Manach cráibthech
Author: Kuno Meyer
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p. 229.
There was a pious monk, who came
across from the East to compete in devotion
with Comgall of Bangor, and whatever
act of devotion Comgall would perform, the
foreign monk did the same, until Comgall
went into the river to chant his psalms, and
the monk that had come from the East
went into the same river. When he was on
the side below Comgall, the monk could
not endure it, because of the greatness of
the heat of the water. When he was on
the side above Comgall, the monk could
not endure it for the greatness of the cold.
So that hence he was not able to compete
in devotion with Comgall.
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