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Lives of the Saints from the Book of Lismore (Author: Unknown)

Life 7

Betha Brenainn meic Fhinnlogha

3305] BEATUS UIR QUI TIMET DOMINUM, IN MANDATIS EIUS uolet nimis’’

Ps. 111:1

3309] Sochaidhi tra do uasal-aithribh & d' faidibh & d' apstalaib & do
3310] deisciplaib in Choimdhedh, frisi n-debhradh i petarlaic & i nui-fhiadnissi
3311] in t-aitheasc-sa .i. a bheith fechtnach firen forbhthe forasta ar accobor & ar
3312] ailgius leo na timna & in forcetuil diadha do com- hallad, & ar imecla in
3313] Coimdedh co foirbhthe 'na cridibh & 'na menmannaibh cen scrutain aili acht
3314] mad sin.

3315] A oen iarum don luct-sin in nui- fhiadnissi,
3316] intí diata lith & foraithmet ind ecmong na ree-sea & na h-aimsiri .i.
3317] h-i .uii. kl. Iuin .i. Brenainn mac Finnlogha do shlicht Ceir meic Fherghusa.
3318] Ceann creitme & crabhaidh ermhoir in domuin uili inti noem Brenainn .i.
3319] amail Abraham n-irisech. Sailmchetlaid primh-fhathacdai amail Daibith mac
3320] Iese. Ecnaid derrscaightech amail Sholmain mac n- Daibid. Rechtaidhi
3321] amail Mhoysi mac Amhra. Tintodhach tidhnaictech amail Hieronymus Cirine fáidh.
3322] Intliuchtach amhra amail Aguistin. Mor- leighnidh primh-coitcheann amail
3323] Origin. Ogh amail Eoin bruinne-dalta in Coimdhed. Soiscelaigthe amail
3324] Matha. Foircetlaid amail Pol.
3325] Cend dithreabhuch amail Eoin Baitsi. Trachtaire amail Grigoir Roma.
3326] Techtaire treabar mara & tire amail Noei mac Laimech. Uair amail
3327] ro thocaibh Naei in n-airc uas tonnghor na dilenn ind airdi, as amlaid sin
3328] toicebus Brenainn a mhancha & a mhuinntera{folio 72vb} a n-airdi úas
3329] teinid bhrátha, cuna ria dé na ceo na crithir iat tre cumhachtaibh &
3330] caen-crabud Brenainn meic Finnlogha.

3331] A n-aimsir immorro Aengusa meic Nat Fraeich righ Muman, is ann
3332] ro genair intí noemh Brenainn. Do Chiarraigi Luacra dhó .i. do Alltraigi
3333] Caille do-shainnred.

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3334] Bá fer saer socheneoil craibhdech irisech a athair in meic-sin .i.
3335] Findlogh. IS amhlaid batur in lanamhain sin, i smact & i coibligi
3336] dlighthigh fo riagail espuic Eirc. At-connaic máthair Brenainn aislingi
3337] resiu ro genair Brenainn .i. lan a h-ochta dh' ór glan do bheith aice & a ciche
3338] do taitnemh amail t-snechta. IAr n-indisi na h-aislingi d' espoc Eirc adubairt
3339] gu n-geinfeth uaithi gein chumhachtach bhudh lán do rath in Spirta Nóemh
3340] .i. Brenainn.

3341] ARAILI fer saidhbhir bai i n-aitreibh co fada ó taigh Finnlogha, Airdi
3342] mac Fidhaig a ainm. Tainic primh-fhaidh na h-Eirenn in tan-sin co tech
3343] Airrdhe meic Fidhaig .i. Beg mac Dé. Ro fiafraigh Airrdhe do
3344] Bec: ‘Cid ni is nesa dún innosa’? Adubairt Bec: ‘Geinfidh do rí dilis
3345] dingbhala fein eadrat & muir inocht, & bidh sochaidhi do ríghaibh & do
3346] ruirechaibh aidheorus he, & berus leis docum nime.’ ISinn adhaigh- sin
3347] gene Brenainn rucsat tricha bó tricha laegh ag Airrdhe mac Fidhaig.
3348] IAr sin ro éirig co moch arnabarach Airdhi, & boi oc iarrad in
3349] toighi a rucad in mac beag, & fuair tech Findlogha, & in naidhiu ann, &
3350] ro shlecht co duthrachtach 'na fhiadhnusi, & ros- edbair in tricha loilgech cona
3351] laeghaibh dhó, et ba si-sin ced-almsa Brenainn. Ro gabh iar sin an brugaid
3352] in mac ana laim, & adubairt: ‘Bidh dalta dam-sa in mac-so tre bithu na
3353] bethad’, ol se.

3354] A n-adaig immorro ghene Brenainn ad-connaic espoc Eirc Alltraigi
3355] Cailli fo aen-lasair dermhair amail na aices riamh roime, & timtirecht examuil
3356] na n-aingiul i n-edaighibh glegheala imon tír immacuairt. Eirghius espoc
3357] Eirc gu moch aramharach, & tainic gu tech Finnlogha, & ro ghabh in mac ina
3358] laim, & adubhairt fris:{folio 73ra} ‘A dhuine Dhé’ .i. duine fhoigenus do
3359] Dhia, ‘gabh mhisi cucat amail mhanach n-dilius; et cidh sochaidi is forbhfhaeilid
3360] friat ghein as forbhfailid mu cridi-si & mh' ainim’, ol espoc Eirc. Iar sin
3361] ro shlecht 'na fhiadhnusi & rochí co dermhair i comurtha fhaeilti, & ron-baist
3362] iar sin, & tugad Mo Bhí fair mar ainm artus o a thustidhibh. {BN§}ut dixit poeta:

1. 3363] Mo Bhi a ainm-sium ar tus
   3364] o thustidhib, caomh a rus:
   3365] macaom sluaghach, sirthech, seng,
   3366] ba cobair d' Feraib Erenn.§

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3374] IS ann sin ro scennset tri muilt corcra as in topur fiacha baistigi
3375] Brenainn. ut: {§}

1. 3376] Tri muilt corcra, suairc in tred,
   3377] fiacha baistigh Brenainn beg,
   3378] ro sgeinnset, ba caom an cor,
   3379] as in topur an aonor.

3380] Rucsat a mhuinnter leo h-e cu m-boi bliadan occa iar sin ica altrum.
3381] I cind bliadne iar sin ruc espoc Eirc lais h-e ar amus a mhuime fein .i. Íta, &
3382] bai coic bliadne oc Ítta, et tuc in chaillech gradh n- dermair dou, áir it-ceth
3383] timtirecht na n-aingel h-uasa & rath in Spirtu Nóim fair co follus, et
3384] no bhith Brenainn, oc sir-ghaire frisin caillig cech tan at-cídh h-í. ARAILI
3385] la ro fhiarfaig Ita dhe: ‘Cidh do- gní faeilti dhuit, a naeidhiu
3386] noemh’? ol si. ‘Tusa’, ol se, ‘at-cím oc labra frim choidhchi & ogha imdha
3387] ele amail tusa, & siat acum comhaltram as cech laímh diachéle’.
3388] Aingil immorro batar annsin i n- dealbhuibh na n-ogh.

1. 3389] Aingil i n-dealbhaibh ógh fhind
   3390] badar ic altram Brenainn,
   3391] as cech laim ina cheile
   3392] don naoidhin cin mor-mheile.

3393] Iar sin ro legh oc espoc Eirc a shalma co gressach i cinn .u. m-bliadne, & ba
3394] fada la h-Ita beith 'na ecmais. Ni rabha immorro bó blicht oc espoc Eirc,
3395] áir ní gabhudh almsana o neoch acht becan o dhainibh riaghalda. Ro boi-siumh
3396] tra i n-araile la occ iarraid bainne for a aidi. ‘IS tualaing Dia ón, a
3397] mic’! ar espoc Eirc. IS iar sin ticedh ind agh allaid cech lái do Shleibh
3398] Luachra cona laegh le, co m-blighthe do-sum h-i, & teighedh a h-oenar isin sliab
3399] iarna bleagonn.

3400] IS annsin boi Bríg inna farrad-sum .i. derbhshiur dhó, & ba dermhair
3401] méd a grada lais, ár ba follus dó timtirecht na n-aingel fuirre, & ro fhegadh
3402] gnúis a aidi amail ruithen n-grene samhrata.

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3403] ARAILI la do-chuaidh espoc Eirc do proicept. Luid-seom{folio 73rb}
3404] lais isin carput, & ba h-aesach deich m-bliadne Brenainn in tan-sin. Facabar-somh
3405] a aenar isin charput iar n-dul don clérech don proicept. Suidhius Brenainn
3406] isin carput & se oc gabail a shalm a áenar. IS annsin do-riacht
3407] ingen min macdachta mong- bhuidhe, do cenel rígda, gusan carpat cuici-siumh,
3408] & sillis fair, & feghaidh a ghnúis aluinn edrocht, & fuabrais leim chuice isin
3409] carpat fo chedoir & a cluiche do denamh ris. IS ann as- pert fria:
3410] ‘Imthigh dod tigh & beir mhiscaidh cidh dod-fucc ille’, & geibhidh-sium
3411] ialla in carpait, & gabhuidh for a sraeighled cu cruaidh cu raibhi ic cai & occ
3412] diucairi, cu riacht gu h-airm a raibe a máthair & a h-athair .i. in rí & in rigon.
3413] IMpoidius iar sin espoc Eirc, & gabuidh ica cairiughudh-sum cu gér im bualad
3414] na h-oighi neimelnidhi. ‘Do-gen-sa aithrighi inn’, ar Brenainn, ‘& abair-si h-í’.
3415] ‘Tair isin uamaidh-sea co maduin’, ar espoc Eirc, ‘& bí at aenar inntí cu
3416] torus-sa cugut imarach’. Suidhis Brenainn isin uamaidh iarum, & gabhais a
3417] shalma & a immna molta don Coimdhid innti. Oirisidh espoc Eirc i bh-farrad
3418] na h-uamadh ic eistecht ra Brenainn cen fhis dó. At-clos tra foghur gotha
3419] Brenainn ag gabáil a shalm míle ceimeann for cech leth. Do-cluinti foghur
3420] gotha Coluim Cille in comhfhad cetna in tan no bhith ic cantain a shalm & a
3421] immunn.

1. 3422] Foghar gotha Brenainn bhinn
   3423] isinn uama 'con fhiannaind,
   3424] mile ceimend in cech dinn
   3425] at-cluintea a ard-guth alainn.

3435] ARAILE la batar oc imthecht for an sligid .i. Brenainn & espoc Eirc.
3436] Do-rala oen óclach ina cuidechta for an sligid. Teacmhuidh didiu namhait

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3449] IAR b-fogluim immorro canone petarluice & nui- fiadnaisse do
3450] Brenainn, dob ail dó riagla noem i n-Eirenn do scríbadh & d' fogluim.
3451] Cedaighis tra espoc Eirc do-sum dul d' fogluim na riagla-sin, ár ro-fhitir
3452] gurup o Dhia ro bui do-somh in comairli-sin. Et adubairt espoc Eirc:
3453] ‘Tar doridhisi cucam-sa, & na riagla-sin leat, cu ro ghabha tú gradha uaim-si’.
3454] IAr n-dul do-som d' agalluim a muime .i. Ita, is ed adubuirt in cedna fris .i.
3455] riagla naemh n-Eirenn d' fogluim, & adubhuirt ris: ‘Na dena foghluim ag
3456] mnaibh na ac óguibh cu nach derntar h' égnach. Imthigh’, ar sí, ‘& teicemhaid
3457] laech suaichnidh sochenelach dhuit ar an sligid’. Ecmaing, dano, ba h-é
3458] mac Lenin in laech-sin. IAr n-imthecht immorro do Brenainn do-rala mac
3459] Lenín dó. IS ann do-raidh Brenainn fris: ‘Dena aithrigi, ar itá Dia ocut
3460] toghairm, & baat mac dilius dó o sunn amach’. IS annsin ro-soei Colman
3461] mac Lenin cusan Coimdhi, & cumhduighter eclas lais fo cédair, ut dixit
3462] Colman:

1. 3463] BRENUINN breo betha buadhaig
   3464] beim in ael airimh aenuigh
   3465] siar cu h-airbhire in aenuigh
   3466] Thíre Tairngire taebhuigh.
{folio 73vb}
2. 3467] Ní taebh fri fann na feles,
   3468] coemh a cland cubhaidh ires,
   3469] mac fial Finnlogha re bas
   3470] dim cech dindrogha dliges.
3. 3471] Dlighidh midh modh nad maidim,
   3472] aibinn modh mag nat senaim,

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   3473] ard-urdaig Mhuman magda
   3474] cli cumdaig Banba Brenainn.

   Br.

4. 3475] Mu chin bhias ina dhírim
   3476] lir lebinn domuin dedhuinn,
   3477] fir Eirenn tar ler lilit
   3478] co Brighit is co Brenuinn.

   Brenainn.

5. 3479] Colum Cilli ceall ualann
   3480] inmhain inne ina shenaim,
   3481] rad b-fer n-Eirenn a h-innair
   3482] in flaith a birraib Brenainn.
   3483]

   Brenainn, breo.

3484] IAR SIN ro-siact Brenainn crich Connacht fo clú araili fir craibdhigh
3485] bai ann .i. Iarlaithe mac Logha, meic Trena, meic Feic, meic Macta, meic
3486] Bresail, meic Sirachta, meic Fiachach Finn. Et ros-foglaim- sium .i.
3487] Brenainn, na h-uili riagla naom Eirenncha aici-sein. Et as-bert fria Iarlaithi:
3488] ‘Ni h-ann so bias h' eiséirgi etir’, ar se. ‘A meic noeim’, ar Iarlaithi, ‘cid
3489] uma bh-folcai forainn ratha diadhai in Spirta Nóibh filet innat cu follus &
3490] cumachta díairmhidi in Choimdhed cumachtaigh fil gu h-incleithe it menmain
3491] neimellnidi? TUSA tra do-riacht cucam-sa do fhoghlaim occum’, ol Iarlaithi.
3492] ‘Misi immorro bias ogut-sa o sunn amach, acht geibh misi it mhanchaine
3493] tria bithu na bethad. Act cena’, ar Iarlaithi, ‘abuir frim cait i m-bia mo
3494] eiseirghi’? At-bert Brenainn: ‘Dentar carput nua leat’, ar se, ‘ár is
3495] senoir thu, & eirg inn for an sligid. Ocus cipe inadh i mebsat dá fhertais an
3496] carpait, is ann bias h' esseirghi & eiseirghe shochuidhi immaille frit’.
3497] IAr sin tra teit in seanóir isin carput, et ni cian rainic in tan ro mebsat da
3498] fhertais in carpait; et as é ainm an inaidh-sin, Tuaim Da Ghualann. IS ann
3499] sin do-ronsat a n-dís in laidh-sea eturra, ic feghudh na reilgi uathaibh, &
3500] timtirecht na n-aingel co follus dí; & as-bert Brenainn na .u. cét rainn di &
3501] as-bert Iarlaithi iar sin:

1. 3502] ARD reileac na n-aingel n-an
   3503] at-cim tar mo shuil,
   3504] ni tadhbhaister ithfern uar
   3505] anas tardtar ana h-uir.
2. 3506] Comad oin iar tairceall cros{folio 74ra}
   3507] Do-ro in fotan glas
   3508] niba h-aitreabh dheaman n-dúr

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   3509] taithfentar dhun ass.
3. 3510] Bidh aird-ceall cu n-imut cliar
   3511] i m-bíat senadh mor,
   3512] bidh lighi tren ocus truagh,
   3513] bidh sligi do shlóg.
4. 3514] Diultfait do manaig do cill,
   3515] bid beir tabair treall,
   3516] olc in comha ros-bia inn
   3517] tadhall ithfrinn tall.
5. 3518] Ticfat do braithre biaidh uair.
   3519] du-roichset do chein,
   3520] bidh tusa bhus fuighleoir dhoibh,
   3521] do-genat do reir.
6. 3522] IN airet donet mu riar
   3523] mairet in da clar,
   3524] cuirfit a naimdhi i cein,
   3525] lasfait amail grein.
7. 3526] IN airet do-net mu reir
   3527] budh fir dhamh an rann,
   3528] betit a meic tara n-éis,
   3529] ni biat i pein tall.
8. 3530] Mo-genar thoghfas in clar
   3531] ard na n-iubur n-úr,
   3532] ni ba h-itfernach iar m-brath
   3533] neach ro-sia 'na h-uir.
9. 3534] Ni budh bairnech a mheic Dhuach
   3535] rot-fia lim-sa a luach,
   3536] neam ocus tuile cen tlath,
   3537] mo chuile cen crich.
10. 3538] Buaidh rígh is cleirech dod shil
    3539] i cein bed dom reir;
    3540] nocha cirrfa nech do giall
    3541] cindfet tar gach reir.

    et reli- qua.

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3554] IAr scribeann tra riaghla ind aingil & riagla noemh n-Eirenn cona
3555] m-besaibh & cona crabud do Brenainn, impais co h-espoc{folio 74rb} Eirc,
3556] & gabais gradha uaidh. IS ann at-cualaidh-siumh isin t- soscéla: Qui
3557] relingquit patrem aut matrem aut sororem aut agross centuplum
3558] in praesenti accipiet et uitam eternam posidebit’’

Mt. 19:29-30

3573] EIRghes iar sin Brenainn as in t-sleibh, & tic co a muintir, et at-bert friu:
3574] ‘Dentar tri longa mora libh’, ar se, ‘& tri sretha do rámhadhuibh for cech
3575] luing, & tri seola do croicnibh, & tricha fer an cach luing’, acht nír' bhat cleirig
3576] uile. ut dixit poeta:

1. 3577] Tri longa seolais in saoi
   3578] tar tonngar mara romaoi
   3579] tricha fer in cech luing lais
   3580] tar treathan mara mongmais.
2. 3581] Tri sretha do ramaib leo
   3582] ar gach luing dib, caom an gleo,

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   3583] seol croicenn go loinneolais
   3584] isna tri longaib seolais.
3. 3585] Nochu cleirchiu luid uile
   3586] for loinges, caom in chaire,
   3587] munter h-(uathad), lom a lí,
   3588] isna tri longaib seolai.

3589] SEOLAIS tra Brenainn mac Finnlogha annsin for tonnghor in mara
3590] mong-ruaidh & for treathan na tonn toebh-uaine & for beluibh ind aicein
3591] ingantaigh adhuathmhair agairbh, airm a b-facatar ilar na m-biast
3592] m-beil-derg muiridhi; et fo- geibhdís ailena
3593] aille ingantacha, & ní tairistis inntibh sin beos.

3594] BATUR tra amlaid sin fria re .u. m-bliadan{folio 74va} for an aicen
3595] n-ingantach n-anaithnidh n-aineolach dhoib-sium; et ni tharla duine dhoibh
3596] frisin re-sin, & ni roibhi esbaidh dhuini dia popul forru, & ní ro frithortadh
3597] corp na anum duini dib; et ba h-ingnadh inní sin, ar ni ro leicc Brenainn
3598] doibh lon do breith leo, acht at-bert ba tualuing Dia biadh doibh in cech
3599] dhú i m-beitis, amal ro shasastar na .u. mile dona .u. aranaibh & don dhá
3600] n-iascaib.

3601] IN tan immorro ba comfhocraibh don chaisc, batar a muinter icca radh
3602] fria Brenainn dula for tír do cheileabhrad na casc. ‘As tualang Dia’,
3603] ol Brenainn, ‘talam do thabairt duin in gach inadh bus ail dó’. IAr
3604] toidhecht immorro na casc toccbhais in mil mór muiridi a fhormna a
3605] n-airdi uas treathan & uas tonnghar in mara, cur' bho talam com-trom cobhsaidh
3606] amal faichthe choimh-reidh chomh-aird. Et tiaghait-sium forsin talmain-sin, &
3607] ceileabrait in caisc ann .i. oen la & da oidhchi. Iar n-dul doibh-sium ana
3608] longuibh sceinneas an bledmil fon muir fo chedair. Et ba h-amlaid sin do-ceileabraitis
3609] in chaisc co cenn secht m-bliadne for druim in mil moir, amail
3610] at-bert Cundedan:

1. 3611] Carais Brenainn buan-chrabudh
   3612] do reir shenuid is shamhaidh:
   3613] secht m-bliadne ar druim in mil mhoir
   3614] ba docair in coir chrabaidh.

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3617] ARAILI laithe dhoibh for an aicen n-ingantach co bh-facadar srotha
3618] doimne dubha in mara mong-ruaidh, & as
3619] inntibh-sin do-rimartus a longa dia m-badhudh ar mhet na h- ainbthine.
3620] Gabhuidh cách iar sin ic fegad i n-agaid Brenainn, ár ba dermhair met in
3621] gabhuidh i r-rabutur. Tocbus Brenainn a ghuth cu h-ard, & at-bert: ‘AS lor
3622] duit, a mhuir mor-sa’, ar se, ‘mhisi m' oenar do badhadh, & leicc uaid in lucht-so’.
3623] IS ann sin tra ro fhethnuig in mhuir, & toirnes fethedha i na soebchoire
3624] fo cetoir. O sin imach{folio 74vb} iarum ní ro erchoitset do neoch aile.

3625] ARAILI laithi batar forsin muir. Tainic Diabol a n-deilbh shenta
3626] adhuathmhair aidheidig inglain ithfernaidi co n-deisidh for seol na luinge a
3627] bh-fiadhnuse Brenainn, & ní fhaca nech acu-som h-e acht Brenainn a oenar.
3628] Fiafraighis Brenainn de cidh má táinic riana aimsir choir .i. ria n-aimsir na
3629] h-esseirghi moiri. ‘IS airi tanac’, ar Diabul, ‘d' iarrad mu phianta i clusaluibh
3630] doimhne in mara duibh dorcha-sa’. Iarfaigius Brenainn do-sum: ‘Cidh on,
3631] cait i b-fuil in locc ithfernaidi sin’. ‘Truagh sin’, ar Diabul, ‘ní chumaing
3632] nech a faicsin & se beo iar sin’. Cidh tra foillsighis Diabul annsin
3633] dorus ithfrinn do Brenainn. ET fegais Brenainn in carcair n-gairbh n- guirm
3634] lan do brentaidh, lan do lasair, lan do mhosair, lan do longportaibh
3635] na n-deman neimhnech, lan do ghol & d' eighiumh & d' urchoit, & gaire truagha
3636] & nuallghotha mora & golfadach, & basgairi na tuath pecthach, & betha
3637] dhubach bronach i cridhibh pene, i carcraibh teneadh, i sruamuibh na
3638] sreath sír-theined, i cailiuch bith-broin, i lathachuibh dubha dorcha, i
3639] cathairibh trom-lasrach, i n-imut bróin & bais & riagh & cuibrech & troimthres
3640] n-dichumhaing cu m- blaedhail adhuathmur na n-deman neimhnech, i n-aite
3641] bhith-dorcha, bith-fhuair, bith-brein, bith-shalaig, bith- ciamair, bith-ghairbh,
3642] bith-foda, bith-mhúichnig, marbhthaigh, mhalartaigh, muchna, mhoing-teinntidhi
3643] ichtair adheitig ithfrinn. For sleasaibh sliabh sir-theined, cen anad,
3644] cen airisium, acht sluaigh dhemhna ica tarraing i carcraibh troma,
3645] teinntidhi, dorcha, doimne, diamra, doera, dubha, deinmeacha,
3646] sir-dheabtacha, sir-throtacha, sir-scithaigh, sir- marbhthaigh,
3647] sir-bheogholaigh, gaethach, golfartach, grechtha
3648] geranach, gothach ghoirt, ghudhamhnach, cruma, croma, cruaidhe, calma,
3649] cend-mhora: & biasta buidhi, bel-mhora{folio 75ra} . Leomain lonna
3650] léitmecha. Dracuin derga demhnacdha. Tigri trena tangnacha.

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3669] IS annsin ro fiafraighset a muinnter do Brenainn: ‘Cuich agailli’? ol
3670] iat. Do-innis Brenainn doibh cu rub Diabul boi oca agalluimh, & ro indis
3671] doib becan dona pianuibh ad-connaic, amail adubhramar amal frith
3672] i sein scribheannuibh na petarlaici.

3673] IS annsin as-bert fer dia muintir ra Brenainn: ‘Leicc dam-sa’, ar se,
3674] ‘cun n-facar ni dona pianuibh-sin’. IArna chetugud do ith- fern cona
3675] ilpianaib d' faicsin ba marbh acétoir, et is ed as-bert ic ecc: ‘Mairg, Mairg,
3676] Mairg’, ar se: ‘tainic & ticfa & ticc isin carcair-si’! iar sin tra do-gni{folio 75rb}
3677] Brenainn ernaighthi, & aith- beoaighter in fer sin ba marbh da muintir.

3678] Nir' bho cian do-chuatar as sin in tan fuaradar an inghin min, macdachta,
3679] mong-bhuidhi. Gilithir snechta nó uan tuinne, & sí marbh iar tabairt buille
3680] do ghai trena formna, co n-deachaid itir a da cich. Ba dermhair immorro
3681] mét na h-ingini sin .i. cét traiged ina h-airdi & nai traighthe itir a da cich &
3682] secht traighid i bh-fot a meoir medóin. Taithbeoaigi Brenainn h- é fo chedair,
3683] & ro baist iar sin, et ro fhiafraig a cenel di. ‘Do aitreabtachuibh in
3684] mhara damh-sa’, ar si .i. don lucht oilit & ernaidit eiseirgi doibh. Fiafraigis
3685] Brenainn di cidh ba h-ail le: ‘In docum nimhe ragha fo chedair, nó in docum

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3691] ARAILE la do-batar forsin muir co soinmhech, & siat oc imramh, co n-accatar
3692] araili inis álaind, & si ard, acht cena ní fhuaratur port reidh.
3693] Batar cu cenn da la dhec uimpi immacuairt, & nír' fhétsat dula innti frisin
3694] re-sin. At-cualatar immorro gotha daíne innti ag molad in Choimded, &
3695] ad-conncatar eclais n-aird n- airegda n-aibinn innti. IAr cloistecht doibh-siumh
3696] fhoghuir lochta na h-innsi, cotlaidh Brenainn cona mhuinntir
3697] acedoir ina suan spirtalda. Uair nar' leicit-sium tra docum na h-indse
3698] cuirthear clar ciartha dhoibh anuas & se scribtha, & is ed bai ann: ‘Na
3699] denaid soethar frisin innsi-sea do tiachtain innti, ár ni ticfaidhi do gres, acht
3700] an inis iarrthai fo-gebhthai, & ni h-í so h-i, & eirg dod thír fein & dod talmain,
3701] ár itá sochuidhi ann ocut iarraid, & las bhudh ail h' faicsin, & túir na scriptuire
3702] noemdha, quibus dictum est mansiones Dei multae sunt’’

Jn. 14:2

3707] ARAILE la batar oc imram in mhara. Gabhuis íta dermhair iat,
3708] cur' ba comhfhocraibh bás doibh. IS annsin at-conncatar na srotha aille
3709] eocharglana usqui ic teipersin & ic snighi as in carraic. Fiafraighit na
3710] braithre: ‘In ibham in t-usce’? ar siat. ‘Bennachaidh ar tus h-e’, ol
3711] Brenainn, ‘dia fhis cret h-e’. IAr m- beannachad immorro in uisqui, & iar
3712] cantain alleluia h-uasa, traighid fo chedoir na srotha, et ad-conncatar iar sin
3713] in Diabul ic sceirded na n-uiscedh uadh & ic marbad in lochta nous-ibheth.
3714] Saerthar-som tra annsin tre cumhachtaibh Brenainn, & irchraidhis a n-íta
3715] fo cétoir. For-iattar immorro in loc-sin for Diabul, cu nach derna olc fria
3716] duini na fria h-anmannuibh eli o sin amach.

3717] IAR m-BEITH immorro do Brenainn secht m-bliadni for loingius,
3718] impáis doridhisi co a thir & co a thalmain fein amal ro for-congradh fair isinn
3719] innsi. IS annsin do-chuatar lucht a thire & a thuaithi fein 'na agaid, & batar

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3724] ACCaillis iar sin a aidi .i. espoc Eirc. Tainic iar sin co du a m-bui a
3725] mhuime .i. Íta, & iarfaigius di cidh do-ghenadh fría loingius. Feraiss Ita
3726] foeilti fris amal no feradh fria Crist cona apstalaib. Et is ed at- bert fris:
3727] ‘A meic inmhain, cidh dia n-dechadhais for longais cen a chomhairle frium-sa,
3728] uair in talam ica tái iarradh ar Dhia nocha n- fhaghbhai h-i iarsna croicnibh
3729] marbhaibh mochlaigibh-sin. Uair talam noemh cosecartha h- í, & ni ro doirted
3730] fuil duine riam innti. Acht cena’, ar si, ‘dentar longa crannda lat,{folio 75vb}
3731] & is doigh is amhlaid sin fagheba in talamh shire’.

3732] IAR SIN tra luidh Brenainn i crich Connacht, & do-gniter long mor
3733] mhírbulla aice ann sin, 'sí derscaightech dermair, & teit innti cona mhuindtir
3734] & cona phopul, et beruit luibhi & sila ecsamhla leo da cur innti, et dano
3735] beruit soera & gobhuinn leo iar n-atach Brenainn doibh ima leconn maroen
3736] ris. IS annsin tainic in crosan cu Brenainn, & sléchtais ina fhiadhnusi, &
3737] is ed at-bert fris: ‘A Brenainn’, ar se, ‘geibh ar Dhia mhé, & airchis dom
3738] troighi co n-dighser lat’. Beris Brenainn lais h-e iar sin; & teit isin luing
3739] leo .LX. fer immorro ba seadh a l-lin, & batar uili ic molad in Coimdhed &
3740] a menmana cu Dia, amail at-berat na scribhinn.

3741] IS e, immorro, leath tóisech ro ghabsat, for amus Áirne, co dú i m-bui Enne
3742] & Pupu & Rochath; & batar re h-edh mís ana bh-farrad.

3743] IAR n-DULA, immorro, doibh sealad siar o Araind at-ciat in t-ailén mor
3744] n-ard n-airegda n-alainn. IS AND sin immorro ro batar lochait amail
3745] mhur-chata, & linuit in tracht fo cétoir dia slucudh-som. IArfaighit, immorro,
3746] na braitre do Brenainn: ‘Cidh áilgidit na lochait-si’? ar siat. ‘Ar n-ithi-ne
3747] & ar slugud’, ar Brenainn. IS annsin dano at-bert Brenainn frisin
3748] crosan: ‘Eirg’, ol se, ‘& caith corp Crist & a fhuil, & eirg iar sin docum na
3749] bethad suthaini, ár at-cluinim-si clascetal aingel icot togairm cuca’. Ba
3750] maith lais-sium sin, & is ed as-bert: ‘A Thigerna’! ar se, ‘cia maith do-ronus
3751] in tan dom-berur acedair docum nime’? IAr caithiumh tra cuirp Crist & a
3752] fhola don crosan, lingidh fo chedair co faeilti dermhair, co n-duatar na mur-chata
3753] h-e uile acht beg dia chnamuibh. Et adhluicter leo-sum sin, & scribhthar a
3754] ainm a martralaic, ár ba mairtír amra h-é. IS follus as sin connaircle in

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3760] IAR bh-facbáil immorro doibh na h-indsi-sin gabais galar opunn in
3761] gabhuinn cu m-ba comfhocus bas. At- bert Brenainn fris:{folio 76ra}
3762] ‘Cidh mhachtnuighi’, ar sé, ‘eirg dochum na flatha nemhdha amal ro thúiris
3763] duid cusaniu, nó mad ail lat beith isin t-saegul beous, do-gen-sa ernuighthi fort
3764] co Dia, & fo-ghebha slainti’. At-bert in gobha: ‘At-cluinim’, ar se,
3765] ‘guth in Coimded ocum togairm;’ et iar caithimh cuirp Crist & a fola dhó,
3766] teit docum nime. BAI, tra, ceist mor itir na braitribh 'mon corp do beith
3767] gan adhnacul, ar ni raibhi talam 'na bh-farrad. IS annsin do- raidh Brenainn
3768] a adhnacul idir tonnaibh in mhara, ár in té do- róine nemh & talmain & na
3769] duili arcena, is tualang h-e tonna in mara dh' fastúdh in cuirp inntibh co nemchumhscaigthi.
3770] Cidh tra acht adhnaicit-sium in gobainn itir tonnuibh in
3771] mara, cen rochtain cu talmain, sis, cen eirghi ar uachtar shaile, cen chumscugud
3772] anunn nó ille, acht amal bidh a talmain no beth; et biaidh annsin cen
3773] truaillnedh cu tora la an mesraighthi.

3774] IAR bh-Facbáil immorro dhoibh-sium an inuidh-sin ad- conncatar talmain
3775] m-bic n-deroil. IAr n-gabail doibh phuirt annsin líntar in port forru do demnaibh
3776] i n-dealbhuibh abhac & luchrapan, & a n-gnuisi com dhubh fria gual.
3777] IS andsin at-bert Brenainn: ‘Cuiridh ind ancaire imach, ár ni fhétfa nech
3778] dul isin tir-si, acht intí gnifes catha fria demhna & doirtfes fola
3779] toraibh’. Batar tra annsin cu ceann secht la cona n- oidhchibh, & nír' fhétsat
3780] a n-ancaire do thocbail anís. Et facbuit annsin h-e idir na cairrcibh i leanmain,
3781] & imthighit ass iar sin. BATur som, tra, a n-documal mor d' esbaidh an
3782] ancuiri & d' ecc in gabunn, ár ni raibi acu angcaire na gobha do-gneth doibh
3783] h-e. IS ann sin adubairt Brenainn fria sacart da muintir: ‘Dena-sa feidm
3784] gabunn gu ceann in mís so’. Beannachais tra Brenainn lamha in t-sacairt,
3785] ar ni ro fhoghlainn gaibhnecht. IS annsin do-roine in sacart angcaire n- derscaightech
3786] nach frith roime ná 'na dheagaid a com-maith.

3787] IMrait iar sin forsin aicen seal siar, et fo-ghabhat an
3788] indsi m-bic n-aibinn n-aluinn co n-imat eisc aireghdha iarna fhacbhail

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1. 3809] Dia do betha, a Brenainn, sunn &rl
   3810] {BN§}for creatha denaim na tonn:
   3811] fota atú 'cot íarraid ann,
   3812] buide lem t' iadhad 'mun fhonn.
2. 3813] Di feraib dec bamur sunn,
   3814] do-cuadar éc in samad sunn:
   3815] acht misi ro facbad dib
   3816] ba maith in lín badur ann.
3. 3817] Lodamur-ne d' iarraid nimhe,
   3818] dirim a h-Eirinn ili,
   3819] tar tonnaib in mara mir,
   3820] conair ro bad coir d' iarraid.
4. 3821] Fuaramur innsi n-fhuair n-aird
   3822] uas trillsib na tonn trengairg,
   3823] seisem innti sealaib sealg
   3824] erramaid eséirghi a h-aon aird.

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5. 3825] Dabucsum linn in cat m-bec,
   3826] rinn ni tainic cen cor lac:
   3827] da-rorbair for cnamaibh eisc
   3828] angbaid in beist amlaid ro fhast.
6. 3829] Faeilidh mo craidhe co n-drucht
   3830] frisna h-aoighedaib dom-riacht:
   3831] mithig dam-sa tocht fo lía
   3832] imthiges dia for a sét.

   Día

3843] IAr sin tra ro-siachtatar-som in talmain ica rabatar iarraid fria re
3844] secht m-bliadne .i. Tir Tairngire, amal ita in prouerbio, qui quaerit inuenit’’

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3873] IAr bh-faicsin immorro doibh-sium in pharrthais sin etir ton- nuibh in
3874] mhara, machtnuighit & ingantaighit cu mor mírbuili De & a cumachta, & anoraighit
3875] in Coimdhi cu mor iar bh-faicsin na moir-mirbal-sin.

3876] IS amlaid immorro bai in senoir noemh sin, cen etuch n-daenna etir, acht
3877] ba lan a corp uili do clumuibh gleghealaibh amail cholum nó fhailinn; & ba
3878] h-erlabra aingil acht bec bui aice. Ceileabharthar in teirt leo iar m-bein a
3879] cluicc. Canait atlaighi buidhi do Dhia & a menmana tudmidi ind. Ni ra laimset
3880] ní do fhiarfaigi, & no aemdais a n-anmcairdine dho la
3881] turcbhail soiscela.

3882] IS e dano proicept ba menca do-gníth Petar & Pól & na h-apstail noemhdha
3883] olceana, in proicept-so na pian & na fochraice, ar ro aibhsighthea dhoibh
3884] fon cuma cétna. IS e dano proicept do-rindi Siluestar ab Roma do Consantin
3885] mac Elena, d' airdrigh in domain, isin mor-dail dia ro edbair Roimh do
3886] Petar & do Pól. IS e so proicept do-righne Fabian comarba Petair do Pilip
3887] mac Gordian, do rígh Romhan,{folio 77ra} dia ro creid in Coimdhidh &
3888] dia ro creitsett il-mhile aili annsin; et ba h-essidhi ceid ri do Romanchaib
3889] do-creit in Coimdi Issu Crist. IS e so, dano, proicept gnathaighius h-Ely do
3890] dhenumh do anmunnuibh na bh-firen fochrunn na betad i Parrthus.
3891] IN tan iarum osluicis h-Ely an leabur don proicept tecuit annsin anmunna
3892] na bh-firen i rechtuibh en n-glegheal cuice da cech aird. Indisid dano dhaibh
3893] ar tús fochraice na firen; aibnes & airera flatha nime, et at forbhfhaeiltigh-sium
3894] ind airet-sin. Indisidh iarum doib piana & todernama itfrinn & erbhadha

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3912] Ailim trocuiri De uasail uilicumachtuigh tre impidhe noeimh Brenuinn,
3913] ro airiltnighium uile ind aentaid- sin, roissam, ro aitreabum, in saecula
3914] saeculorum!

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