94 THE PEOPHECY OF ST. BEECHAK
Maircc a naimMe lais a mach,
Dianad aimn an t-Ionsaighthech.
Bretain, Saxain, maircc fria a linn,
Fria a re an lonsaiglithigh airmglirinn
Mo glienar Albancha leis
Idir Thuaith is Eglais.
Ni ghearrfaicUi gearradh aga
Albain ethracli f hionn-fhada,
Is tuille cuige ro glieibli
Do thuaith aineoil ar eiccin,
Naoi m -bliadna go leith, lathair n-gle,
Doib for Albain in aiixlrigh,
I ttigh an Apstoil chetna chaigh
Adbail, adbeala a Athair.
Da rigli iar sin for Albain
Inn dis doibh ac comharoain
Woe to his enemies without,
Whose name was the Jonsaightheach.[1]
Britons, Saxons, woe in his time.
During the time of the Jonsaightheach of fine arms
Happy the Albanach with him
Between land and church.
No severance will he sever.
Of Alban of ships of long territories.
It is an addition to his kingdom he will take
From a foreign land by force.
Nine years and a half, of bright fame.
For him over Alban in the sovereignty.
In the house of the same pure apostle
He died, where died his father.
Two kings after that over Alban,
Both of them at mutual strife,
- ↑ The aggressor. This was Indulph, son of Constantine, who reigned nine years.
