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f. 48 [99] ro a-Timna Muire so sis. [A]roile la 7 amsir dia roibi ncem Muiri 

 mathair an Coimdheadh ac sirgabail a salm. 



The Testament of the Virgin. How Christ appears to her to tell 

 her that her death is near, and gives her a palm {failm) to which trees 

 bow, etc. He tells her the legend of the palm. On his departure the 

 Virgin summons her friends (48 «;«a), and asks John to protect her 

 body from the Jews (48 v'h). The other apostles assemble: Peter 

 and Paul (49 r'^a) lead in prayer. John the Beloved comes and tells 

 how he had been miraculously conducted to the Virgin's house. 

 While Paul and the other Apostles are discussing the true doctrine, 

 Christ appears amid clouds, and promises a revelation to Paul ; but 

 first he and Peter must fight the Devil, for, says Christ, I promised I 

 would bring no man to Heaven except he should have won a battle 

 against the Devil. The two Apostles are victorious. The Virgin dies 

 (49r''b), and Peter and Paul are allowed to see the angels carrying off 

 her soul. The attempts of the Jews on her body are miraculously 

 thwarted (50 a). The two Apostles are taken to see Hell ; and the 

 Virgin, in her new state, accompanies them. In her honour, the 

 damned are allowed three hours' grace every Sunday. Ends- 

 do sgaileadh breithre De tar eis Muiri dfagfail ag Issu. 



f . 50 a [ ]— eir Brenuinn Birre ata so. 



Batur tra da easbul deg na Heirinn i Cluain Idhaird aga fogluim ac Finnen. 



Finnen of Cluain Irard made a feast for the Apostle and Saints 

 of Erin. They see in sgoith ndicra ndimor coming to them as a 

 sign of the Land of Promise. They draw lots to determine which of 

 them shall go to find where it comes from; and the lot falls on 

 Brendan of Birr. But as he is the oldest of all, Brendan, son of 

 J^mnlug, takes his place, being the youngest present. He sets out 

 across the sea : the passage that follows answers to that in the Life 

 oi Brendan, published by Stokes from the Book of Lismore, p. 107 

 Seolais, down to line 3665. At this point Brendan hears a cry and 

 sees on a rock surrounded by waves of fire, Judas Iscariot, who 

 recites a poem beginning 



E'iudas Sgario me aniumh. 

 With this the piece ends. 



f. 51 [102] r> b-Bai Aillelt 7 Meadb aidce samnu cona teglach uile. 

 Part of Echtra ]V[erai, ed. K. Meyer, BC. x. 212. Incomplete, 

 breaking off with the words— 



cinnus berudsa an fis sin don muintir ol Nera eirigh. 



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