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**Manuscript sources**2. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 512 folio 31r, column 1 to folio 35v, column 1.
**Editions**2. Whitley Stokes, Lives of the Saints from the Book of Lismore. Edited with a translation, notes and indices, Oxford 1890 (Anecdota Oxonensia), 319–329 (some sections of text).
3. Charles Plummer, J. Fraser and P. Grosjean, Vita Brigitae. In: Irish Texts i (1931), 2–16.
4. Paul Grosjean, Acta Sanctorum, Nov iv 502 (Paragraphs 26, 29).
5. Kuno Meyer: Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften. Sancta Brigita. Aus dem Buch von Lecan, fol. 166c. Vgl. Lismore Lives z. 1689ff. In: Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 12 (1918) 293–94.
**Translations**2. M. A. O'Brien, The Old Irish Life of St. Brigit. In: Irish Historical Studies i (1938–39). Part I: Translation [from Rawl. B. 512] (121–134), Part II: Introduction and notes (343–353).
3. Lives of the Saints from the Book of Lismore (see above).
**Secondary literature**2. Paul Grosjean, In: Analecta Bollandiana lix (1941) 319–322.
3. Paul Grosjean, Une invocation des saintes Brigides. In: Analecta Bollandiana 61 (1943) 103–105 (Notes d'hagiographie celtique, no. 4) Mixed Latin and Irish, from MS B.M. Harley 585.
4. Pádraig Ó Riain, A dictionary of Irish Saints (Dublin 2011), 123–125 (with bibliography).
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. Bethu Brigte. Donnchadh Ó hAodha (ed), First edition [One volume] Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesDublin (1978)

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1] [*gap: acephalous text*] miracula vulgata s*unt*. Laæ n-and i suidiu luid in **Broicsech**
  
2] 

do bleogan & ni fácaib nech inna taig nisi *in* *n*oeb-ing*in* tantum
  
3] 

ina cotlad. Co *n*-accatar ro-las a tech dia n-eis. Fa-reith in tuath. 

Anda
  
4] 

leu nicon airsitis cli fri alaile. Fo-gab*ar* a tech slan & in*d* ingen 

ina
  
5] 

cotl*ad* & a g*n*u*i*s am*al* ain chaince; & ata adr*ad* ***Brigte*** *and cein m-bes*.


#### 2



  
6] In quadam die dormivit magus co n-accai triar cléirech h-i
  
7] 

cochlaib findaib oc baithis na-h-i **Brigte**, & at-bert in tres fer fris:
  
8] 

‘Bad **Br*igit*** lat nomen ina h-ingine’.


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9] Bai in drui & ansilla & nata oc ***Loch* Mescæ**, & brath*air* mathar
  
10] 

in druad and da*no*; craibdech-side. A m-bat*ar* and medon aithchi, boi
  
11] 

in drui occ airi na rind co n-accai colomain tentidi as in taig *i* m-baí in
  
12] 

chu*mal* cona h-ingin *sainriuth*, & do-fossaig brath*air* a 

mathar conid-*accai*
  
13] 

leis: & as-bert-side ba noeb filia.
  
14] 

‘Is fir on’, ol-se, ‘dia *n*-ecsind-si duit h-ule a gnima’.


#### 4



  
15] Fecht n-ale a m-baí in drui & brath*air* a mathar h-i tig & *ind* 

ingen
  
16] 

ina cotluth, cia port i m-bai a math*air*, co cualatar guth *m-bec* 

ina
  
17] 

h-ingini h-i leith in tigi, & ni ragab-si labrath cidacht.
  
18] 

‘De-ci *dun*’, ar an druí fria *amnair*, ‘ci*n*das ro*nd*-gab ar n-

ingen,
  
19] 

ar ni lamur-sa fo bith nida Christadi’.
  
20] 

Conda-acca*e* inna crois-*f*igil *h-i* ligiu os si oc irnagthi.
  
21] 

‘Airg aither*r*uch’, ar in drui, ‘& iarfaig ní di indossa, ar at-

bera ni
  
22] 

frit nunc’.
  
23] 

Te*i*t-side & ata-glad*us*tar:
  
24] 

‘Epir ni frim, a ingen’, ol-se.
  
25] 

As-bert iarum ind ingen da focul fris:
  
26] 

‘Meum erit hoc, meum erit hoc’.
  
27] 

Ni tuc da*no* amnair in druad a n-í-sin.
  
28] 

‘Rel dun’, ol sude frisin drúid, ‘ar ní tucaim-si’.
  
29] 

‘*Nipa* failteu de em’, ol in drui. ‘Is ed em at-rubart’, ol in drui, 

‘bid
  
30] 

lee in m*enn*ut-sa co laa m-bratha’.
  
31] 

Fa-indel avunculus magi **Brigit*am*** tenere 

plepem. As-bert in drui:


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32] 

‘Vere implebitur’. ‘Ipsius erit hic campus, licet exeat mecum
  
33] 

ad **Mumenenses**’.


#### 5



  
34] In tan ba mithig a gait de c*h*ígh ba deithidnech di in drui. 

*Na*
  
35] 

ní do-bereth-side di-si na-sceth-si *fo* chethoir, & nibu messa de 

a
  
36] 

blath.
  
37] 

‘Ra-*f*et*ur*-sa tra’, ar in drui, ‘*a* daas ind 

ingen, quia ego sum
  
38] 

inmundus’.
  
39] 

Ro-erbad iarum bó find au-dercc dia taiscid & ba slan di.


#### 6



  
40] Do-*cuaid* iarum in drui i tire **Muman**, i nh-**Uaithne Tiri** int
  
41] 

*s*ainriuth. Illic sancta nutritur. Quæ 

transacto tempore nutritori ait:
  
42] 

‘*Nolo* hic servire, sed mitte me ad patrem meum ubi in occursum
  
43] 

veniat mihi’.
  
44] 

Quo facto pater **Dub*thachus*** deduxit eam ad hereditatem suam in
  
45] 

duobus campis **Nepotum *Failgi*** ibique inter cognatos 

mansit, & in
  
46] 

puellari habitu *mira* fecit.


#### 7



  
47] Rucad iarum ad aliam virginem nutrire eam. Is sí ba c*h*oicc do
  
48] 

*sudi* iarum. *Ra*-findad a lin de o*e*gedaib ticced doc*h**um* a
  
49] 

m-mume, & cia *beth* a lin na n-o*e*ged ni dechas for losait doib *fri*
  
50] 

aidche.


#### 8



  
51] Fecht n-and bai a m-mume-si i n-galar trum. *Foite*-si dib
  
52] 

n-ingenaib ad cuiusdam (homin)is domum qui 

vocabatur **Bæthchu**
  
53] 

(cervi)sae potitionem egrotanti 

postulaturas. Ni *etat*-som ni o
  
54] 

**Bæthchoin** (traig) inna dabcha cosin 

c*h*ormmaim acht fighi daman
  
55] 

all*aid* t*ar*siu. Ad-ellsat leu di alaili*u* thopur. Do-bert a tri lan a 

lestair
  
56] 

a s-sudiu. Ba somblas a linn, ba inmescaig*the*; & ba slan fo chetoir nutrix
  
57] 

eius. Da-geni Dia erre-si.


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58] Laa n-and du-bert **Dub*thach*** ingari mucc fuiri-si. Gatsait latraind
  
59] 

da thorc díib. Luid **Dub*thach*** ina charput de **Muig Liphi** 

co comarnic-side
  
60] 

friu & *ath*-geoin a da thorc leu. Ar-gaib-

side na latrandu &
  
61] 

nenaisc dag-eraic a mucc foraibh. Tuc leis a da thorc ad domum suam
  
62] 

& as-bert fri **Brig*ti***:
  
63] 

‘In maith ingairi du mucc latt?’
  
64] 

‘*Ata*-rim-si*u*’, ol-si.
  
65] 

Ata*i*-rimi iarum: "reperit perfectum 

nu*m*mirum" rl.




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66] Alio die advenit hospes quidam ad domum **Dub*thachi***. Erpais a
  
67] 

athair tin*n*e sailli dí do broth don g*re**i*s. Supervenit avidus canis cui
  
68] 

suellæ partem quintam dedit; qua co*m*mess*a* alterum detid. 

Hospes
  
69] 

ista sentiens quasi presus somno tacebat. Pater domum iterum reversus
  
70] 

filia*m* invenit.
  
71] 

‘In maith ro-mberbais *a

m-biad*’, ar a ath*air*.
  
72] 

‘Maith’, ol-si.
  
73] 

*Et* ipse numeravit & invenit. At-fet iarum hospes **Dub*thacho***
  
74] 

q*uod* filia fecit.
  
75] 

‘Mad iar sudiu’, ar **Dub*thach***, ‘nicon *ecadar* *a* n-do-*righni* do
  
76] 

*f*ertaib’.
  
77] 

Iss ed iarum do-gníth: fo-daleth in lucht i-sin pauperibus.


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78] Fecht n-aile iar sin senior caillige craibdigi baí hi fochruib du
  
79] 

t*h*ig **Dub*thaig*** esestair in n-í 

**Brig*ti*** do thecht do *accallaim* .xx.vii
  
80] 

*et* noeb **Lagen** i n-oen-dail. Is 

*s*i h-uair in sin ad-chuaid epscop **Ibuir** isin
  
81] 

dail aislinge ad-condairc ind aithchi riam.
  
82] 

‘Anda lem’, ol-se, ‘ad-condarcc ind nocht **Mairi** n-Ingein im chotluth,
  
83] 

& ar-rubart frim alali clerech sruith: ‘Hæc est 

**Maria** quæ inter vos
  
84] 

habitet’’.
  
85] 

Is and do-luid in challech & **Brig*it*** don dail.
  
86] 

‘Hæc est **Maria** quæ a me in somnis vissia 

est’.
  
87] 

Fordo-eracht iarum æss inna dala*e* & lotir dia l-laim. Do-

bertatar
  
88] 

bennacht furi-si. Is an*n* dí ro-boí in dal ubi nunc est **Cell Dara**, ibique
  
89] 

ep*i*s*copus* **Ibor** fratribus ait:
  
90] 

‘Hic locus cælo patet, ditissimusque omnium tota insola erit;
  
91] 

hodieque ad nos puella cui a Deo præparatus est veniat quasi **Maria**’.
  
92] 

Factum est ita.


#### 12



  
93] Fecht n-ale iar sin voluit vi*si*tare matrem 

baí i n-doiri i tír
  
94] 

**Muman**, & ba gair nis-leceth a pater & a mummi. Luid im-. Boi a
  
95] 

math*air* ind inbaid-sin i n-airleba fri togairt a mago & boi galar 

sula fuire.
  
96] 

Boi **Brig*it*** tara h-éisi, & ara*e* in druadh 

oc ingaireu na cet*h**ræ*, & nach
  
97] 

maistreth do-gnith na-randad a toruth i n-de *rainn* deac cona gruth,
  
98] 

& no-bith in tres chuit dec i m-medon & ba mo-*sidi* a m-bui cach cuit.
  
99] 

‘Ceth torba*e* lat in si?’ *ol auriga*.
  
100] 

‘Ni *ansæ*’, ol **Brig*it***. ‘Ra-chuala ro-batar da aps*tal*
*deac* apud
  
101] 

Dominum, & h-e-som fessin in tres deac’. ‘Rom-bia-sa 

la Dia: ticfat .xiii. 
  
102] 

pauperes in unaquaque die fo chomlin 

**Crist** & a aps*tal*’.
  
103] 

‘*Ocus* cid na taisci ní dond i*m*mum?’, ar auriga, ‘ar iss ed do-

gní cach
  
104] 

togartach’.


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105] 

‘Is ansa*e* dam-sa’, ol **Brig*it***, ‘a biad feissin 

do gabail do **C*h*r*ist***’.
  
106] 

Ba and-sin do-bretha di-ssi ruisc dia linad o mnai in druad. Nis-boí
  
107] 

acht maistreth imbe co l-leith. Linta ind ruisc do suidiu; & bat*ar* budig
  
108] 

ind oigith, .i. in drui & a ben. As-bert in drui fri **Brig*ti***:
  
109] 

‘Bit lat do bæ & fodail a n-im do boch*taib*, & ni bia do math*air* ondiu i
  
110] 

fognam & niba ecen a luag; & num-baitsibfither-sa & níí sger frit-su
  
111] 

semper’.
  
112] 

‘Deo gratias’, ar **Brigit**.


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113] Fecht n-and b*ir*t **Dub*thach*** in n-i **Brig*ti*** dia reicc 

fri rig **Laigen**, .i.
  
114] 

*fri* **Dunlagg**, do c*h**um*ail fogn*am*a dó h-uairi *cota-.*-sai*d*-si a les-mathair
  
115] 

on, no-gatad-si cach ni isin *tig* do cheilib Dé. For-racab-si
  
116] 

**Dub*thach*** inna charput occo chomet i faithgi in duni, & faccaib a 

chailg
  
117] 

inna comair. Dos-bert-si do chlam do-lluid a doc*h*om. Ass-bert
  
118] 

**Dub*thach*** *frisin* righ:
  
119] 

‘Cren dím-sa m'ingin dochum fogn*am*a duit, ar at-rolleset a
  
120] 

*besa*’.
  
121] 

‘Cid dath*ar* di?’, ol *in* ri.
  
122] 

‘Ni *ansæ.* Is dichmarcach’, ar **Dub*thach***, ‘nach ad-chí gataid a 

lám’.
  
123] 

**Dub*thach*** revertens interrogat maceram pretiossam 

illam. Respondit:
  
124] 

‘**Chr*istus*** portavit’.
  
125] 

Quo cognito ille dixit:
  
126] 

‘Quid, filia, detisdi pretium .x. vacarum leproso?’ ‘Non meus 

gladius,
  
127] 

sed regis’.
  
128] 

Resp*ondit* filia:
  
129] 

‘Etiamsi **Lag*en*enses** potuisim, Deo dedisim’.
  
130] 

Igitur puella in servitute reli*n*quitur. 

**Dub*thachus*** ad domum
  
131] 

*suam* reversus est. Mirum dictu, virgo **Brig*ita*** dívinitus elevatur 

& post
  
132] 

*t*ergum patri*s* postponitur.
  
133] 

‘A **Dub*thaig*** tra’, ol in ri, ‘is moo re*i*cc, is 

mo luaig ind ingen-sa’.
  
134] 

Maceram tunc virgini rex donat, eaque p*re*tiosa*m* inn-.inn is followed by a character like a 'c' with the lower stroke continued perpendicularly. Over this is vel o. Leg. 'eaque patri donavit' (Grosjean?)

 Post
  
135] 

mirabilia domum revertuntur prædicta.


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136] Gair iarum do-lluid fer do thig **Dub*thaig*** do thochmurc 

**Brig*te***.
  
137] 

**Dub*thach*** dí a nomen-side *moccu* **Lugair**. Ba maith fria ath*air* & lia
  
138] 

brath*rea* a n-i-sin.
  
139] 

‘Is ansa*e* dam’, ol **Brig*it***, ‘ad-rop*art* m'ógi do Dia. Do-ber a
  
140] 

chomairle duit. Ataa *fidbaid* fri*t* 

tech-su aníar, & ata ingen alain*n*.
  
141] 

Ar-nen*u*star duit; & is ed a chomartha*e* duit: Fa-ricfa*e* in les n-oibela,
  
142] 

& biaid ind ingen oc folcad chinn a athar, & bit failtiu frit; & senfa-su


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143] 

do gnuis & t'*er*labrai cu m-ba tol *doib* cacha ráidfi’.
  
144] 

Do-gnith samlaith ut **Brig*ita*** dixit.


#### 15



  
145] Ba sæth lia br*athre*a gait di-si in tinscrae erru. Bat*ar* doini dommi
  
146] 

h-i fochruib do thig **Dub*thaig***. Luid-si læ n-and & erene bec furi 

doib.
  
147] 

Co*n*-rancatar a bra*thir* friæ-si, m*aic* a athar; do-lotar de 

**Muig Liphi**.
  
148] 

Boi drecd dib oc gairib impi; lin ali nibtar fælti frie, .i. **Bacene** as-

bert:
  
149] 

‘Int shuil alaind fil it chiund-su ar-nen*us*tar do fiur cith scith lat’.
  
150] 

La sodain statim ad-aig-si a m-mér fo a suil.
  
151] 

‘Ausu duit *in* suil n-alaind-sin’, ar **Br*igit***. 

‘Dóig lim’, ol-si, ‘ni cunte
  
152] 

nech cuccaib filiam cecam’.
  
153] 

Con rethet a bra*thir* impe-si fu c*h*etuair, acht nat bai usque 

occaib
  
154] 

do diunach in c*h*rechta.
  
155] 

‘Taibrith’, ol sisi, ‘mo bachail*l* immon fot-so ar bar *m*-belaib’.
  
156] 

Do-gnith son. Do-mmebaid sruaim isa*n* talm*ain*. *Ocus* do-bert
  
157] 

mal*l*a*cht* for **Baccene** & for a sil, & 

dixit:
  
158] 

‘Mos-memdatar do di suil it chiund’.
  
159] 

*Et* sic factum est.


#### 16



  
160] As-bert **Dub*thach*** frie-si:
  
161] 

‘Gaib-siu tra calle, ammo ingen, ar is ed t'accob*ar*. Fodail da*no* in
  
162] 

treb*ad*-sa do Dia & duiniu.’
  
163] 

‘Deo gratias’, ar **Br*igit***.




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164] Alia die .vii. cum virginibus tenere velamen vadit 

ad locum in
  
165] 

lateri **Crochan Breg h-Eli** possitum, ubi *putarat* 

habitare **Mel** ep*i*s*copum*.
  
166] 

Ibi salutat duas virgenes **Tol** & **Etol** habitantes, quæ dixerunt:
  
167] 

‘Non hic episcopus est, sed in cellis Campi **Taulach**’.
  
168] 

Hæc dicentibus, en vident iuvenem, **Meil** 

ep*i*s*copi* *alumnum* **M*ac*
  
169] 

Calli** vocatum. Illum rogaverunt ut duceret eas ad episcopum. 

Qui ait:
  
170] 

‘Investigabilis est via: paludibus, disertis, gronneis pute*i*sque’.
  
171] 

Ait sancta:
  
172] 

‘Eru*e* nos’.
  
173] 

Pergentibus illis, pontem rectum post videre potuit ibi.


#### 18



  
174] Advenienti hora consecrationis, elevatum ab angelis velamen de
  
175] 

manu **M*aic* Calle** ministri super caput 

sanctæ **Brig*itæ*** ponitur. Curvata
  
176] 

hautem sub incantationem, interi*m* tenuit lignum fraxeinum 

altare
  
177] 

sustinentem, q*uod* postea *versum* est in sethim, nec igni u*r*itur 

nec
  
178] 

sæculis veteratur. Tribus vicibus cella incensa est, sed intigrum sub
  
179] 

cinere mansit.


#### 19



  
180] Ibi episcopus Dei gratia inebreatus non cognovit quid in libro
  
181] 

suo cantavit. In gradum *enim* episcopi *ordinavit***Brigit*am***.
  
182] 

‘Hæc sola’, inquid **Mel**, ‘ordinationem 

episcopalem in **Hibernia**
  
183] 

tenebit virgo’.
  
184] 

Quandiu igitur consecraretur columna ignea de v*e*rtice eius
  
185] 

ascendebat.


#### 20



  
186] Post hæc obtuilit pleps locum *cui nomen* **Ached h-I** 

in Saltu
  
187] 

Avis. Illic aliquantulum temporis manens, tres uiros perigrinos ibi
  
188] 

manere cogebat & obtulit eis locum; treaque miracula in eo loco fecit,
  
189] 

.i. fons fluxit in arida, caro in panem versa, manus tertii viri sanata est.




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190] Fecht n-and di-si inbuith na Casc in sin:
  
191] 

‘Cid do-genam?’, ar **Br*igit*** fria h-ingena. ‘Ataa óen-miach m-bracha 

lind.
  
192] 

Rupad maith dun a imdel*l* ar na bemis cen choirm fo Chaisc. 

Atat
  
193] 

da*no* .xvii. cella i m-**Maig Tailach**. Amenain-si co n-

gabaind an *Caisc*
  
194] 

dóib ar aí cormæ fo bíth in Choimdeth asa sollommun, cenis-*beth*
  
195] 

biad acht r*us*-beth deog. Ni segda*e* dúnn namma na fil lestræ 

linn’.
  
196] 

Fír son; oen-ían bai do lestrai isin tig & da lóthur.
  
197] 

‘Mathi-side; *furthur*’.
  
198] 

Is ed do-gnith: A n-imdel*l* isindala lothur, isin lothur aili*u* fo-*cheirte*
  
199] 

for descthu; & i n-í fo-*cheirte* for descthu isin lothur no-

linta*e*
  
200] 

ind ian de & no-berthe do cach cill a h-*ú*air co ticceth ind 

ian
  
201] 

beoss, noch ba trait do-n-icceth ba coirm a n-í no-bith isin lothur.
  
202] 

.xviii. *n-ena* do-dechatar dind oen-miach & arúrthisi fesni 

fo Chaisc;
  
203] 

& nibo thesbaid fleth *i* cech oen-chill dib o Chaisc Móir co 

Min-cháisc
  
204] 

dond ergn*am*-sin **Brig*te***.


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205] Do-bert banscal n-iresach o **Fid Éoin** *boin* di-si isind lau-sin na
  
206] 

Cascc. Dís doib oc immain na bo, .i. in ben & a *hingen*. 

Nis-mboí dí do
  
207] 

chumacc a *m*m-bo do imain fon. Ro-llassat immach a l-loeg oc *tuidecht*
  
208] 

tresin fidbuith. *Gadatar* iarum in h-í **Br*igti***. Iccais ní doib in gudi-

sin:
  
209] 

is *s*í a m-bó do-feth conair remib *con*dicci *in* locc *i* m-bæ **Br*igit***.
  
210] 

‘Iss ed *as* maith tra’, ar **Br*igit*** fria ingena, ‘ol is *s*i ar cet-idbairt in so
  
211] 

iar g-gabail in *disirt*-siu: Berar dund eps*cup* ru-bend*ach* calli 

forar
  
212] 

*cenn*’.
  
213] 

‘Is bec torbai dó’, ar na ingena, ‘ in bo cen loeg’.
  
214] 

‘Ni bæ son’, ar **Br*igit***. ‘Ticfa in loegan ar chend a mathar *comba*
  
215] 

immalle ricfat dochom lis’.
  
216] 

Do-gnith saml*aith* quomodo dixit.


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217] Isin Domnach cetnu na Casc do-luid alali clam dia tuititis a
  
218] 

*baill* cucai-si do chuinchid bo.
  
219] 

‘Ar ecndairc n-Dé, a **Br*igit***, rom-bith-sa bo lat’.
  
220] 

‘Tailc dail dam’, ar **Br*igit***. 
  
221] 

‘Ni tailcfind’, ol-se, ‘cid dail oen-lái duit’.
  
222] 

‘A m*ac*an’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘expectemus *manum* 

Domini’.
  
223] 

‘Rega ass’, ar in clam, ‘at-eth-sa boin i *m*m-baliu aili*u* ceni et h-uait-siu’.
  
224] 


  
225] ‘A digge’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘& ma ru-gesmais Dia im digbail do c*h*laime dit,
  
226] 

i-m-bad maith lat son?’


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227] 

‘Natho’, ol-se, ‘is mó at-chotaim in c*h*ruth-sa quam quando 
  
228] 

*mundus* ero’.
  
229] 

‘Is fer*r*’, ar **Br*igit*** ‘& bera*e* b*en**n*ach*ad*; not-glanfaitir’.
  
230] 

‘Maith lim tra’, ol-se, ‘ol is tromda*e* ro*nd*-gabus’. 
  
231] 

‘Cind*us*’, ar **Brig*it*** fria ingena, ‘*-glanfait[h]er* in fer-sa?’
  
232] 

‘Ni *ansæ,* a chaillech, tabar*r* do bendacht for cuad n-*us*ci, &
  
233] 

fothraicthir in clam as iarum’.
  
234] 

Do-gnid samlaith, & ba ógslán.
  
235] 

‘Ni rag-sa tra’, ar in clam ‘on c*h*u*u*ch 

rom-icc: (mim) minister ero
  
236] 

& lignarius vester’.
  
237] 

Síc factum est. 
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238] Do-luid **Mél** dia Luain arabarach doc*h**um* **Br*igte*** do precept & do
  
239] 

ofriund eter di C*h*aisc. Tuc*ad* bó di-si da*no* a laa n-í-ssin. 

Do-breth
  
240] 

da*no* d'eps*cup* **Mél** iar m-breith na bó aili. Do-fobair crith-galar 

ingin de
  
241] 

munt*ir* **Br*igte*** co tabrath co*m*an di.
  
242] 

‘In fil ni beth mian duit?’ ar **Brig*it***.
  
243] 

‘Fil’, ol-si, ‘*manim-*thi lemlacht, at-bel nunc’.
  
244] 

Co n-gair **Br*igit*** cuci ingin, & dixit:
  
245] 

‘Tuc dam mo chuad feisin lán, isi n-ibim linn, de uisciu. Du-n-uc
  
246] 

fot choim’.
  
247] 

Do-breth di-si iarum, & sensi co m-bó lemnacht inbrothach, & ba
  
248] 

ógslan statim filia ubi gustavit. Condat da firt-sin simul, id est lactis de
  
249] 

aqua *factio*, sanitas filia*e*.


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250] Dia Mairt arabarach baí fer maith i fochraib cobdelach do **Brig*ti***.
  
251] 

Bliad*ain* lan dó i siurc.
  
252] 

‘Berid da*m*’, ol suidi, ‘boin bes dech bes ima indeis indiu do **Brigti**,
  
253] 

& gudeth Dia n-erum dus im slan’.
  
254] 

Bret*h*a*e* in bó, & is-bert 

**Br*igit*** fri cach noda-bert:
  
255] 

‘Berid fo chetuair do **Mel**’.
  
256] 

N*us*-mbertatar iterum dia tig & *co n*-oimcloisit boin i n-ecmais a 

fir
  
257] 

galair. At-fes do **Br*igit*** a n-í-sin. Ba barnech dí do bréic impi 

**Brig*it***.
  
258] 

‘Et*er* gairsi & matain’, ar **Brig*it***, ‘isait coin altai in deg-boin do-ratad
  
259] 

formu seilb & nat rucad duit-siu’, ol sisi fri **Mel**, ‘& isait .vii. n-os impi’.
  
260] 

At-fes iarum dond fiur galair a n-i-sin.
  
261] 

‘Arcib tra,’ ol suide, ‘berid di .vii. n-os de forclu na indesi’.
  
262] 

Do-gnith samlaith.
  
263] 

‘Deo gratias’, ar **Br*igit***. ‘Bertar tra do 

**Mél** dia recle*us*. Ata .vii. laa eter
  
264] 

di Cháisc oc precept & oc oifriund dún; bó cech laæ dau 

da*no* ara opair, 


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265] 

ní mó a dán; & berid bennacht leu .viiii. h-ule, bennacht 

for cach o
  
266] 

tuctha’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
267] 

Dath as-bert-*si* a focul n-í-sin ba slan-side fo c*h*etuair.


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268] Ba trom for **Br*igti*** ind inbuith eter di Chaisc la 

cen*n*-galar.
  
269] 

‘Ni bæ són’, ar **Mel**. ‘In tan rigmai-ni do ait*h*rius ar cet-choggba*e*
  
270] 

la firu **Tethbæ**, regaid **Br*igit*** lenn cona ingenaib. Ata 

lie*i*g amrai la
  
271] 

firu **Midi**, .i. **Æd** m*ac* **Bric**; do-*gena* do *f*repaid-siu’.
  
272] 

Is and ru-ic-si duas virgines paruliticas Fotharenses.


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273] Duo deinc Britones ceci cum par*v*ulo leproso 

de genere **Echdach**
  
274] 

venerunt graviterque sanitatem postulant. Quibus **Brig*ita*** ait:
  
275] 

‘Sustinete paulisper’.
  
276] 

*Et* aiunt illi:
  
277] 

‘Infirmos tui gen*er*is sanaisti & perigrinos neglegis curare’. 

‘Sed
  
278] 

saltim puerum nostrum tui generis sana’.
  
279] 

Ac per hoc inlumina*n*tur ceci leprosusque mundatur.


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280] *Tanic* doib iarum co Minchaisc.
  
281] 

‘Ni beoda*e* lem nunc’, ar 

**Br*igit*** fria ingena, ‘cen choirm *arin* Minchaisc
  
282] 

dond eps*cup* pridchabus & *[do-géna]*of-*rend*’.
  
283] 

Dan as-bert-si a n-í-sin, lotar di ingin dond *us*ciu do t*h*abairt
  
284] 

usque *isa* tech & mudi mó leu do ergnam, & ni fitir **Br*igit***. In tan
  
285] 

do-lotar a frithisi, ata-condairc **Brig*it*** *i* suidiu.
  
286] 

‘Deo gratias’, ar **Br*igit***. ‘Celiam dedit nobis Deus episcopo nostro’.
  
287] 

Gabit*h* fait*ches* na caillecha la sodain.
  
288] 

‘Don-fair Dia, ammo ingen’.
  
289] 

‘Cia bet as-rubart ni erbart na olc, a c*h*aillecha’.
  
290] 

‘Uisci tuc*ad* issa tech, acht h-uairi ro-mbennachais-*s*iu do-righni
  
291] 

Dia erat, statim ro-soad h-i coirm & bolad fina f*air* & ni rolad 

for descdu
  
292] 

isin domun choirm ba *ferr*’.
  
293] 

Ro-f*er* iarum cona n-oegeduib & ind eps*cup* int oen-mudi.


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294] Dia Lúain Minchasc iarum luid **Br*igit*** ina
  
295] 

*carp*ut** & a ingena ina coemt*h*echt 

& *in* da eps*cop* **Mel** & **Melc*h*u** in *Campum* **Mide**
  
296] 

doc*h**um* lego, & co n-dic*h*sidis 

iarum in Campam **Tethbæ**  *do*
  
297] 

athri*us* luic boe and do **Mhel** & do **Mel*choin***. Tertiaque feria in nocte ad
  
298] 

do*m*mum devertunt Laginensis cuiusdam viri de **Nepotibus Brolaig**.
  
299] 

Ille eos sussepit & respiciens benigne pavit sanctam cum ep*i*s*copis*
  
300] 

**Brig*itam***. Ar-ces an fer maith h-i-sin & a aithech tige. Uxor inquid:


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301] 

‘Quotquot genui defuncti sunt præter duas filias quæ & ipse 

muttae
  
302] 

sunt a die nativitatis’.
  
303] 

Illa vadit ad Vadum **Firgoirt**. Sancta caidid **Brig*ita*** im 

medio vado,
  
304] 

nesio qua causa paventes euui, *illissumque* lapidi sanctum in vertiq*ue*
  
305] 

vulneratum caput aquasque cum sanguine cruentavit largiter perfusso.
  
306] 

Sanctaque **Brig*ita*** at alteram locuta est mutam filiam:
  
307] 

‘Aquam sangine permixtam circamfunde tuo collo in *n*omine 

Dei’.
  
308] 

*Et* sic fecit, & illa dixit:
  
309] 

‘Sanasti me; gratias ago Deo’.
  
310] 

‘Gair do siair’, ar **Brig*it*** frisin n-ingin sláin.
  
311] 

‘Tair le, a fiur’, ol-si.
  
312] 

‘Veniam da*no*’, ar a setig. ‘Am slan cia thiasu. Ru-slechtus i n-eis
  
313] 

in charpuit; am slan iarum’.
  
314] 

‘Argib tra’, ar **Brig*it*** *frisin* *n-* ingin, ‘*dofor* tig &, a n-*at*-rubalt
  
315] 

duib do *f*er-c*h*landaib, con berid in 

lin cetna*e* iterum’.
  
316] 

Batir falti i s-sudiu. *Et* lapis ille memorabilis sepe sanat plures. 

*Na*
  
317] 

cend co cend-galar  *suidigther*

 do is *s*lan *du-n-intai* h-uath. Is and
  
318] 

sin con rancatar frisin suid-lia*i*g, fri **Æd** 

m*ac* **Bric**.
  
319] 

[*gap: missing words*]ar  *eps*cop**, ‘cend na næb-ingine’.
  
320] 

Tetigit, & talibus verbis virginem compellat:
  
321] 

‘A medico tacta est tui, virgo, vena capitis qui me est melior satis’.


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322] Tiagait co firu **Tethbæ** do chet-choggbaib episcoporum, .i.
  
323] 

**Ardach*ad***. Baí rí **Tethbai** oc fleith i fochruib doib. Do-*-rigeni* 

at*h*ech
  
324] 

a tigh ind ríg bet mar. Du-cer airi airit*h*ech logmar ind ríg 

co
  
325] 

*m-memaid* frisin meis ara belaib ind ríg. Ba ingnad a lestar, ba dia
  
326] 

*s*etaib ingantaib ind rig. Ar-gab iarum in truagh & nicon 

baí dó acht
  
327] 

bás. Do-tet indala eps*cop* do guidi dond righ.
  
328] 

‘Noch ní tiber do neuch’, ar *in* rí, ‘ni ririu da*no*, acht a bás’.
  
329] 

‘Rom-bith lat’, ar int epscop, ‘a lestar m(.)-bruithi’.
  
330] 

‘Rot-bia son im-’, ar *in* ríí.
  
331] 

Do-bert iarum int eps*cop* ina ucht cu **Br*igti***, narrans 

omnia *sibi*.
  
332] 

‘Guid dún in Coimd*id* co ro-athnugt*h**er* a lestar’.
  
333] 

Fecit & recuperavit & dedit ep*i*s*copo*; & do-tæt int eps*cop* 

arabarach
  
334] 

cona aradig ad regim &:
  
335] 

‘Ma dut-ised t'aredeg slan’, ar int eps*cop*, ‘in lecfide in cimbid?’
  
336] 

‘Non solum, sed quæcumque voluerit dona *conferrem* ei’.
  
337] 

Ostendit ep*i*s*copus* uas, & talia locquitur regi:
  
338] 

‘Non ego hanc virtutem sed sancta **Brig*ita*** fecit’.




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339] h-O ro-son clu ina **Br*igte*** set*h*no 

**Tet*h*ba*e*** bai alali ógh
  
340] 

craibdech la firu **Tet*h*bai** o *toided* ara tess*ed* **Br*igit*** dia acaldaim,
  
341] 

.i. **Bríg** ingen **Coimlocha**. Luid da*no*
**Br*igit***, & ata-recht **Bríg** fadeisne
  
342] 

do indlat a coss. Báei banscal *craibdech* *i* siurg in tan-sin. A m-botha
  
343] 

dí oc *indlut* choss **Bri*gte***, foidis in dune 

galair-sin boe insin tig
  
344] 

ingin n-uaide do t*h*abairt *neich* di as in*d* lothair dond usciu do-breth
  
345] 

dar cosa **Bri*gte***. Do-breth di da*no*, & do-bert-si *imma* gnuis & ba
  
346] 

ógslán fo c*h*étúair; & iar m-beith a siurg bli*adn*a*e* ba oen-timthirthite
  
347] 

in n-aithche-sin. h-O thuctha a m-miassa ara m-beulu, gaibid
  
348] 

**Br*igit*** sir-decsin a m-miass.
  
349] 

‘Immand-airi dun’, ar **Bríg**, ‘a noeb-ingen, ceth no-rathaigt*h*er
  
350] 

fort meis?’
  
351] 

‘At-chiu in **Satan** ina suidi*u* forsin meis 

armu belaib’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
352] 

‘Masa sochmacht’, ar **Bríg**, ‘robad maith lem-sa a decsiu’.
  
353] 

‘*Is* *s*ochmacht em’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘acht do-

*coi* ardi na crucha*e*
  
354] 

dart *rosc* in *dus*, ar nach duine at-chi Diab*ul* & ni sena in *dus* *no*
  
355] ro-daissed immbi’.
  
356] 

Sentus **Bríg** iarum & at-chi in manach n-í-sin. Dochruth lee a 

delb.
  
357] 

‘Iarfaigh, a **Br*igit***’, ar **Bríg**, ‘cid dia tuidchid’.
  
358] 

‘Da responsum hominibus’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
359] 

‘*Nitho*, a **Br*igit***’, ar in **Satan**, ‘ni dir duit-siu, ar ni 

do erchoit duit-siu
  
360] 

do-*dechad*’.
  
361] 

‘Ceist tra’, ar **Bríg**, ‘ceth sainriuth dot-uic forsin meis-*s*iu?’
  
362] 

Demon respon*dit*:
  
363] 

‘Habito istic semper apud quandam virginem cum qua mihi nimia
  
364] 

pigritudo locum detit’.
  
365] 

*Et* **Briga** ait:
  
366] 

‘Vocetur ista’.
  
367] 

Dum vocata veniset:
  
368] 

‘Signa’, inquid **Bríga**, ‘oculos eius, ut *videat* quem proprio nutrivit
  
369] 

sinu’.
  
370] 

Signatisque oculis, orridum con*t*uetur monstrum. Timore & 

tremore
  
371] 

*pavefactæ*; **Brig*ita*** d*ici*t:
  
372] 

‘En quem multis foveras annis & temporibus cernis’.
  
373] 

‘A noeb-ingen’, ar **Brig**, ‘ar *arnacon* tuidigh isa tech-sa iterum’.
  
374] 

‘Nicon ticfa da*no* a tech-sa’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘co laa m-bratha’.
  
375] 

Cibum su*m*munt; gratias agunt Deo.




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376] Fecht n-and di-si i n-dechruth for ur na h-**Ethni**. Batir imda*i*
  
377] 

ubla & arni cumræ isin c*h*ill h-i-sin. Boe alali caillech do-

bert dan
  
378] 

m(.)-bec di-si h-i rusc. Ind uair do-bert isa tech, tancatar claim státim for
  
379] 

lár in tigi cuca*e*-si da faghdi.
  
380] 

‘Berid duib’, ol-si, ‘na h-ubla ucat’.
  
381] 

Tum illa quae fructus *obtullerat*:
  
382] 

‘Leprosis  *non dedi* donum’.
  
383] 

**Brigitte**displicuit & *inquit*:
  
384] 

‘Munera prohibens a servis Dei male *agis*; idio tua ligna nullum
  
385] 

*ferent* fructum in æternum’.
  
386] 

At donifera egresa foras suum conspicit ortum nullum staitim
  
387] 

pommum portare, dum paulo ante *praepollebat* fructibus; *sterilisque*
  
388] 

permanet in æternum præter folia.


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389] Boí ógh aili do-bert di-si ubla & airni cumrai habundanter.
  
390] 

Do-bert-si fo c*h*etoir leprosis bat*ar* occ 

foigdi.
  
391] 

‘Bid slaine dud-uic’, ar **Br*igit***
  
392] 

‘Tabair tra, a c*h*aillech, bennacht form & for mu lugbar*t*’.
  
393] 

‘Ro-bennacha Dia em’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘a crand mór tall at-chiu it lugbart;
  
394] 

ro-*bet* ublæ cumræ f*air* & airni cumra*i* do t*h*riun f*air*; & ni tesseba
  
395] 

de cona chlandaib a toruth cechtarda*e*-sin’.
  
396] 

*Et* sic factum est. Am*al* luide in c*h*aillech inna lugbart co n-acca*e*-de
  
397] 

in f*er*nai cona toruth & airni cumræ f*uir*i do t*h*riun.


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398] In qu*o*dam loco .i. **Aicheth Fir 

Leth**, leltar da c*h*lam do
  
399] 

**Br*igti***. Nos-gab imformat. Discordes *coeperunt* feiri, 

sed manus &
  
400] 

peideis eorum riguerunt. Videns hoc **Brig*ita*** dixit:
  
401] 

‘Agite penitentiam’.
  
402] 

Do-gensat da*no*. Non solum solvit eos, sed a lepra sanavit.


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403] Ba and-sin do-lotar di ingin óga co **Br*igti*** co 

n-digs*ed* leu do
  
404] 

c*h*osecrad a luic & a tigi leu. **Induae** & 

**Indiu** nomina illarum. Co
  
405] 

comarnactar for conair fri óclaigh do acallaim na caillech lasa luid
  
406] 

**Br*igit***.
  
407] 

‘Cucaib-si do-dech*ad*’, ol sude, ‘on gallrach-sa co ructhar *carpat*
  
408] 

ara c*h*end, co m-bad i l-lius lib-si da-n-arsitis ec’.
  
409] 

‘Ni fil em carp*at* lind’, ar na caillecha.
  
410] 

‘Berar’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘mo c*h*arp*at* ara c*h*end’.
  
411] 

Iss ed son do-gníth and. Bat*ar* occ indnaidiu co iarmeirgi co tanic in
  
412] 

fer galair. Dos-n-ecat claim iarum mane.
  
413] 

‘A **Brig*it***’, ol-seat, ‘ron-bith-ne do charp*at*-*-su* ar C*h*r*ist*’.


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414] 

‘B*er**i*th-si’, ar **Br*igit***. ‘Tailcid dail dun, a 

cheliu De, co rucam in fer
  
415] 

galair prius diar tigh fil a comoccus dun’.
  
416] 

‘Ni tailcfem’, ol-seat, ‘cid dail n-*o*en-h-uairi, manid-gatar erund
  
417] 

cena*e* ar carpat’.
  
418] 

‘Berid ass’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
419] 

‘Cid do-genam’, ar na caillecha, ‘fria fer n-galair?’
  
420] 

‘Ni *ansæ*’, ar **Br*igit***. ‘Tæt lend for a chois’.
  
421] 

Iss ed son do-gnith and. Ba ogslan fo chetuair.


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422] Ba and-sin do-geni-si ósic do chaillech*aib* **Cule Fobair** co n-ic
  
423] 

.iiii. caillecha oc in osic, .i. *supra*; *supra*; *supra*; 

daisechtach.


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424] Ba and-sin icais in mac m-bacach n-amlabar oc tig **M*aic* Odrain**.
  
425] 

*Con*tigit *ut* sola 

**Brig*ita*** & puer mutus relinquere*n*tur. Ven*i*entibusque
  
426] 

egenis potum petentibus, quærebat sancta **Brig*ita*** clavem cocinae 

& non
  
427] 

invenit. Inscia morbi pueri hoc loquitur:
  
428] 

‘Hubi posita est clavis?’
  
429] 

Ac per hoc loquitur puer mutus ministratque paraliticus.


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430] Gair iarum veniens initium *aestatis*:
  
431] 

‘Ate’, ar **Mel** & **Melchu** fri 

**Br*igti***, ‘at-cuas dún **Pat*raic*** do t*h*uidecht
  
432] 

a desciurt na h- ***na hErenn*** i **Mag m(.)-Breg**. Regmai-ne dia *a*caldaim. In
  
433] 

raga*e*-su?’
  
434] 

‘Raga’, ar **Brig*it***, ‘conid-n-acar & conid-n-arladar, & co tarda 

bennacht
  
435] 

form’.
  
436] 

A n-do-lotar for cend conaire, dus-n-airthet alaili clerech for conair
  
437] 

co n-indile moir & muntir do *gudi* *choemthechta[e]* doib i 

**Mag
  
438] 

m-Breg**.
  
439] 

‘Is tenden*us* dun’, ar **Mel**, ‘ar nachim-erla ar clerech’.
  
440] 

‘Finnaim-si sea uaib-si’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘maig*in* *i* 

comraicfem i **Maig
  
441] 

Breg**, & anfe-sa f*r*ia senad truag-sa’.
  
442] 

Anais iarum **Brig*it*** frisin imairchi.
  
443] 

‘Ata fichi ingen lim-sa iarsin chonair’, ar **Br*igit***, ‘tabrid doib ni dona
  
444] 

*a*irib’.
  
445] 

Inquiunt misseri:
  
446] 

‘Non sic fiat, plus *na*m*que* nobis muneris contulisti quia tua
  
447] 

occasione tuta est nobis via’.
  
448] 

‘Cani fil da charr iarsin chonair?’, ar **Br*igit***. ‘Cid *nadat* h-e
  
449] 

berta*e* na h-ereiu?’. 


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450] 

Am derecaigi-si cid bai i suidib. O ro-gab **Br*igit*** crab*ud* noch*o*
  
451] 

d*er*caidi o dib tæbuib acht ara inchaib tantum.
  
452] 

‘Ata em bra*thair* dam-sa’, ar in clerech, ‘*isind*-ala charr, .xiiii.
  
453] 

bli*adn*a*i* i m-bacaigecht. Ata *siur* dam i n-alali*u*, i n-dailli’.
  
454] 

‘Truag sin’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
455] 

Do-lotar in*d* aithchi-sin co alali sruth, **Manæ** nomen eius. Pransit
  
456] 

uli *d'alaig* nisi **Brig*ita*** sola. Arbarach icais in 

da lobur bat*ar* ina
  
457] 

co*e**m*t*h*echt; & do-bret*h*a ind ere isna carru, & gratias Deo agunt.


#### 39



  
458] Ba and-sin iccais muntir plepei for ur in mara. Ita 

factum est.
  
459] 

Alius vir solus laborans in boceto fuit, cui sancta ait cur solus laboraret.
  
460] 

Qui ait:
  
461] 

‘*Tota* familia mea in dolore est’.
  
462] 

Audiens hoc benedixit aquam, & .xii. infirmos fa*m*miliæ illius
  
463] 

*continuo* sanavit.


#### 40



  
464] Do-tiagat iarum do **T*h*alti**. Is and boi **Patricius**. Bat*ar* im cheist
  
465] 

n-a*n*et*ur*gnaid and .i. Do-luid alali banscal do t*h*athchor maic for
  
466] 

clerech do munt*ir* **Pat*raic***, .i. **Bron** nomen eius.
  
467] 

‘Cind*us* ro-mbecht in so?’, ar *cach*.
  
468] 

‘Ni *ansæ*’, ar in ben. ‘Do-dechod-sa co **Bron** do senad chailli form
  
469] 

chend & edbairt m'ogi do Dia. Iss ed a n-í do-geni mo c*h*lerech, mo
  
470] 

chortan, co rucus m*a*c dó’.
  
471] 

A m-bat*ar* forsna bria*thraib*, iss and do-luid doc*h**um* na 

dala*e*. Is
  
472] 

and as-bert **Mel** fri **Pat*raic***:
  
473] 

‘Do-fil in noeb-*ingin*, in n-i **Br*igti***, doc*h**um* na dala*e*; ru-f*est*ar
  
474] 

duib *tri* meit a rait*h* & *tri* ocse a fertæ dus in fir *fa* gau in so, ar
  
475] 

nicon fil gnim *it*er** nem & tal*main* no-geiss*ed* dí do C*h*r*ist*’, ar **Mel**,
  
476] 

‘ar m-*b*ad era di. Iss ed dí *as* *denti* and’, ar 

**Mel**, ‘a garim for leit*h*
  
477] 

immon ceist-so *asin* dáil, ar ni *digne[a]* virtutes in præsentia sancti
  
478] 

**Pat*ricii***’.
  
479] 

Ta*n*ic **Br*igit*** iarum. Fordo-eraigh in sluagh. 

Co n-gairt*h**er* for
  
480] 

leith as in dail statim do acaldaim feminæ; & 

commitantur *clerici*,
  
481] 

excepto **Patricio**.
  
482] 

‘Coich ind *n*oidiu ucat?’ frisin mna*í*.
  
483] 

‘La **Brón**’, ar in ben.
  
484] 

‘Ní fir’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
485] 

 Senais **Br*igit*** a gnuis co ro-raith at a cend furi cum 

lingua. Du-tet
  
486] 

**Pat*raic*** *cucu* ind uair-sin in *forum* magnum. 

Ad-gladadar **Br*igit*** in
  
487] 

*n*oidin fiad æs na dála*e*, noch ni 

ragab labrad in tan-sin.


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488] 

‘Cia t'athair?’, ar **Br*igit***.
  
489] 

Infans inquit:
  
490] 

‘Non ep*i*s*copus* **Bron** pater meus, sed quidam 

homo qui in extrema
  
491] 

partae concili sedet velut ultimus deformisque; mater mea *mendax*
  
492] 

est’.
  
493] 

Deo gratias agunt omnes, scelestamque conclamant adúri. Sed
  
494] 

**Bri*gita*** abnuit, dicens:
  
495] 

‘Hæc *agat* poenitentiam’.
  
496] 

Q*uod* impletum est; & detumuit caput cum lingua. Po*pu*l*u*sque
  
497] 

letatus est, ep*i*s*copus* liberatus, **Brig*ita*** glorificata est.


#### 41



  
498] A m-bai i n-deriuth lai iarum luid cach a *leth* as in dail do
  
499] 

*o*egedacht. Bai fer maith for bru fluminis q*uod* 

est **Seir**. Foídis a mogh
  
500] 

doc*h**um* na dala*e* vocare **Bri*gitam***, dicens contra familiam suam:
  
501] 

‘Ind *n*oeb-ingen do-rigni in firt n-amræ in 

foro hodie is maith lim-sa
  
502] 

cosecrath dí mo t*h*igi innocht’.
  
503] 

Ferais falti friæ.
  
504] 

‘Tucthar tra;’, ar a ingena fri **Br*igti***, ‘uisci for ar lama; do-fil biad 

dún’.
  
505] 

‘Ni ba*i* indossa’, ar **Brigit**. ‘Nam mihi hanc Dominus demonstravit
  
506] 

esse gentilem domum, uno tantum excepto servo qui nos vocavit. Fo bíth
  
507] 

sin ni praindib-sa indosa’.
  
508] 

Ra-findadar in fer maith a n-í-sin, .i. troscud do **Br*igti*** co ro-

baitside-som.


  
509] 
#### 41



  
510] ‘At-rubart-sa em’, ol-se, ‘nacham-baitsifeth **Pat*raic*** cona munt*ir*.
  
511] 

*Creitfe[a]* im- duit-siu’, fri **Br*igti***.
  
512] 

‘Is cumma*e* lem-sa acht rot-baitsider-su’, ar 

**Br*igit***. ‘Ní tecomnacair
  
513] 

lem-sa’, ar **Brig*it***, ‘fer n(.)-graid. Tiagar úan co 

**Pat*raic*** co tuit*h*chid
  
514] 

eps*cop* *no* sacart do bait*his* viri istius’.
  
515] 

Venit **Brón** & baptizavit vir*um* cum *tota* familia in ortu solis, &
  
516] 

*media* die refeciuntur. Gratias agunt. Veniunt ad sanctum **Pat*ricium***.
  
517] 

**Pat*ricius*** dixit:
  
518] 

‘Non licet tibi sine prespetero ambulaire. Tuus semper auriga
  
519] 

prespeter oportet fieri’.
  
520] 

Idque observatum est abbaitibus **Bri*gitæ*** usque ad tempora 

propinqua.
  
521] 


#### 42



  
522] Ba iar sin icsais in sentine m(.)-bac*h**aige* fo-rumad i fosscud in
  
523] 

charpuit oc **Cill Suirdd** i n-desciurt **Bregh**.




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#### 43



  
524] Iccais in fer n-dasach*tach* [1](javascript:footNote('G201002/note001.html')) imme-rulaid na cricha.
  
525] 

Do-breth iarum co **Brig*ti***. Visa illa sanatus 

est.


#### 44



  
526] Luid iarum do **Chill Lassre** ind-í **Br*igit***. Ba fælid 

**Lassair** friæ.
  
527] 

Boe oen-chauru m(.)-blicht and iarna blegon; do-scarad do **Brig*ti***. A
  
528] 

m-bat*ar* deud lái co n-*acc*atar **Pat*raic*** 

doc*h**um* lis.
  
529] 

‘Don-foir Dia, a **Br*igit***’, ar **Lassair**. ‘Taba*i*r *com**airli* n(.)-dun’.
  
530] 

**Br*igita*** respon*dit*:
  
531] 

‘Quantum habes?’
  
532] 

Ait:
  
533] 

‘Nihil est cibi, duodenis *excepus* panibus & parco lacte quod tu
  
534] 

benedixeras unaque ovicula quæ præparata est tibi’.
  
535] 

Iss ed a n-i: Tiagait *ina* prantech h-ule, **Pat*raic*** & 

**Br*igit***, & bat*ar*
  
536] 

buidigh h-uli; & ros-*fer* **Lasar** di a cill, 

& ata adrad m-**Brig*te*** and.


#### 45



  
537] Anaiss arabarach i c-**Cill Lasre**. Do-lluid alaile *Cennensis* 

genere,
  
538] 

fora tarat sua uxor miscuis, co **Br*igti*** da 

chobair. At **Bri*gita*** benedixit
  
539] 

aquam. Ille secum portavit, & uxore aspersa amavit su*um* protinus
  
540] 

inpatienter.


#### 46



  
541] Foidis alali ógh craibdech co **Br*igti*** ara tessed 

**Br*igit*** dia aithri*us*.
  
542] 

**Fine** nomen eius. Is dia *a*nmaim ro-ainmnigthi **Chell Fine**. Luid
  
543] 

dana & anais si*n*. Laæ n-and dí du-fuburt gæth & flech*ud* & torann &
  
544] 

saignen.
  
545] 

‘Cia uaib indiu, a ingena, regus liar cærchu iss donin*n* moir-si?’
  
546] 

Puellæ omnes pa*r*iter *recusabant*. 

**Brig*ita*** respon*dit*:
  
547] 

‘Ego oves pascere ni*m*mis dilego’.
  
548] 

‘Nolo ut exeas’, ar **Fine**.
  
549] 

‘Mea voluntas fiat’, ar **Brig*it***.
  
550] 

Luid-si iarum & gabsi rand occo:
  
551] 

Rom-bith laithi solus lat,
  
552] 

ar at coeman, at rig-m*ac*;
  
553] 

ar do maithir **Mairi** m(.)-boid
  
554] 

aurgair flech*ud*, aurgair gaith.
  
555] 

Do-gena dam-sa mo rí,
  
556] 

ní firfe flech*ud* choidchí,
  
557] 

fo bithin **Brigti** indiu
  
558] 

teti sund dond ingariu.
  
559] 

Plu*v*iam & ventum sedavit.



Finit.




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Slicht sain in so budesta
-------------------------


#### 1



  
1] Delg do-rat rí **Laigen** a n-gill do filith co tart an file i l-laim 

cumaili
  
2] 

dó, cu ro-ngat ar ulc frisin cumail ar n*us*-geib*ed* impi. Co n-dech*us* ond
  
3] 

rígh do fuasgal*ad* a deilge. Co n-dech*uid* in drui do marb*ad* na cumaile
  
4] 

o nách fúair in delg. Is and do-dech*uid* **Br*igit*** don tig, & pa 

truag lé sin co
  
5] 

n-d*er*na irnaigthi co ro-foillsig int angel di imthus a delgi; co n-d*er*bairt
  
6] 

**Br*igit***:
  
7] 

‘Póni na lína isin usci & fo-gebthai bratan indib & an delg 

a medon
  
8] 

ind’.
  
9] 

*Et* sic factum est, & poste*a* liberata est 

ancella per gratia*m* **Brigita*e***
  
10] 

sancta*e*.


#### 2



  
11] Triar brath*ar* dia tart a n-athair tinni argait, & f*or*-eimdetar cerda
  
12] 

**Laigen** a comroind. Ro-roind **Br*igit*p** con na raibe plus na minus. I **Cill
  
13] 

Dara** do-rona in firt-sin.


#### 3



  
14] Triar treinfer ro-batar oc denam cluid **Aillinde**: 

**Muireadach**,
  
15] 

**Flacha**, **Lug*aid***. Proind cét no-meiled cecht*ur* dib. **Lug*aid*** tra a n-irchomair
  
16] 

na cell; in dias eili for in túaith. Co tor*acht*
**Lug*aid*** co **Br*igti*** co
  
17] 

n-d*er*nai-si uan dó gu ro-bennach a gin *co n*ar'bo moo a saith inas gach
  
18] 

fer, & co n-duargaib in cloich for-eimdigh gach fer do t*h*ógb*ail* isin
  
19] 

ch*l*ud in la reimi. Conid de sin **Aillind**, .i. ail find.


#### 4



  
20] Liond ro-dlecht ri **Laigen** do fiur dia munt*ir*-si. Co tainic an fer
  
21] 

dia caine co **Br*igti*** cu ro-chabr*ad* h-e, ar ni raibe aige ní do-berad 

ind.
  
22] 

Tuc iar sin usce isin dab*aig* i fail tigi **Bri*gte*** gu ro-bennach 

**Br*igit*** int
  
23] 

usque co raibi ina mid p*os*t, & co ruc in truag hé dond rígh 

& ní rabi mid
  
24] 

bud millsiu. Ni rabi plus ná minus and.


#### 5



  
25] **Condla** cerd **Bri*gte*** ro-triall du 

**Ruaim**. Rob é a fath, .i. **Br*igit*** do-rat
  
26] 

a chochall-s*om* ina egmais do c*h*lam in tan ro-bai oc béim in 

chluic &
  
27] 

**Br*igit*** oc comet a cherdc*h*a-s*om*. Co ro-

chuindgid **C*on*nla** a etgud co


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28] 

**Br*igti***, co ro-fiarf*aig* **Br*igit*** co 

**Ronchend** — .i. suib-deoch*ain* ro-baí oc
  
29] 

coimet a h-étaigh-si do gres—dús in rabe étach agi.
  
30] 

‘Do-né-si irnaigthi’, or sé, ‘& biaid’.
  
31] 

Fecit oracio*nem* po*st*, & frith etach a 

criol **Ronchind**. Luid po*st* ***Con*la**
  
32] 

do dul do **Ruaim**. At-bert fris:
  
33] 

‘Sech ni ricfe iluc, & ni tor*uis* húc’.
  
34] 

*Et* sic factum est, .i. ad-uatar coin allta oc **Sciaigh 

**Comgaill**** *no* ***Con*dla**
  
35] 

a n-oirt*h**er* **Muighi Life**.


#### 6



  
36] **Brenaind** in mara .vii. m-bli*adn*a do f*or* ler. 

Bat*ar* di peist a
  
37] 

comuidecht a churaig-sium frisin ré-sin; araili ogá

ing*re*im, a cheli ogá 
  
38] 

tairmesc. Ro-aitchist*er* indala n-ai **Pat*raic*** & 

sruithi h-**Erend** archenai dia
  
39] 

*coemna* fora bidb*aid*. Ro-guid **Brenaind** 

beus. Ní etus úaide. Ro-guid
  
40] 

**Br*igti*** iarum fo deoid. Sochtais in peist ba t*h*reisi.
  
41] 

‘Cluinti so, a chleirchi’, ol **Brenaind** la h-indisi in sceoil iar n-urt.
  
42] 

Tinntaithir co **hÉirind** aitherrech. Tiagait a tír.
  
43] 

‘Tegaid riun*n* co **Br*igti***’, ol **Brenainn**.
  
44] 

A **Cuirrech Lifi** fri **Cill Dara** andes bai **Br*igit*** in 

tan-sin. Tic a n-da*i*l
  
45] 

**Bren*aind*** co **Domnach Mór** fri **Cill** aniar, 

iarna inchosc ónd angel di.
  
46] 

Feraid failti fris oc **Lig Bre*naind***. Co **Cill Dara** doib asa h-aithle. 

**Brig*it***
  
47] 

im- fo-cheird a cochall fliuch forna goa greine. Cuiris gilla **Bre*naind*** 

in
  
48] 

brat baí um **Bre*naind*** forru, & ro-fuit dib. Cuiris aitherr*ech*, & 

ni r*us*-*con*gaib.
  
49] 

Eirgis **Bre*naind*** feisin & ro-cóirig forru, & anais a*m*l*aid*. Ro-

fo*cht*
  
50] 

**Brenaind** do **Brig*ti*** cid sæthar do-gnid dia 

codnach.
  
51] 

‘Apair róm’, ol **Br*igit***, ‘Tós dligi*us* ferscal’.
  
52] 

‘Dar ar cuph*us*’, ar **Bre*naind***, ‘ni ro-chingi*u*sa .vii. n-imairi riam cen
  
53] 

mo chuimne a n-Dia’.
  
54] 

‘Deo gratias’, ol **Br*igit***. ‘Ro-fitir M*ac* na h-

Ingine, ó do-ratus-sa mo
  
55] 

menmain inn, ná tucus as cose’.
  
56] 

‘Ni h-ingnad dona bíastaib muiridhi’, or **Bre*naind***, ‘gé no-moltais 

sech
  
57] 

cách int-í isa fognam sin’.


#### 7



  
58] Tecar a coic don chaill*ig*.
  
59] 

‘In fil lat?’, ol sí.
  
60] 

‘Nicon fil’, ar se ‘acht mad ochtmad grain eorna’.
  
61] 

‘Deo gratias’, ol **Br*igit***. ‘Beir dia bleith co 

muilend **Ratha Cathair** fri
  
62] 

**Cill Dara** aniar’.
  
63] 

Feimdis an bleithig a bulg do bleith. Teit-side co **Br*igti***.
  
64] 

‘Eirg afeachtsa’, or si.
  
65] 

Teit, ac*us* nipa soirthi a thur*us*. Tindtais co **Br*igti***.
  
66] 

‘Eirg aris’, or si.


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67] 

Soais for cula. Gatais in muill*eoir* a bulg dia mui*n* & laithni*us* a l-lind
  
68] 

in muilind. Luid dia caine co **Br*igti***. Ro-mall*ach*-sí in sær & in 

muil*end*
  
69] 

& ro-attaig Dia imma n-dilgend dib línaib; co n-dernad sa*m*l*aid*. Tic int
  
70] 

oclách & a m*en*-bolg for a muin. Ba lethach in mi*n*, .i. mi*n* bíd & mi*n*
  
71] 

chorma. **Ail*i*ll** m*ac* **Dunlaing** i **Cill Dara** oc 

denam na f*er*ta-sa. Tricha
  
72] 

laithi dóib dia caithim it*er* mna & firu.


Finit.











