The Vision of MacConglinne [Aislinge Meic Con Glinne] (Kuno Meyer)

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Translated by Kuno Meyer

3 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

THE VISION OF MacCONGLINNE BEGINS.

The four things to be asked of every composition must be asked of this composition, viz., place, and person, and time, and cause of invention.

The place of this composition is great Cork of Munster, and its author is Anier MacConglinne of the Onaght Glenowra. In the time of Cathal MacFinguine, son of Cúcengairm, or son of Cúcenmáthir, it was made. The cause of its invention was to banish the demon of gluttony that was in the throat of Cathal MacFinguine.

Cathal MacFinguine was a good king, who governed Munster; a great warrior prince was he. A warrior of this sort: with the edge of a hound, he ate like a horse. Satan, viz. a demon of gluttony that was in his throat, used to devour his rations with him. A pig and a cow and a bull-calf of three hands, with three score cakes of pure wheat, and a vat of new ale, and thirty heathpoults* eggs, that was his first dole, besides his other snack, until his great feast was ready for him. As regards the great feast, that passes account or reckoning.

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About this edition

The words
Kuno Meyer's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 7 places
  • The scan's cover lettering (“VIRION”, “KVNO MEYER”) (2 blocks)
  • A library mark on the scanned copy, read by the OCR as “Kí^-lo”
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • Notes about a stage production
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 5 places
  • Print line number in the margin (12 blocks)
  • A reader's pencil marks in the margin of the scanned copy, read by the OCR as characters (15 blocks)
  • A reader's pencil marks on the scanned copy, read by the OCR as characters (11 blocks)
  • The closing word under the Irish text (“FiNIT.”), set apart from the text as a closing line
  • The printer's signature mark at the foot of the page
  • Print line number or pencil mark in the margin
  • The printer's line (“LONDON : CHAS. J. CLARK, 4, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, W.C.”)