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§ 80. Bithbe's troiscta cla«o nf fo/'gein' 

 lasna naobu -acid aon troscut indorsa.' 

 M forgeni la comgald .i. aidchi cenlai 

 a aitliliu na cetaoinc acaics ni dentai 

 imniM/'go aidci iwd cesia. Tri troisaathe 5 

 immiwcu la colam cilde ind ando 7 letli 

 fit ind diich ai di'b 7 ba cumlecbtach ind 

 lethfi'tt hisin. Arre troisctthe la diarmr?/t 

 da f itt cbert chut^vnne cid vain cid anmiM 

 dondecme 7 inddala hi do tab/rt do di'a 10 

 Araile do toHJailt f adein 7 artaott b'osoud 

 mi 



[Hero the Albgitir Crdhid, which we 

 omit.] 



§81. [5P21] IS had &ano dohiicc 

 colccu ho eogun q!<i uiderit somnium 

 cornale in do»j»nica nocti daul do do laim 15 

 arabarach 7 a teehta do denam isind 

 domnuch ria ndul do laim .i. cioccae 

 116 c^t slechtan cid ind domnuch ceth 

 hi soldamain m.con d^rmanad laisiom a 

 pendaid and now sic mdoldithruib acht go 

 aidchi liiain ind pendaidd l^sed Aa.no 

 bad doig la coilchin indhi notegtis isna 

 husciu. is do traothad 7 damnad hi^ 

 tole 7 ind accobur fogni'd leo no is 

 tormuch saothair da«o eena. 25 



§ 82. K i aurcail dawo laisiom do neoch 

 cid chodala a lortid acht rop la forcomet 

 na trade colleir eier lao 7 aidche. IS 

 ferr laisiom Aa.no do [SP] neoch ai-a- 

 bertha* ni do maith do denam a i^gell 7 30 

 comallnad iaxum ISsed asher solam qtii 

 obssruat uentum now semiwabit qui 

 consiAerat nubes uon metet 



§ 80. Now, continual fasting was 

 not practised by Comgall, and it is 

 not practised by the saints at present, 

 save one fast, namely the eve of Maundy 

 Thursday after the "Wednesday. On the 

 eve of the Passion, however, no fast is to 

 be observed. 



Colum Cille, however, kept thi'ee 

 fasts in the year, with a half-ration on 

 each of them, and this lialf-ration was 

 liberal. As an equivalent for fasting, 

 Diarmait used to allow two exactly 

 equal rations to be made, whether it 

 liappened to be coarse or light food, and 

 one of these to be given to God ; the 

 other he was to eat himself ; and this 

 serves in place of a fast. 



§ 81. This precept Colccu got from 

 Eogan, that whoever had a carnal dream 

 on a Saturday night should receive 

 communion on the morrow, and should 

 perform the due observances on the 

 Sunday before receiving communion, 

 that is to say, fifty or a hundred genu- 

 flections : even on a Sunday or a 

 festival he was not allowed to forget 

 his penance. This is not Maeldith- 

 ruib's way, but he orders the penance 

 on Sunday night. 



It was Colccu's opinion that those 

 who used to stand in water did so for 

 the purpose of crushing and subduing 

 their desires and longings : or else 

 simply as an additional labour of piety. 



§ 82. He does not forbid anyonu to 

 sleep his fill, provided that he diligently 

 observe the Hours, both day and night. 

 He thinks it better, moreover, for any- 

 one who may intend doing any pious act, 

 to make a vow and to fulfil it forthwith. 

 Solomon says : Qui ohservat ventum nan 

 seminahit : qui considerat nubes non metet. 



1 iffac? f orgeni ' These words sffoidd come after comgald ^ Jtead na * &<?(/ araViera 



