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They replied to Elizabeth that the two former conditions were so derogatory to the royal authority of their prince, that they could not so much as deliberate concerning them: the third alone could be the subject of treaty. * MSS. in the Advocates' Library. A. 329, p. 137, from Cott. Lib. Catal. c. 1. Spotswood, p. 230, 231. Lesley, p. 71.

No farther notice has, I believe, been taken of it by any other writer whatever, although it appears to me to be singularly well calculated to gratify or to excite the curiosity of those who love to pry into the mysteries of human nature, and to mark the strange avenues by which mortals sometimes approach the gates of death. Vide Catal Manuscript. Sanct Ang. No. 817. 4to. Rom. 1532.

We give the Chronicler's own words: "645: The sixth year of Conall and Ceallac. Mac Laisre, abbot of Bangor, died on May 16. Ragallac son of Uatac, King of Connacht, was killed by Maelbrigde son of Motlacan, of which was said: "Ragallac son of Uatac was pierced on the back of a white steed; Muiream has well lamented him; Catal has well avenged him.

Catal is this day in battle, though bound to peace in the presence of kings; Though Catal is without a father, his father is not without vengeance. Estimate his terrible revenge from the account of it related: He slew six men and fifty; he made sixteen devastations; I had my share like another in the revenge of Ragallac, I have the gray beard in my hand, of Maelbrigde son of Motlacan."

Catal. Didactic Literature. This is the most considerable, if not the most interesting, branch of Anglo-Norman literature: it comprises a large number of works written chiefly with the object of giving both religious and profane instruction to Anglo-Norman lords and ladies. The following list gives the most important productions arranged in chronological order:

Three years later the Gentiles plundered Lusk on the mainland opposite Lambay, but in that same year they were twice defeated in battle, once by Cairbré son of Catal, and once by the king of Ulad.