GwYNN — The Lihcr Flams Fergusioriim, 



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f. 25 [76] j o a — Bai Eocha Muimbedain i ndunad a crich Connacht. 

 How the Kingdom of Ireland was promised to Niall Is'oigiallacli. 

 The story is more fully told in the Book of Eallymote, 265^. Ends — 

 is se Niall acalladh reimibh ar is do darad dia. finit. 



f. 25 [76] r° a — IS [coir] a fhis tra conid foichlidhi do each cen in dal derb. 



A certain monk was led by a beast to a city whose ruler lay 

 dying, while Satan (with an eel trefiaclaeh) waited at his bedside for 

 his soul. As a contrast to this, the monk is afterwards shown the 

 happy end of a virtuous man. Ends — 

 ar is o gnimaibh thogus Dia neoch. 



f. 25 [76] a — Dorinne Dia talumh do Adhumh 7 do Eua. 



How Adam and Eve, after their expulsion from Paradise, agree 

 to do penance, Adam standing in the river Orthanan, Eve in the 

 Tiber. There is another copy of this piece in YEL. ISS"" 34 (facs. 3) : 

 cf. Saltair na Rann, 1585 sq. It has been translated by A. A. Ander- 

 son, Rev. Celt., 24, 243. Ends abruptly with f. 25. 



f. 26 [77] a — Boi Flidais bean Oilella find i crich Ciaraidbi. 

 This text of the Tain Bo Elidaise agrees with the Egerton text, 

 edited in Irische Texte, ii. 2, 208. 



f. 26 [77] b— Doluigh Colum Cille feacht naill 7 Baitbin do Ard Macha. 

 Baithin asks Colum Cille one day how St. Patrick's fame will stand 

 in the future. Colum Cille, in reply, tells him how on the Day of 

 Judgment Patrick will march with all those who have paid him due 

 honour to Mount Olivet, and will insist on bringing them all into 

 Heaven after him. The tense changes to the present, and the 

 situation is dramatically treated. Eirst Ailbe goes to parley 

 with Christ, who is unwilling to admit Patrick's claim, and wishes 

 to compromise by admitting two-thirds only of his following. But 

 Patrick holds firm. Colum Cille, Ciaran, and Cainncch go on a 

 second embassy, and finally by dint of appeals to old promises Christ 

 is obliged to give way. The language of this piece is comparatively 

 early Middle-Irish, though considerably corrupted. Ends — 



oir is do nimb dosroirbead in sgel no innisim dib. 



f. 26 [77] t'" b — lacob 7 lasau da mac Abraham. 



Of the sojourn of the Israelites in Egypt; of the Exodus; of 

 Balaam. Ends — 



7 lasau mac Niuin fa toisech a ndiaidh a ndiaidh ^Maise. 



