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 PREFACE. xli not to be found elsewhere. It is now printed for tie first time from two mss. in the Eoyal Irish Academy. 10. The Life of St. Cadeoe. — This life is of The Life of St. Cadroe. importance for the history of Scotland for the traditionaiy account which it gives of the settle- ment of the Scots in Ireland, and of their emigra- tion to Scotland, which is not to be found elsewhere, and likewise for the indications of contemporary history connected with the visit of Cacboe to Scotland, in the reign of Constantine, in the early part of the tenth century. Cadroe himself died about the year 976, and the author of the Ufe states that he received his information from disciples of St. Cadroe. The Editor has therefore placed the life in the eleventh century. It was first printed by Colgan in his " Acta Sanctorum," from a MS. which belonged to the Monastery of St. Hubert, in the Ardennes, a copy of which was sent by the abbot to Colgan. It is likewise printed by BoUan- dists in their " Acta Sanctorum," but they omit the part containing the Irish tradition, and it is obvious that they have taken their text from that of Colgan. The Monastery of St. Hubert was dismantled in the French revolution, and its library dispersed. A few remains of it were purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps of MiddlehiU, and are now in his collection ; but this MS. is not among them, and the original MS. appears to be irretrievably lost. Neither is the copy used by Colgan to be found. The parts of this Ufe which relate to Scotland are too important, from the