Gloria quid mundi felix quid pompave turbae
verse
beg. Gloria quid mundi, felix quid pompave turbae

A Latin verse added to the margins of an Irish manuscript fragment, bound as flyleaves in Laon MS 55 (f. [i]r-v), which laments the death of a certain Cathasach (sapiens prudensque magister / atque pius iuuenis castus custosque decorus). Identification of the person in question has proved difficult.