The  file is to be regarded       as in the earliest
times as combining in his person the functions
of magician, lawgiver, judge,                            [counselor - masseuse]
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to the chief, and poet. Later,                     but still at a very early time,
the offices seem to have been divided,
the brehons devoting       themselves to the study of law,
and the giving of legal decisions, (                    ) the druids
arrogating to themselves           the supernatural
functions,                       with the possible addition
of some priestly offices, and the filí themselves
being henceforth principally
        poets and philosophers.