GwYNN AND PuRTON — The Mnnmtenj of Tdllaght. 



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§ 86. MaolditbnMJinqMadragesimisire 

 aqMa 7 pane -w&que ad nouissimiim \.eirv^u% 

 p/-o z.n\ma, p«fris siii. Fobithin ba 

 deourni<:7ite' dogr«s in q««adi'agesima. 

 Ii,ob6i araile laocli H mudornaib c!»« 

 uxore s?<a fo anwjchairdes eochacb ui 

 tbuathail billanamnas dligid y cmh( 

 decimis iis- posi iwimici ems iugulausrunt 

 eM»j 7 omnos plebilis uidentes d«xei'«MJt 

 qwid profi«'t illi bona fac^re 7 statiw* 

 uenit eocha ad dublitir narrauit illi 

 causam sj<a;» 7 duiblitir dmi letb no 

 trian . a folith do fodail do bocA^aib 7 

 oenmac do udpart a chuirp 7 a anmaa 

 do dia 7 \n pendit nopeinobad ind laocli 

 • it/r fit 7 an figill 7 saotliar co cend .nii. 

 unnoi'2«» a denani do a mace tar a cend. 

 acc«(s a setig da»o do pewnait tar a cend 

 fadesiji 7 dara cendsom ind re cetnaa 

 Doronad iarM?re indni sin bnile co 

 ndechaddtf?' do laim dia secbt mblia(?wff a 

 mac 7 a seitig. Donarfad \scium in ilia 

 nocte do duiblitir posi! .uii. annos 7 

 badu ..la soobraiti 7 etach net- [52"] 

 racM imbe. Dob«>'t \2xum bendacA^uin 

 lor duiblit/r ar ind fojtacht dorradad do 

 7 df'xiY illi in ac nocte do>««n4(s meisertiw 

 est mei et eduxit de inferno ad ragnum 

 c«lorM»j 7 di'xjY duiblitw". tu qwis es ego 

 miser de me cogitauit echo. Donarfid 

 iarMff} '\n una eade«q«<e' do eochaid 7 

 Mio 7 uxori 7 b««^d?krt illos e< eadew( 

 uerba d?'x?Y illis 



power of the Gospel traverses quicker 

 than a wink of the eye all the elements 

 up to heaven. With like speed doth it 

 reach the pit of torment ; and it reaches 

 the sunrise and the sunset and the 

 southern and northern ends of the 

 world in a single twinkling and 

 vanquishes every obstacle." 



§ 86. Maeldithruib lived on bread 



and water every Lent for the good 



of his father's soul, u&qxie ad novissiimtm 



tem^ius : for his prayers were always 



5 occupied therewith in Lent. 



There were a certain layman and 

 his wife in Mugdoirn living under the 

 spiritual guidance of Eocha ua Tuathail 

 in lawful wedlock, and with ten sons. 



10 Afterwards his enemies murdered him, 

 and all the lay folk, seeing this, 

 said: "What did it avail him to live 

 virtuously?" Eochu came at once to 

 Dublitir and set forth his case to him ; 



15 and Dublitir told him to distribute 

 to the poor half or a third of the 

 layman's substance, and that one of 

 his sons should offer to God his body 

 and soul, and should observe on his 



20 behalf the penance which he would 

 have performed, the pittance and vigil 

 and labour, to tlie end of seven years ; 

 and that his wife alsoslioulddo penance 

 on her own behalf and on her husband's 



25 for the same period. Then all this was. 

 done, and his son and wife came to 

 communion that day seven years. Then 

 he appeared on that night to Dublitir 

 seven years after his death, and . . . 



30 was his comeliness and he had glistering 

 raiment about him. Then lie gave 

 Dublitir a blessing for the help that 

 had been given him, and said to him, 

 "In this night the Lord hath taken 



' Read ba de a urnichthe 



E.I. A. PROC, VOL. XXIX., SECT. C. 



■ Mead decern filiis 



^ Supply nocte 



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