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do torad ind eiiama cith anidan i«d 

 cacli is idan mntto taisfentar for lar 

 dotegtisiu ar is disliii det siu tomtt na 

 naerlam qiM/« ildis. M aiu'cuil daHo 

 deit a ti'r i«d eiiama iori cIluIdus do 

 fodil a toraid do hochtmb. 



§ 78. Ki coir tra laisiom cen tabairt 

 do ncucli a coibsen for ccch naoi doudbi 

 danacoibsenither su cen comtec^t' do i;i 

 prandio mad immaldc iris doteccme 7 

 non [47'] ilde curat dc frepiiid na 

 coibsen hisin aralegasu fiadoso»i ind 

 riaguil 7 ind pennatoir 7 co«etis' doib 

 ne p«reas tre connairclius ncicb aile. 



§ 79. 'Eicon gusi laisiom da?io do neucii 

 cid arfaoma an»jchardine no cobsen neicb 

 bcss siniu no bees sniitlie i«das Am sec 

 rere de aiti no sinserbrathair mani be 

 necli aile bes lor laiss i iocraih do 

 do atbcomarc iris. Ni tend fomgari 

 imm(«'go dlegf?;' dosowj forsuidiu^ acM 

 aralegda* inda lib;-a ara mbelaib combo 

 mou de ronduca atbgnu. 



' Read dia coibsenigtliei-su, cen cliomaiteclit 

 ' Sead aralega 



Thou wilt neither do active work, nor be 

 able to eat thy rations." Then he knelt 

 down in submission to the absolute 'will 

 of Maelruain. " This is my will truly," 

 5 said he ; "so that thy life fail not, to make 

 some increase in that scanty pittance, 

 ■withoiit leaving thee free to refuse it or 

 desire it (?). But as to vrliat shall be 

 brought to thee out of 'the patron's 

 fruits,'" said Maelruain, "though all 

 who bring it be impure, it is pure for 

 him -who is holy. It shall be exhibited 

 on the floor of thy liouse, for the patrons' 

 fruit belongs ratlier to thee than to 

 them. It is not forbidden thee to lay 

 it upon thy conscience to distribute to 

 the poor the fruits of the patron's 

 land." 



§ 78. He does not consider it right for 

 anyone not to exact confession about 

 everything from him to whom thou 



]0 art confessor, without sparing him 

 at meal-time if thou happen to be 

 beside him, and he does not care about 

 the healing effect of that confession ; 

 thou shouldst read the Rule and the 

 Penitential aloud in his presence, 

 and [do not] spare such persons, lest 

 thou perish through indulgence to 

 another. 



15 § 79. ]S^ow, he does not consider that 

 it matters if anyone accepts the spiritual 

 direction or receives the confession of a 

 man that is older or more venerable 

 than he is (for example, his tutor 



20 or an elder brother), if there be no 

 one else at hand of sufficient authority 

 for him to consult with. He should 

 not, however, lay upon such persons 

 strict injunctions ; but let him read 

 the books before them, so that he may 

 gain the more knowledge (?). 



' JRead ni cometis 



' Sead forsuidib 



