%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; %ISOdia; ]> King David and the Beggar [from RIA MS 24 P 25, p 124a] An electronic edition Unknown Kuno Meyer Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard University College, Cork The Higher Education Authority via the LDT Project Second draft. 910 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of the Department of History at University College, Cork
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 Manuscript Source Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 24 P 25, p 124a, Leahbar Chlainne Suibhne (compiled by the scribe Ciothruadh Mag Fhionnghaill in the early sixteenth century); for further details see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926-70) MS 475, 1242-48. Editions Kuno Meyer, King David and the Beggar, A medley of Irish texts 12, Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3, pt. 4 (Halle 1907) 321-2. Paul Grosjean, King David and the Beggar, in: J. Fraser, P. Grosjean and J. G. O'Keefe (eds.), Irish Texts 4 (London 1934) 113-118. The edition used in the digital edition Kuno Meyer King David and the Beggar (from RIA MS 24 P 25, p 124a) Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie (A medley of Irish texts 12.2) 3, pt. 4 Halle/Saale Max Niemeyer 1907 322

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 By an unknown Irish monastic author. 900–1200 The text is in Middle Irish. Supplied title and notes are in English. 2010-04-10 Beatrix Färber ed. Conversion script run; header updated; new wordcount made. 2008-09-30 Beatrix Färber ed. Keywords added; file validated. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T15:41:53+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 2005-06-09 Beatrix Färber ed. Whole file including header details re-proofed, new wordcount, new HTML file created. 2005-05-05 Benjamin Hazard ed. File proofed (2); structural and content markup applied to file; header constructed and bibliographic details compiled; file parsed; HTML file created. 1998-06-29 Staff of the CURIA Project ed. Data captured by scanning; file proofed (1). King David and the Beggar (from RIA MS 24 P 25, p 124a)

ArailiFor a transcript of this version I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. H. Lloyd. duine trūag bocht doruacht docum Dūaid ríg do cuinnchid almsuine fair. Is ann sin tairnic la D. a almsanu do fhogail co nar facbad aige ní do-berad don bocht do cinel bidh na h-innmhusa amra la D. esein &ersir; is ed is-pert: Marbthair in duine etci bocht ud! ol sē. Ac! ol Solam. Is ferr a dul cen ní oldas a marbad ina cend. Is-pert in duine etci fri D. Taile do bennachtain dam a n-ucht mo luimne noco rucar lem dom tigh o nach fagba almsa eli dam. Do-beir umorroIn the MS this contraction is represented throughout as 'v' with a circle supra. D. a bennachtain do-sam fo chedoir a n-ucht a luimne. Ro-timsaig in duine etci umorro a ucht immon m-bennachtain co ro-acht dia thig. Bai umorro a eri fein innti, bui dia a con-decid dia mnái. Bec tarba co se in turus da-cuadais, ol in ben. La sodain beris leis a lumain dia nighe docum tobair bai ina garrda. In tan tairnic do-sum a nighe ba lan in tobar do iasc &ersir; gabais moran don iasc &ersir; recuis co m-ba saidbir. Rocuir a lumain dia tirmugud for abuill bói ina gharda. Ba h-or in aball umorro asa h-aithle co m-bai fo ubhlaib cubruib. Acht ata ni cena, ro-fhorbratar tri h-ubla oir for barr na h-abla iths. Beris in duine etci na h-ubla sin &ersir; ní don iasc co h-airm a m-bai D. &ersir; do innis in sgel sin do uili. Is ferr inas do marbadh, ol Solam, amail rotriallad. Rondais D. na h-ubla .i. uball do fein &ersir; uball do t-Solum &ersir; uball don t-i ros-fuc leis, conad aire sin nach dlegar cunntabairt co rab amra iarsma na m-bennacht &ersir;c.