[326] V.R. Germanus "sent the elder Segerus with him to a wonderful man, the holy bishop Amathearex." Another MS. "Sent the elder Segerus, a bishop, with him to Amatheorex."
[327] V.R. "Received the episcopal degree from the holy bishop Amatheorex." Another MS. "Received the episcopal degree from Matheorex and the holy bishop."
[328] King of Connaught.
[329] A mountain in the west of Connaught, county of Mayo, now called Croagh-Patrick.
[330] V.R. that no Irishman may be alive on the day of judgment, because they will be destroyed seven years before in honour of St. Patrick.
[331] V.R. Fifteen.
[332] V.R. By the holy bishop Amatheus.
[333] Here ends the Vatican MS. collated by Mr. Gunn.
[334] These titles are not part of the original work, but added in the MSS. by a later hand.
[335] Guercha is a distortion of the name of Uffa or Wuffa, arising in the first instance from the pronunciation of the British writer; and, in the next place, from the error of the transcriber.—Palgrave.