XVIId. DUBTHACH'S JEALOUSYa
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Dunn, Joseph
If their beardless boyc should fall.
If on you come Ulster's troops
They will make your herds their spoil!
"Strewn afar your herds will be
By the rising Ulstermen.
Tales there'll be of mighty deeds
That will tell of far-famed queens!
W. 2800.
1"Corpses will be under foot,1
2Food there'll be at ravens' rests;2
Bucklers lying on the slopes;
Wild and furious deeds increase!
3"I behold just now your wives
Raise their heads above the ranks.
I behold your puissant queen
Moves not to engage in war!3
LL. fo. 79b.
"Valour none nor generous deed
Comes from Lugaid's craven son;
Nor will kings see lances red,
If this 'Black-tongue' Dubthach be!"
Thus far 'The Scythed Chariot.'a