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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

XXIVa. 1THE AGITATION OF CELTCHAR1

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The plague of Tuath-Bressi!c
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Ulster's battle-storm round Conchobar!
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"Their women will they defend,
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For their herds will they fight
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On the morning after the morrow!"
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W. 5003. Then 1when the hosts were assembled at Garech and Ilgarech,1 Dubthach was awakened from his sleep, so that Nemain brought confusion on the host and they fell trembling in their arms under the points of their spears and weapons, so that an hundred warriors of them fell dead *LL. fo. 95b. in the midst of their camp and quarters at the fearfulness of the shout they raised on high. Be that as it would, that night was not the calmest for the men of Erin that they passed before or since, because of the forebodings and predictions and because of the spectres and visions that were revealed to them.

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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge, Project Gutenberg eBook #16464

XXIV. THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM XXV. 1HERE FOLLOWETH THE ARRAY OF THE HOST1