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bond, surety, hostage, suitor, and witness to that extent. He pays them 

 without security or borrowing, if one sues. Nine cumals are his capital from 

 a great lord. Five cows with their accompaniment are his house-custom. 

 Nine persons are his retinue in his tuath, seven in private. Butter with 

 condiment, and salt meat, and ale or milk are his substitute for sick-main- 

 tenance on the second, third, fifth, ninth and tenth day, and on Sunday. 

 Thirty feet (is the measure of) his house, twenty feet his outhouse. The 

 furniture of his house, his great cattle, his horse-bridles, his apparatus (of 

 husbandry) for every, season, his wife's degree (are all) in propriety of 

 right. 



114. The " second of a king," why is he so called ? Because the whole 

 tuath looks forward to him for the kingship without dispute. He has five 

 retainers (senehlethc) over and above (the number of clients proper to) an aire 

 forgill. Ten persons are his retinue in the tuath, eight in private, ten on 

 sick-maintenance, with the same right (of food-provision, relatively, as the 

 aforementioned grades) ; with amplitude of great cattle, with full number 

 of horses, with apparatus for every season, with a worthy wife. Ten cumals 

 are his capital from a lord, six cows his house-custom. Thirty chattels are 

 his honourprice ; he makes oath, is bond, surety, hostage, suitor, witness to 

 that extent. He pays them (i.e. is able to pay to that extent) without 

 security or borrowing, if one sue.' 



IV 330. — 115. The king, r/, why is he so called ? Because he exerts 

 (rigcs) the power of correction over the members of his tuath. Question — 

 How many classes of kings are there ? Three classes. What are they ? A 

 king of peaks, a king of troops, a king of the stock of every head. 



116. A king of peaks, first, why is he so called ? This is a king of a 

 tuath, who has the seven grades of the Feni with their subclasses in client- 

 ship, for these are the peaks of rule that we have stated. Seven cumals are 

 his honourprice, a cumal for every chief grade that is under his power. He 

 makes oath, is bond, surety, hostage, suitor, witness to that extent. He pays 

 this (amount) without security, without borrowing, if one sue. Twelve men 

 are his retinue in the tuath, nine in private. Ten persons on sick-main- 

 tenance, upon his due provision of food. Twelve cumals are his capital from 

 a lord, six cows his house-custom. 



IV 330. — 117. A king of troops, why is he so called ? Because he is a 

 vice-king of two troops or of three troops. Seven hundred in each troop. 

 This is the king of three tuatha or of four tuatha. Eight cumals are his 



' The want of definite statement as to qualifications in wealth, etc., may be due to 

 this wrade not being of tradition. It is found in no other list of snides. 



