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| Title = ''Ma be rí rofesser / recht flatho'' (''Mad bé ríg rofessir / recht flatha'') <br> "If you are a king you should know the prerogative of a ruler" | | Title = ''Ma be rí rofesser / recht flatho'' (''Mad bé ríg rofessir / recht flatha'') [initial words] <br> "If you are a king you should know the prerogative of a ruler" | ||
| Manuscripts = * {{TCD 1337}}, f. 7a-7b. Only manuscript.<ref name="Binchy1971,152-3">Binchy, "An archaic legal poem" (1971), 152-153</ref> | | Manuscripts = * {{TCD 1337}}, f. 7a-7b. Only manuscript.<ref name="Binchy1971,152-3">Binchy, "An archaic legal poem" (1971), 152-153</ref> | ||
| Language = [[Language::Old Irish]]<ref>Although "most of the archaic forms and orthography have been ironed out" in the manuscript, "the poem passes most of the tests used to distinguish archaic from 'classical' Old Irish." Binchy, "An archaic legal poem" (1971), 152-153.</ref> | | Language = [[Language::Old Irish]]<ref>Although "most of the archaic forms and orthography have been ironed out" in the manuscript, "the poem passes most of the tests used to distinguish archaic from 'classical' Old Irish." Binchy, "An archaic legal poem" (1971), 152-153.</ref> | ||
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| Description = Legal poem cited at the end of ''[[Críth Gablach]]''.<ref name="Binchy1971,152-3" /> It numbers 104 lines in Binchy's edition. | |||
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Description
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Editions and translations
- Binchy, David (ed. and tr.). "An archaic legal poem." Celtica 9 (1971): 152-168.
- Mac Neill, Eóin (ed. and tr.). "The law of status or franchise." Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 36 C (1924): 281–306: 308-311.
- Meyer, Kuno (ed.). "Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften. Der Schluß von Críth Gablach." Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 358-97: 365-66.
