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Annals of Inisfallen, Pre-Patrician Section (Author: Seán Mac Airt)

entry 89.3

1. From Abraham until David
   Was accepted into the enduring kingship
   Forty-two years
   [And] a fair nine hundred with certainty.
2. From the creation of the elements, correct [are]
   Ninety—'tis no new reproach—
   Eight hundred, as he reckons,
   [And] two great thousand.