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than sues. Tirechan, however, says positively " Miliuc . . . porcarium 

 possuit eum in montanis convallibus." And also Muirchu (A), ii., 

 cap. 14, " Aliquando sues custodiens perdidit eas, et anguelus ueniens 

 ad eum sues indicauit illi." 



P. 239, 1. 23. Ad patriam tuam, — The addition in rell.^ et terram is 

 evidently a corruption of et iterum, Muirchu gives the oracle as in A. 



P. 239, 1. 25. Parata est. — Ti'rechan adds : Surge et ambula." 



P. 239, ]. 25. Rahehat = avait (W. Stokes). 



P. 240, 1. 1. Intermissi. — This must mean 'I left' ; but the usage 

 is unparalleled. Perguson notes that it is ''as if the thought 

 expressed in this singular use of intermitto had been conceived in 

 some form of the Irish etar-scairim, that is, inter separo.''^ 



P. 240, 1. 1. E^ominem. — i.e. Miliucc (Muirchu, A). Tirechan 

 gives the name as Miliuc maccu-Boin. Muirchu (B), cap. 1, speaks of 

 Patrick as *'apud quendam gentilem immitemque regem in servitute 

 detentus," and, deserto tiranno gentilique homine cum actibus suis." 



P. 240, 1. 1, Sex annis. — "more hebraico," Muirchu (B), cap. 1. 

 Ti'rechan fixes the duration of Patrick's captivity as seven years. 



P. 240, 1. 2. Ad honum. — Ferguson trans., " God, who shewed me 

 well The way to go," and compares the Irish go maith. B transposes 

 the clauses so as to make honum = ' a good man.' In Boll, a further 

 transposition takes place: l7i uirt. Dei qui uiam meam dir. ueni ad 

 Bemim.''^ Benum is probably a misprint for Bonum^ as Denis's note 

 is Boandum Yitae scriptores uocant, Buuindam Ptolemaeus, Boyn 

 hodiernae tabulae." Denis assumed then that Patrick embarked at 

 the Boyne, following Yit. Trip., p. 22. There is no specification of 

 place in the other Lives. 



P. 240, 1. 5. — Hdbereni. This reading is supported by the fact that 

 in § 31 haheo is spelt aheo in A. The reading ut haherem inde navigare 

 might be an example of the use of haheo found in Low Latin to express 

 the future ; e.g. resiirgere hahent- ' will rise again,' in the Athanasian 

 Creed. Yita ii. 18 paraphrases: " locutus est ut haberet nauiga- 

 tionem cum illis." On the other hand, Probus (Vita v. 4) thus 

 explains the wrath of the shipmaster: "I^'auclerus uero cum locutus 

 esset ad eum de mercede nauis, ille respondit se non habere." 



P. 240, 1. 13. — Ex fide= 4n good faith, sincerely, earnestly' : cf. 

 § 19, Conuertemini ex fide," and 23, " Ex fide rogauerunt me." 



P. 240, 11. 14, 15. — Beppuli siigere mammellas eorum. — As has been 

 already pointed out (Introd., p. 214), the ms. variations in this passage 

 constitute one of the most striking proofs that the six existing mss. 

 fall into three groups. The reading fugere or fiigire can be easily 



