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Rawlinson B 512 fo 37a–39a. H. 2. 16 (1318); Yellow Book of Lecan, 252a–253. Lismore Lives. RIA MS 23 P 3.
Inncipiunt verba Colmani Beognæ uiri Dei .i. Aipgitir Aipgitir in Crābaid.

Hiris co ngnīm, acobur co feidli, fethiumla col-lēri, costud castóth co n-umlai, áini co n-innmus, bochta co n-eslabra, tva co comlabra, fodail fogail co cosmali, fofitiu cen indiri iniri , apstanit co fochraibi, h-ēt cen aggairbi, cennsa co fīrindi, toirsiv cin esliss eisleis , omon cen dercōined, bochta cen dīvmus, fóisitiu cen h-urcuitmiud erchoitmed , forcetal co comalnad, drēim cin tairinned, h-īssel fri h-ard, sleman fri garb, gnīm cen fodord, semplæ co trebairi, hvmoldōid cen connaircli condarchelli , cressine cen t-secdhai tsechta . Ina hīssiv hvili congaibtiur ann-etlai.

Ess an is as etoil duiniv, an tan is as lān dērcæ dearcæ , imthēd co n-dēirc, adnais atnas cech n-olc, cartha cech maith. Is airmidiv dō for talom talmain talmain , is indōcbāil for nim. Car Diaa, cechdat Car Diaa, cechdut caur Die cechtat cāch. Aghus [ag]ais aghais Dia, atutaighfedur adagaidfider cāch.

Ess ē tra costad na clērcichtæ ina cleirechtai &ersir; es hī an ind ind lēri mesruighthi in ind ind so īer n-Dīa. Antī fodgiguil &ersir; nadcomalnabhathar nodcomalnabar , rombīad rombia rambiet [sic leg.] cēddīablai talmon i talmain i d-talmain , rombīaa flaith nimhe nimhe gan foircend .

Ba aslvinti &ersir; ba gesse do gach dvini Coimdi nime &ersir; talmon im comaltaa a omno im tomaltad a omna [sic leg.] im comallnad a timna &ersir; a sercæ ina chridi, ar is a n-ailtes i n-ailtes i n-ailtes biid duini conduidched conduidchet a h-omon Dē ina chridi.

Cēn bus meirb an t-oman, bid meirb an athrigi athridi . Cēn bus meirbh cein bes meirb in aithrigi, bid meirbh meirb an cressini. Ar lasnā bī bia [sic leg.] oman Dē, nī bīa a serc, lasnā bīa a serc, nī bīa comalnad a timno, lasnā bīa comalnad a timna, nī m-bīa betha ni bi bithbeutha for nim. Ar techtaid an t-oman seirc, techtaid indt [om.] seirc gnīm n-etoil, techtaid a [om.] ngnīm n-etoil bithbethaid for nim.

Serc Dē bī fonigh anmoin, sāsaid sásaith menmain, doformaig fochruic fochraicce fochraicce , inarben analchi innarben analcha .i. dobesa , arcorbi talmain: fonigh, conrig, coicli coiclea .

Ced doghnī serc Dē fri duiniv dúine ? Marbaid a tholai tola , glanaid a cridi, cotnōi, longaid a analchæ, doslī fochraigi fochrauci , arcuiredur arcuirethar sāegal, fonig anmoin.

Cetheoir īce na h-anmo: h-omun &ersir; athrige serc &ersir; frescse freiscsiu . A dī dīp cotoat cotaot for talmain talam , a dī aili foslūatur for nemh. An t-oman frisíada inna pectha arabīat, ann athrige ardolega ind aithirgi dolega inna pecthu remitīagaid pectha remitiagat . Serc in dūilivman &ersir; frescsiv a fhlatho flatha , it ē fotalūatar fodaluatar for nem. Nach duine 'diu adāigfedur Dīa &ersir; no-d-cechraear nodcechra [sic leg.] &ersir; comallnabathar comalnabthar a thail thoil &ersir; a thimna, bid airmidiv airmidech dō fīad dōinib hisíu [om.] , bid findfaduch findbodhach dō la Dīa hi [om.] tall.

 De his quae debet homo discere.

Ced as fogailse fodailsi lenta do duini? .i. foss oc etlai, anbata anbatu enbatu enfaitiu brīathar, brāthirse n-āilgen, ascaid la rēde, rīagol do comalnad cen erchoiltiu, ērgi la cētrēr cétrair cétbreithir cétbreithir , cēim n-erlatad cet innerlatad ar Dīa, dīlgad fūaraigi, forrumai lobar lobair , lēri h-irnaighthi, āine co comaltai, coicsed fri comnessam, airindiud dīumusa, diūiti ō cridiu, combach tuili, trōithad acnid, anmne fri fochaidi. Cedh dongnī friut in sen? Nī anse. Togairmm co sruithi, svidi n-erusa suide n-erasa , māin ō neuch nātomnaitiur natomainter airitiu cen cosnom, cēddīablui ili, a cairti cairde la brāithri, bithbetha for nim.

Ced is imgabthai ingabtha do duine ettail? Nī anse. H-irugadh irugad fergugud fergugud minic, mōrthai mordhata cen dān cen folad fholad .i. cen inme folaid , dīscri fri h-aircindiuch discere fri senoire discere fri senoir , mailli fri cloc, coicne fri h-antestai, imbeth imad forlūamno, fāitbi brīathar fáitbe m-braithre [sic leg.] , brīathra inglano, aggairbiu taithiscc tathaisc , toirisem toisam fri secnabaid, sīthugud sidhe fri cūrsachath, comoirb comarb comarb do manchoib, mence cestaichthi. Ced dognī frit inn sen sen uili ? Ni anse. Terba fri sruithi, monor cen oircessacht, lombo foichlidi lumba bfoichle , frithairi ō dōinib, ōini cen lūag, airērghi i n-dorcho airerge ndorchai , dubad ērlama, daiffenn daithfenn im nem.

Is dūal duail dūn mani mina torgōethat inna inna dūailchi hi fail na sūalche, ar robi togætha: laxe hi fail trōcoiri, mūcnato hi fail fīrindi, anumolōiti anumaldoit hi fail dīrgi, h-omon anetoil cen dītiun fīrindi, cen fovaccrae, clōini a fail hvmalōiti, nēvit &ersir; caillti a fail inmusa, dīumus a fail gensa, h-ūaill a fail apstanit apstainete , malairtchi &ersir; caithmidi caithmige a fail eslabra, fercc nemmesraighthi a fail eōid spirtaidie, rotimme &ersir; balomlæ balamna a fail fēthivmlæ, dūiri &ersir; glici a fail cobsaidi, crinner &ersir; forlūamain fortluaman hi fail áine áne , rocholl &ersir; nemcumsanchi nemcumsantache a fail leubra, lescoi &ersir; dēes a fail dīlmaine, romhoildi a fail comarli.

Antī bīas a n-ænta aontaigh na h-ecailse catlaice &ersir; a n-dēes ina frescsen nemda &ersir; comalnabhathar na timno amail donimmarnad donimarnada , rombīad rombiat [sic leg.] cēddíablai a talmain &ersir; rombīa bithbethai for nim.

 De peritia ueritatis.

Mā beith neuch adcobra in fhīrinne, is dūal duail dō robē d'eolus les inna tēchtai, ced dodaceil, ced dodafoillsegor ced dodafaillsigader ceudh do foaillsigh . Duscel in fīrindi ar cāch cotanessa, nu-s-foillsigedúr no-s-faillsigh do cāch no-docomallnathar no-dacomalnadar [sic leg.] fīrindie [om.] .

A cethair fortugathur fortugadar in fīrindi .i. serc &ersir; h-omun, connarcli &ersir; adhoilcne. Cēn bus anfíriēn an dvine, nī cumaing forūacrae fīrinnde inna tēchta.

A trī donairthet dod-nairthet [sic leg.] occo: h-ūaill h-uall &ersir; dīmus &ersir; ferc. Mā rosoa nech rīamh do-dīusgai h-ūaill dō, mā frithmbeuræ dodūsce dodiúscai ferc &ersir; dīumus dō, ar id it sochaide atā at étaidi immin fīrindi, acht at ferclaindig fearglainig occo ingi catha ūaiti.

A dō ata foimdi ada foimde oc éot fīrinne .i. ferc &ersir; altes, ar is léniud don fīrinde cebē de dotecmo cipe dodecmæ dī. Air ét inna fīrinne is dūal duail inromastar a tēchta: ét cen ferg fheirg , h-umaldōid cin esliss fīrinde cecruth a fōcairthi la h-umalōid cen connarclie, ar nī con-darcol anfīrinde in h-omol cammaif. Nī bī fīriēn firion nā bī fīrhumol, nī bī fīrecnæ nā bī fīriōn. Air in fīrecno nī rogainn la h-anfīrindi an duini, ar is tiug an fīal fil etorrai, ar is nessa comruc fri h-ecnai fīrindi 'nās fri fīrinne ecna. Ar is ann is fīrecnæ duine ōr'bī fīriān, co epri fīrindi cen t-serbæ cen connarcli condarcilli la h-anmhnet ainmnit , la h-ālgine. Innmus &ersir; ecna &ersir; fīretla is h-immalle rodosaig rosaigh dvine. Cvin rodosaigh rodasaig duine? Intan is n-dílacht a fīrinde. Cuin is as n-dīlocht a fīrinde? An taun m-bīs a cridhe ina tēchta, is ann is fīrinde hissvidiv, amail nī na roichned ō duini.

 De uirtutibus animæ incipit.

Cōic nert dēac inna h-anmo .i. nert n-iresi, nert cennsa, nert h-vmoldōiti, neurt n-ainmnet ainmnit , nert marbtha marbtadh , neurt n-erlatad, nert cartōid, nert fīrindi, nert trōcairi, nert n-eslabra, nert fūarrigi, nert comalti, nert n-inmusæ, nert n-etlai, nert n-dēarcai. Na neurt derōne duine di sunt lelaill, digeba a promad a tein, duforma ērlam dofoirma erlama for nim.

Cuin is as tūalaing duine rob test teist for anmonnaib alanaili? Ō robo o rop ourob test teist for a anmain fadesin indúss. Cuin is as tūalaing coisc alanali? Ō chanasca o cutnasca fadesin induus. Duine dosūi dusói a anmain fadesin do betha, cē mēd mét meud anmain doróa fath doroaffath , dōine an domain uili acht [om.] bidis sochoisce, do-dosūifed do-dasuifed [sic leg.] do bethæ comdis flatha nime. In do-chosci fadesin a n-dochoisci sic leg.] &ersir; a n-olc &ersir; a n-vallbe uaillbæ adharban sech flaith Dē. Corp conōi anmain, ainim conōi menmoin, menmo conōi cridi, cride conōi iris, h-iris conōi Dīa, Dīa conōi dvine. Amail difuarcoib dofurgaib lōchrann a soillse a tegdois dorcha, is amlaid dofvarcaib dofurgaib ind fīrindi a medōn inna h-irisse a cridi duine. Cethair dorcha adarban as adarfan as as a n- dofvarcaib indufurgaib and: dorcha n-gendtlechta, dorcha n-anuis ánuis [recte anfhiss] , dorcha n-amarise aimirse , dorcho pectha co nā rogainn nach æ na hé ann.

Trīar ditēt do chresene. Ōenne oenni biid inde, alali bīd ocai, alaili bīd etercēn etirchein ūadi. Nī cuma immurgu. Is ferr dondí m-bīs [om.] inde oldās dondī bīs occai. Es as ferr dondī bīs oco oltās dondī bīs etircēin ūaide. Iss ē antī bīs inde antī isren asren hi cech laithi aenlaithe a trēdi aran-ēta bethaid a anmo .i. nach fō rocólæ na forrochualai &ersir; nach na maith at-condairc rocar &ersir; rocreti &ersir; rocomalnustar. Iss ē intī bīs oco .i. antī do-sloinde an bith ō bēlaib &ersir; foisethar faisidar inna cridi, fritidir frigidir frie h-āine &ersir; ernaicthi, nī rodlom dorair do saint &ersir; cailti, alalām do dorm, alaili do talam. Ess ē antī bīs etircén etirchein ūadi, antī forcomh cresene cresenu &ersir; nī dēne a m-bēsa assa feib a shægail a fod. Anda less bud i fod anda leis assad bid assu {sic leg.] dēnum nach rāthi raithe alaili.

Trī nāmaid anmo: doman &ersir; dīabul &ersir; forcetlaid forcetal anetail. Trēidi inarben innarban spirut forlūamnai fortluamnae &ersir; do-gnīat mens fossad: frithairi &ersir; ernaigthi &ersir; leubar leabair . Cethir solaig crābaid .i. anmne fri cech n-acobar, fūarighi fri cech n-ancride, dīghdi cech gacha dīubarta, dīlgadh cecha torccabāla. Cethoir brīathra arindruirfimmis manuscomalnamais .i. lēiri fri Dīa, rēdi fri duine, cōendūthracht da gach æn duini, foimdiu ēcco cech ænlathi.

Cetharda nā nad contecmoing do neuch caras Dīa .i.nī fuirsedhor fuirsedar , nī fāthgathar fathguatar , nī ben ēcnach ecndach {sic leg.] , nī mītomnadar ō neoch. Maith seom la cāch, maith cāch lais-sem.

Cethoir cetheoire trebairi na mac m-bethadh .i. credbad ina tol, oman inna pīan, serc inna fochaidhe, cretium inna fochraice. Mani credbatis inna tola, nī lēcfitis; mani āgitis inna pīana, nī fomnibtis foimnebdais ; mani cartais na fochaide, nī fodhēmtis; mani credis na fochraice, nī ricfitis.

Cethair glais ina pecthach .i. īadhad a sūili frisan n-doman frisin n-domun , īadath talmon for a corpaib, īaduth flatha nimi fria a n-anmonnaib, īadad ifirnn for a [om.] suidhib.

Cethair dingi inna pecthuch .i. ding dōib nāt na fācbat a tolæ, ding nā tíasat hi tiagad a pīana, ding cen aithrigi aitride n-īar n-usa íar n-asu , ding cen atriub atrab ina flatha dōivh.

Cetharda fobera fīannas do duine .i. doimairg toimairc crīcha, toformaig doformaig ēcruiti, etirdīben etardiben sōegol, arcuirethor pīanai.

Cetharda úa roagar flaith Dē .i. foss &ersir; dīlmaine ōn domon, lēiri &ersir; feidli.

Cethoir flathæ dvine isan centur .i. ōeti &ersir; soinmige, slāine &ersir; sochraiti.

Cethair ifirnn duine isan centur .i. galur &ersir; senta, bochta &ersir; dochraiti.

Trēdhi trēsmbī foidherc dīabol trī duini: trīa gnūis, trīa tōchim, trīa labrad labradh . Et per haec tria Deus per hominem intelligitur.

Inna teora tonna tīaghtai tiagdæ tar duine a m-bathis trē fretiuch fristoing indib .i. fristoing don domun cona adbclossaib, fristoing do don demon cona indtledoib, fristoing do tolaib collæ. Iss ed in so imefolngi dvine dendī bes mac bāis co m-bī mac bethad, dendii bes mac dorchoi co m-bī mac solse. Ochōn abbaing inna trī fretiuch so isna teura teoraib tonnaib tiaghta tiagda tairis! Mani tudchaid tudig tre drilind tria drilinn afrithisse afrithisse ni cumaing [sic leg.] docōi dochoi i flaith Dē .i. lind dēr aithrige, lind tofaiscthi folai hi pennaind, lind n-aillse hil-lebair.

Cē dech do chresini cresin ? Semplvi &ersir; diūiti. Cresini dēid do-s-nī ar mōrshōeth, bid mōr a promad hi tein, bid pecc a fochraic for nimh. Cresine gnīmach do-s-nī ar mōrdīdhnad móirdígnad , bed bidh bec a promad a tein, bed bid mōr a fochroic for nim.

Cē dech do menmain? .i. lethed &ersir; īsliv, ar rogenn rogeinn cach maith for menmain lethain h-ísel isill .

Cé messam do menmain? Cōili coile &ersir; cróidhi croithe &ersir; cumce, ar nī talla nach maith for menmoin cōil crūaidh cumaing caoil cumaing cruaich .

Tal &ersir; ōeti oeitiu , ēc &ersir; sentai sentu is ferr bied do cēin bid dichein a foimti foimdiu . Nī gess geis , nī obbais, conóither do innais indaiss . Conetet nāt fūacair, forcongair nād ergair, conceil, contūasse, conpenfidhir conpeinnfider , conmancha.

 De tribus mandatis principabalibus.

Mā beth beith nech adcobra inna timno, gaibeth gaibeth inn belat beleot forsa tīagat hvili .i. gaibeth gaibeth dēirc &ersir; vmallōiti umaldoit &ersir; ainmnet ainmniut inna cridhi, ar is amlaid nī coslebad choislebat ina timno, acht bīt ūaga les vili.

 De prvdentissimo homine.

Cīa Cīa as trebairem? Antī canabeura rē m-bāss a n-adais īer m-bās. Cain coscaid, nī coin cain cūrsachaid, coteraig menmo fri cūrsach cursacher , ar is híssel fri cosc. Is ferr ecno cen sūithi oltās sūithi cin ecna.

Cē nessam do Dīa? Antī immorādhi. Cīa frisacongnæ Crīsd? Frisantī dognī maith.

Cia a n-aitrebæ an spirut nōeb? Isandii is glaun cen pecad. Is ann is lestar spirto spiratu nōib in duini, ō dondigsed o dodigthet na sūalchi tar ara ēsse na n-dūalche. Is ann forbeir tol Dē an duine, an tan sercas an tal n-domanda tol doanda . Is ferr foichellamor fochellamar inna cōic dāloi a ricfom arradfem .i. dāl fri cneid cneit , dāl fri bās, dāl fri muintir n-Dé, dāl fri demno, dāl fri h-esērgi al-laithiu brāthæ.

Finis. Amen.