o guide rutt arbaig Maire diandit Macc
menbad tacrad latt a Ri condernaind ni bud maith latt

(I make my prayer unto Thee, for the love of Mary to whom Thou are
Son, if it be not displeasing in Thy sight, O King, that I may do
somewhat pleasing to Thee.)

Maccan berair rian a re ni fintar feib ar a mbe
asaoete lenta baeis aggaes cach aes bes nithe

(A young man who is taken before its time, the honour in which he may
be is not discovered: from his youth of following folly, to his age
every company ... (?).)

Ni horta laeg rianaes daim ar cach sen as tressiu achach,
ni horta uan na horc maith ni coilte cr ... [31] a blath

(A calf is not slaughtered till it is of ox's age, 'tis the ploughing
(?) of every old one which waxes stronger: a lamb or a good pigling is
not slaughtered, the (saffron?) is not plucked till its flower.)

Buain guirt riasiu bas abbuig is m ... cacaid, a Ri rind?
is e in longud riana thrath blath do choll in tan bas find

(To reap a field before it is ripe, is it a right (thing), O King of
stars? It is eating before the time to violate a flower while it is
white.)

Fuiniud immedon laa ni hord baa rian ...
matan in aidche, in dedoil ria na medon cia mo col

(Sunset in midday, no order of profit before...; morning in night,
twilight before its noon, though it be greatest wrong.)

Cluinti itgi notguidiu is mo chridiu deroil duir
a Mic mo De cianomrodba is bec mo thorba donduir

(Hear Thou the prayer I pray Thee in the depth of my wretched hard
heart, O Son of my God, although Thou cuttest me off, small is my
profitableness ... )

Duitsi a Mic motholtu cen cope sentu dom churp,
cenambera cen taithlech no co bia maith fe[in] fort

(To Thee, O Son, ... (?), that without my body becoming aged, I be not
taken without reason till I shall myself be good in Thy sight.)

Is fort shnadud cach ambi ria ndula m' chri, a Ri slan,
ic do guide dam cen dichil, an rimm a Ri richid ran

(On Thy protection is every one whereso he is; before departure of my
body, O Perfect King, I am praying Thee without negligence, stay for
me, O King of glorious heaven.)

LIV. THE PANEGYRICS (LA, VG)

There is little that need be said about these paragraphs, which are of
conventional type. There are two references in VG which may, however,
be noted. The first is to the relics left in the hollow elm, of which
we have already heard at the