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THE SALTAIR NA RANN
Towards the sound of the trumpet, purely splendid,went the host of the nine holy grades;truly strong were their clear numbers,before the royal throne of the Creator!
(The hosts unite in praising the Lord for His mercy to Adam)
l. 2177 Then the King of Wisdom[1]sent from Him quickly a Seraphacross the slopes of the great mass of the hostswith wings of red gold.
Until they took the soul of Adam without pain,so that it was bathedin the unpassable (?) river of the ever-living host[2]"indatinum ciriasu."
So that he brought with him Adam's pure, clear soulthus out of the stream,then he placed himself as at the firstbefore the presence of the Creator.
Then the King laid His hand,without any consuming (?) upon the soul of Adam.He commended it to Michael,fair is the tale!
"Be thou not harsh, O Michael,towards its great bliss,place thou the soul of Adam herein Paradise.
  1. ↑ Or "King of Victories."
  2. ↑ In the Vision of Adamnan the river is of fire. In Dante's Purgatorio (Canto xxxi.) the soul is bathed in the river of Lethe.
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