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sociaide. 22 leinibh. 23 do fhúaslaic. 24 cuibnecht followed by some
letters more or less illegible and then o/Zaigh. 29 An gein.
For the proverb in 1. 8 see ' Miscellany of Irish Proverbs,' 314.
19
An exhortation to generosity.
Sources. Mainly 23 I 40, p. 3, in which some lines are defective
owing to the wearing away of the MS. Also 23 A 8, p. 197, which
omits q. 4. 23 O 35, p. 38 (margin). 23 L 34, p. 179, which has only
3 qq., viz. I3 10 (mixed with 2), and 11.
MS. Readings. For the most part these are recorded only when
the text of I has not been followed. For bhfuighe, etc., 11, i, 44, 52, the
MSS. have bhfuighir and similar forms in -r. 4 atá I A ; bhias O ;
bhios L. 8 /a Ian daidhbhrios lA ; la7i do daibhrios O. 11 a« om. lAO.
a chaithmhe I ; a chathmha A ; an chaithfe O. 16 áóchas\toice I ; docas
O. 25 re dhearbhadh lA ; re dearbha O. 26 chumhang] dhubach I ;
chumaing A ; an cumngaidh O. 28 subhach] lost in I ; súgach AO. 29
bheith] a bheith lA. 30 and 32, last 3 words of each line lost in I. 32
an biadh lAO. 33 dorus dhúinte I ; dorus dúinte A ; dorais duintidh O.
34 lér ab ail cumh. . . . I ; rer bait cúmhgach na comhránadh A ;
reir maith cumhgach na comhrion O. 35 sa camra I. 36 cáidh an tar. . .
I ; cá dé an tarbha da bhfóghnan A ; caide an tairbe dha bfoghnan O, 38
faill ... I J fáileach A ; failligheach O. 41 deana mar do rinne
Guardha I ; déanaidh mair do rinne Gúaire A ; den tnur do rigne Guaire
O ; L as in text. 43 bldth I ; blath A ; bladh LO. 47 ar saoghal a
clathcmll I ; air saoighall an chlacuill A 5 air shaogal an clachtuill O.
(A version of the poem in H. 4, lo, p. i, reads ar hsaogal an clacuill).
48 caithmhe I ; caitheamh AO. 50 nach béarthar I ; sé nach beirthear
A ; nac mbeirthior O.
A number of quatrains from the present poem are quoted in ' Dánf ho-
cail.' For the proverbs in 11. 12-13, 39-4°» and 43, see ' Miscellany
of Irish Proverbs,' 157, 276, and 134, respectively. With 1. 48 cf.
ibid. 208.
20
On a patron whose mimificence consisted in making promises which
he never kept.
Source. 23 I 40, p. 47.
The poem is probably incompletCj as it lacks a proper close.