Those whom the sea has destroyed At the time when cometh Let them go to the right. 90 Those that have done evil, Let them go to the left side. Do not thy passions counteract Thy going in thy course into valleys, Dark without lights. And mine were his words. And mine were his languages. And mine was his bright country, Between me and my fellow-countrymen. There was frequent contention Between me and the wretched. This ever overcame me, Man would never do it. 110 (Those) that placed me on the cross I knew when young. That drove me on the tree, My head hung down. Stretched were my two feet, So sad their destiny. The bones of my feet. Their burden will not be. 120 Stretched were my two shoulders, So diligently it was done. Stretched were the nails, Stretched was the spiking, Between my two eyes. Thick are the holes Of the crown of thorns in my head. And my side was pierced. 130 It will be struck to you also, When thou wert hung. Ruler of heaven, Ruler of every people! We knew not, O Christ! that it was thou. If we had known thee, Christ, we should have refrained from thee. 140 A denial will not be received From the race of the lower country. Ye have committed wickedness Against the Creator. A hundred thousand angels Are to me witnesses, Who came to conduct me After my hanging, When hanging cruelly, Myself to deliver me 150 In heaven there was trembling When I had been hung. When I cried out Eli! God love-prospering above heaven. With two books in your hands, Reading them. There would not come a great difficulty 160 And yours will be flattery, The value of your foolish speech. Dissolution will close Upon you to moist Uffern. Christ Jesus high hath founded three hundred thousand years, Since he is in life, And a second thousand before the cross Shone Enoch. Do not the brave know The greatness of their progeny? C. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXVII. Text, vol. ii. p. 178. Notes, vol. ii. p. 410. N the face of the earth his equal was not born, Three persons of God, one Son gentle, strong Trinity. wonderful. Son of God, a fortress, Son of the blessed Mary, a good son to see. 558 POEMS RELATING TO LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TALIESSIN. Great his destiny, great God supreme, a glorious portion. Of the race of Adam, and Abraham he was born. Of the race of the Lord, a portion of the eloquent host, was he born. He brought by a word the blind and deaf from every ailment. A people gluttonous, vain, iniquitous, vile, perverse, 10 We have risen against the Trinity, after redemption. The Cross of Christ clearly, a breastplate gleaming against every ailment. Against every hardship may it be certainly a city of protection. V. POEMS RELATING TO JEWISH HISTORY. CI. THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXII. Text, vol. ii. p. 170. Notes, vol. ii. p. 409. HE Hebrews took upon the sons of Israel, High in mind, A joint number in succession. They approached. God kept vengeance On the people of Pharaonus. Ten plagues paining Before their being drowned In the bottomless sea. 10 The first plague, fish destroying The second plague, frogs abundant, They filled the rivers, The houses and furniture, And couches, And closets of meat. The third, gnats, Bold and sharp, were arranged. The fourth, a sharp watery humour 20 Strikes in the manner of winged insects. Next were devoured The fruits of the trees and the field |