1 The reader must not be surprised at the name thus given to the See
of Derry. Camden cites, from an ancient Roman Provinciale, the name
_Rathlucensis_ given to this see (Publications of I. A. S., 1843,
pag. 61), and O’Sullivan Beare more than once designates the town of
Derry by the Latin name _Lucas_, and styles its bishop “Dirii vel
Luci Episcopus”—(_Hist. Cath._, pag. 77, et passim).
2 The cubit was originally the length of the human arm from the elbow
to the end of the middle finger. It is variously estimated at from
16 to 22 inches. Our readers may form an idea of the tabernacle and
the court, sufficiently accurate for all practical purposes, by
allowing one yard English for every two cubits. See Smith’s
_Dictionary of the Bible_, or his _Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Antiquities_.
3 Our readers must not be surprised if in this and in other instances
we depart a little from the reading of the Vulgate version, and
adhere to the literal translation of the Hebrew text. In controversy
it is often desirable to accommodate ourselves to the views and even
to the prejudices of our adversaries; and since the authority of the
Hebrew text is admitted by all classes of Christians, we appeal to
it as a common ground of argument. Besides, when the point in
dispute depends on the meaning of a Hebrew phrase, it will be always
useful to have the _exact words_ of the Hebrew text before our eyes.
4 This mode of expression is perfectly conformable to scriptural
usage; for we read (_Numbers_, x. 3) that _all the assembly_ (עדה)
were directed to assemble themselves _to Moses_: and again, (III.
_Kings_, viii. 2) it is said that “all the men of Israel assembled
themselves _unto King Solomon_”.
5 Nordheim’s _Hebrew Grammar_, § 148; see also Gesenius, § 53,
“_Significations of Hiphil_. It is properly _causative of kal_.”
6 Accordingly, this is the first meaning given for the word by
Gesenius in his Lexicon. In this sense, too, it is frequently
employed in the Mosaic narrative. Here are two examples, taken
almost at random, in which we find the same word in the same
conjugation, mood, and tense: When Joseph, in prison, asked the
chief butler of Pharaoh to intercede for him with his royal master,
he added: “And thou shalt _bring me_ (והוצאתני—vehotzethani) out of
this prison”—(_Gen._ xl. 14). Will Dr. Colenso say that Joseph
intended the chief butler should _carry him_ out of prison _on his
back_? Again, when the Jews murmured against Moses and Aaron in the
desert, they cry out, “Ye have _brought us forth_ (הוצאתם—hotzethem)
into this wilderness to kill the whole multitude with hunger”—(_Ex._
xvi. 3; also xiv. 11). They surely did not mean to say that Moses
and Aaron had _carried_ the whole multitude out of Egypt _on their
backs_.
7 “Clove”=Cloyne, Rymer’s _Foedera_. Tom. v. par. iv. p. 105; Lib.
Mun. Tom. i. par. iv. p. 102.
8 “Maccarthy=Carthy=Macare=Machar”. Wadd. Annal. Min. ad _an._ 1340,
n. 25, _ed._ Roman. Tom. viii. p. 241; _ibid._ Tom. xiii. p. 432, et
pp. 558-9.
9 “Kings of the M’Carthy race”, Annals of Innisfallen, ad _an._ 1106,
p. 106, _an._ 1108, 1110, 1176; Annals of Boyle, _an._ 1138, 1185;
Annals of Ulster, _an._ 1022-3, 1124; Gir. Cambr., lib. i. cap.
iii.; S. Bernard, in Vit. Malac., cap. iv. “Their burial place”,
Archdall Monast. Hib., pp. 302, 303.