De eo quod anguelus, etc. 4 = [i] De rubo ardente, etc. 5 = [ii] De quatuor Patr. petitionibus 6 = [iii] De die mortis, etc. 7 = [iiii] De termino contra noctem possito } 8 = [u] De caligine xii. noctium abstersa } [De sacrificio accepto] 9 = ui De vigilis primae noctis, etc. 10 = [uii] De consilio sepulturae, etc. 11 = uiii De igne de sepulchro, etc. 12 = [ix] De freto sussum surgente, etc. 13 = [x] De felici seductione populorum 14 = [xi] De diligentia orationis 15 This incorporated document, however, with its signs of distinct numbering of its chapters, was composed (as the style testifies) by Muirchu himself; it was not a mere transcription. I therefore think that the sectional numberings did not belong to Muirchu’s source; but rather that this narrative was compiled first by Muirchu with the intention that it should form Book II. and that he numbered its sections accordingly; so that its opening words, _Post uero miracula tanta_, etc., were the transition from Book I. to Book II. Afterwards he changed his arrangement, by the introduction of the three chapters, which he made the beginning of Book II.; this altered the numbering of the chapters, and in transcribing his narrative of the death and burial he was obliged to leave out the numbers; but he transcribed two of them by inadvertence, and they were faithfully retranscribed by Ferdomnach. * * * * * In regard to the Tables of Contents, it might perhaps be suggested that they may have been added by an editor, and not drawn up by Muirchu himself. It is important to show that such a suggestion is untenable. A definite proof that Muirchu is responsible may be found in the last heading of the Table of Book I. There we read _aduersum Coirthech regem Aloo_, whereas in the text of the corresponding section, though the Irish form of the name Coroticus (MS. _Corictic_) occurs, he is not described as _rex Aloo_. Obviously the title is not due to an editor summarising the contents of the Latin text, but to Muirchu himself, who had before him an Irish document containing the legend of the metamorphosis of Coroticus. This is sufficient to establish Muirchu’s authorship for the Tables. * * * * *