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Fledh dirinne Bressal mac Diarmata dia athair fect ann .i.
di Diarmait mac Cerbaill
n-āib ītha. Rosīred isidhe ō Bresal & nī frīth. Co cūala
Cenannsa. Luc
cendach, co tarccaid secht mbái & tarb don chaillig & nīstard dó.
Co tucc Bresal ar ēiccin in mboin & co tard in fledh dia athair
i Cenandus, ar ba hē ba
oc fledōl co cūalatar ēigem na caillige. Rofiarfact dī cid foraba
et ro-indis, conid de rocētt na raind si:
Ēcōir ’na ndernais, ar Diarmaid,
Berair iarsin Bresal la Diarmait go Gūalainn Bresail for
abhaind Lorgaid, gur bāided Bresal innsin.
Tāinic aithrechus di Diermait a mac di bādhadh. Conidh
annsin ispert fri Colum Cille a cur a comairli cuigi. In fil mo
cobair-si ale etir din gnīm dirignius?Atā
, ar Colum Cilli.
Aircc cosin at
Nī lamaim
, ar se, richtain chuice.
Regat-sa let
, ar Colum
Cille. Ō rāngatar, is ann fūaratar Bēccān ic dēnum caisil a
chilli & culc
Gnīm caisil, croisfighill, slēchtain, ernaigthi idhan. a dhēra ūadh cen ēttāil. būaid Bēcgāin cen cuid criad. Lāmh i ccloich, lāmh ind-airde, glūn fillte fri cairgge, sūil ag sīliudh dér cāid ale ocus bél ag ernaigthe.
Ō rodēch Bēcān for Diarmait, is ed ispert: Fon ttalmain,
or se, co ndecha
a fingalaig!Is cenann a coimirce, a Bēccāin
, ar Colum Cille.
Indeo, a Bēcān cusna būadaib
Nī sechbaidh
, or Bēcēn. Tāinic Diarmait cuccut-sa ar
, ar Colum,
mo coimirce-siar dāig todiusc
Is tūalaing Dīa sin
, or Bēcān. Tōcb
& dognī ernaigthe co dīchra fri Dīe fo thrī & dib
Breasal la gach n-ernaighthe a hiff
don rīg iarna todiuscad