Matheson Collection > Aislinge Meic Conglinne

no The Vision of MacConglinne.
" 'Twere not too much for pure Comgan,
(said the son of the jester)
Though we are not his kindred,
The famous cloaklet which I see,
Although worth thrice seven cmnals,
5 Though it were of the ravens' hue,
From Cathal, King of Munster.
" 'Twere not too much for me to give,
Though gold were in its border,
As it was given by his will,
lO And spoken in pure reason :
For health of reason Cathal now
Receives from Manchin's journey."
Then was given him a cow out of every close, an
ounce for every householder, a cloak for every
15 church, a ring of gold, a Welsh steed, a white
sheep out of every house from Carn to Cork. Two-
thirds of the right of intercession (one-third being
reserved to the men of Ireland) was accorded to
him, and that he should sit always at the right hand
20 of Cathal. All these things were granted to him, as
we have said.
Let this be heard by every ear, and delivered by
every chosen tongue to another, as elders and old
men and historians have declared, as it is read and
2 - written in the books of Cork, as the angel of God set
it forth to MacConglinne, as MacConglinne himself
uttered it to Cathal MacFinguine and to the men of
Munster besides. Nothing sorrowful shall be heard
by anyone who has heard it, it will be a year's pro-
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tection to him.
There are thirty chief virtues attending this tale,
and a few of them are enough for an example.