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CETEIcean extension: Aided Muirchertaig meic Erca. Text and translation
Parallel presentation of text edition and Stokes' (incomplete) translation of Aided Muirchertaig meic Erca.
Again, the edition is taken from CELT. The translation is that by Stokes, who omitted much of the verse from both text and translation. This transcription follows the numbering adopted in the edition. His notes have not been transcribed.
When Muirchertach son of Muiredach, son of Eoganson of Niall of the Nine Hostages. , king of Ireland, was in the House of Cletechsee the Dindsenchas, Rev. celt., XVI, 66. , over the brink at Boyne of the Brughnear Stackallan Bridge, Co. Meath. , — and he had a spouse, Duaibsech daughter of Duach Dui slain A. D. 499. , king of Connaught — that king came forth one day to hunt on the border of the Brugh, and his hunting companions left him alone on his hunting-mound. Nī cian dia raibe ann co facaid ōen-ingen chruth-ālaind, chenn-fhind, chnes-s olus, ⁊ brat uaine impe i suide 'na fhochraib isin fert fódmuigi, ⁊ dar leis nocon nī fh acca riam do droing banda a hindsamail ar aille , gura līnustar a cholann uile dá grād hinmuine , ⁊ a aicned. Uair dar leis re fégad do-bēr ad Ériu Ēre uile ara híasacht ōenaidche, mar do char co hadbal hī re faicsin. ⁊ ro fh ersum fáilti fria mar bud aichnid dó hí. fer is fāilti fria gen co fiter cia hī ⁊ ro fhiarfaigh scēla di. He had not been there long when he saw a solitary damsel beautifully formed, fair-headed, bright-skinned, with a green mantle about her, sitting near him on the turfen mound ; and it seemed to him that of womankind he had Adērsa frit, ol sī. Isam leannānsa do Muirchertach mac Erca, do rīg Ērenn, ⁊ is dā shaigid tánagus in so. Ba maith la Muirchertach sin, fāiltigis in rī ris sin ⁊ atber t fria, In tabrai aichne ormsa, a ingen? ol sē. Do-ber im, ol sī, uair isam eólach in inadaib is diamru inā so, ⁊ firu fir Ērenn ar chena. In tice limsa, a ingen? ol Muirchertach. Do ragaind racaind , ol sī, acht comad maith mo choma luach . Do-bēr sa mo chumang duit, a ingen, ar Mac Erca. Do brēthir ris, ol in ingen. ⁊ tucsum fo chēt ōir, ⁊ adubairt sī in rand:H gives the following reading of the poem: Nī hē in cumong nac uadh urusa dūind d'fh agbāil ,' ar sī, 'acht nach gaba teg usa na clērach, ⁊ min a bed is nocha ticfuindsi sunna, ⁊ nā triallsa rēi r na mban nā na clērich do dēnum, uair is dōib fēin cuindigit na clēir nī, ⁊ nā dēna dīb acht neim thnī, a rīg Ērenn,' ar sī. Do rāid rī Ērenn, 'nā cronaig na clērich, a ingen,' ar sē, 'uair is fer di gach duine do ch re dfed dóib.' acht tecusca na clēireach, acht mine betís re lā, nocho ticfaindsi sunna. Nā triallsa rēir na clēirech ⁊ na mban co hēimech; dó fēin shires clēirech nī, nā dēna dīb acht neifnī. Nā cronaig clēirchiu co grind, a ingen glēgeal, guth-bind, uair is ferrdi biad dá raib do réir na clēirech. A ingen, nā habair sin, lucht in ch rābaid nā cronaig; na clérig chreidius in rí dīb nocha dénta neifnī. Ní hē I will tell thee , she said. I am the darling of Muirchertach son of ErcMuirchertach’s mother. Here, as in the names Conchobar mac Nessa, etc., we seem to have a trace of matriarchy. See the Martyrology of Oengus , p. 22, note 3. , king of Erin, and to seek him I came here. That seemed good to Muirchertach, and he said to her : Dost thou know me, O damsel ? saith he. I do , she answers ; for skilled am I in places more secret than this, and known to me are thou and the other men of Erin. Wilt thou come with me, O damsel ? says Muirchertach. I would go , she answers, provided my guerdon be good. I will give thee power over me all I can says Mac Erca. Thy word for this ! rejoins the damsel. And he gave it at once, and she uttered the stave : This is power that is opportune, but for the teachings of the clerics, etc. Do-bēr sa cēt di cech crud duit, ⁊ cēt cornd cuach , ⁊ cēt copān corn , ⁊ cēt falach ōir, ⁊ feis cech dara haidche a tig Cletig, Acc itir , ar in ingen, nocha n-amlaid sin bias, acht cen m'ainmsea do ráda duitsiu co brāth, ⁊ cen Duaibsig, āthai r do ch laindi, do beith congbāil im agaid, ⁊ cen na clērig do thoidecht in ōen-teach rium co brāth. Ragaid duitsiu, ol in rīg, uair tucusa brēthir riut, ⁊ ropad usa limsa leath Ērenn duitsiu inā sin, ⁊ abair rium co fīr, ol in rīg, cā hainm fil for tsu itir , dā fédmais a sh eachna ⁊ From here until the end of the poem H reads: 'Maith an ch omair le,' ar in ingen, 'uair nī bia nīs s ia do sh aeghal agudsa nā trī haidchi d'ēis a rāda, ⁊ innēsatsa m'ainm duit,' ar in ingen, 'Gaeth Garb, Gemaīdhchi, Osnadh, Esnad, Iachtad, Taetan.' asber t sī, Osnad, Easnadh, Sín, Gaeth Garb, Gem-adaig, Ochsad, Iachtad, Taetean. Conad and sin atber t in laīdsea sīs: Abair rim h'ainm, a ingen, a bean ro-chaemda, rind-geal; anī scaras mé rém ch loind nā ceil ormsa dā seachnaind. Osnad, Esnad, Sán cen ail, Gaeth Garb, ⁊ Gem-adaig, Ochsad, Iachtad, Taetean taí, is iat m'anmanna ar aen-chaī. Do-bēr aind cēt da cech crud duit, a ingen, cen imrul, dā lēictheā dam h'ainm do rād, ⁊ do gairm cech ōen-trāth. a rīg Ērenn, a ard-fhlaith ? Bid marb thū dá ráidi, a rī, rachaid do ner t ar nefní. Ropad aībind lim cach than, a ingen na rosc ro-glan, mā dá n-apraind riut co fīr Osnad, Esnad, ⁊ Sīn. Nā hapairsiu sin cen tlás mine b'áil duit do moch-bás, ⁊ nā ticead isteach māthai r do chloindi, Duaibseach. Do-gēnsa do riar co fīr. Nā tabrad h'aicned i sním. Cach ní bus olc nā tagair, nī ebérsa, ⁊ abair. a.r. I will give thee a hundred of every herd, and a hundred drinking-horns, and a hundred cups, und a hundred rings of gold, and a feast every other night in the House of Cletech . Nay , says the damsel. Not so shall it be. But my name must never be uttered by thee, and Duaibsech, the mother of thy children, must not be in my sight, and the clerics must never enter the house that I am in . (All this) thou shalt have , says the king, for I pledged thee my word; but it were easier for me to give thee half of Ireland. And tell me truly , says the king, what name is on thee, so that we may could . Sigh, Sough, Storm, Rough wind, Winter-night, Cry, Wail, Groan . Sp then he uttered this lay below : Tell me thy name, O damsel, thou most beloved, starbright lady! etc. Ro gellad disi, trā, cech nī dīb sin, ⁊ ro naisc amlaid . Do-chuadar maróen iar sin co teach Cletig. Ba maith suidiugud in tige sin, trā, ⁊ ba maith a muindter ⁊ a theglach, ⁊ maithi cloindi Nēill uile co muir neach, mōr-men mnach, uli ann a caithem cīsa ⁊ conāich Ērenn a tigh Cleitigh Each of those things was promised to her, and thus he pledged (himself) she bound him Ō ro fh ég Sín immorro in teach co n-a muind tir teg ina timchill , asber t: Is maith in teach a tāncamar, ol sī. Is maith, ⁊ nī der nad do From this point until teach in l.92, H reads: Ch leitech a nĒrind Themair ná do Nás nā do Ch raebruaid h leitech teach a leithéid, ⁊ tabair teist in tigesea, ol in rīg, ⁊ atber t: H omits poem. Nī dernad ic rīg, dar lind, teach mar do theach ōs Bōind, 's ní dingēntar ō so amach gus in laithi ndēidenach. Cleiteach clēthi theach Fōdla, is fairsing a fur ógra, ó Thoraid co Carnd hUī Néit 'na chomair tall gan lān-brēig. Cland Eōgain isin tig tall, ard-ch lanna Nēill nach im-gann, nocha n-uil muind ter is fearr i n-iath Alban nā Ērenn. Tusa, a Muirchertaig, cen fh ell nī thānic riam laech it cheand, co bráth nī th icfa re lá, a ua Eōgain do sh amla. Is dingbāla duit cen acht Duaibsech, ingen rīg Connacht, ālaind a delb, caem a llī, nī fh il ben is ferr im ní. Ni .d. Now when Sín saw the house with its family she said : Good is the house we have come to! quoth she. It is good , says the king; and never has there been built for TaraDindṡenchas. Rev. celt. , XV, 277. or for Naas Dinds. Rev. celt. , XV, 518. , or for Craeb ruaida palace in Emain, Wind. Wtb., p. 880. , or for Emain Machanow the Navan fort, near Armagh. Rev. celt. , XVI, 283. , or for Ailech NeitSee infra § 12. , or for Cletech a house the like of it. And give thou a testimony as to this house , says the king. So she said : Never has been built by a king over flood as seems to us a house like thy home above the Boyne, etc. Cid do-gēntar ann fodest a? ol in ingen. Aní ol Muirchertach. Māseadh, ar Sín, téigead Duaibsech co n-a cloind asin tig amach, ⁊ ticed fer cecha cerdi ⁊ cecha eladan a nĒrinn co n-a mnaí (om.) isin teach n-óil. Do-rōnad amlaid sin, ⁊ rogab cāch ic molad a cherdi ⁊ a ealadan fēin ann, ⁊ do-rōnad rand da dēnum a cer de ⁊ a n-eladhna fēin ann re hathaid fh ada : H omits poem Aībind, aībind rīgi rān tīre Ērenn, mōr a grād, a cís 'gā ch lechtad re lind, co teach Cletig is aībind. Aībind, aībind a rígnacht, aībind a míne, a mállacht, fuaras a maith, monar ngrinn, damsa is saich, is aībind. Aībind, aībind taīsigecht ag rīg Ērenn co rīg-ner t, cid cumang Ériu re lind, cá duine dō nach aībind? Aībind, aībind trebthachus do duine bís 'na dūthchus; imad ceathra, saethar ngrinn, cen terca ann is aībind. Aībind, aībind ceōl cen acht do lucht in chiūil co rīgdacht; da cach aen ros can co bind dōib cacha tan is aībind. don lucht do-nī gan toirmesc; is maith a tuaith is a cill, nocha n-é a buaid nach aībind. Aībind, aībind cerdacht chaem do cech ōen do-gnī ma-róen; is imda mogaid re lind, dúind is tulaigsi is aībind. Aībind, aībind óglachus ag Mac Erca na mór-gus; i tig Cletig, monar ngrind, cia duine dō nách aībind? Aībind, aībind cech dán teann anosa i n-iathaib Ērenn; cách ica caithim co grind itir maithib is aībind. Aibind a.r. What shall be done there now ? demands the damsel.That which thou desirest , replied Muiredach Muichertach If so , saith Sín, let Duaibsech and her children go forth from the house, and let a man of every craft and art in Ireland come with his wife into the drinking-hall. Thus was it done, and each began praising his own craft and art, and a stave was made by every craftsman and artist who was therein : Delightful, delightful the noble realm, of Erin's land, great is its rank, etc. Ō thairnic in t-ōl asber t Sīn fri Muirchertach, Is mithig fodes ta in teach do légud damsa amail ro gellad dam. Is ann sin do chuir sī clanna Nēill ⁊ Duaibsech ar itir firu ⁊ mnā dā ch ath ch om-mōra, chon aclacha. When the drinking ended Sín said to Muirchertach. It is time now to leave the House to me, as hath been promised. Then she put the Clans of Niall, and Duaibsech with her children, forth out of Cletech; and this is their number of them, both men and women, two equally great and gallant battalions. Do-chuaid Duaibsech co n-a cloind ō Chleitech co Tuilén do shaigid a hanmcharad .i. Cairnech naem-espoc hanmchair .i. Cairnech naom . Ó ro-siacht sí co Cairnech From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: ⁊ do fuair sī in naomch lērich ic dēnum esparta ⁊ a glūine fri lār, benaighis in ingen dō. Fiarfaigh is in clērich scēl a di. 'Atāt, immorro,' ar an ben, 'ben anaithne ēn-uaire do th abair t er̃ leis ⁊ misi do théiccin uirri, ⁊ bendaigsiu mo ch or p,' ar in ingen, 'uair is eagail lium bāss d'fh agbāil .' 'A banscāl,' ar Cairnech, 'bid maith do dīl don tur us tāngais, ⁊ nī racair tar hais co brāch.' 'Ēirigsiu fēin ann uairsi ⁊ Conall ⁊ Eogan ⁊ do-gēbuir iat na cungaib catha do leth tes don Temraig.' 'Rachud uareisen, ⁊ do-gēbuir siu nem, ⁊ bid uait ainmneōchar an t-aonachsa co brāch .i. Aenach Duaibsigi. atber t na briathra sa: A ch lērig, ben naig mo ch orp, is eagail lim bás anocht; tānic chugam ben a síd, suaill nach derna dím dimbríg. A banscál, bid maith do díl, fo-gēba nem cen anfír; don turus tángais i-lle nī racha doridise. Ērig fēin, a ch lērig ann co hEōgan is co Conall, sin tulaig co turnaide. Bīsiu i fos i nŌenach Réil, a Duaibsech gus in deg-mēin, is uait sloindfither co brāth Atlochar do Mac Muir e, don rīg connic na huile; tánac fa ch reidem ōm thig. Atlochar duit, a ch lērig. A ch lérig b. Duaibsech went with her children from Cletech to Tuilén, to seek her soulfriend, the holy bishop Cairnech O cleric, bless my body, I am afraid of death tonight, etc. Go thou thyself, O cleric there to (the Children of) Eogan and Conall h uadar ma-rōen doridisi co Cleitech, ⁊ nīr lēic Sín a légud i farrad in dúine uile. Bātar dubaig, toirsig clanna Nēill don gnīm sin. Fergaigthir co mōr Cairnech ann side ⁊ ro eascain in baile ⁊ do-rigne leacht don rīg ⁊ er t, Tairnic intí isa leacht so. ⁊ is der ead dā rīgi ⁊ dā fh laithemnus co fīr, ⁊ do-chuaid for mullach in lech ta H omits from here until the end of the poem. ⁊ dixit : Duma na clog so co brāth fodesta ro-fhinnfa cāch; nírba tlāith a imthechta. Mallacht for sin tulaigsi, for Cletiuch cétaib cuana, narap maith a ith nā a blicht, ur op lān dfh uath is d'anricht. Narab ann rīg nā ruir ech, nī dig neach ass co buidech; bid cumain limsa rem lā lecht rīg Ērenn sin duma. D. n. Thereafter Cairnech came to the Children of Eogan and Conall, and they went back together to Cletech, but Sín did not let them allow them to be let He whose grave this is hath fînished ; and truly it is an end to his realm and his princedom ! And he went on the top of the grave, and said : The mound of these bells This (will be) the Mound of the Bells for ever henceforward every one will know, the grave of the champion Mac Erca : not slack have been his goings. A curse upon this hill, on Cletty with hundreds of troops ! may neither its corn nor its milk be good, may it be full of hatred and evil plight ! May neither king nor prince be in it, may no one come out of it victoriously thankfully during my day I shall remember the king of Erin's grave in the mound Ben naig sinne, ol siat, anosa, a ch lērig, co ndigsium dár tír fesin, uair nī cintach sinne riut. So then Cairnech cursed the fortress and blessed a place struck his bell Bless us now, O cleric, that we may go to our own country, for we are not guilty as regards thee . en naig Cairnech iat, ⁊ ro fhágaib fāgbāla dōib .i. do ch landaib Conaill ⁊ Eōgain. In uair nach biad airechus Ērenn nō a rīge acu a spraicc for cach cōic ed 'na timchell ⁊ comarbus Oilig ⁊ Temrach ⁊ Ulad acu, ⁊ cen tuarastal do gabāil ō neach, ar is ē a ruidles fesin rīgi or giall, ⁊ meath for na giallu dia n-elád, ⁊ buaid catha acu acht co tucad fa adbar ch ōir acu a spraicc ar gach cūicedh a nĒrin ⁊ buaid catha dóib acht co tucdais co cóir é. , ⁊ co rabat trī mergi acu .i. in Chathach ⁊ in Clog .i. in udachta Pādraic, ⁊ in Mísach Ch airnig, ⁊ no biad a rath sin uile ar óen-mind dīb re hucht ch atha H omits from here until the end of the poem. amail ro fh ágaib ut dix it : Mo bennacht for aib co brāth, a ch lanna Nēill co ro-gnāth; gurob lib tīr Meic Erca, bid ordraic bar n-imthechta. i focus i n-etir chéin, bid lib cach maithes cen fh ell, biaid bar flaithius cen fh or ceand. Trascraid uaib ar chách i cēin er na neach bar n-aimréir; nā hobaid comlann ná cath, nī bethi chaidchi cen rath. Taislid adaig cech tīre, uair is lib an airdrīgi; acht in rīg a ōenarān. Teachtaid giallu cāich bar lāim, nī ba haithrech lib in dāil; techfid cech neach rē bar cath Teachtaid bar mbrāthair fodéin, i focus i n-etir chéin; nī cloífithir oirb bar cath gus in laithe ndēidenach. bid eagail sib in cech thír; biaid a cluasaib bar fogur, ar cach tír bar ngarb-olur. Aderimse rib co fīr biaid mo lebarsa mar tú ⁊ a scrībeand 'na chrú. re haidid bar rīgraide. Loch Febail ⁊ a muir. Bennacht uaimsi for bar tír, for bar ndaīnib co nglan-brīg; gēbthaī Ériu co bráth mbecht, Mo b. Do-chuaid cāch dīb ina dūnad ⁊ ina deg-baile fesin ina dunad budhein . Cairnech blessed them and left leavings to them, namely, to the clans of Conall and Eogan, that whenever they had not the leadership or the kingship of Ireland, their power should be over every province around them ; and that they should have the succession of Ailech My blessing on you till doomsday, O Children of Niall wontedly, etc. Each of them went into his stronghold and his own good steading. Imthūsa Cairnig, tānic side reme d'innsaigid a mainistreach ecluisi ⁊ tarladar dó slōig mōra 'na agaid .i. Sīl Taidg meic Cēin meic Aillela Ōluim, ⁊ tucsat sein leō coraidechta ⁊ a codaig cadaig ⁊ a comtanais fri Muirchertach mac Erca, ⁊ ó ro hinnisead eiséin don rīg tānic asin baile amach ⁊ ro fh er fāilti friu. Touching Cairnech: he came on towards his monas Ōt-ch onnairc immorro Muirchertach in clēirech acu tānic loisi mōr de ⁊ asber t, Cid fa tánagais chugaind, h lēirig, ol sē, ar n-ar n-eascaine duit? Do dēnam shída itir Sh íl Taidg meic Cēin ⁊ Sīl Eōgain meic Nēill tānac, ol sē. Do-gnīthir iarum codach ann sin etur ru, ⁊ cumaiscid Cairnech a fuil i n-ōen-leastar dib līnib, ⁊ scrībais amail do-rōnsat in codach H omits from here until the end of the poem. ann sin, ⁊ asber t Ērig, a ch lērig do chēin, nā bí i focus 'gár n-aimrēir; ro escainis ind co becht ō do-rignis ar tiug-lecht. do fh uilliud na hescaine, acht do dēnam chodaig gairg itir Sh īl Eōgain is Taidg. Dā Gailenga, dā Luigne, Fir Arda Dealbna caemna, hUī Aeda Odba shaera. Cumaiscther a fuil co becht, a Meic Erca co mōr-ner t, codach Eōgain is Gaileng. Cipé milles in cach aird codach Sīl nEōgain is Taidg, do-bēr thar dó, is fogail tend, h aegail iss ifearnd. Dā marba neach a chēli dīb nī ba maith in séri, nodus sāraigēbsa a clī, rachaid co fīr ar nefní. is bid é ar nim bar cādus , lim bus cumain co hēmig. Geib umut ⁊ ērig. E. Howbeit, when Muirchertach espied the cleric with them, there came a great blush from him, and he exclaimed : Why hast thou come to us, thou cieric, after cursing us ? I have came come , he answered, to make peace between the race of Tadg son of Cian and the race of Eogan son of Niall. Then a treaty is made between them, and Cairnech mingles the blood of both of them in one vessel, and wrote how they had made the treaty then. And Muirchertach said (to Cairnech) : Go, thou cleric, afar, be not near, against our will Ō do-rōnad iar sin in ōentu ⁊ ō ro ben naig Cairnech h ácaib gairdi sh aegail ⁊ ifernn don tí ro millfed in codach co fis dó, ro fh ácaib iat iar sin ⁊ luid reme dā mainistir. Tēit immorro in rīg dá dūn ⁊ na sluaig sin leis dia choimēd dar ēis cloindi Nēll. Then when the treaty union against in place of Suidig in rīg ina rīg-shuidi ⁊ suidig Sín for a deis gualuind ⁊ nī facus for talmain ben bud ferr delb nā tuaruscbāil inā sí. Ō ro fh ég in rīg fur ri ro buí ic iarraid eōlais ⁊ ic fiarfaigid cheast di, uair dar leis ropa ban-déa co mōrch umachta hí, ⁊ ro iarfaig di créd in cumachta ro bī aice. Conid ann asber tsum ⁊ ro fh regair sī: [H has the following variant reading for the poem:] ⁊ adubairt, 'creidimsi in fīrdia' ar sisi, '⁊ nī der na sé mībuile nac dingnainn a cos mailius , ⁊ ingen fhir ⁊ mnā daenna mē, is do shīl Adaim damh, ⁊ nā gabhadh aithreachus tusa, a Muirchertaigh, uair isam dingbālasa duitt, ⁊ do-gēnuind grian ⁊ ēscca ⁊ renda nimhe, ⁊ do-gēnuind daīne a catugadh a comhlunn dona gasānaib sanaisi, ⁊ do-ghēnuind fīn don uisci, ⁊ caīrigh dona clochuibh ⁊ mucca don raithnigh, ⁊ do-gēnuid ór ⁊ airged do gac nī bud hāil lium.' in creidi Dia na clēirech, nō cia ór genis i bus, innís dún do bunadus. Credimsi in fīr-dia cēdna nī dernaid mīrbail a bus nach dingnindsi a cosmailius. Misi am ingen mnā ⁊ fir do sh īl Ēva ⁊ Ādhaim, nā rot gaba aithrechus. Do-gēnaind grēin is ēsca ⁊ renna ro-glēsta, do-gēnaind daíne co lond Do-gēnaind fín nocha brég don Bóinn mar atā fa mēd, ⁊ caírig do ch lachaib is muca do raithneachaib. i fiadnaisi na mór-shlōg, do-gēnaind firu co mblaid anosa duitsiu, is abair. A. The king sits on his throne, and Sín sits on his right, and never on earth has there come a woman better than she in shape and appearance. When the king looked on her, he was seeking knowledge and asking questions of her, for it seemed to him that she was a goddess of great power; and he asked her what was the power that she had. So then he spake and she answered : M. Tell me, thou ready damsel, believest thou in the God of the clerics? or from whom hast thou sprung in this world, tell us thy origin. S. I believe in the same true God (helper) of my body against death's attack ; ye cannot work in this world a miracle of which I could not work its like. I am the daughter of a man and a woman of the race of Eve and Adam ; I am fit for thee here, let no regret that no regret may I could create a sun and a moon, and radiant stars: I could create men fiercely fighting in conflict. I could make wine — no falsehood — of the Boyne, as I can obtain it and sheep of stones, and swine of ferns. I could make silver and gold in the presence of the great hosts : I could make famous men now for thee — and say ! Dēna dún, ol in rīg, ní dona mīrbuilib mōra sin. Sīn amach ⁊ do chóraig dā ch ath ch om-mōra, ch om-ner ta, chon aclacha Muirchertach amach ⁊ Sīn mailli ris ⁊ do chōirigh Sīn dā c h ath ch omhōra 'na fiadhnuis e , ⁊ indar leō nī thánic i talmain dā ch ath bud ch rōda ⁊ bud ch ur ata inā ināit ⁊ siat ic airlech ⁊ icc athchuma ⁊ ic dian-marbad a chēli i fiadnaisi chāich. Work for us , says the king, some of these great miracles. Then Sín went forth and arrayed two battalions equally great, equally strong, equally gallant; and it seemed to them that never came on earth two battalions thaï were bolder and more heroic than they, slaughtering and maiming and swiftly killing each other in the presence of every one. In faici siúd? ol in ingen, ⁊ indar lim nī brég mo ch umachta itir . Atch ím, ol sē, Muirchertach, H omits from here until the end of the poem. co n-ebairt: Atch íu dā ch ath ch rōda ch ain ar in leirg ag imargail; nī ch redfi neach nach fil Cuirit a cath calma a nglonn, brisit farcha fri for lonn, ledrait a cuirp cen fhuarad, Nī thānic riam for talmain neach nach tāithfidís amlaid , for feraib bodba nach fiu tiagait na dā ch ath atchīu. At. Seëst thou yon? says the damsel; and meseems that my power is in no wise a fraud. I see , says Muirchertach, and he said : I see two battalions bold and fair on the plain in strife, etc. ir isin dún iar sin. Ō ro bādar seal ag fégad in ch athaigthi, tucad nī de uisci na Bōinde chuca iar sin, ⁊ atber t in rīg frisin ingin fīn do dēnam de. Līnais in ingen trī dabcha don uisqui iar sin, ⁊ cuir id bricht bricht druagh indtib, ⁊ nocho táinic for talmain fín rob h aithedar co rabadar sāitheach dar leō. Ro gell sī immorro co tibred From here until the end of the poem, the variant reading from H is: an oired sin dōib tria bithu sīr. Do molada rson uli in fīn ⁊ an biadh. a ch om-méit cēt na dōib cech laī tria bithu sīr, conid ann asber t Muirchertach: biad mar in mbiad atch íthe, nī thānic fín mar in fín, is fleadh dingbāla deg-rīg. Dāithin fer nĒrenn co brāth do lind is d'fh in re laige, nī cumachta sídchaire. Bennacht uainne for do ner t, a ingen ch aem co ndraīdhecht, ingen mar thū nī thānic. Nī t. Then the king with his household comes into the fortress. When they had been a while seeing the fighting, some of the water of the Boyne was brought to them, and the king told the damsel to make wine thereout. The damsel then filled three casks with the water, and casts a spell into them ; and it seemed to the king and his household that never came on earth wine of better taste or strength. So of the fern she Hitherto never has come here food like the food ye see, etc. Do-gniat didiu Sīl Taidg meic Céin faire for ore in rīg in aidche sin ō thairnic tóchaithem dōib caithem na fledi draīdechta sin. Ō ro ērig in rīg iarnabárach is amlaid ro boí mar do beith i searg galair a serg ⁊ a ngalar , ⁊ is amlaid ro buī cech ōen ar chena ro ch aith in fín ⁊ in fheōil dolbthī draīdechta ro ordaig Sīn doch um na fledi sin. ⁊ From this point until the end of the poem H reads: ro rāidh in rīgh, 'a ingen,' ar sé, 'ros claidh mo ner t ⁊ mo lāthar ar cūla ⁊ is s uaill nac airdena éga damh.' 'An fīn ro ch aithis, a rīgh,' ar sē(sic), rot mesc.' atber t in rīg: A ingen, ro scaith mo ner t, súail nach táinic mo th iug-lecht, mar do beind a sír-galor. In fín ro ch aithis, a rīg, nī tháinic fīn bud ferr bríg, is ē ro mesc do chorp cain, Dias chomadais ind marōen, misi ⁊ tusa, a ben chaem, sásta sochaidi dot fhleid, at togaidi mar ingin. A So the race of Tadg son of Cian, when the partaking of the magical feast had ended, kept watch over the king that night. When he rose on the morrow he was thus : as if he were in a decline, and so was every one else who had partaken of the wine and the fictitious magical flesh which Sín had arranged for that feast. And the king said : damsel, my strength has departed, my final grave has almost come, etc. er t in rīg riasi ann sin, Dēna ní dot ealadain dún, a ingen, ol sē. Do-gēn immorro, ol in ingen. Do-ch uatar amach .i. MuirchertachH (add.) ⁊ Sīn ⁊ na slōig uile, na fhiadnaisi. Do-rigne Sín immorro ann sin firu gorma dona clochaib ⁊ fir eli co cennaib gabur. Co rabatar ceth ri a n-arm-gaiscuid 'na fiadnaisi From here until ba in l.411, H reads: ar lár na faichthi. Gabaid Muirchertach a airm ⁊ a il-fhaebair ⁊ a trealam catha iar sin ⁊ luidh for a n-oirlech ⁊ for a n-athch uma, ⁊ gac no marbadh aca no erged fo chēt ōir dia ēis ⁊ gēr for faichthi in Broga. Gebid Muirchertach a arm-gaisced ⁊ a th realam catha iar sin ⁊ luid fūithib mar tharb ndian ndīscir ndās-chet ōir for a n-airlech ⁊ for a n-athchuma, ⁊ cech fer no marbadsum dīb no ēirged fo chet ōir From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: Adubair t 'is ingnadh lium anī atch īm .i. an līn do loitis ⁊ do marbus atā;t ann so.' 'Tairnicc do fh laitius nī ch eilim ort, a rī,' ar sī, 'uair is treisi sluag na fer ngorm nā da muindter .' 'Muirfedsa iat fós,' ar an rīg. Ro gab aga n-oirlech gur ba scītach ē. atber t and: Atch īusa ingnad anall for doslinntib na habann, itāt beō co colann-ruad. Tairnic do fh laithius uile, nī chēl ort, a rīg-ruir e, cech ōen ro mudaig do lām Atberimsi frit co fīr, nī cheilfet sochaidi in gním, is tresi cath na fer ngorm inā cath na mac mōr-oll. ēr nī th escub in fraech, nī comrac trēn-fhir fri baeth, ro marbus mōr cēt don tsluag i cath ch rōda ch laidem-ruad. Ar in clēirech rot ch abair, gur th uitset co ndogra lind fir gorma ⁊ gobar-chind. Do-bēr sa in cath co hēimech, nár écnaigesu in clēirech, na cathasa mar atch íu. At. Then the king said to her : Shew us something of thine art, O damsel ! I will do so, indeed , quoth she. They fared forth, that is, Muirchertach and ail the hosts in his presence. Then Sín made of the stones blue men, and others with heads of goats I see a marvel on that side on the bushy pools of the river, etc. Ō ropa scīth immorro in rīg ag in cathugad ic slaidi An tan immorro ba tuirsec in rīgh ic slaigi na slōg, tēit co toirsech isin dūn ⁊ tuc Sín fín draīdechta ⁊ muca draīdechta dō. Caithidsium sin co n-a uin tir ⁊ codlaid co trom 'na diaid co matain ⁊ nī raibi ner t nā trācht mnā seola ann arnabárach ic ērgi, From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: Atber t 'atúsa gan ner t, a ingen,' ar sé, 'oir dia mur thai in rāit am ch enn ni fh ēdfuind cor do ch ois nā do lāimh dam. ut dix it : Atū gan ner t, a ben blāith, cid im chenn do mūirthea in rāith, nī fh édaim cor dom láim deis, Tabair ar in clēirech cáid, bec nach táinic do thiug-dāil, is ē rot ch abair i bus. nā hēirig ar aneōlus. h omairli do ráith do-beir anosa in ben blāith, acht is anfor lann indiú nī th rēicēbsa neach mar tú. Atú. So when the king was weary fighting and smiting the hosts, he comes sadly into the fort, and Sin gave him magical I am without strength, thou gentle lady, etc. Give, says the chaste cleric, etc. Mar do bātar iarum for sna briathraib sin, co cualatar himrāitibh sin, nīr cian dōib co cualadar h atha. Is ann ro bādar dā ch ath ch ommōra isin Brug 'na fhiadnaisi .i. fir gorma isin dara cath ⁊ fir cen chind isin cath ele. Ro fh ergaiged immorro Muirchertach fa ma greannugad na [From here until the end of the poem, H reads:] do thoit for a ais ina imdaigh co ndubair t, 'is trom in gāir si ac cathaibh na fer ngorm rind atuaigh ⁊ in gāir si anes ac na fer uib gan ch inn, ⁊ is fand mu ner tsa na n-agaidh cidh garbh in gāir. ro th uit co héneirt ar lār, co n-ebairt in laīd: Gāir trom, tairm do-níat sluaig, cath fer ngorm rind atuaid, fir cen ch ind fobres treass Fand mo ner t dochum sh luaig, ba mōr fecht rugus buaid, mōr in sluag, tenn an dáil, borb a n-ainm, garb a ngāir. G. As they were saying this, they heard the heavy shout of the hosts and the multitudes, calling Muirchertach forth and challenging him to battle. Then in his presence in the Brugh were two battalions equally great, to wit, blue men in one of the two and headless men in the other. Muirchertach was enraged at the challenge of the hosts, and he rose up suddenly, and fell strengthlessly on the floor, and uttered the lay : A heavy shout, a noise which hosts make, a battalion of blue men to the north of us, Headless men who begin battle in the glen to the south of us. Weak is my strength : unto a host, 'twas many times that I hâve brought victory, Great the host, stark their division, rude their name, rough their shout or a n-airlech ⁊ for a n-athchuma co foda do lō. Tánic Sín iar sin chucu ⁊ do-beir rīgi for ro do Muirchertach, ⁊ anaid dia ch athugad Tānicc der ed don lō cuigi iar sin ⁊ anait dia cathugad . . ⁊ tic in rīg reme iar sin co Cleiteach ⁊ delbais Sīn dā ch ath mōra etur ru ⁊ in h ēgsum iatsein tēit fūithib ⁊ ro gab for cathugadH (add.) ⁊ for comlunn friu. Then he went into the Brugh and charged through the hosts, and took to slaughtering and maiming them lengthily for he rests they cease In tan iarum ro bīsium ac cur in ch atha sin, is ann ro chuir Cairnech Masán ⁊ Casán ⁊ Crídan Cri dan dia sh aigidsium ar dáig fur tachta dé. Uair do fh itir in naem uasal or lann ro bí fair in uair sin. Comraicit na clērig frís isin Brug iar sin ⁊ sé do-ch īt in rig ag leadrad na cloch ⁊ na fód ⁊ na nguisén ar chena, conid ann From this point until scēla in l.498, H reads: Atber tatar 'Cid ima ledraid na clocha?' ar siat. 'Nī clocha iat,' ar Muirchertach. 'Is truag linn tū,' ar na clērigh, 'gan ner t a creitem don īdhal.' 'Nī fh edar sa āmh nar catha na clocha,' ar an rīgh. 'Tabair cros Crīst tar do sh ūilib,' ar iatsan. Coisrecaid in rī é(sic) ⁊ (par. 26) tairisi a fh er g ⁊ tic a ciall dō, ⁊ nī facaidh nī ann acht fōithe ⁊ clocha et fiarfaig e scē la.... atber t: Cid fá leagai na clocha, a Muirchertaig, gan fh otha, er t do réir ídail ic draīdecht. An clēirech ro ataig rim, tānag i comlann dā chind, nocha n-fheadar armo-thā Tabair cros Ch ríst co rúinib anosa dar do shúilib, toirind fri head do brotha, cid fā lecai na clocha. C. Now when he was delivering that battle, then Cairnech sent Masán and Casán and Cridan to seek him, so that he might hâve God's assistance, for the high saint knew of the oppression which he sufïered at that time. Thereafter the clerics meet him in the Brugh, while he is hacking the stones and the sods and the stalks besides, so then (one of the clerics) said : Cleric: Wherefore dost thou fell the stones Muirchertach, without ground ? we are sad that thou art strengthless according to the will of an idolater working magic. M. The cleric who attacked (?) asked of I came into conflict with on account of I know not furthermore that the stones are not alive. Cleric. Put Christ’s mysterious Cross now over thine eyes : abate for a time thy furies : wherefore dost thou fell the stones? eir sigean na croiche dara agaid ⁊ ní fhacca ní ann iar sin acht clocha ⁊ fóid in talman ar chena. ⁊ iarfaigis scēla dona clērchib iar sin. ⁊ atber t, Cid mā tāncabar, ol sē. Tāncamar ar cenn do chuirpsiu, ol siat, uair is ut dixit : Cid 'mā tāncabar ōn chill, a macu légind lān-bind, nā celid ar Dia nime, innisid dam fīrinne. ar ar cenn do chuirp, a fhaisnēis do-gēnum duit, bēr mait lind hē co tuile (.i. Tuilén) cen anmain, a deg-duine. In H, the prose takes up the story from the third quatrain until the end of the poem as follows: 'Lesaigid mo ch or p, a ch lērciu,' bar Muirchertach, '⁊ ber idh lib ē co Tuilen mar a fuil Cairnec,' 'ōir nī licfi Cairnec ⁊ Tiger nach a n-ifrenn tū,' ar iatsan. Lesaigid mo chorp co hán, ber id lib mo chorp, m'ainmech, isin maidin co Cairnech. Bēr maíd do chorp, is gnīm truag, co ria Tuilén im an úar, i n-iathaib ána Ērenn. A ch lērchiu, is trom lim in dál scarad m'anma rem chorpān, isam eacail beith cen treōir Cairnech is Tigernachtiggernach, with dot over the first g, MS. tenn, ard-naeim uaisli na hĒrenn, nī lēicfet tū a n-ifernn úar, a thuir ch rōda ch laidem-ruad. MS. Erca. fuin do rīg nime, leis mo dluig; ar bar n-inchaib mo chorp glan, a-nocht cid 'mā tāncabar. C. Then the royal soldier's wrath ceases, and his senses come to him, and he puts the sign of the Cross over his face, and then he saw nothing there save the stones and sods of the earth. Thereafter he asked tidings of the clerics, and said : Why come ye ? We came , they answered, to meet thy corpse, for death is near thee. As he said : Why came ye from the church, sons of full-melodious study ? etc. Do-rónsat na clērig tóraind chilli and sin isin Brug, er tadar frisium a clad do thachailt i n-anóir in Choimded mōir na ndúl. Do-gēntar, ol sē. Ro gabsum ic tachailt in ch luid ann sin conid ann sin do cēt -milled faichthi in Broga ar tús riam. ⁊ ro boīsium oc innisin a scēl fesin dona clērchib, ⁊ oc aithrigi ndīch ra fri Dia ut dixit itber t in laīd and : Atlochur do Mac Muir e, Tairnic sunna mo luinne, ic dēnum relgi rúaidi ar brū Broga barr-uaine. reilec do chur mar atú atch īu , ba menci lim cen cor leas leis , loingeas a cill cen chairdes. Ō thānac Ērind sunna dar ler, iadan , nī raba lá, buan in blad, cen cheann cur ad sa choscar gan cath cēt ach rem chosnam . Ōen bliadain dēc dam i bus nō co fuaras ferannus, ris sin com thoigh cen chend Laignig nō Muimnig. Fiche bliadan damsa fēin i rīgi Eōgain meic Nēill a n-ardrīghe cloinne Nēill ,cenn cech n-aidchi lim cen acht Cōic bliadna fiched cen fh ell dam i n-aird-rīgi nĒrenn, nī raba aidchi ri sin gan neach a nĒrind dargain. iadain mē i nAlbain tair, ro marbus mo shen-athair, tucus slōg a snīmaib ann, dom gnīmaib do thuit Loarnd for ann . iadain damsa iar sin or Danaraib, nī raba aidche ri sin gan chind desi deis for cuaillib. Is ī seo mfh aíside fhír i fiadnaisi rīg na rīg nach lía dom' laithib nac lia beo d'Ultaib gan tlás inā thucus a tiug-bás. Cēd ⁊ bliadain fo deich ō ra geniusa cen ch leith gus in laithisea cen locht Nī dernus relic ri sin nā eclas cháid don Choimdid, acht mad tuile cath do chur, don Choimdi mōr atlochur. At. The clerics marked out a church there in the Brugh, and told him to dig its trench in honour of the great Lord of the Elements. It shall be donr , quoth he. Then he began digging the trench, so that it was then for the first time that the green of the Brugh was injured. And he was telling the clerics his own tidings, and making to God a fervent repentance. As he said : I give thanks to Mary’s Son, my wrath has ended here, etc. Since I came over sea to Erin, I remember the number of years, I have never been a day — lasting the fame — without a hero’s head and in the Two years I was east in Alba : I have killed my grandsire : I have brought a host there into troubles : by my deeds Loarn fell. Two years I was afterwards in kingship over Danes there has been no night there at without the heads of twain on stakes, etc. faísite laīdi immorro ro bennachsat na clērig uisqui dó iar sin, ⁊ ro ch aith corp Críst ⁊ do-rigne aithrigi ndīch ra co Dia, ⁊ asber t friu a innisin do Chairnech amail do-rigne a fhaísite ⁊ a aithrigi, H omits from here until the end of the poem. conid and asber t: Hidan, idan corpān criad, ecal, ecal in bēist búan, fuar, fuar in ch loch imon taeb. Ecal, ecal ifernn uar, baile bith-sh eng tria bith sīr, beith sair siar i relcibh rīg. Dom chorp, dom chorp tria bith sīr rob fh ir, fīr, rob ecail aed; fín, fín don uisqui cen brēig .i. idin ele don mnaī ch ētna Co brāth, bráth nī bia fo decht dál, dál ic duine im airecht; mo brīg, brīg ro scaich a cacht, A relic, relic rīg ruaid co fír, fír do-chóid mo buaid; nī holc mar do-rala dam, mo chorp co hidan, idan. Idan Now after this confession the clerics blessed water for him, and he partook of the Body of Christ, and made to God a fervent repentance. And he told them to relate to Cainnech how he had made his confession and his repentance. So then he said : Faithful, faithful, a poor body of clay, remember, remember the form of the stag-beetles. or deis a mhná ann. Fiarfaigis Sín de créd ro th oirmisc a chomlann uimeNa clērig tāncadar chucum, ol sē. ⁊ do-radsat sigen na croiche Crīst naeim dar m'agaid ⁊ nī fhaca bolca bēlcheō bolgāna beca ⁊ gasāna sanais, ⁊ ō nach raba ann neach in-chomlaind damsa, tánacus ass. The clerics remain for that night in the church of the Brugh, and the king goes to Cletech and sat on there on his lady's right hand. Sín asked him what had interrupted his combat on that day. The clerics came to me , he answered, and they put the sign of the Cross of Christ over my face, and then I saw nothing save fern and stones and puff-balls and sprigs of sanas (?). And since there was no one there to right me I came away. Then Sín said : Never believe the clerics, for they chant nothing save unreason : follow not their unmelodious stave, for they do not reverence righteousness Cleave not to the clerics of churches, if thou desire life without treachery : better am I as a friend here : let not repentance come to thee M. I will be always along with thee, O fair datnsel without evil plight ; likelier to me is thy countenance than the churches of the clerics. From this point until the end of the poem H reads: Atber t Sīn nā creit na clērich uair ni rāidhit fīrinde, ⁊ adhuir daimsa uair is ferr do charuit mē ⁊ bet sa mailli rit, uair is annsa lem tú ināit na clērich. ⁊ dixit Sín: Na clērig nā creid co brāth nā len a rann cen bindi, uair ní adrait fīrindi. Nā hadair do ch lērchib cell, mad áil leat beathu cen fheall; nā ticed duit aithrechus. Biatsa caidche ma-lle rit, a ingen fhind cen anricht, is do chu limsa do drech Na Ro sh aeb trā Sín a men masum eisein ann sin ⁊ tānic etur ru itir é ⁊ tecosca na clēirech, ⁊ do-rigne fín draīdechta dōib in aidche sin, ⁊ rob í sin in secht mad aidche dōib for sin draīdecht ⁊ adaig Máirti iar Samain do sh unnrud sin. Is osnad gem-aidche so, ol in rīg. ⁊ Atber t Sín in so: H has this reading for the poem: Is misi adubraiss uair is Osnad Gaeithi gemaidchi m'ainm ⁊ is deredh dod rē ⁊ dod lānsaegul Is misi Gaeth garb, ingen airech ael, is Gem-adaig m'ainm Osnad ⁊ Gaeth, Gem-adaig im-ne, ro rāidis co fīr, tāinic do dīl de. co dorus in lis, rachaid éc at bēl, nocha scēl cen fh is. Is m. Then Sín beguiled his mind and came between him and the teachings of the clerics, and on that night she made a magical wine for the king and his troops. The seventh night she was at her magic, on the eve of Wednesday Tuesday This is the sigh (osnad ) of a winter-night (gem-adaig ) , says the king. And Sín said : Tis I am the Rough Wind, a daughter of fair nobles : Winter-night is my name, for every place together. Sigh and Wind : Winter-night thus. Asa haithle sin trā ro delb sī snechta mōr ann ⁊ riam tairm ch atha tairm catha reimhe riam bud mó inās in cith dlūithsh nechta ro fh ear ann in uair sin, ⁊ iniartuaid do sh unnrad tānic. Is annsin tānic in rīg amach isin teach n-inch lethi n-imtheilgthe ⁊ do-chuaid isteach doridisi, ⁊ ro gab for tathaír na síne, H omits from this point until the end of the poem. conid ann asber t: nī thānic riam a com-olc, ⁊ nī thicfa chaidche indshamail na hōen-aidche. Cleitech is fuar a faebar, nā ráid Mostly illegible. m'ainm tria bithu sīr, nī cunntabairt duit droch-díl. Nī ebérsa h'ainm co brāth, ⁊ sechénat seach cāch, nī tháir pudar nā ard-olc. Is o. After that she caused a great snowstorm there; and never had come a noise of battle that was greater than the shower of thick snow that poured there at that time, and from the northwest precisely it came. Then the king came forth into the hidden house, and went into the house again, and began reproaching the storm ; whereupon he said : Evil is the night tonight, never came one equally bad, etc. Ō th airnic in fledugad immorro ro laigset luidsa t na slōig iar sin ⁊ nī raibi ner t mná seōla a nduine dīb. Laigid luidig in rīg ina imdaid iar sin ⁊ tuitid suan trom fair. diu iachtad mór trēn asa chodlud ⁊ músclais asa shúan. Créd sin itir ? ol in ingen. Siabra mór rom th ārfásH (add.) damh ol sē, conid ann asber t: Domárfás recht ruad-theined, imad saer-ch lann siabairthi, truag sin seōl sīthe dār saeb-leagad, teach Cletig 'na th rom-thenid ga commaidhem , im chenn chaidche fa cann cāich ar com-lasad,clanna Nēill a n-étualang ban ndream ndraīdechta, a scēith arna scīth-leagad, ar cōrugad con ntrachta, airm chāich ina crosradaig crosradhaig , dar treagdad re tinnenus, h luaig fa der g-thenid. Is ed tārfás dam. D. When the feasting ended, then the hosts lay down, and in no one of them was the strength of a woman in childbed. Then the king lies down on his couch, and a heavy sleep falls upon him. So he makes a great screaming out of his slumber and awoke from his sleep. What is that ? says the damsel. A great host of démons has appeared to me : he answers; whereupon he said : A Form of red fire has appeared to me, etc. The house of Cletech as a fatal fire : round my head blazing for ever, the Children of Niall in wrongful suffering impotence through the spells ofwitches, etc. The cry of a mighty host under red fire; this is what appeared to me. Ērgid in rīg suas ⁊ nīr lēic in taidbsi atch onnairc tindabrad tadhber ud dó. ⁊ tānic asin tig amach ⁊ atchī tenid mbic i cill isin Brug oc na clērchib. Tānicsium chucu iar sin er t friu, 'Nī uil ner t nā trācht innumsa a-nocht,' ⁊ ro innis a thaidbsi ⁊ a aislingthi, ⁊ 'Is decair damsa,' ol sē, 'deg-engnum a-nocht cid slōig eachtrand tīsad dom indsaigid trēna anfaindi atám, ⁊ trē olcas na haidche,' ol sē, ⁊ ro gabsat na clērig 'gā th ecosc iarum ann sin. 'Is olc an aiged ' ar sé, '⁊ nī fuil ner t nā trācht indumsa anos,' ar sē, 're henghum do dēnum gidh slóig eachtrann nom thīsadh chēt ōir H omits from this point until the end of the poem conad ann asber t: Is lān-olc int sínsa a-nocht dona clērchib 'na longph or t, nī lāmait codlud chaidche d'aggairbe shín na haidche. a Meic Erca is Muiredaig, fo-gēba bás, līth cen ail, a tig Cletig nā codail. Abair rium, a ben cen brōn, nā ceil orm, innis cen chāin cā lín do-fh aeth dom deslāim. Nī thuitfi nech leat ar lār, a Meic Erca na n-ard-grād, do-chuaid do ner t ar nefní. Esbaid mōr mo beith gan ner t, a Shín uasal na n-il-reacht, men ic ro marbus laech lonn Sochaidi ro th uit dot spairrn, a Meic Ingine Loairnd, tucais ilar sluag i socht, mo núar gē taí co lān-olc. Is lān. The king rises up, for the vision which he beheld did not let him sleep, and he came forth out of the house, and in the church in the Brugh he sees a little fire by the clerics. To them then he came and said : There is neither strength nor vigour in me to-night. And he related his vision and his dream. And 'tis hard for me , quoth he, to shew prowess tonight even though hosts of outlanders should attack me, because of the weakness in which we are and the badness of the night. So then the clerics began instructing him. He came in at once and there he said : M. Full evil is this storm tonight to the clerics in their camp : they dare not ever sleep, from the roughness of the night's storms (sín ). Sín : Why sayest thou my name, O man, O son of Erc thou wilt find death — feast without disgrace — sleep not in the House of Cletty. M. Tell me, thou griefless lady, what number of the host falls by me? hide it not from me, tell without commandment, what number will fall by my right hand ? S. No one will fall by thee on the floor, O son of Erc of the high ranks : thou, O king, hast surely ended : thy strength has gone to nought. M. A great defect is my being without strength, O noble Sín of the many forms, often have I killed a fierce warrior, though tonight I am in oppression. S. Many have fallen by thine effort, O son of Loarn's daughter ! thou hast brought a multitude of hosts to silence, alas, that thou art in evil case ! Is fír trā, a ingen, ol sē, is focus bās damsa, uair do bī a tairrngir i dam comad chosmail m'aidid ⁊ aidid Loairnd mo sh ean-athar, uair nī a comlann itir do-rochair der na comhlund ga marbadh acht a loscad ch ena do-rōnad. Codail trā a-nocht, ar in ingen, '⁊ lēic damsa h'fhoraire ⁊ h'fhorcoimēt or na slōgaib, ⁊ mā tā a ndán duit nī loiscfiter a-nocht toramsa in teach.' 'Do-fil for ar tí etir ,' ol sē, 'Tuathal Mael Garb mac Cormaic Caīch meic Cairpri meic Nēill Noī giallaig .' 'Cē raib Tuathal co n-a sh lōgaib uile ar do thī, nī heacail duitsiu a-nocht tarumsa hē,' ol 'do-ghēnsa t'fh oraire ⁊ t'fh orcoimhēd for na sluag aibh mon dūn ⁊ nī loiscfit a-nocht taram in techsa. Cia fuil for do thī itir ?' ar issi. 'Tuathal Mael Garb mac Cormaic Caīch meic Cairpre meic Nēill co n-a sluag aibh atá ar do thī ⁊ nī heguil duitsi é.' That is true, O damsel , says he : death is nigh me; for it was foretold that my death and the death of Loarn my grandsire would be alike; for nowise in battle did he fall, but no doubt he was burnt alive. Sleep then tonight , says the damsel, and leave to me to watch thee and to guard thee from the hosts ; and, if it is thy fate, the house will not be burnt over me to night. Truly there is coming with designs upon us Tuathal Maelgarb son of Cormac the Blind-of-an-eye, son of Cairbre, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Though Tuathal with all his hosts be coming with designs upon thee, have thou no fear of him tonight , says the damsel, and sleep now. Do-chóidsium 'na lebaid iar sin leis na briatraibh sin ⁊ do chuindig dig for sin ingin, ⁊ do chuir sī bricht suain for sin fín mbréci úd go r a ibsium dig de adib sein digh as co nderna mesc aimner tach é cen shúg cen ner t gan tsegh gan tsūgh ann. Codlais co trēn iar sin ⁊ atchī aislingthi aislinge ann .i. techt a beit h fein i lunga for fairgi ⁊ a long do bádud ⁊ in grīb ingnech do thoidecht chuigi ⁊ a breithsium lé ina nead ⁊ in nead do loscad imesium iar sin ⁊ in grīb do th uitim leisium. Then he went into his bed and asked the damsel for a drink, and she cast a sleep-charm on that deceptive winewith by Músclais in righ ⁊ atber t a fhís do breith doch um Mac Saignen druad .i. Dub dá rind, ⁊ rucsein a breith mac Signén draī .i. Duibrenn a ainm ⁊ do ruc sein breath ⁊ is edh itber t , Is í in long i rabadais, ol sē, .i. long in fh laithiusa for muirMS. muig. H has muir in tsaegail ⁊ tusa ic sdiúrad in fh laithiusa, ⁊ is ī in long do bádud tusa do th aircsin do fh laitisa do thaircsin. ⁊ do sh aegal do thoidecht. Is ī in grīb ingnech rot h uc lée ina nead .i. in bean fil it fharrad dot chur for mesci ⁊ dot breith lē ina lebaid aineis ⁊ for nemfnī dot fhastód a tig Cletig coma hē loiscfiter for t. The text is taken from H until 252b Y resumes with the poem in par. 44. h ochaindsi. Is ar sē. The king awoke and ordered his vision to be taken to his fosterbrother, Dub dá rind, the son of the druid Saignén, and Dub dá rind gave the rede thereof (thus) : This is the ship wherein thou hast been, quoth he, to wit, the ship of thy princedom on the sea of life, and thou a-steering the princedom; and this is the ship that foundered foundering of the ship Collaid in rī iarum co trom Almost illegible iar cur in brechta sh uain do Shīn fair. An fat trā ro bī sin isin colladh sin ēirgid Sīn ⁊ cōirgis gae ⁊ slegha na slō g ar indill āigh i ndoirsib in tighi ⁊ a renna uili ch um an tighi. Iar sin aid i a timch ill an dúnaidh. Téit fēin istech ⁊ scaīlid in teine ar gach aird fon tech ⁊ fona fraightibh ⁊ tēit isin lebaid . The king then sleeps heavily after Sín had cast the sleep-charm upon him. Now while he was in that sleep Sín rose up and arranged the spears and javelins of the hosts in readiness(?) in the doors, and then (turned) all their points towards the house. She forms (by magic) many crowds and multitudes around the fortress. She herself goes in and scatters fire in every direction throughout the house and the side-walls, and then she enters the bed. Ba hand sin dan o do mūscail in rī asa ch olladh . Créd sin? ar an ingen. Tārfas dam, ar sē, sluag or m ⁊ ic orleach mo muindtir i fon dorus, Nī fh uil olc duidsi de sin, ar an ingen, acht chen a ro tārfas. 'Twas then the king awoke from his sleep. What is that? asked the damsel. A host of demons has appeared to me, burning the house upon me, and slaughtering my people at the door. Thou hast no hurt from that , says the damsel, save that it has appeared. An tan immorro ro bādar ar an comrādh sin, do chualadar breasmh aidhm ica loscudh ⁊ gāir na slō g Cia fil 'mon tech? ar an rī. Tuathal Mael Garb mac Cormaic Caīch meic Cairbre meic Nēill co n-a sh luag aibh, ar Sīn, atā ann ic dīgailt cath a Granaird ortsa, ⁊ nī fh itir sin nachar fhīr sin ⁊ nachar shluag corpor dha do bī 'mon tech. Now when they were thus in converse they heard the crash of the burning house Who is around the house ? asked the king. Says Sín : Tuathal Maelgarb, son of Cormac the Blind-of-an-eye, son of Carbre, son of Niall, with his armies. He is there taking vengeance on thee for the battle of Granard .And the king knew not that this was untrue, and that no corporeal host was surrounding the house. aidh a airm ⁊ nī fh uair nech dā fh reagra. Tēit in ingen amach asin tigh ⁊ tēit sin ina degaidh fo chēt ōir ⁊ tacraidh sluagh ina ucht co ndechaidh trīt co comth rom. Impōidh ōn dorus arīs doch um a leptha. Do-ch uadar na slōi g amach h ēr nō nech dīb gan guin nō gan loscadh . Then he rises swiftly and comes to seek his arms, and found no one to answer him. The damsel goes forth front the house, and he follows her at once, and he meets(?) a host in front of him, so that he went heavily through them. From the door he returns to his bed. The hosts thereupon went forth, and no one of them escaped without wounding or burning. Tānic in rī iarum doch um in doruis dorīsi ⁊ bātar na smōla ⁊ na casracha teinedh etair é ⁊ an dorus. Ō ro līn an teine in dorus ⁊ an tegh uili 'ma ch uairt, ⁊ nach fuair dīn uirre, tēit isin dabaigh fh īna ocus bāitir innti h re n-uair ar omun na teined. Tuitig in tech ina ch enn iar sin ⁊ loiscth er cōic troighth i de ⁊ aincidh in fīn a ch or p gan loscadh ō sh in amach. Then the king came again towards the door, and between him and it were the embers and the hails of fire. When the fire had filled the doorway and all the house around, and he found no shelter for himself, he got into a cask of wine, and therein he is drowned, as he went under it, every second hour, for dread of the fire. Then the fire falls on his head, and five feet (length) of him is burnt; but the wine keeps the rest of his body without burning. Ō thānicc in maiden arnamārach, tiaguid na clērich 'na agaidh .i. Masān ⁊ Casān ⁊ Crīdan, ⁊ berid in rīg leō MS. do-gnat a thonach indti. The day after, when the morning came, the clerics, Masan and Casan and Cridan, go before the king, and carry him to the Boyne, and wash his corpse therein Do-roich dan o Cairnech co n-a manchaib cuca faī sin ⁊ do-righnesein toirrsi mór ica ēcaīne ⁊ buī ac tabair t a thesta. Atber t: Esbaidh mōr do h is ferr ro th echtaidh Ēre hlesaigecht ⁊ gan ch umachta .i. Muirchertach mac Erca ⁊ Niall Noī ghiallach ⁊ Conn Cē tchathach ⁊ Úgaine Mōr. Poem is omitted in H. nī bec mbliadan ria fēgad h lí nō co ndechaid ar nefní. Deich mbliadna dó i tig in druadSaignen co n-ilar a buar, anfad ma raFirst a illegible ros fulaing Dā bliadain dó i tig in rīg Muiredaig mōir, maith a dīl, co ndechaid fri brōn cen brath darb imnedach Muiredach. her t bliadain dó for beirt i tig Loairnd dó ag Eirc, do Muirchertach cen gainne, nō co nderna fingaile. Fiche bliadan 's a deich dó frisin rē sin ro theachtaig Saxain ⁊ slóg-Bretnaig. A cind deich mbliadan iar sin tinōlaid, tenn in togail, doch um nĒrenn a tinól. Fiche bliadan dó co tenni rīgi thuaiscir t Ērenn i foirb in athar ōr gein Ba rīg for Ērinn uile Ua hEōgain in t-ard-rui re cōic bliadna fiched cen chelnō gur gerrad a shaegol. S. mei c E. So Cairnech with his monks thereupon visits him, and the saint himself made great grief in bewailing him, and bore witness of him, and said: A great loss to Ireland today is Mac Erca, one of the four best men that have gained possession of Erin without trickery and without force, namely Muirchertach mac Erca, and Niall of the Nine Hostages The body is afterwards lifted up by Cairnech, to be carried to Tuilén Do-rala Duaibsech .i. ben Muirchertaig dona clērchib iar sin ⁊ in corp etur ru ⁊ do-rigneséin nuall guba móir toirsig ⁊ ro buail a basa ⁊ do-beir a druim iarum ro ch uir a druim risin mbaile a nAenach Rēab(sic). ⁊ ro mebaid cró-maidm dia cra ide 'na cliab ⁊ fuair bās fo chēt ōir ann sin do ch umaid a fir in rīgh . Tucsat na clērig corp na rīgna iar sin ma-róen ⁊ corp in rīg H omits from this point until rīg in section 47, l.842. conid ann asber t Cairnech: Duaibsech ben maith Meic Erca, er lib sunn a lechta, ingen rīg Connacht na clann ōr gein Fer gus is Domnall. Cuirter Duaibsech fán ulaid, dur san a héc do ch umaid, er a fert co raib sunna chaidche a lecht. Cōic bliadna fiched dōib trell i n-ard-fh laithius na hĒrenn nō gur ch uir in rīg dār leth āthair a ch loindi Duaibsech. D. Then Duaibsech, the wife of Muirchertach, met the clerics while the corpse was among them, and she made a great, mournful lamentation, and struck her palms together, and leant her back against the ancient tree in Oenach Reil ; and a burst of gore broke from her heart in her chest, and straightway she died of grief for her husband. Then the clerics put the queen's corpse along with the corpse of the king. And then said Cairnech : Duaibsech Mac Erca's noble wife, let her grave be dug by you here, etc. Adnaicthir in rīgan iar sin ⁊ claitir a fert. Adnaicthir didiu in rīg i fail in tempaill allatuaid ⁊ ro bī Cairnech ic tabair t teasmolta tes ta in rīg co n-ebairt in laīdsi: Feart rīg Ailig biaid co brāth Fert rīg Temrac a Tuilén a Tuilén atch luinfe cāch, atá sunn, is mōr in scél for Sligid Asail co buan fri Sligi Assail anair sunn fa chasaib na mōr-shluag. fo ch asaibh claind i Cobthaig This verse is omitted in H. Ba maith cech sligi re lind, ua Eōgain fh ind, nī thānic Ērind cen fh ell airdrīg bud ch ur the 'na cheann. Trīcha traiged airdi in fh ir Muirchertaig From this point until the end of the verse H reads: ... co me nmain mir. aird-rīg Oilig, nī thicfa dá éis co becht. nochar gab Banba na mbratt neach ro-shoisead a rīg-neart. gairm inti coscair namat. Cōic traigthi fich et co fīr tānic sunn do chorp in rīg, cōic traigthi ro loisced de fín dīn na daibche. This verse is omitted in H. Giall ar éicin nī bia ag neachdo sh íl in rīg a hAilech, bid eagail in cech treib teind cen cob é bes for Ērind. h lēirech crín cáidh pecad Meic Erca do dīl, pecthaigh Muirchertaig co mbāidh is cian bus cumain rem lá cian bus cumain lium rem lā beith ag fēgad in fh erta sunna ag fēghain a fh er ta . F. Thereafter the queen is buried and her grave is dug. Then the king is buried near the temple on the north side, and Cairnech was declaring the king's character, and uttered this lay : The grave of the king of Ailech will abide for ever, in Tuilén, every one will hear it, etc. Ō th airnic dona clērchib in t-adnacol The following sentence is omitted in H. Léine do shīda shoinemail impe. Do-riacht iarum mara rabadarMS. Marabadar. H has mar a rabadar. na clērig ⁊ ben nachais dōib ⁊ ben nachsat bennachaid didiu na clērig disi ⁊ ro airigset gné mbrōin ⁊ toirsi fuir ri ⁊ do-ratsad uir ri conad hī gur ub ī ro mill in rīg ro bī Cairnech ic iarfaigid scēl diFrom this point until hē in section 49, l.903, H reads: créd hī fein nō gā fochainn fār marbh sī in rī ⁊ atber t: Innis dūn do bunad, a ingen gan dubad, do-rignis ar pudar ro marbais rīg Temrach co n-ilar a the aglach tria gnīm n-uathmar n-olc. Innésat mo scēla a ch lēirchiu co n-ērgna, d'imlat ar mo chorp tabair nem dom anmain co n-érbur duib amlaid er nus co hangbaid for talmain na tor. Dā nder nas a, a ingen, faísidi na n-imned is aithrigi rind-geal ēr a sinn, logad do cach duine do-bēr am-ne uile ō aird-rīg na n-uile dia tuca fēin ind. Innis When the clerics had finished the burial, they saw coming to them a lonely woman, beautiful and shining, robed in a green mantle with its fringe of golden thread. A smock of priceless silk was about her. Then she reached the place wherein the clerics were, and saluted them, and so the clerics saluted her. And they perceived upon her an appearance of sadness and sorrow, and they recognised that she it was that had ruined the king. Cairnech was asking tidings of her, and said : Tell us thy origin, O damsel without darkening, thou hast wrought our shame though beauteous is thy body : thou hast killed the king of Tara, with many of his households, by an awful, evil deed, etc. ar na clērig iar sin ica iarfaigid di cúich hī fēin nō cia a hathair nō a māthair ⁊ cia cúis do bī aice don rīg in uair ro mill sī mar siúd hē. Sín m'ainmsi, ol sī, ⁊ Sighi mac Déin meic Triuin m'athair, ⁊ Muirchertach mac Erca , ol sī ro marb m'athair é ⁊ mo māthair ⁊ mo der brāthair er bshiur i ccath Chirb for Bōinn ⁊ ro From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: dīthaig tuatha m'atharda uili isin cath sin.' 'Nīrb annsa duit th'athair nā Muirchertach,' bar Cairnech. 'Abēlsa fēin chumhaidh,' ar in ingen. dich eann Sentuatha Temrach ⁊ m'atharda uile isin cath sin fōs, conad ann asber t: Abair, a Shin, rád gan chair, tacair co fīr cia h'athair, t ógaib, a ben, nō cia 'gā fuil do muinntear. Ingen misi Shige sheing, do thuaith Temrach ōs Bōind, nī chēl for aib, rád co fīr, Muirchertach ro marb m'athair, ro roind mōr fadb i cathaib, i cind Ātha Cirb co-se frisi ráitir Áth Sige. do-rad sochaide i n-ainceas, a dingbāil i comland chruaid nī raibe i mBanba brat-ruaid. Nirb annsa duit t'athair fēin ua Nēill nocha trēicfed tū re lind, a ingen builig blāth bind. Atbēlsa fēin dia chumaid, rīg uasal iarthair domain, tucus for aird-rig Ērenn. Do-rignius neim dó mo nuar do fh or raig rīg na saer-sh luag, resíu do-neind beith a bus ur san ná'n ēc do-chuadus. Rāithi damsa ma-lle fris nō co torchair i n-ēislis, dia ēis nī bíu co fada, atā dam, a mōr-abba. Abair. Then the clerics were asking her who she herself was, or who was her father or her mother, and what cause she had from the king when she ruined him as aforesaid. Sín , she replied, is my name, and Sige . So then Cairnech said : Say, O Sín, a say without question, tell truly who was thy father, etc. Not dearer to thee was thine own father than Muirchertach, Niall's descendant, etc. Sín. Myself will die of grief for him, the high king of the west of the world, (and) for the guilt of the sore tribulations that I brought on the sovran of Erin : I made poison for him, alas ! which overpowered the king of the noble hosts, etc. h airnech ⁊ do-rigne aithrigi ndíchra co Dia, amail ro tecaiscead di, ⁊ do-chuaid do rēir Chairnig ⁊ fuair bās fo chēt ōir and sin do ch umaid in rīg ⁊ atber t iarum Cairnech fert do dēnum di, ⁊ a cur fo th uind talman . Do-rigned iarum amail asber t in clēirech Cairnech H omits from this point until the end of the poem. ⁊ dixit : Sín nīrb inmain a dála gus in laithisea a táma, fuaramar a holc co fīr do-rad sinn chaidche i n-imshním. er fa thalmain a cré, folaigter a corpMS. chorp cen ré, nī thānic a corp nā a clī nach traethfad ingen Shigi. Sige nīr fh er cen engnam i Temraig nir maith a dīl 'gā ch liamain gur dīgail Sín. S. Then she confessed to Cairnech, and to God she made fervent repentance, as had been taught her, and she went in obedience to Cairnech, and straightway died there of grief for the king. So Cairnech said that a grave should be made for her, and that she should be put under the sward of the earth. It was done as the cleric ordered, and he said : Sín, not dear were her doings until this day in which we are, etc. Imthūsa Cairnig immorro do-rignesein frichnam mōr for anmain Muirchertaig ⁊ nī th uc a hifernn hē. Do-rigne Parce mihi Domine, Deus Pater omnepoténs, Deus anime egrotanti ⁊ ro gab co grésach From this point until the end of the poem, H reads: do raith anma in rīg conidh ann sin tāinicc in t-aingel docum Cairnigh ⁊ adubair t, 'Cebé do raith anma gabhter an irnaig thi sin do thicfadh a hifer nn cedh mad é Iūdas é, ⁊ tucad nem do Muirchertach, ⁊ cē rach adh nec co rōim nī ferr do inā bei th it relcib, ⁊ gibē cimidh caithfes nī i tegais do ch illi ter nōbadh slān gē beit h ga marbad .' 'Adlochar do Ch rīst ,' ar Cairnec, 'bei th ac acallam aingel ⁊ gur ub é m'airfidid freacnarcus gnúis angel.' for anmain in rīg hī, co tucad a hifernn dó ainim in rīg. Conad ann sin tāinic in t-aingel dochum Cairnig ⁊ atber t fris cip é no gabad co grēsach in irnaigtheo mad nimedach cen chunntabairt hē. Conid ann asber t int aingel na briath ra sa: Cip é not gaba co dúr irnaigthi Ch airnig na rūn Iúdas is measa ro gein ropad lór dá fhōir ithin. Tucad nem do Mac Erca for h'irnaigthesiu festa, nī thēit co brāth buidnech beann nech it relcib i n-ifernd. mine thora in conair chōir, nī mesa a bus fēin a dīl agutsa ic átaid in rīg. Sech ip cimid chaithes ní tēr nóbaid slān, buan in blad, gémad dorb sluag 'gá marbad. Atlochar do Ch rīst rom ch ar aingel cāid icum fhégad, frecnarcus aingil aībind. Cōic bliadna fichet iar cōir ō thānacas sunna ón Rōim gus in aidchise im-ne Cip é Touching Cairnech, now, he shewed great care for Muirchertach's soul, but he did not bring it out of hell. HowParce mihi Domine , etc., and he repeated it continually for sake of the soul of the king, so that (at last) the soul was given to him out of hell. Whereupon the angel came to Cairnech and told him that whoever should sing that prayer continually would without doubt be a dweller in heaven. So then said the angel : Whoever should sing strongly the prayer of Cairnech of the mysteries 'twould be enough to succour Judas, who was the worst ever born, etc. Conid aided Muirchertaig meic Erca conice sin amail ro indis Cairnech ⁊ Tigernach ⁊ Ciarān ⁊ Mochta ⁊ur a scribait ⁊ gur a lesaigit oc na clērch ib naema sin ica chuimniugad do chāch ō sh in Finit . Murchad Ō Cuindlis do scrīb in lebar sa dō fēn in bliadain tānaisti thāinic rīg Saxan a nĒrind ⁊ dulThis word is not clearly legible. aisti fa essīd ⁊ uilc imda do dēnum isin bliadain si itir Gallaib ⁊ Gaedelaib, plāig choitchenn for daīnib ⁊ ceathraib Ērenn isin iadain chēt na ⁊c. So far the Death of Muirchertach, as Cairnech related it, and Tigernach It endeth.
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