Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

Cain Domnaig 21
Cain Domnaig
Cain Domnaig, or Law of Sunday, may he said to consist of
three parts:
a) The Epistle of Jesus concerning Sunday.
h) Three examples of supernatural punishment for the
transgression of Sunday,
c) The Cain Domnaig proper, a laio tract on the ob-
servation of Sunday and the fines and punishments to
be exacted for its violation.
The text of a) together with a translation is given in Eriu,
vol. II, p. 189; that of b) is given in Zeitschrift fiir Celtische
Philologie, vol. Ill, p. 228: here folloivs the text of c) taken from
Harleian MS. 5280 (British Museum), fo. 38a, ivith the more
important variant readings from MS. 23 N 10 (Eoyal Irish
Academy) p. 108. For an enumeration of other copies of Cain
Domnaig see Eriu, vol. II, p. 189.
De corus cana in domnaich bndesta.
Soiri domnaig o trad essportai i dia sadairnn co funi
maitni die luain, gin imrim, gin imteclit, gin crec, gin
cundrad, gin acrai^, gan brethemnus, gan berrad, gan
folcud, gan fotruccud, gan gnim cloini^, gan ridh n-espo *, 5
gan niblit[h]5, cin fuini, cen maistrerf^, gan scoltadh
connaid^ gan glanad tighi, gan eiri" for daumh na heuch
na duine, gen nach ngnim is dir mugsaini^, cen imtecht
di'J neoch a cric[h] thiri ini 'o tecmai acht deíMrse techta.
Saigid cumni 7 baidsiu 7 lega 7 tenedh 7 husci 7 innisin 10
7 bidh di aigedaibi-; becc arabi do uidii^ do neuch
ditoet do cein aidc[h]i ndomnaig coroa tegdois dodcoise '^.
' trath esparta ^ SLgra ^ claiue '' reith uespa
* mbleith ® maistri ^ oire " dirclaiue no modsaine ^ do
1° ina " innisiu ^^ ^Iq aidhedhuib i'' do uide '* coroa
teccuis dotcoisiu,