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§ 83. Biadd prrtiitigi dawo hed aonacli 

 ndedcnacli indsin is coir do imbirt isna 

 mbelaib iar praind hi sessam 7 hi 

 praiadtig a cetal. 



§ 84. Cleiref^ lasamniarbt7((?;' ciHMuid 

 ised is coir laisiom a pendidd do am«// 

 cac/i udunoi;'cii('rf 



^85. Forith da«o ind soscele 7 cobrid 

 inda haiimariiLafr('satocabar am«// forith 

 uiuos 7 fogni laisiom a toobail fr?ssna 

 marbu 'EsoM robaoi tecmongur celdag 

 hi cluain ni«c nois im cosnaw na hap- 

 daiwe. Suidigestar iar;«« adomnan deorad 

 etarru. Indand imhaoi iari<»j adamnan 

 ind hi. rocrrtidsetsowj ind deorad 

 taldsatsam a apdaine aire Foidis iai!«« 

 a muindtiV dochiim uadaninain do 

 aoliuino iri(\ 7 Ai^H illis ne prrtiiderojit 

 7 ne solucrent calciamwta w&que qiio 

 alloqM«'ent»;- adamanuss d;'x;Y lit come- 

 derent in ilia nocti 7 co»ieder)»;t 7 in 

 C)'rtsti«a die non intrffueniMt ad ilium 

 iisy»« ad teri\o.m horam et t»»c navra- 

 ufrunt caiisam suam 7 adami)an;(s eli- 

 uaiiit mana/« suam cum euangelio de' 



§ 83. Now as to the Beati of the 

 refectory : it is proper for them to 

 repeat (?) the last . . . with their lips 

 standing after meals, and it should be 

 sung in the refectory. 



5 § 84. A cleric who kills a captive he 

 considers bound to do penance like any 

 other homicide. 



§ 85. Now the Gospel helps and 

 assists the souls of those towards 



10 whom it is lifted up, as it helps the 

 living, and it is his practice to lift 

 it up towards the dead. 



Once upon a time there arose a con- 

 tention in Cluain mac Nois over a 



15 contest for the abbacy. Then Adamnan 

 set a stranger among them [as abbot]. 

 Then while Adamnan was in lona, they 

 persecuted the stranger, and deprived 

 him of his abbacy. Then he sent his 



20 monks to Adamnan to complain against 

 them, and told them not to eat nor 

 loose their shoes until they.shoiild have 

 speech of him. Adamnan told them to 

 eat on tliat night, and they did eat ; and 

 tlie next day they were not admitted to 



aibritiud atarann in tene muindt(V 25 his presence until the third hour and 



cluana mflc nois Nitfow fo;-damar suide 

 no Hgi do fir diob <;o?igabsat an deorad 

 i<f?-um. Adbf^'t iari(»i adamnan f/'/sna 

 techtaire tudecht dia tich co f uarat«)' a 

 cele isind apduiue ara cind 7 legati 

 int«n'ogau«}'unt horara specialem in q«a 

 ille effeotus est abbas 7 ba sf huarsowi 

 douargaib adamnan ind soscele andall 7 

 po«iea de tarn celeri luiraculo i»t«r[52"j- 



then they set forth their case to him, 

 and Adamnan lifted up his hand holding 

 the Go.spel at the moment when the 

 fire .... the monks of Cluain mac 

 80 Nois. He did not suffer one of them to 

 sit or lie down until they receiyed the 

 stranger back again. Then Adamnan 

 told the messengers to go home, and on 

 their arrival they found their comrade 



rogatus est 7 ille respondit napad 35 in possession of the abbacy. And the 



machtad libsi olsesiom airde na cruiclii 

 tresiMd soscele is indeniu aibritid t/'es- 

 ngata na huile duile suas coricci riched. 

 Is deniti'r sin rosaigh fudumne pene 7 

 rosaig twj'cbail 7 funed ngrene 7 dessiu- 

 bar 7 tuadebm- ndomain hisin doen 

 aibritiud 7 forbrisi each dndiwg 



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messengers asked the precise hour in 

 which lie was made abbot, and it 

 was the hour that Adamnan lifted up 

 the Gospel yonder ; and afterwards he 

 was asked about so sudden a miracle, 

 and he answered : " Wonder not," said 

 he, " that the sign of the Cross by the 



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