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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of
+St. Patrick, by Saint Fiech
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+Title: A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick
+       Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty
+
+Author: Saint Fiech
+
+Release Date: April 11, 2012 [EBook #39428]
+
+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HYMN ON THE LIFE, VIRTUES ***
+
+
+
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+Produced by Michael Gray (Diocese of San Jose)
+
+
+
+
+A
+
+HYMN
+
+ON THE
+
+LIFE, VIRTUES, AND MIRACLES OF ST. PATRICK,
+
+
+COMPOSED BY HIS DISCIPLE,
+
+SAINT FIECH, BISHOP OF SLETTY
+
+---
+
+As this specimen of the language spoken in Ireland about 1200 years
+ago, is here published, not only for the elucidation of our apostle's
+history, but also for the gratification of the lovers of Irish
+literature in general; the Irish original is accompanied, on the
+opposite page, with an English translation of the whole.
+
+In this translation, the literal meaning, and idiomatic expression of
+the words and phrases, are adhered to in all such stanzas as the
+editor (with the aid of some members of the Gaelic Society,
+particularly conversant with subjects of this sort) could fully
+understand: for he acknowledges that neither he nor these gentlemen
+are so vain or disingenuous as to pretend that they comprehend the
+whole of this very ancient composition.
+
+In order to obviate any objection which may be made against the
+passages in which the editor differs from the author of the version
+of this hymn, in Colgan's collection of our patron saint's lives, the
+Latin translation adopted in _his_ edition, is also subjoined to the
+poem, at the bottom of each page.
+
+To the hymn are added some short notes, illustrative of the subject.
+
+_Vindication of St. Fiech's Hymn, in Answer to Dr. Ledwich's
+Objections._
+
+Respecting the authenticity and antiquity of this curious specimen of
+our language about the commencement of the sixth century, some doubts
+were entertained by the sagacious Bollandists, who, consequently,
+considered St. Fiech to have lived long after our saint's time. This
+opinion, those learned Jesuits founded on Fiech's referring to other
+_histories_ for the truth of what he relates with regard to his
+master, St. Patrick, during the first sixty years of his life
+previously to his arrival on the mission of Ireland.
+
+This plausible objection has been adopted and urged by Dr. Ledwich,
+against St. Patrick's existence, with that dogmatical tone of
+magisterial positiveness so conspicuous in his volume of invectives
+against the ancient splendour, sanctity, and literature of his native
+country, declaring that Fiech and Sedulius's poems on our saint "are
+the wretched productions of some cloistered ecclesiastic."
+
+To this, the only remaining one of these formidable objections,
+adduced by the doctor against our apostle's existence, we answer,
+that Fiech lived and composed this hymn some time after St. Patrick's
+death, in the 120th year of his age, and 60th of his apostleship. Now
+supposing Fiech to have lived to the 84th year of his age, and to
+have composed this hymn in 600, seven years after his master's death,
+which he so circumstantially relates in the poem; Fiech must
+consequently have been no more than about 17 years of age when our
+saint commenced his mission here. Where, or whence, then, except by
+divine revelation, or from St. Patrick himself, or from the
+revelation of others, could his disciple derive his information with
+respect to St. Patrick's parents and ancestors, who lived in a
+foreign country? or sacred Tours, in Gaul, the place of our saint's
+nativity? or his original name Succoth? or his voyages and travels by
+sea and land, after his escape from servitude in Ireland? or his
+insular retreats or studies under the spiritual guidance of St.
+German of Auxerre? &c, &c. &c.
+
+Now, Fiech very justly informs his readers, that all these
+transactions, wrought before he was born, and in a foreign country,
+during the first 60 years of his great master's life, were
+ascertained in _skelaiv_, (STORIES,) as in the first stanza; or
+Fiadhaid, _testified to us_, as he says in the sixth stanza of his
+poem, the only two places were Fiech appeals to others for the
+foreign actions performed in the early period of St. Patrick's life:
+of whom, though there were many lives written and published during
+his existence, yet it is uncertain whether Fiech obtained his account
+from written or oral documents, for either may be denoted by the
+Irish word _Scealaw_ (stories.) The term by which the translator of
+this hymn into Latin has rendered it, may also denote either oral or
+written information. In English, too, the word _history_ often
+imports oral narration: thus Pope says:
+
+  "What _histories_ of toil could I declare,
+  But still, long-wearied nature wants repair."
+
+
+
+INNUIN PATRAIC.
+
+I.
+
+  Genair Patraic i nem Thur, (1)
+  Asseadh ad fet hi scelaibh,
+  Macan se m-bliadharn decc
+  An tan do bhreth fo dheraibh.
+
+II.
+
+  Succat a ainm hitrubhradh
+  Cidh a atair ba fisse,
+  Mac calpuirn mic Otide
+  Ho Deocain Odisse. (2)
+
+III.
+
+  Baise bliadhna bi foghnamh
+  Maise doine nis tomledh
+  Bitar le cothraighe, (3)
+  Ceathar trebha dia fognadh.
+
+IV.
+
+  As bert Uictor fri gniadh
+  Milcon, teseadh far tonna
+  Forruibh a chois for sind leic
+  Maraidh dia aes ni bronna.
+
+V.
+
+  Do faidh tar ealpa uile (4)
+  De mhuir, bo hamhra reatha
+  Comdh fargaibh la _Gearman_
+  Andeas an deiscort leatha.
+
+VI.
+
+  An-innsibh mara toirrian
+  Ainis indibh, ad rimhe,
+  Leghais cannoin la _Gearman_
+  Is eadh ad fiadhad line.
+
+VII.
+
+  Do cum n-Erenn dod fetis
+  Aingil _de_ hi fithis,
+  Menic it chithe ifisibh
+  Dos mcfed arithisi.
+
+VIII.
+
+  Ro po cobhair don D-Eren
+  Tichta Patraic for Oclat:
+  Ro clos cian son an garma
+  Macraidhi caille fochlad.
+
+IX.
+
+  Gadhadair co tisseadh in noebh
+  Ar a nimthised lethu,
+  Ar atin taradh o cloean
+  Tuath a h-Eren do bheathu.
+
+X.
+
+  Tuata h-Eren Tairchantais
+  Dos nicfead Sithlaith nua,
+  Meraidh co ti amartaige
+  Bidh fas tir temhrach.
+
+XI.
+
+  A Dhruidh ar Laoghaire
+  Tichta Patraic ni cheiltis,
+  Ro firad ind aitsine,
+  Ina flatha as beirtis.
+
+XII.
+
+  Ba leir Patraic cumbebha,
+  Ba sabh innarba cloeni,
+  Ised duargoibh a Eua
+  Suas de sech threbhah doeani
+
+XIII.
+
+  Immuin agus Apocapalips,
+  Na tri coicat nos canad
+  Pritchad, batset, arniged,
+  Do moladh De in anad.
+
+XIV.
+
+  Ni con Gebed fuacht sine
+  Do shess aidche hillinnibh
+  For nim consena a Righe,
+  Pritcais fri de indindaibh.
+
+XV.
+
+  Hi slan tuaith benna-bairche
+  Nis gebhe Dhtart, na lia
+  Canadh Cead psalm cech naidhehe
+  Do Righ aingel fo Gnia.
+
+XVI.
+
+  Foidh for luim iaramh,
+  Ochus cuilche fhliuchimme,
+  Ba coirthe a rithadart
+  _Ni leic a corp e timme_.
+
+XVII.
+
+  Pritcadh soscela do caech
+  Do gnih mor fearta i Leathu
+  Iccaid luscu la trusca
+  Mairbh dos fuisceadh beathu.
+
+XVIII.
+
+  Padraic priotcais do Scotuibh
+  Ro cheas mor seath i Leathu
+  Immi co tisat do brath
+  In cach dos fiuec do beathu.
+
+XIX.
+
+  Meic Eimhir, meich Eirimoin
+  Lotar huile la ciseal,
+  Fos Zolaic in tarmchosal
+  Is in morchathe nisel.
+
+XX.
+
+  Conda tanic in T-apstal
+  Do faith gidh gaethe dene
+  Pritchais tri fichte bliadhna,
+  Croeich crist do thuathaibh Fene.
+
+XXI.
+
+  For thuath h-Erenn bai temnei
+  Tuata adhorta idhla,
+  Ni chraitsed in Fhirdheacht
+  In i _Trinoite_ fire.
+
+XXII.
+
+  In Ardmacha fil righi
+  Is cian do reracht Emhain,
+  Is cell mor Dun-leth-glaisse
+  Num dil cidh dithribh Temhair.
+
+XXIII.
+
+  Patraic dia mboi illolhra
+  Ad cobra dol do Mhache
+  Do lluidh Aingev ar a cenn
+  For sed a meadhon laithe.
+
+XXIV.
+
+  Do faith fa dheos do Uictor
+  Ba he arid ralastur,
+  Lassais immuine imbai,
+  Asan tein ad galastar.
+
+XXV.
+
+  As bert ordan do Mache,
+  Do Crist atlaighthe buidhe
+  Do chum nimhe mor raga,
+  Ro ratha duit do guidhe.
+
+XXVI.
+
+  Immon do roeghu it biu
+  Bid luirech didin do chach,
+  Immuit illathiu mesa
+  Regait fir n-Erend do brath.
+
+XXVII.
+
+  Anais Tasac dia aes
+  An tan do bert Comain do
+  As bert mios nic fead Patraic
+  Briathra Tasaigh nir bu go.
+
+XXVIII.
+
+  Samh aighis crich fri aidhci
+  Ar na cate les oca:
+  Co cenn bliadhna bai soilsi,
+  Ba he sitlaithe foda.
+
+XXIX.
+
+  An cath fechto i m-Beatron
+  Fri tuait Canan la mac Nun,
+  Assuith in grian fri Gabon
+  Asseadh at fet littre dun.
+
+XXX.
+
+  Huair assuith la h-iesue
+  In ghrian fri bas ina cloen,
+  Ciasu threbech be huisse
+  Soillse fri betsecht an noebh.
+
+XXXI.
+
+  Clerich Erend do llotar
+  Dairi Patraic as cech set,
+  Son in ceatuil fos roiare
+  Con tuil cach uadhibh for set.
+
+XXXII.
+
+  Anim Patraic fria chorp
+  As iar saethaibh ro scarad,
+  Angeil de i cet aldhce
+  Arid fethis ceannadh.
+
+XXXIII.
+
+  In tan conhualai Patraic,
+  Ad ella in Patraic naile,
+  Is malle connucc aibhset
+  Do chum hisu mac Maire.
+
+XXXIV.
+
+  Patraic cen airae nuabhair
+  Bo moer do maith ro meanuir,
+  Bith ingellsine meic Maire,
+  Bha sengaire in genuir. genuir.
+
+
+
+HYMN ON ST. PATRICK.
+
+I.
+
+  Patrick was born at heavenly Tours,
+  As it is ascertained in stories;
+  A youth of sixteen years
+  At the time he was brought under bondage.
+
+II.
+
+  Succat his name at the beginning;
+  Who his father _was_, be it known
+  Son of Calphurn, son of Otide,
+  _Descended_ from the Deacon Odisse.
+
+III.
+
+  He was six years in servitude,
+  The food of the people he eat not,
+  They were all by him supported,
+  Four tribes to whom he was enslaved.
+
+IV.
+
+  Victor (the angel) said to the servant
+  Of Milcho: depart over the waves,
+  He (Victor) placed his foot upon a stone
+  His marks after him remained.
+
+V.
+
+  He departed over all the mountains,
+  O'er sea, prosperous was his flight.
+  He dwelled along with German,
+  Southward of the southermost _part_ of Letavia.
+
+VI.
+
+  In the islands of the Touronian sea
+  He resided, as related;
+  He read his Canons with German,
+  As is certified to us.
+
+VII.
+
+  Towards Ireland he proceeds,
+  Warned by God's angels in apparitions,
+  Often saw he in his sleep
+  That he ought to return.
+
+VIII.
+
+  Great the assistance to Eire,
+  The coming of Patrick to Oclat:
+  He heard the long sound of entreaties
+  Of children from the wood of Foclat.
+
+IX.
+
+  They implored the saint may come
+  Upon forsaking Letavia,
+  For drawing from error's propensity
+  The people of Eire to life.
+
+X.
+
+  The people of Eire prophesy
+  That _there_ will come new days of peace,
+  Existing till the end of time;
+  Desert will be in the country of Tara.
+
+XI.
+
+  O Druid! upon Laoree,
+  _The_ coming of Patrick you hid not;
+  Too true the prophecies
+  Respecting the sovereign you predicted.
+
+XII.
+
+  Prudent was Patrick during life;
+  Pleasing was in banishing evil propensities;
+  This is what extended his fame
+  Up to each tribe of people.
+
+XIII.
+
+  _He_ hymns, and revelations,
+  _And_ the three fifties daily sung:
+  _He_ preached, baptized, and prayed,
+  From praising God he never ceased.
+
+XIV.
+
+  He felt not the cold of the season;
+  He stayed the night in the waters,
+  With heaven to be blessed as his kingdom,
+  He preached through the day on the hills.
+
+XV.
+
+  In saving the people of Benibarka
+  He experienced neither drought nor hunger;
+  He sang an hundred psalms each night,
+  The King of angels to serve.
+
+XVI.
+
+  He then rested on a bare stone,
+  And a wet coverlid over him,
+  A rock was his pillow,
+  He left not his body in indolence.
+
+XVII.
+
+  He preached the Gospel to all;
+  He worked great miracles at Letavia
+  He healed the blind with fasting,
+  The dead he awoke to life.
+
+XVIII.
+
+  Patrick preached to the Scotians
+  _After_ he underwent great labours in Letavia,
+  That they may come to judgment,
+  Each whom he guided to life.
+
+XIX.
+
+  The sons of Emir, the sons of Erimor,
+  Were all following after the devil,
+  Buried was the Armament
+  In the great depths of hell.
+
+XX.
+
+  Till the Apostle arrived
+  Who preserved them tho' dreadful the blasts
+  He preached three score years
+  The cross of Christ to the people of the Phenians.
+
+XXI.
+
+  On the people of Eire was darkness,
+  People adoring idols;
+  They believed not in the Godhead
+  Nor in the true Trinity.
+
+XXII.
+
+  In Armagh is the seat of royalty;
+  Long has been the prerogative of Emania,
+  And of the great church at Dundalethglas,
+  Nor is it pleasant that Teamar be tribeless.
+
+XXIII.
+
+  Patrick being about to sicken,
+  For alleviation on going to Armagh,
+  An angel came upon his head
+  On the way, in the middle of the day.
+
+XXIV.
+
+  He proceeded southerly to Victor (angel)
+  It was he who sent for him,
+  Blaze does the bush in which he (Victor) was
+  Out of the blaze he him addressed.
+
+XXV.
+
+  There is granted rule to Armagh,
+  To Christ for this be given thanks:
+  Thou, to heaven, great shalt come,
+  To thee prosperous has been thy petition.
+
+XXVI.
+
+  A hymn, sung by thee, while living,
+  Will be a protecting coat of mail to all
+  In the day of judgment with thee
+  The men of Erie will go to be judged.
+
+XXVII.
+
+  Tassac remained after him,
+  The time he gave the communion to him,
+  He predicted that Patrick would not return
+  The sayings of Tassach were not false.
+
+XXVIII.
+
+  Subside does the end of the night,
+  Whereupon they had great light,
+  Till the year's end continued the lights,
+  This was the protracted day.
+
+XXIX.
+
+  The battle fought in Bethoron,
+  Against the people of Canaan by Nun's son
+  The sun sat over Gabaon,
+  It is what scripture records to us.
+
+XXX.
+
+  As then stood for Joshua,
+  The sun for the death of the ill-inclined
+  Why not trebly greater be this
+  Light on the death of his saint.
+
+XXXI.
+
+  The clergy of Eire they proceeded
+  To wake Patrick, from every side
+  The sound of the musical instrument buried
+  All asleep upon the spot.
+
+XXXII.
+
+  The soul of Patrick from his body
+  After his labours, separated;
+  Angels of God on the first night
+  Watched around him incessantly.
+
+XXXIII.
+
+  At the time that Patrick died
+  He proceeded to the other Patrick,
+  And with him ascended
+  To Jesus, the son of Mary.
+
+XXXIV.
+
+  Patrick, without a puff of pride,
+  Manifold blessings produced;
+  He was in subjection to Mary's son.
+  And with auspicious bliss was born.
+
+
+
+HYMNUS SANCTO PATRICIO
+
+I.
+
+  Natus est Patricius Nemturri
+  Ut refertur in historiis,
+  Fuit annorum sedecim
+  Quando ductus in captivitatis aerumnas.
+
+II.
+
+  Sucat nomen ei primo impositum erat
+  Quantum ad patrem attinet sciendum fuerit.
+  Filius Calfurnii filii Otidii
+  Nepos Diaconi Odissii.
+
+III.
+
+  Annis sex erat in servitute
+  Escis hominum (nempe gentilium) non vescens
+  Ideo Vocatus Cathraige
+  Quia quatuor familiis inserviebat.
+
+IV.
+
+  Dixit Victor angelus servo
+  Milconis: ut trans mare se conferret
+  Pedem imposuit supra petram
+  Ibique: exinde manent impressa ejus vestigia.
+
+V.
+
+  Profectus est trans Alpes omnes,
+  Trajecto mari; (quae fuit felix expeditio)
+  Et apud Germanum remansit
+  In Australi parte Latii.
+
+VI.
+
+  In insulis maris Tyrrheni
+  Mansit: uti memoro
+  Legit canonus apud Germanum
+  Sicut testantur historiae.
+
+VII.
+
+  In Hiberniam venit
+  Admonitus angelorum apparitionibus
+  Saepius in visionibus videbat
+  Se debere denuo eo redire.
+
+VIII.
+
+  Salutaris erat Hiberniae
+  Adventus Patricii ad Fochlaidios
+  Audiebat a longe vocem invocantium
+  Infantium de silvis Fochlaid.
+
+IX.
+
+  Rogabant ut ad eos veniret sanctus
+  Qui discurrebat per Latium
+  Ut converteret ab errore
+  Populos Hiberniae ad viam vitae.
+
+X.
+
+  Vates Hiberniae vaticinabantur
+  Adventurum tempus pacis novum
+  Quae duratura sit in perpetuum
+  Unde deserta foret Temorea sub silentio.
+
+XI.
+
+  Sui Druydae Loegario
+  Adventum Patricii non caelabant
+  Adimpleta sunt vaticinia
+  De domino quem predicabant.
+
+XII.
+
+  Carus erat Patricius usq. mortem
+  Exhibit et strenuus in exterminandis erroribus
+  Ex ninc merita ejus exaltata sunt
+  Supra nationes hominum.
+
+XIII.
+
+  Hymnos et Apocalypsin
+  Et tres quinquagenas _psalmorum_ in dies canenat
+  Praedicabat, baptizabat, orabat,
+  Et a laudibus dei non cessabat.
+
+XIV.
+
+  Nec temporis algor impediebat
+  Quo minus maneret de nocte in mediis aquis
+  Ad coeli potiandum gaudium
+  Praedicabat de die super collibus.
+
+XV.
+
+  In fonte sian ad aquilonem juxta Bennaboirche
+  (Qui fons nunquam deficit)
+  Decantabat centum psalmos singulis noctibus
+  Regi angelorum inserviendo.
+
+XVI.
+
+  Cubabat postea super nuda petra
+  Cassula amictus madida
+  Saxum fuit ejus pulvinar
+  Sic arcebat a corpore remissionem.
+
+XVII.
+
+  Praedicabat evangelium populis,
+  Multas virtutes et signa simul operatus
+  Curabat caecos et leprosos:
+  Mortuos revocabat ad vitam.
+
+XVIII.
+
+  Patricius praedicabat Scotis
+  Passus multos labores in Latio
+  Ut venirent in die judicii
+  Quos convertit ad vitam aeternam.
+
+XIX.
+
+  Filii Emeri, Filii Erimonii,
+  Omnes seducti a daemone,
+  Quos et recondidit Sathanas
+  In magno puteo infeniali.
+
+XX.
+
+  Donec advenit apostolus
+  Qui eos preservavit, licet turbines vehementes
+  Qui praedicavit annis sexagihta
+  Crucem Christi populis Feniorum.
+
+XXI.
+
+  Super populos Hiberniae erant tenebrae
+  Populos adorantes idola
+  Non credebant in veram Deitatem
+  Trinitatis verae.
+
+XXII.
+
+  Ardmachae est regni sedes
+  Futura aeterni nominis populis Emaniae
+  Et est ecclesia celebris in Dundalethglas
+  Nec gratum quod Temoria deseratur.
+
+XXIII.
+
+  Patricius quando cepit infirmari
+  Desiderabat ire Ardmacham
+  Sed Angelus Dei ad eum venit
+  In via in medio die.
+
+XXIV.
+
+  Venit versus Ausirum ad Victorem angelum
+  (Is fuit qui eum accersivit)
+  Rubus in quo angelus erat exarsit
+  Et ex eo ipsum alloquebatur.
+
+XXV.
+
+  Dixit angelus regimen sit penes Ardmacho.
+  Christo propter haec gratias age;
+  Ipse ad coelos venies;
+  Impetrasti adeoquae petieras.
+
+XXVI.
+
+  Hymnus decantatus tibi jam viventi,
+  Erit lorica protectionis populis;
+  In die judicii te comitabuntur
+  Hiberni ad supremum judicem.
+
+XXVII.
+
+  Remansit Tassachus post eum
+  Quando ministravit communionem ipsi
+  Dixit quod communicaturus esset Patricium
+  Nec prophetia Tassachi erat falsa.
+
+XXVIII.
+
+  Possuit tenebras nocti
+  Ita quod apud eos erat indeficiens lui
+  Spatio unius anni continuata lux erat
+  Et ista continuata dies et prolongata erat.
+
+XXIX.
+
+  Praelium gestum in Bethoron
+  Contra populum Cananeorum per filium Nun
+  In quo stetit sol contra Gabaoan
+  Ut referunt sacrae litteraae nobis.
+
+XXX.
+
+  Quandoquidem sic steterit Josuae
+  Sol ad caedendos iniquos
+  Esto triplo major sit haec
+  Lux potiori jure concedenda erat in mort hujus sancti.
+
+XXXI.
+
+  Clerici enim Hiberniae confluebant
+  Ad celebrandas exequias Patricii undique
+  Sonus concentus superni
+  Reddebat ipsos sopore irruenti ubi humi decumbantes.
+
+XXXII.
+
+  Anima Patricii a corpore
+  Post labores seperata est,
+  Angeli dei prima nocte,
+  Excubias circa ipsum protinus agebant.
+
+XXXIII.
+
+  Quando decessit Patricius
+  Venit ad Patricium alterum
+  Et simul ascenderunt
+  Ad Jesum filium Mariae.
+
+XXXIV.
+
+  Patricius absque elationis naevo
+  Multa bona excogitavit
+  In servitio filii Mariae
+  Faelicibus natus est auspiciis.
+
+
+
+St. Fiech, the author of the above Hymn, was a disciple to Duvhach,
+poet laureate of Laoree, monarch of Ireland. He was converted by St.
+Patrick, who taught him the elements of the Latin language, in which
+he was enabled to read the bible after fifteen days' study. Fiech was
+appointed bishop of Leinster by his holy master, upon which he
+founded a celebrated monastery, called from him _Domnach-Fiech_, on
+the mountain of Sletty, about a mile to the north of Carlow, in the
+territory of Leix, now in the barony of Slieve-Margey, and Queen's
+county. In this church, the remains of which still exist, he also
+established a college, celebrated for producing many saints, as may
+be seen in Colgan's Lives of Irish Saints, &c.
+
+
+
+NOTES.
+
+_The figures refer to the stanzas_.
+
+(1) In the Latin translation accompanying Colgan's edition of this
+Hymn Nein Thur, or _Holy Tours_, is rendered into _Nemthur_, as if
+the two words were but one, designating a place of that name. In the
+fifth and ninth stanzas, the word _Lethu_ or _Letha_, is rendered by
+_Latium_ or _Italy_: upon which absurd translation, Colgan, without
+rectifying the mistake, observes that _Nisi Germanus dicatur degisse
+in eis (insulis Tyrrheni maris) videtur hic preposterus ordo_;
+"except St. German be said here to have lived in them, (the islands
+of the Tyrrhenian sea,) the order of time seems preposterous." So
+contradictory does this appear to the Latin translator, that he has
+totally mistranslated the 17th and 18th verses, in which _Letha_
+again occurs, by his omitting the word altogether. The editor's
+reason for deviating from the Latin translation may be seen, at full
+length, in the preceding work.
+
+(2) Colgan, from the psalter of Cashel, traces back St. Patrick's
+pedigree to the 17th progenitor, thus:
+
+  Calphurnius     1
+  Potitus         2
+  Mercutius       3
+  Oda, or Othus   4
+  Oricius         5
+  Muricius        6
+  Muricius        7
+  Oricius         8
+  Leo             9
+  Maximius       10
+  Otrasius       11
+  Ericius        12
+  Pelestius      13
+  Fierinius      14
+  Brittanus      15
+  Fergusius      16
+  Nemethus       17
+  &c. &c.
+
+From the names of the above list, if they could be depended on, it
+would appear that St. Patrick's ancestors were of Roman origin.
+
+(3) As Father Michael Clery, one of the annalists called the four
+masters was employed for fifteen years previously to the Anglo-Cromwellian
+invasion in collecting Irish manuscripts, and translating
+them into Latin for Colgan's Lives of the Irish Saints, it is very
+probable he was the translator of this Hymn into Latin at the same
+time. He was also the author of an Irish dictionary of difficult
+words. To the translation of such a scholar, made also at a time when
+the language was regularly studied in the seminaries of Ireland,
+great deference must be paid. In this third stanza, however, the
+editor has ventured to deviate from his version, which runs thus,
+according to the Latin words "St. Patrick was six years in slavery,
+during which he eat not the food of the (heathenish) people. For this
+reason he was called Cathraige, because he served four masters." Now,
+as _Cothraighe_ may also mean a supporter, maintainer, protector, &c.
+this last import of the word is adopted in the English translation.
+
+(4) Instead of St. Patrick's running over the Italian "Alps," as the
+Latin translator affirms here, he travelled over all the mountains
+from the north to the south of Ireland, whence he took shipping for
+his native country; for _Ealpa uile_ denotes all mountains in
+general.
+
+(5) Tassach was originally a brazier and silversmith, who ornamented
+the celebrated crozier of St. Patrick, called the _Staff of Jesus_.
+Tassach was afterwards a priest.
+
+In the 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 18th stanzas, the English
+translation will be found to differ very materially from the Latin
+one. Some verses of the 28th and 31st stanzas, neither the editor nor
+some literary friends (of whose observations he has availed himself
+in translating other parts of the Hymn) could make any tolerable
+sense; he at the same time acknowledges, that he is far from being
+satisfied with the Latin translation. He thinks it necessary to
+observe here, once for all, that the Hymn has been faithfully
+collated with, and printed word for word, according to Father
+Colgan's edition.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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