MacNeill — Anct'ent Irish Law : Lcm of Status or Franchise. 275 



V 50. — 16. A king of one tuath, seven hundred laymen with him, half of 

 seven cuvials his cUre, and a month's protection for him. 



17. An overking, three kings with him, and protection for three fortnights, 

 and a hundred and sixty cakes for him. 



V 52. — 18. In like measure for the grades of the church, as to food- 

 provision and protection and di'rc, but penance is added for these along with 

 dire. 1 



V 54. — 19. [In like measure for heirs of a church as are the grades of the 

 churches to which they belong, though they themselves be not in holy orders, 

 if their means be otherwise good].- 



V 56. — 20. Seven grades oifilid : an olluin is equal in dire to a king of one 

 tuath, and has a mouth's protection, and three times eight men are his 

 number. 



V 58. — 21. One minor chattel is the dire of a fochluc, one day his pro- 

 tection, and food-provision of two men for him.' 



V 60. — 22. Three chattels for a mace fuinnid, and food-provision of three 

 men, and three days' protection. 



V 62. — 23. Five chattels for a doss, and food-provision [of five men ?] 

 for him, and five days' protection. 



V. 66. — 24. Seven chattels for a cano, and food-provision of six men, and 

 a week's protection.* 



25. Ten chattels for a cli, and food-provision for eight men, and ten days' 

 protection. 



V 68. — 26. Twenty chattels for an dnruth, and food-provision of twelve 

 men, and fifteen days' protection. 



V 70. — 27. What is wanting from each man's means is wanting from 

 his dignity. What is added to his good means is added to his good 

 dignity. 



1 " Penance," pendait, here denotes a mulct payable for oifences against ecclesiastics. 



- It is questionable if this article belongs to the original text. The early law tracts 

 contain no other reference to laymen holding the office of "heir" (comorbbe) to the 

 headship of a church or monastery. The meaning is that the " heir " is equal in status 

 to the principal ecclesiastic in his church. •' Mes-ns," foluid: a frequent term for the 

 means, material or other, by which a person sustains his functions or liabilities. 



^ " Minor chattel," s/i gabla. There appear to have been three grades of chattel, the 

 lowest being set gabla, the middle or average, set accobuir, and the highest, clithar set, 

 Fochluc: the genitive in the text ia focMacwin, which may be a scribal error for 'fochlocon 

 — cp. drissiuc, gen. driscon, etc. 



* Though the honourprice of the cano is the same as that of the aire desso, his food- 

 provision and pi'otection are on higher scales. 



