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THE SALTAIR NA RANN
King who numbered, kingly the space,from the earth to the moon;twenty-six miles with a hundred miles,they measure them in full amount.
This is that cold aircirculating in its aerial series (?)which is called … with certaintythe pleasant, delightful heaven.
The distance from the moon to the sunKing who measured clearly, with absolute certainty,two hundred miles, great the sway,with twelve and forty miles.
This is that upper ethereal region,without breeze, without greatly moving air,[1]which is called, without incoherence,the heaven of the wondrous ether.
Three times as much, the difference is not clear (?)between the firmament and the sun,He has given to calculators;[2]my King star-mighty! most true is this!
This is the perfect Olympus,motionless, immovable,(according to the opinion of the ancient sages)which is called the Third Holy Heaven.
  1. ↑ Or "impure air"?
  2. ↑ Cf. the parallel passage in the Senchus mòr astronomica tract, Anc. Laws of Ireland, vol. i., Introduction, p. 28.
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