"Atomrigh indiu niurt Dé dom luamaracht Cumachta Dé dom chumgabail Ciall Dé domm imthús Rose Dé dom reimcíse, Cluas Dé dom éstecht Briathar Dé dom erlabrai, Lám De domm imdegail Intech Dé dom remthechtas. Sciath Dé dom dítin Sochraite Dé domm anucul Ar intledaib demna Ar aslaigthib dualche Ar cech nduine míduthrastar dam, ícéin _ocus_ i n-ocus i n-uathed _ocus_ hi sochaide," etc. [22] Thus translated almost literally by Dr. Sigerson, "Bards of the Gael and Gall," p. 138. This is not the only poem attributed to St. Patrick, several others are ascribed to him in the "Tripartite Life," and a MS. in the Bibliothèque Royale contains three others. Eight lines of one of them is found in the Vatican Codex of Marianus Scotus and are given by Zeuss in his "Grammatica Celtica," p. 961, second edition. The lines there given refer to St. Brigit. There is also a rann attributed to St. Patrick quoted by the "Four Masters," and the "Chronicon Scotorum" attributes to him a rann on Bishop Erc. [23] "Canticum ejus scotticum semper canere," which a marginal note in the book explains as _Ymnus Comanulo_, which Father Hogan interprets as _protectio Clamoris_, adding "ac proinde synonyma voci Faith Fiada," which has been interpreted _clamor custodis_ or "The Guardsman's Cry" by Stokes. The poem, then, was extant in the seventh century, was attributed to St. Patrick, and was sung in the churches--a strong argument for its authenticity. [24] "Even to this day," says Dr. Healy, in "Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars," p. 77, "the original is chanted by the peasantry of the south and west in the ancestral tongue, and it is regarded as a strong shield against all dangers natural or supernatural." I, myself, however, in collecting the "Religious Songs of Connacht," have found no trace of this, and I am not sure that the learned Bishop of Clonfert, led astray by Petrie, is not here confounding it with the "Marainn Phadraig," which mysterious piece is implicitly believed to be the work of St. Patrick, and is still recited all over the west, with the belief that there is a peculiar virtue attached to it. I have even known money to have been paid for its recital in the west of Galway, as a preventive of evil. For this curious piece, which is to me at least more than half unintelligible, see my "Religious Songs of Connacht." It appears to have been founded upon an incident similar to that recorded by Muirchu Maccu Machteni, book i. chap. 26. [25] Of Dunshaughlin _recté_ Dunsaughnil (Domhnach Seachnaill) in Meath.