mac 

 fselniMM'S i/» cliai?»gin robui de muiMt;V 

 ta?»lachti friss. larsiw chetna trosciid 

 cetem!<s romemaid coss iwd rig iwdo. 

 larsin t/'osc' t&B.aise rotuit in tenid 

 corroloisc lie muUuch co talmira. 

 larsiw tress iroicud fogeib in ri bas. 



§ 73. BithbeV m«Madclie is he a 

 auctarfcas robui telchomrac nior i ffjuidb 

 lena de noebaib beriwd IS bed rotiraol 

 ropo iwjnined leo an aes pende do epilti»« 

 ior usee 7 bargi?*^ lasna sruithi robatar 

 remib so»j Eotheisoset'' ioxmn iwjbi f^i 

 dia. Dosnanic iaxum int aiwgel 7 asb(;;-t 

 friu napa macbtad amh libsi olsuide' 

 int usee 7 ini aran iwdiu inn ses pende. 

 Eofasaigtbea na toirtew'' 7 clanda in 

 talman cona, fll neri na brig iwdib idiu 

 fri fulang neich. Go 7 peocad 7 anfhir' 

 na ndaiwe dorelacht* ann«rt 7 a brig 

 asiw talmiw cona. thoirtbib. INtaw 

 rowbatar in duine do reir de Hobui an 

 nert coir i clandaib iw talmaw nirbo 

 messa int usee bisuide do fulu?>g neich. 

 (^uam lac hodie IS iarj«»j atb«rt int 

 aiMgel fnu ni de niiw do ehuOTmusc doib 

 araniw cowbed m««adach arna toitsitis 

 an aes pende ij»mallama° fobithin arna 

 forfoelnawgair'" int uisce 7 int aran. 



administering the communion to him, 

 and to the young, and to the laity 

 who are under spiritual direction who 

 come to wait for the Mass, and to 

 hear preaching, and for urgent matters 

 besides, etc. 



§ 72. This I have licard Ci'undmael 

 S say, that Maelruain never fasted but 

 thrice since he settled at Tamlacht 

 — namely, against Artri sonof Faelmuire, 

 about a business that arose between the 

 monastery of Tallaght and him. After 



10 the first fasting the king's leg broke in 

 two ; after the second, the fire fell and 

 burnt him fi'om top to toe ; after the 

 third fasting the king died. 



§ 73. This is the authority for the 

 habitual use of gruel. There was a 



16 great gathering of the saints of Ireland 

 in Mag Lena. This is what brought 

 them together : they were grieved that 

 penitents died on bread and water in 

 the days of the elders who lived before 



30 them. Then they fasted against God on 

 account of this. Then an angel came to 

 them and said to them : "Wonder not," 

 said he, " if the bread and the water can- 

 not sustain the penitents to-day. The 



25 fruits and plants of the earth have been 

 devastated ; so that tliere is neither 

 strength nor force in them to-day to 

 support anyone. The falsehood and sin 

 and injustice of men have robbed the 



30 earth with its fruits of their strength 

 and force. When men were obedient to 

 God's will the plants of the earth retained 

 their proper strength. At that time 

 water was no worse for sustaining any- 

 one than milk is to-day." Then the 

 angel told them to mix some meal with 



' Read trosaiid - bithbin P [see Notes) ' P adds ocus roscoiblic ianim 



* Snpply cenid fiel P " tairti P ' anfhirindi P ' ilorelsffil P 



'" ioifiilngarair P read forlangair 



' Rotroiscsit P 

 '■' irnalaina P 



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