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Agallamh an Othair leis an mBás

19th cent. Paper. 21 × 16.5 cms. 38 unnumbered leaves bound in full green leather with marbled endpapers and `A Dialogue between Death and the Patient 1514' gilt-lettered on spine. Written by Paul Long, `Glanmire', 1839, for Joseph Lycester, `Lota'. Book plates of William Wrixon Leycester and Robert Day, F.S.A., M.R.I.A. labelled on f. [4r], that of latter also inside front cover and in gilt on front cover; `Séamus Ó Casaide 14.9.1915', verso of endpaper and f. [4r]. Initial of text rubricated. Ó Casaide ms 62.

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[5r] Title-page: `A Dialogue between Death and the Patient / Written originally in the Irish Language in the year 1514 / And translated into English by John Collins of Myros, in 1816 / Written now in 1839 for the use and amusement of Joseph Lycester Esqr. Lota / By Paul Long Glanmire'.

[6v] `Cómhagal idir an mBás agus an tOthar.' Cia sin thall aig teacht go ttígh me. 530 lines arranged mainly in quatrains. `Críoch.' English version facing headed `A Dialogue between Death and the Patient', beg. What slender form is that, what palefac'd spright. `Finis.'