vol. 1, p. 4

Talibus enim [illa?] Te nobilitavit natalibus tamque egregios tribuit maiores
ut nihil [cum) ea de iis mag[is qu]am nobilissimus quisque quantumvis natalibus
felix de suis, expostulare queas. Familiae tuae, ut lineam altius repetam,
cuius ipse non exiguum es decus, caput tale obtigit Donghaile iure dictus, qui
[ ] et infragabile antiquariorum [ ] ad [Mo annum] refert Eugenii Mag
ni ex filio [Mareducho?] [nepotem] et [Rosciobsidis?] illius Nelli Potentissimi [ONelli?]
[ ]frentis conditoris pronepotem. Ex hac gente domi [militiae]que, terra et mari
[g]loriosissima[ ] generos[i] tua prodiit [ ] et ex tam procera arbore tam speciosus
ramus natum [facit], et sanguinem [ ] vicissim [decorem?] attulit et valida muni
[menta]. Qualia, oro, et quam splendida huius gentis ornam{en}ta Lectissimi [ ] flores
quos hic ramus probebit? Qu[ ] [tinius?] S{?}mus Ernanus Colmani filius Cui illo
[ ]? Quale et quam [ ] sanctitatis Sydus, gloriosus Confessor et Fintanus
co[ ] M[ ][ex?] [ ] Mure[chect?]achi semine Cui [vester?] [Muredachus]
[ ] [generator?]. [Qu]am denique pre[ ]a duo illa lumina. S. Domnogus Sarani filius eiusd{em}
Murdachi ex Tighernachi pronepoti atque gloriosissimus oNelliae Gentis [Qua]
ternus, Mura ex Feradacho Muredachi nepos? Hos et plures alios alios
[ ]adens preferes s[ ] s[ ] flores tua stirps velut vernans illius arboris
[ ] [p ] ex quibus per totam [ ] Hib[erni]am mirae S{ancti}tatis odores [efflantur?]
Nec defuerunt ex ea stirpe validissima eiusdem regiae domus propugna
[cula?] et [fortes?] pugiles, qui eidem consilio et manu ex equo [adfuerunt?]
et pede. T[ ] [haec] Tyronia et excellentissima ONelliorum familia
quae [s]e n[u]mquam feliciorem [ ]t [ ] qu[a]m h[ ] in flore a[ ]
an[ ] quorum manu et marte ultra Jordan [saepius?] ita fu[ ]
d[ ] [et] non habuerit quod [pr]ecaretur nisi ut quo loco illis [ ]
[prec]antibus fuit constituta [ ] [inconcessa]. His artibus et moribus
antiquis hospitalitate [. .] et liberalitate inexhausta atque incredibile mun
[ ] maiores tui [aeternitatem] [ ] et cogno[ ] [ ] [indexti?] sunt
Cognomen [ ] Donghaile velut iupiter Aquilam genti [Romani?] sibi merito
[illustr ] [ ] delegerunt suae [nobilitatis] [ am], basili[ ] faci[ ] monimentu[m]
et [ ] [gene m] ipsius Martis sub quo nati [ardente?], signu[m]
De hoc [ ] [Donghailorum?] [ ] Domo [ ] Martis congeneribus fulminitas an-
[non] [ ] Regia ONelliorum usurpet, [ ] quod in eam apte
[ ]
[V ] domus [vi]res et onus susceperat urbis
sumunt gentiles arma per fessa manus
g[ ] captus miles generosus ab iisdem
[ ]uens dux fieri quilibet [aptus erat?]

With such a birth did she ennoble you and such outstanding ancestors did she grant you that you could demand no more in that regard than could the noblest of men however fortunate in his birth. To trace the line further back, the head of your family, of which you are no slight adornment, is properly called Donghaile, who [ ] and unbreakable[ ] of historians [ ] relates [ ] grandson of Eugenius Magnus by his son [M?] and great grandson of the most powerful [R?] Neill, founder of the [ ] ONeill [ ]. From this tribe most glorious at home and at war, by land and by sea, your [ ] grew forth, and from so tall a tree so handsome a branch was born, and in turn bore [ ] and strong fortifications. Of what quality, I pray, and what splendid adornments of this tribe were the choicest [ ] flowers which this branch produced? [What of] S[] Ernanus son of Colman to whom [ ]? What sort and how [ ] of sanctity [was] Sydus, the glorious confessor and Fintan [ ] from the seed of [Murechectach?] to whom [your] Meredachus [ ]? How bright, finally, were those two lights S. Domnogus son of Saranus great grandson of the same Murdachus of Tighernachi and the very glorious [fourth?] of the ONeill tribe, Mura grandson of Muredachus of Feradachus? These and many other [ ] flowers your stock [ ] as if [ ] of that tree [ ] from which [ ] odours of wondrous sanctity. Nor were there lacking from that stock the most effective defences of that same royal house and [ ] fighters, who assisted it in planning and action equally and on foot

Talibus enim [illa?] Te nobilitavit natalibus tamque egregios tribuit maiores
ut nihil [cum) ea de iis mag[is qu]am nobilissimus quisque quantumvis natalibus
felix de suis, expostulare queas. Familiae tuae, ut lineam altius repetam,
cuius ipse non exiguum es decus, caput tale obtigit Donghaile iure dictus, qui
[ ] et infragabile antiquariorum [ ] ad [Mo annum] refert Eugenii Mag
ni ex filio [Mareducho?] [nepotem] et [Rosciobsidis?] illius Nelli Potentissimi [ONelli?]
[ ]frentis conditoris pronepotem. Ex hac gente domi [militiae]que, terra et mari
[g]loriosissima[ ] generos[i] tua prodiit [ ] et ex tam procera arbore tam speciosus
ramus natum [facit], et sanguinem [ ] vicissim [decorem?] attulit et valida muni
[menta]. Qualia, oro, et quam splendida huius gentis ornam{en}ta Lectissimi [ ] flores
quos hic ramus probebit? Qu[ ] [tinius?] S{?}mus Ernanus Colmani filius Cui illo
[ ]? Quale et quam [ ] sanctitatis Sydus, gloriosus Confessor et Fintanus
co[ ]t M[ ] et Ale[xander?] Mure[ ]achi semine Cui [reste] [Muredachus]
[ ] [g ater]. [Qu]am deinque pre[ ]a duo illa lumina. S. Domnogus Sarani filius eiusd{em}
Murdachi ex Tighernachi pronepoti atque gloriosissimus oNelliae Gentis [Qua]
ternus, Mura ex Feradacho Muredachi nepos? Hos et plures alios alios
[ ]adens preferes s[ ] s[ ] flores tua stirps velut [vernans?] illius arboris
[ ] ex quibus per [ ] mirae S{ancti}tatis odores [efflantes]
Nec defuerunt ex ea stirpe validissima eiusdem regiae domus propugna
[ ] et fa[ ]es pugiles, qui eidem consilio et manu ex equo [adficerunt?]
et pede T[ ] hoc Tyronia et excellentissima color ONelliorum familia[e]
gicae [s]e n[u]mquam feliciorem [ ]t [ ] qu[a]m h[ ] in flore a[ ]
an[ ] quorum manu et marte ultra Jordan [saepius?] ita fu[ ]
d[ ] [et] non habuerit quod [pr]ecaretur nisi ut quo loco illis [ ]
[prec]antibus fuit constituta [ ] [inconcessa]. His artibus et moribus
antiquis hospitalitate [. .] et liberalitate inexhausta atque incredibile mun
[ ] maiores tui [aeternitatem] [ ] et cogno[ ] [ ] [indexti?] sunt
Cognomen [ ] Donghaile velut iupiter Aquilam genti [Romani?] sibi merito
[illustr ] [ ] delegerunt suae [nobilitatis] [ am], basili[ ] faci[ ] monimentu[m]
et [ ] [gene m] ipsius Martis sub quo nati [ardente?], signu[m]
De hoc [ ] [Donghailorum?] [ ] Domo [ ] Martis congeneribus fulminitas an-
[non] [ ] Regia ONelliorum usurpet, [ ] quod in eam apte
[ ]
[V ] domus [vi]res et onus susceperat urbis
sumunt gentiles arma per fessa manus
g[ ] captus miles generosus ab iisdem
[ ]uens dux fieri quilibet [aptus erat?]

With such a birth did she ennoble you and such outstanding ancestors did she grant you that you could demand no more in that regard than could the noblest of men however fortunate in his birth. To trace the line further back, the head of your family, of which you are no slight adornment, is properly called Donghaile, who [ ] and unbreakable[ ] of historians [ ] relates [ ] grandson of Eugenius Magnus by his son [M?] and great grandson of the most powerful [R?] Neill, founder of the [ ] ONeill [ ]. From this tribe most glorious at home and at war, by land and by sea, your [ ] grew forth, and from so tall a tree so handsome a branch was born, and in turn bore [ ] and strong fortifications. Of what quality, I pray, and what splendid adornments of this tribe were the choicest [ ] flowers which this branch produced? [What of] S[] Ernanus son of Colman to whom [ ]? What sort and how [ ] of sanctity [was] Sydus, the glorious confessor and Fintan [ ] from the seed of [Murechectach?] to whom [your] Meredachus [ ]? How bright, finally, were those two lights S. Domnogus son of Saranus great grandson of the same Murdachus of Tighernachi and the very glorious [fourth?] of the ONeill tribe, Mura grandson of Muredachus of Feradachus? These and many other [ ] flowers your stock [ ] as if [ ] of that tree [ ] from which [ ] odours of wondrous sanctity. Nor were there lacking from that stock the most effective defences of that same royal house and [ ] fighters, who assisted it in planning and action equally and on foot