Laithe n-aon dia rabhator treis gnía (Stowe MS B.IV.2, fo. 124a)
Laithe n-aon dia rabhator treis gnía léighind oc tiachtain ina n-guib con-facatur chuca In paist daigh tar dorus an tuaim Is ailt et ro-bethgator int aos creth aga h-uinde. ‘Cid damhna bar n-docesaid?’ ar In paist. ‘Neimdecmaig ar n-dofola’, ar iet-som. ‘Rodaighistar-sa sind ocat imchisin ar ar m-bélaibh co deilm’, ar iat-som. ‘Fil a damhna díbh’, ar isi. ‘Nom-mitfat-sa bhar tri n-oidb díbh’, et Is cuma do bí ag a dlum & rotindsat iat a n-aenme & rograta dias díbh co h-anguch et atre an tres ís et ro-airitig a calg ina scíb cor tuidhrigh leo da memraib di et dosaig na h-éigsine et do ferthain iat ón imnedh ara bhatar. Et do innletar a n-enech ar araile ar In paist et rosó sidhe friu, cor sreng a cor a h-arc dae dibh gor crinnitt dochum terre et ro-éirig a lon laoich a n-airrther truill na deisi oile, gor clannsat a n-airm gacha lona ina torc. Et ro-redgsat tresin cath et Is bille ro bátor In da éigsine ag cia a seisi. Et esgolta ina m-béloib brued senlitha don mortlaidh sin iaram. Do labrad é iaram et ro-tóccbad a fola cum n-andóiti et do claited a lectus ar tomaithem a ferta. Do memrad ann é et rosoidistar a frithing In séta cétna co roisetar dia m-bothnaid et rosaidsitar co finim a uit.
(Ar sliocht Maoilshechlaind mic Fint dosccriobhus.)