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 Manuscript Source Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 E 29, the Book of Fermoy, p 83a (fifteenth to sixteenth century); for details see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926-70) MS 1134, 3091-125. Editions Kuno Meyer, King David and the Beggar, A medley of Irish texts 12, Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3, pt. 4 (Halle 1907) 321-2. Paul Grosjean, King David and the Beggar, in: J. Fraser, P. Grosjean and J. G. O'Keefe (eds.), Irish Texts 4 (London 1934) 113-118. The edition used in the digital edition Kuno Meyer King David and the Beggar (from the Book of Fermoy, p 83a) Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie (A medley of Irish texts 12.1) 3, pt. 4 Halle/Saale Max Niemeyer 1907 321-322

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 By an unknown Irish monastic author. 900-1200 The text is in Middle Irish. Supplied title is in English. One word is in Latin. religious prose medieval 2010-04-10 Beatrix Färber ed. Conversion script run; header updated; new wordcount made. 2008-09-30 Beatrix Färber ed. Keywords added; file validated. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T15:41:51+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 2005-06-09 Beatrix Färber ed. Whole file including header details re-proofed, new wordcount, new HTML file created. 2005-05-05 Benjamin Hazard ed. File proofed (2); structural and content markup applied to file; header constructed and bibliographic details compiled; file parsed and HTML file created. 1998-06-29 Staff of the CURIA Project ed. Data captured by scanning; file proofed (1). King David and the Beggar (from the Book of Fermoy, p 83a)

Aroile duine trūagh bocht &ersir; mōirsheisir cloinde aigi tāinic cum Dabīth do chuincidh almsaine fair ocus is annsin tairrnic la Dabīth a almsaine do roinn &ersir; nocha roibhe aigi nī do-beradh dō &ersir; adubairt an duine do chrochad, acht ro-thoirmesc Solam é &ersir; adubairt an duine trūagh: ō nach fuil agut nī do-bertá damh, tabair do bendacht damh a n-ucht mo luimne co rugur lem dom thigh hí. Tic far sin Dabīth a beannacht a n-ucht an duine trūaigh &ersir; ro-timsaigh an duine a ucht uimpe co riacht da thigh &ersir; do bí a eire innti ag a h-imchur. Ronigh iar sin an duine a lumaind a lochtobur mór būi 'na garrdha corbo lān ē do fhīriasc &ersir; dorecadh-san an t-iasc tar cenn innmhuis do-fhulachta, corbo toictech é &ersir; ro cuir iar sin an duine a lumainn dia tirmugud ar abhaill crīn co roibe fo lāntorud d'ublaibh &ersir; nār mhó cúadh nā gach ubhall dībh &ersir; trī h-ubla mōra dermhaile dergōir ar ūachtur na h-abla &ersir; ruc an duine iar sin an torad leis .i. na h-ubla cumhra gus na h-ublaibh ōir do Dabīth a n-aiscidh &ersir; do innis an scél sin do Dabīth &ersir; do Sholam &ersir; adubairt Solam: As ferr sin nā do chrochad amail rotriallad. Ro roind Dabīth iar sin na h-ubla .i. ubhall dó fēin &ersir; ubhall do Sholam &ersir; ubhall don duine bocht.

Finit.