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THE STORY OF THE CROI'-EAREI) DOG
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY
TWO IRISH ARTHURIAN ROMANCES
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY
R. A. STEWART MACALISTER, M.A., F.S.A.
XonC)on:
PUBLISHED FOR THE IRISH TEXTS SOCIETY
By*. David Nutt, 57-59 Long^ Acre.
1908.
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DUBLIN.
RISH TEXTS SOCIETY
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ctiniAnn tiA s5Rit)eAnn SAeTDitse
VOL. X.
[1907]
TB
1347
I7
INTRODUCTION
The two stories printed in the present volume are contained
in an admirable MS. written in 1748, by Maurice McGorman,
and now preserved in the Library of the British Museum,
where it is indexed Egerton 128. The remaining contents of
the book, of which 293 pages are occupied with writing, are
many and various. Besides some miscellaneous and not
especially interesting verse, it contains Corh^ifte ' Cazo ;
CorhxMfLeA6x^ 6 nj'O-AfXxMt) triAite ; e^Cct^A ITIic riA mio6orh-
-Ai|\te ; 'C6\\A^t)eA6x: S^i-Otie : Qa6z\\~a Ctoinne ti|t ; exi6cfx\
Cloinne "Uifnig ; and U6|\Ai'6e^6c 1p^^CA^l 1^105 via 'S\^e}^e, of
which last an edition will before long be submitted to the Irish
Texts Society.
Numerous copies of the first, and several copies of the
second of the romances selected for the present volume exist
in other manuscripts. Thus, of the mx\T)t^x\ mx^ot the British
Museum possesses seven copies other than that used in the
present edition — Eg. 132, dated 1713 ; Eg. 662, written by
Maurice O'Gorman, with a very bad English translation
interpaged ^ ; Eg. 211, dated 1758; Eg. 188, a fragment of
the beginning only, dated 1730 ; Eg. 157 ^ ; Eg. 170, a direct
^ Of which these are specimens, selected from the first paragraph : "Go
c6vnm6\\A-6 riA f e-AtjA f AotjiAije riocF^-OA. " the hunters, labourers, ami
strong digers (sic) collected " : "OS ]UX)^\\e "oeAj ah buijiT) Cfiuinn, "twelve
knights for his coasts": AOf ciuil "aged singers." The rest of the translation is
in the same style.
- In the cover of this MS. is written the following note : " The two stories of
the Bald Dog and the Children of Lir are in the handwriting of one John
MacQuigge, a vulgar pedant, who to drive a livelyhood turned Methodist, and so
far imposed on the Bible Society in Dublin as to be appointed to superintend an
edition of the Bible in Irish, printed in Dublin, which is full of errors."
VI INTRODUCTION
transcript of the second MS. of those here enumerated ; and
Add. 18946, dated 1821. Of TTlxxcxiorh xmi lolAif, the British
Museum possesses a version in Eg. 170, which is made up of
parts of two copies in different hands, one of them dated 1720.
There is another copy in a singularly beautiful hand, Add.
18945, dated 1834.
I have not had time or opportunity to examine the copies
of the tales that may exist in other libraries, or even to collate
fully the British Museum copies themselves. And indeed a
variorum edition of stories such as these would hardly be
worth the enormous labour it would involve. We are not here
concerned with the conscious literary effort of a single writer,
whose ipsissima verba it is important to deduce from pains-
taking collations of all existing copies of his works. These
are tales which have been shaped half-unconsciously by their
narrators and transcribers, and for all practical purposes
(except perhaps for the lexicographer), verbal deviations are
of small importance. When not direct copies one of another^
the divergencies these MSS. display, not merely in words but
also in the actual nature and order of the incidents related, are
so profound that two or three versions of each story would
have to be printed entire, in order to display properly their
mutual discrepancies. It must of course be conceded that to
the folklorist, tracing out the history of each tale, these latter
variations are of great importance; and had I had the
opportunity I should have attempted an analysis of the
divergencies of incident. But a few days snatched from an
interval between two foreign sojourns, each several years
long, was all I was able to devote to work on the Manuscript
materials: it was in that short time impossible to do more
than transcribe, as rapidly as possible consistent with due
care, one version of each text, and to glance cursorily through
the others.
INTRODUCTION Vll
If Irish is to be revived as a literary language some
orthographical standard must be fixed and adopted ; and just
such a standard has been admirably set by Father Dinneen's
Dictionary, recently published by the Irish Texts Society. As
the editor of a seventeenth or eighteenth English classic does
not think it incumbent upon him, except in special cases, to
preserve the misspellings and misprints of the early editions
of the text under his hands, so I have not thought it worth
while to adopt the irregular orthography of the manuscripts on
which I have worked, which indeed are as discrepant among
themselves in this respect as they are in diction and in incident.
I have accordingly throughout conformed the spelling to
the model of Dinneen. Such few antiquated grammatical
forms as may here and there occur have of course been
carefully preserved. As some readers, however, may prefer to
have before them the exact forms used in the MS., I have
noted alterations and modifications (other than such slight
orthographical changes as j^c, fc for fg, fo, etc.), that I have
thought it advisable to make; some by means of square
brackets in the text, the rest in the Appendix.
In the translation I have aimed at nothing more than
giving the contents of the Irish in passable English. Though
much of the Celtic idiom and verbal order has been inten-
tionally retained, for the sake of the " flavour," I have avoided
slavish literalness. On the other hand "fine writing" has
been avoided with equal care.
The vocabulary is intended to be supplementary to
Dinneen's Dictionary, and includes all the words that I have
discovered to be omitted from that excellent work. A good
many will be seen to be compounds, the components of which
are duly recorded in Dinneen, or verbal nouns of which
Dinneen gives the parent verb. They are here included for
the sake of completeness.
b
VIU INTRODUCTlOxN'
II
These stories both belong to the " Wonder- voyage " type
of tale, and further have in common their connexion with the
Arthurian cycle of mythological heroes. Arthur, however,
plays a secondary part in both romances, and the dreamland
of griiagachs and monstrous nightmare shapes is here as
typically a creation of Irish fancy as in any of the stories of
the Finn cycle.
To the present editor such wild tales appeal as the most
interesting of the classes into which the existing pieces of Irish
literature can be divided — an opinion which he simply records
fts a matter of personal feeling, without desiring in the least to
interfere with the predilections of those who may have other
preferences. The gibe that they are " silly " applies just as
fitly to the stories on which Chaucer based his Canterbury
Tales, or Tennyson his Idylls of the King. The world where
the characters move is not our every-day earth, for though it
contains lands with familiar names — Scythia, Persia, India —
these are as fanciful as are Sorcha and Tir fo Thuinn. The
interest of the stories is not the development of plot and
character, but the insight they give into the fertility of unre-
strained imagination, and the amazing richness of vocabulary,
of the people among whom these tales came into being.
A few definite figures on the latter point may be interest-
ing. Some one has calculated somewhere that the average
English rustic makes habitual use of not more than three or
four hundred XA'ords ; and though this seems a small figure, it
will readily be believed by any one who has had dealings with
that not very inspiring section of humanity. I have prepared
a complete vocabulary of the second and longer of the stories
in this book, and find that it employs two thousand three
hundred and forty-one different words — not counting oblique
INTRODUCTION IX
cases and verbal inflexions. Copying and re-copying, reading
and re-reading, telling and re-telling these stories must have
been of no small educational value, when all other forms of
education were difficult of access. To be able to use freely so
large a vocabulary, even in narrating the adventures of trans-
formed princes and ladies with magic steeds, was surely no
mean or despicable or " silly " accomplishment.
It would perhaps be a little venturesome to apply the term
" literature," in its strictest sense, to stories such as these.
Yet are they the germs of a literature which, in happier cir-
cumstances, might have come to fuller fruition. The first of
the stories is the cruder of the two. Eagle-Boy is more
advanced, and seems to be pointing the way towards the
development of a romantic literature. The rolling streams of
alliterative adjectives have an air of artificiality. These, it
must be admitted, soon grow wearisome to a reader ; they
require to be heard, well declaimed, for their raison d^etre to be
fully understood. It may freely be conceded, however, that
this characteristic is a blemish ; notwithstanding, Eagle-Boy is
a striking story, displaying, especially in its earlier sections, no
small constructive ingenuity and literary feeling. This is notably
the case in the passionate prison-chamber scene ; here the story-
teller has descended from the cloudland of his dream, and given
us a genuinely human incident, with fine dramatic possibilities;
R.A.S.M.
ARU ShUSHKH, RAMLIiH, PALESTINE.
September, 1908.
eAcctiA AH mAT)iiA rriAoit
I
|\i5 Afutjp m^c 1ut!)Aifi tnic Ambjioif mic CorifCAincin 'yMn
fepojiAOif mb^ojAlxMs Af Th^ig n-A nlongnAi!) ; mAjA a\\ C|AUin-
mgeA'OAt; triAice x^5Uf mof-tixMfte a rhuinncine ^suf a rhCijA-
te^jlAij 6ui5e, -oo 66rhm6tixi-o n^ fex^lgA fx^ot-p-Aije fiot-
fA-OA fin leif. Agiif f A mof tiirhif muinncife -An Cfem-fioj
fin, oif niof Ua Itiib cfe 6t-Af CAlrhAn, no Atci gcofp -ouine,
no Ia 'yAn mbtiA'6Ain, 'n-A jAif cit)eA6 5niotriA6cA6 Aguf fi-oif e
l[\6-6\y6t>A Af ceAjlAt An Cfein-fiog fin : eAt)6n, -da fi-oife
•oeA^ nA cf 6-6aCca, Agtif 'oa fiT)ife "o^Ag nA beo'OACCA, lo
A^uf -OA fi-oife -oeAg An t)uifit) C|\tiinn, Aguf -Oa fi*oife
•oeAg nA coriiAifte, Aguf -oa CeAX) Aguf tja fiCix) fi-oife An
t)uifo Thoif, Agtif feA6c mile fi*oife An ceAjlAig, ^av^
AifeAtri t)AnCui|\e nC bAn-bAlA, eigfe no ollAtriAn, AOfA ciuil
no oiffiiDit). I.')
1f Annfin 'oo ffAtnuigeAt) Aguf no fui-OiujAx!) Agtif -oo
ffAonAt) Ar^ ufeAlg feAitif Ai^dce leo, f a t)oifit)ili) "bluite "bo-
eolAlf, AgUf fA peA-OAll) flA-OAfhlA fAfACA, AgUf f A ttlUfAlb
fei'Oe f 6-Aille, Aguf f a gleAnncAib "biAtrif a "bo-eolAif , Aguf
f A 6oillcib CAortiA 6ntJAf-ionT0A, Aguf f a rtiA^Ait) rhine \\6- 20
Aille nA fof Aoife c6A*onA fin.
Sui-OeAf 5a6 Aon aca i n-A '6unAt) feAlgA, Aguf i n-A
lAitfeA^Ait) licte, Aj^uf 1 n-A mbeAptiAi'bib bAogAil, Aguf i
n-A n-ionA-OAib lOfgAtle, mAf "00 6leACcAT)Aoif cofCAf 5A6A
feAlj^A "DO "OeAnAfh foirhe fin fiArh. Aguf 'oo fuit) "Ri An 25
"OorriAin 1 n-A t)tinA'6 feAljA fein, Aguf "oo bi A5 eifueACc f6
nuAll^Aif nA n5;Aff At), fe feAfCAn r\A mileAt), f\6 gotAit) nA
n-uAf Al, f e 5feAf a6c nA njA-OAf, f 6 bfOfCti^At) nA buit)ne, -p e
feA'D^Aif nA bpeAf fiAt)Ai^, Aguf fe leigeAn nA lA06fAA"6 A|\nA
lUAt-6onAit). 3
The Story of the Crop-eared Dog
A CHASE, a hunting, and a warrior-battue was convened by
King Arthur, son of lubhar, son of Ambrose, son of Constan-
tine, in the Dangerous Forest on the Plain of Wonders ; where
the chiefs and nobles of his people and his great household
assembled to him, to convene with him that laborious long-
lasting chase. And great was the number of the people of
that powerful king : for not more were the plants through the
floor of the world, or joints in a human body, or days in
the year, than the active warriors and very valiant knights in
the household of that powerful king : that is to say, there were
twelve knights of valour, and twelve knights of activity, and
twelve knights of the Round Table, and twelve knights of
counsel, and two hundred and two-score knights of the Great
Table, and seven thousand knights of the household, without
enumerating the assembly or troop of women, poets or men of
learning, musicians or melodists.
Then the aforesaid chase was extended and arranged and
turned aside by them, under dense groves, hard to know,
and under savage waste thickets, and under smooth very
beautiful ramparts, and through secret glens, hard to know, and
under fair woods, rich in nuts, and through the smooth, very
beautiful plains of that same forest.
Each of them sits in his hunting-booth, and in their spots
of lying down (?) ^, and in their gaps of danger, and in their
places of plunder, as they were wont always to celebrate the
battue of every hunt before that. And the King of the
World sat in his own hunting-booth, and was listening to the
outcry of the companies, to the hunting-cry of the soldiers, to
the voices of the nobles, to the barking of the beagles, to the
excitement of the troop, to the whistling of the huntsmen, and
to the warrior-bands letting slip the swift hounds.
^ ticte means " nimble, active, supple." But perhaps read tije " of lying down.'
4 eACcnA An rtiA'onA rhAoit
*Oo bi-^eAT)^!; *\fhlAit) fin 50 puineAt) neilL non-A ^guf 50
tiup-tof^C DA lioit)Ce, 6if\ niO|\ 61^15 conx\6 fe^lgA n6 ArhAtic-
^|\ p-a"6ai5 leo *.\n Ia pn. Aguf i^jp troul "oo 'n gjiein "o'a
ti^"6t)A co'OAlCA, "oo CjAuinn 156^*0 -Ap a triuinnce^|A 'o'lontif uit)e
An tAio j, -Aguf 'oo f einn fiAT) a f cuic ^^uf x\ n-o^g-din, a 35
mbexxnn^ t)ti^\t!)^ill xxguf a sctufte-Ann^ ciuit, xi^uf -a n--At)*Mf\-
ceAnnA pofiofit)^ An c^n fin : Aguf X)' piAfftngeA-OAfi -oo 'n
Cf\ein-|\i5 cfeAX) 'oo '6eAnfAi'oif An omte fin. 'Oo lAttAif An fi
X)o 5titrh6|A AfX) foUuf-glAn, A^tif if e f\o fAit) —
*' A 'OeAg-rhiiinncif ," a|\ f e, " acaix) jeAf a lonrbA ofm-f a, 40
Aguf If "oiotD fin fCAlf^ nA pofAOife "bAoglAije 'oo 66rhtn0f At) .
1 gcionn saC feACctriAt) t)liAt)nA. Aguf x)a n-eife66A"6 An
Cf eAts liom An Cqa-o Ia, An f of Aoif T)' f A5A1I ; Aguf munA
n-eifeoCAt), fAnAiriAin An "OAfA Ia, Aguf An CfeAf Ia, A5
corhmof A"0 nA f eAlgA. Aguf ni CAiUf eAX) mo gcAf a," a|\ f 6, 45
" 6if If "Duine 5An \\At a CAilteAf a $eAf a."
lAf fin eif^eAf cfOim-teAgtAci Aguf Cfoim-tiondl An fiog
fo HA feAt)Ait) Aguf fo nA coillcit!) f A coirhneAfA t)Cit); -oo
tDUAin A'Ot^Af bOlCe Agllf DeAlfCAlAin : AgUf -oo tfAfCf A-OAf
An pot) "d'a "DCUAJAlt!) CAnA bCAl-f AOt)f aCA, AgtJf f ceAnAit) 50
|\AnnA6A f coicjeAf A ; Aguf "oo finne fiAt) botA Aguf beAlf ca-
lAin, AgUf LeA5|\ At) leo IAX) X)0 lUACAIf UfjlAlf, Agtlf t)Ull-
leAt)Af t)AC-AlAinn -OAfAije, Agtif bAf|\Ait) cfAnn cOrhjlAf
eile Af CeAnA , lonnAf 50 int)At) "oion Af jAOit Aguf Af
feAfCAin -odit) iat). tlo f A-ouig fiAX) ceinnce Aguf ceAn-OAlA 55
lAf fin, A^U]* fo 6Ait fiAT) A bpfoinn Aguf a X)CorriAlCAf 'do
t^iAtiAit) fAOfA fo-(iAicine Aguf X)o t)eo6Ait) rhine trieifceArhlA.
Agtif An CAn fA n-AOit)inn "odit) A5 61 Aguf Ag AoibneAf,
•oo eifij An fi 'n-A fCAf Am Aguf 'oeAfCAf nA ceitfe ti-Ai|\"oe
imill-leAtnA Af 5AC CAOit) "oe, 'n-A timCeAll; Aguf -0060
ConnAjAC An c-Aon 05IA6 05, AfmtA, ei'oijte, inneAllCA, -d'a
ionnfuit)e ; Agtjf leine t)o mAot-ff6l 1 'ocimCeALl a ^eiL-
Cneif, ionA|\ lon^AncAt 6|\-fnAite Af uA6cAf a CAOimleine,
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 5
They were in that fashion to the setting of the noonday
cloud and to the beginning of the night, for no prosperity of
hunting or luck of the chase had fallen to their lot that day
And when the sun had gone to its place of rest, his people as-
sembled to the presence of the king, and then they sounded their
trumpets and organs, their bugles and pipes of music, and
their glorious horns ; and they asked of the powerful king
what they should do that night. The king spoke with a great
high clear voice, and thus he said : —
" Good people," said he, " there are many tabus on me,
and one of them is to convene the chase of the Dangerous
Forest at the end of every seventh year. If the chase should
prove fortunate for me the first day, to leave the forest ; if not,
to stay the second day, and the third, convening the hunt.
And I shall not break my tabus," said he, "for he is a person
without prosperity who breaks his tabus."
After that the mighty household and assembly of the king
rises and goes through the thickets and woods nearest to
them, to cut down the material for booth and hut ; and they
overthrew the wood with their thin edge-mouthed axes and
their dividing sharp-pointed knives ; and they made booths
and huts, and they were sheltered by them with very green
rushes, and beautifully-coloured leaves of oak, and tops of
other equally green trees in general ; so that they should be a
shelter for them against wind and rain. They kindled fires
and brands after that, and ate their supper and their provender
of costly meats pleasant to eat, and of fine and intoxicating
drinks.
And when they were in a pleasant state, drinking and
pleasuring, the king arose standing, and he looks to
the four broad-bordered quarters on each side of him all
around ; and he saw one young champion, armed, accoutred,
and equipped, approaching him ; and a tunic of fine silk around
his white skin ; a wonderful gold-threaded mantle above his
6 eACuuA An rhA'onA rhAoit
A^uy lui|\eA6 "OxMnsexMi, •oluit, "Oeij-frijce, um xx 6of\p feing-
Af\ tiAtcAp n^ tuipige fin ; Aguf clxM'OeArh d|\-'Ouiiin lonclxMf
clAifleAC^n A^f A flMfxMX) tie. tTlionn c^orh cdrh-b^ingexMi
cloCt)tiA\t)A6 il6e^|\*Ox\(j um -a 6ionn ; fCMt il-6e-Att)A6 t)0c6i-
"oexit t)^in'0ex^p5 a\\, fcuAiT!)lei|A5 xi x)fotnA, A^uy tincit)e "oo
l1Cf^ex^CA1t:) (3|ix)-a i n-imexilt-t:)6|\T)xMt) n-A fxij-fceite pn, *oo 70
innifin -Agiif "oo fxMfneif h-aC |\xMt) Af cut f ceite n6 clAit)irh 'f
-An 'oorhxMn lAod n6 ^A^'j['ceAt)A6 "oo t)'pe^|A|\ 'n-A -An c^A^m-
rhile^X) fin. X>a fleij uitle-Ann^CA i n-,A je-Al-jlxMC ■6eif :
xxg-Ait) f A'o-txxot f olAf CA leif ; x^guf f of c glx^f glAn-lom-
neAfOxN •oe-Ag-nu.At) ne.Arh.An'Oxi ^A^\\eACZAC i n-A 6ionn ; -Aguf 75
t)eAl CAnA CfucAC cumtA teif ; cogtDAil rhin-rh-All rriAnlA
lAiogAfhAil 1 n--A rhAil5it)it!) ; cibpi'oce f eif ce i n-A f 105-
jfUAi'oiti) ceAccAfOA ; Agiif X)A X)e^t)eA6 'OAOine An "borhAin •06.
Aguf If AfhlAit) *oo t)i, Aguf locf Ann loinneAfbA tAn-folAf
1 n-A tAirh 6le, Agtif fo t)! An fi -o' a feACAin no 50 t-Ainig "d'a 80
tAtAif : Ajtif fiAff uijeAf An fi Aftuf fceAlA x)e.
" Hi T)' innifin fceAt "oo t-Ainig me, aCu A5 lAfjiAit) coiti-
|\Aic Aoinfifi ofc-f A Aguf Af\ "oo rhumnci|\," Af f e ; '' oif "oo
CiuAlAf nA6 t)fuil fi AjA "Opuim 'oorhAin if Ua peAf comlAinn
CfO'OA Af A teAJlAC 'nA CUf A," A|\ f 6. 8^
An CAn 'oo CuaIa •opeAm An fiog fin, tii5AX)Af\ "oeAlt!) rhAit
Af t)f 01 6-1)61 It) Aguf rriAife Af rhio-niAife, Aguf tAinig ciug-
■p6t)Aif c t)Aif "o'a f Aitib ; 6i|A tjo Cuai"d T)a tfiAn A n-AigeAncA
6 5aC Aon ACA. lAf n-A f Aicfin fin "do Ri'oife An ICCpAinn
if 6 ADUbAlfC — 90
" C f Alt) t)Uf gCLlACA Agtlf t)Uf gCOllA AnUAIflC, A teAglAlg
rheACA rhio-funAig, cia lionrriAf t)Uf n-AifeAtri fit), if ceAfC
•oo t)Uf n-T)fcA5lAoCAit) ; Aguf If t)Af AiriAil 'OAtri-f A nA6
t)eifeAnn t)Uf meACACc no t)tif riiiolAoCcACc UAiin fit), gAn mo
"biol (iAt-iAf5AiLe X)' fAgAil UAit)." 95
^^S^r ^^5 r^"^ "*^ mt)fiACAf fin x)6, "oo fAit a fCiAt 50
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 7
fair tunic ; and a firm, close, well-woven breastplate about his
slender, brightly beautiful, well-curved body ; a handsome
gold-hemmed scapular above that breastplate ; and a golden-
hilted, ingenious, broad-grooved sword on his left thigh. A
beautiful, very firm, jewelled diadem of manifold art about his
head ; a shapely, studded, flesh-coloured shield on the ridge
of his back, and lines of golden letters in the edges of that
royal shield, to announce and proclaim that there was not at
the back of shield or sword in the world a warrior or champion
better than that mighty soldier. Two angled spears in his
white right hand ; he had a long, narrow, radiant face, and a
grey, clear-glorious, fresh, brilliant, joyous eye in his head ;
and he had a slender, shapely, handsome mouth, a smooth-
slow, quiet, kingly raising in his eyelids, springs of love in
each of his royal cheeks ; and the people of the world were
inferior to him. And in this wise was he; a glistening,
full-lighted lantern was in his left hand, and the king was
watching him till he came to his presence ; and king Arthur
asks news of him.
" Not for telling news have I come, but seeking single
combat of thee and of thy people," said he ; " for I have heard
that there is not a king on the back of the world richer in
men of valorous combat in his household than thou," said
he.
When the followers of the king heard that, they exchanged
a fair form for an uncomely form, and beauty for ugliness, and
there came a thick onset of death over their multitudes ; for
two-thirds of their spirit went from each one of them. When
the Knight of the Lantern saw that, he said —
'^ Since your forms and your bodies are ignoble, O cowardly,
malicious household, although ye be many in numbers,
ye are scanty in heroes ; and it is my opinion that your
cowardice and want of heroism will not take you from me,
without my getting from you my satisfaction of battle-
waging."
•And when he said those words he thrust his shield hotly
8 e^CutiA AH rtiA'onA ttiAOit
toifcne-A6 i rrouncxMt) n^ ZAlmAn 50 cn^An--A'6t)At, a-^ ^A\\^A^i)
com\\Aic. ^A1[\ r\-A f?xMCfin fin 'oo'n fig, x)' pM|?ptii$ *o'a tfioim-
teA^lA6 CIA ^A6At> T)' ionnfui'6e An CorhlAinn. |?fieA5|iAf -dti
Ki-oifie 5e-Al itiaC t^ioj PfAinnce e, x\5iif A-outixMiAC 50 ji-AtAt!) 100
pein *o'a ionnftin:)e.
^ijAje^f An Tli'Di|\e "^eAl lAjiArh, A^uf ceAngtAf a 6Aorh6of\p
1 n-A CAt-6i*oeAC Cfio-OA Aguf C|\tiA'D-6orht\Aic, Aguf ceit) 1
gcoinne Aguf 1 5C<5rh"6Ait Ri-oiiAe An toCf-Ainn : Aguf CAiteAT)Af\
•pfAif T)' A n-A|\tnAiti) "oiol^fixMCte "oiAfoile 511^ C^fiomf at) iAf\ fin 105
CjiioftAig A fciAC ; 50 n'oeA6A'OA]\ 1 tnuimgin a 5CtAi"6eArh
COlg-feAfhAjA 5lAC-LA1T)1f , AgUf ttl5A*0A|\ glGIC |\e ^tlAt), Agtlf
CjioiT) fe CACAf, Aguf Aj fe Cfomgom, Aguf *oo finne fiA"0
corhf AC z^eAn cinneAfnAC meA\K miceiltit)e 6 501I AiniA|\rhA|i-
CA15 Ain5iT)e nAirfroeAitiAil neA|^c-CAtinA \\e Ceile. iio
ClOt)Cf.ACC bA t)0|lt) An bUAI'DfCAX), AgUf bA peAf'bA An
fAfCAt) "oo t!)eifi*oif T)' A Ceile, lonnAf 511^ ^jiiotninj An CAlAtti
Cf omf 6iT)eA6 f a n-A gcofAib Aguf 'n-A n-tiiptimCeAtt. ACc
AUA nit) 6eAnA, je'p fonncA folAtriAC Agtif ge'f feit|ie<\<i
piof-CAlmA An KiT)ife "^eAl A5 T)til Ctitn An corhjiAic fin, bA 115
bAnbf Ann neAtriA|i|\A6cA6 Aguf bA mei|AcneA6 tnio-lAoCcA "o'
Aitte An Corhf A1C e. Ci|a if AtritAi'6 *o'i?A5 'Ri'Difie An tctf Ainn
f6 gliAt) nA cAtiTKxn, n-A CimeAC 6feApAilce tfUAtxiuibnigte
1 bfoi|\(iionn An CorhtAinn e. Aguf bUAileAf a fCiAt An 'oajia
fGAtc, lonnAf 50 5cltiinfi'6e fo nA Cjiio^Aib fA c6irrineAfA 120
t)6 6.
'^S^r Fr^^Sr^r ^^ tli'oife T)ub mAC j\i05 nA 5CA0IA6 e,
Aguf -DO finne fiAT) cotfifiAC CjieAn cinneAfnAt meAt\mi(::eilti"6e
fve Ceile ; Aguf -oob i cf 106 An CorhfVAic, 5U|\ f A5 tli*oi|Ae
An tCCjiAinn 'n-A CimeAt CfAeApAilce (ifvuA^tiiibfijte e. 125
ACc ACA nit) 6eAnA, se'f neAfCttiAf t)6-Ai|irheA(i ceAglAC
An Cfein-fioj fin, A^uf ge'f; CAlmA a gctif Ait) Aguf a gCAt-
rhait)e, "oo CeAngAl Tli-oiiie An t66fAinn iat) uile, Adz
t3AlbuAit) "oe CoiAX)ibuf, "oo bi 'n-A rriACAorh 65 aitiuICaC, a\\ An
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 9
on the enclosures of the earth, strongly and power-
fully, a-seeking combat. When the king saw that, he asked of
his mighty household who would go to the fight. The White
Knight, son of the king of France, answers him, and said that
himself would go to it.
The White Knight rises afterwards, and binds his fair body
in his battle- trappings of warfare and harsh conflict, and comes
to meet and join the Knight of the Lantern ; and they
poured showers from their shooting-arms at one another
so that they bent thereafter the edges of their shields ; so
they fell back on their broad-bladed, strong-hilted swords, and
gave wrestling with combat, and fighting with conflict, and
valour with heavy wounding, and they made a strong, stout,
active, mad combat out of evil-fated, furious, hostile, strong,
brave valour against one another.
However, rough was the affliction, and heroic the com-
pression they inflicted on one another, so that the heavy-
sodded earth shook under their feet and all around them.
Nevertheless, though bold and dexterous, and though stout
and truly valorous was the White Knight in going to
that fight, he was weak and impotent and feeble and unheroic
after the fight. For in this wise the Knight of the Lantern
left him, with a fight of the world,^ a fettered and tightly bound
captive at the end of the fight. And he strikes his shield the
second time so that it should be heard through the territories
nearest to him.
And the Black Knight, son of the King of the Caolachs,
answered him, and they fought a strong, stout, active, mad battle
with one another ; and the end of the battle was, that the Knight
of the Lantern left him a fettered and tightly bound captive.
Nevertheless, though powerful and countless was the
household of that powerful king, and though valorous
their warriors and heroes, the Knight of the Lantern bound
them all save only Galahad de Cordibus, who was a young,
^ i.e., a. furious fight (?). Obscure : probably corrupt. Tossibly for t^ijmste
Ap t., "stiff on the ground."
lo eAtzuA AH ttiA'ouA rriAOit
t^t-Aifv fin. Aguf 5lu^if e^r |\oirhe i t)pi\itin5 tiA con-Ai|\e 130
ceAX)nA\, M|\ t)px\5t)iil ^n fioj ^5tif -A rhuinnci|\e C|\ti^t)Cuit>-
jAijCe ^rhlxM-O pn, ^guf pex3k|i^f ceo -ooilfete *OfixiOi"6e^\6cx\ 'n-A
TJUMt), x,\5tif *oo tii-OeA-o^t^ xittil^it) fin 50 fuine^t) neill nonA
^5^r 50 li-eifje 5feine a\\ n-xx tnb^fxxC. 1f xxnnfin 'oo lAt)^Mf
Ar\ fi pfif An zeA^lA^, Agiif if e |\o f-Ait) — 135
" 1f Cf u^g An sniorh fo "00 tA\\lA t)uinn," a]\ fe, " Oifv
-o^ t)fe^\fA'Oxxoif bAnc|A-d(ic xxguf b^n'O^lA T)unxx An
Y\AltA "Oeips A|\ mbeic mA\\ fo, 'do •oe^nfAi'oif bx^oj^l
tn^g^it) A-^uy fonorh-Ai-oe -oinn, xxguf cuif\fi-oif a^^ mio-6tu
Agtif Af meArA^z y:A 'n -oorhAn mof tnle, A^uy ni ciubf^i'oif i*^
ZAoX)A ffinn 50 bfuinne xxn X)^AtA Agtif 50 poifce^nn An
VyeAtA. Aguf If e if in-oe^nuA t)uinn, fAnArh^\in 'f<^^ lonAt)
fO, 50 bfxXjxMn ne^t ^igin -oo 'n A*OAm-Cloinn "OO be^ffAf
fUfCAtc no f oifitin "oninn o'n moif-eigeAn foi n-A bpuilimix)."
"If m^MC An CotriAifte fin te -oeAnAm," Af t)AlbuAii:) -oe 145
Cofoibuf, " A^tif If coif A 'oeAnAMTi."
Ciot)C|u\6c "oo tDi-oevX-OAf AttiUMt) fin 50 fuineA"6 neiil
n6nA A^uf 50 tiuf-tofA6 n^ lioit)Ce, g^n fufc^tc 116 f 6if itin :
5tif tAti)^Mf An fi te bAlbuAit) -oe Cofoibuf, Aguf if e fo
\\A^^6 — 150-
" At)AlCA t)il-5fAt)Ai5," Af fe, " AZA ^ige^n if m6 'nA 5^6
ei^e-An oftn-fA, Cif aza ce-Afb-AC tifim CAfCA Aguf fi*\n
fAbAfCA t^6-"oein iocAn oftn, Aguf g^n ca\\a no compAnAC
1 bfoguf 'OAtri "DO t)eAf<\t) cofc m'locAn CujAm."
"A oi-oe lonrriAin," Af t)-Alt)UAi-o, '"oa •ocugCAOi-fe [c'] Aftn 156
Agiif e^t)eA6 fein t)ATti-fA, Aguf eol^f 'o'ionnfuit)e cioDfAi'oe,
"DO fA^CAinn A]\ 6ionn TDije t)uic g^n moitl."
"A *DAlCA '6iT-5fAt)Ai5," Af An fi, *' An uiobfAiT) if 50i[\e
■6uinn Annfo, ni bftnl 'f-^^^ 'ootriAn lonAX) lonAf Iia geilce
glinne Aguf "oeAitiAin Aeif Aguf AffACcAit; eigCeilUtJe 160-
fUAttriAfA fiOfjfAnnA 'n-A cimteAll 'nS 1 : Agtif if fCAff
liotTif A t)Af -o'f A5A1I X)o 'n CAfc fo ofiTi, 'nA An c-Aon-t)iiine if
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG ii
beardless boy, on that spot. And he goes straight back by the
same way, after leaving the king and his people tightly bound in
that fashion, and he pours a dark mist of druidry behind him,
and they were thus till the setting of the noonday cloud, and
to the rising of the sun on the morrow. Then the king spoke
to the household, and thus he said :—
" A pity is this thing which has happened to us," said he,
" for were the ladies and women of the Fort of the Red Hall to
know of our being like this, they would make the mischief of
a mock and jest of us, and publish our despite and our weakness
over the whole world, and to doomsday and the world's end
would never again be beside us. And this is what we must
do — stay in this place, till we get some one of Adam's race
who will give us help or succour from this great necessity in
which we are."
" Good is that advice to be followed," said Galahad de
Cordibus, ** and it is right to follow it."
However, they were thus till the setting of the noonday
cloud and to the beginning of night, without help or succour ;
so that the king spoke to Galahad de Cordibus, and thus he
said : —
" Dear loving foster," said he, " there is a necessity on me
greater than every other, for there is a dry heat of thirst and
the trace of a violent storm of drouth upon me, without friend
or companion near me who should bring me quenching of my
thirst."
" Dear tutor," said Galahad, " if thyself gavedst me thine
own arms and equipments, and knowledge how to go to a well,
I should go for drink for thee without delay."
'' Dear loving foster,'' said the king, " the nearest spring
to us here, there is not in the world a place were fuller of
valley-warlocks and air-demons and unreasoning, hateful,
horrible monsters around it than it is ; and I prefer to die of
this thirst upon me, than voluntarily to put the one man
12 eACctiA An rhAT)TiA rhAoit
ATinf-A tiom 'o'fre*.\fAxMt> An -oorhAin "oo Cufi i nsuAfA^c^ t)Aif p6
n-Am fo "OO mo '6eoin pein."
" Ha llAt!)A1|A fin, A |\15 AgUf A tlgeAfAnA," AfV t)Alt)tlA1'6, l^''>
" oi|\ "OO ti)ei|Mm-fe mo tDfiAtAp pof, A^uf ttnjim p6 nA "o^itit)
•QuiteACA, nA6 'oeAnp ad ciuinif no comnui"6e r\6 50 c^it) me Afi
(iionn "oije ■otiic-fe. Agtif if AtrilAit) "oo fA^At) Ann, Aguf
5f AT) fi-oif eAcuA ofm ; 6ifi ni "oo "Ctnne if AnuAifle 'nA fi*oifve
If c6it^ A "Out Af 6ionn "Oije CugAC-fA." 170
lAf n-A 6lof fin T)o 'n fig, "oo fCAOil[A] Afm Aguf ^i^oeAci
fein T)e, Aguf tug t)© l)At5tiAit) iat), mAille fe 5f a*o fi^oife,
Agtif 50if eAf " Sif iDAltDUAit) " *oe ; Aguf At)tibAif c leif An
cofn ceAtAif-beAnnAt cLoc-1!)tiA"6A6 CAoirh-fleAfCA6 (Aguf An
CiipA CeACf ArhA6 if Ainm "66) 1 n-A f aca-6 61 cao^at) 1 n-AOin- 175
feA6c, "OO t)feic teif, A^uif T)ut 'o'lonnfume CiobfAiTDe
nA mt)tiAX) Af ttlAij nA nIongnAt).
UogbAf Sif t)All3iiAi"0 An cofn leif, A^tif gliiAifeAf
foime [1] n-AitjeAffA jaca conAif e 50 f Ainig 50 Uiobf ait) nA
mlDuAt). Ajtif cuifeAf An cofn f a An r'.f;, Aguf lAf n-A 180
t65ti)Ail T)6, "oeAf CAf f ca^at) "oe ; Aguf *oo bi bile bAff-glAf
beAngAnAt 1 gcomgAf "OO 'n uobAf , Agiif "oo CuaIa An Cfofc
Aguf An cofmAn in6f A5 bun An bile, Aguf leigif An cofn Af
lAf, Aguf "OO 6uAit) cum An bile mAf ^cuaIa An cof Ann.
Aguf X)0 6onnAfC An TnA*OfA TTIaoI liAt-rhonsAt, ^An 185
CluAf 5An eAfbAll, A5 ceA6c 6 bun An bile, Aguf jfAin Aige
Aguf lOf^Ail f Aif, lonnAf 50 bfAnfA-b mion-ubAll n6 m6f-
Aifne Af bAff 5A6 Aon-fUAinne "oo 'n muinj gAifb ^lAif-leit
*00 bi fAlf ; AgUf flAbfA AtJAfb lAfAinn fo n-A bfA$A1*0, AgUf
X)o lAbAif "OO bfiAtf Aib cneAfCA pif-gliocA le Sif t)AlbUAn!) 190
AgUf *DO flAffUlg f ceAlA "oe.
" Tli "o' innifin f ceAlA tAinig me Annf o," Af Sif "bAlbuAiT!),
•' 6if If cuibe liom 6f *^5tlf AifgeAT) "oo CAbAifC -00
^ "OuAjic MS. : guAfAcc is the reading of Eg. 211.
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 13
dearest to me of the men of the world in danger of death on
this occasion."
" Say not so, O King and Lord," said Galahad, "for I
give my true word, and swear by the elemental gods, not to
have patience or to wait, till I go for drink for thee. And thus
will I go, with the order of knighthood ; for it is not right for
a man humbler than a knight to go for drink for thee.''
After the king's hearing that, he loosed from him his own
arms and accoutrements, and gave them to Galahad, with the
order of a knight, and he calls him " Sir Galahad " ; and he
told him to bring with him the four-peaked, jewelled, fair-
spined horn (the Quartered Cup is its name) into which would
go drink for fifty men at once, and to go to the Fountain of
Virtues on the Plain of Wonders.
Sir Galahad takes the horn with him, and goes by the
shortest route till he reached the Fountain of Virtues. And he
puts the horn under the house, and after lifting it up, he looks
aside; and there was a green-topped, branching tree quite
close to the well, and he heard a noise and great roaring at the
bottom of the tree, and he leaves the horn on the ground, and
went to the tree where he heard the thundering.
And he saw the gray-haired Crop-eared Dog, without ears
or tail, coming from the bottom of the tree, with ugliness on
him and full of contentiousness, so that a small apple or large
sloe would stay on the top of every hair of the rough, greyish
pelt that was on him. A very rough iron chain was on his neck,
and he spoke with mild, truly-clever words to Sir Galahad and
asked news of him.
*' Not to tell a story have I come here," said Sir Galahad,
"for I think it more fitting that I should give gold and silver
14 eACctiA An rhAT)nA riiAoit
6ionn fcexNlA -o' innipin T)Atn, 'n^\ tne pein "oo t)eit X)'a
n-innfin." 195
" Hi tnif ce "OO 5Aifcex\'6-A6 n6 "OO fiT)i|\e "oa 6\\6-6a6z
fceAlA T)' innifin 'OArn-fA," A|\ An THa-oiaa TTJaoI, " oi|\ "Oa mbAt)
nA6 •ociut)|\A"6 "OAtn "o' a "oeoin, t)0 ti)Ainpinn "o'a AinrOeoin "oe
e. Aguj^ If e tn' A'bbAiA A5 piAptAujA'o fceAlA •610c, lonnuf •oa
mt)A'6 CAfA "6Am tu, 50 iroeAnpAinn ciitriAnn Aguf CA|\A'OfAt) 200
leAC ; Aguf *OA mbAT) eAfCAfAA "OAtn tti, 50 tToeAn):Airjn CACujAt)
Aguf corhfiAC leAC."
Annfin T)0 lAbAit^ Si|\ DAlbuAit!) Aguf if 6 A-oubAific —
" X)o "OfeAm Uiog An 'OorhAin mif e," Af f e, " Aguf a\\
cionn uifce 6tjm An 1^105 *oo tAinig me, Aguf if inf An 205
bpOjlAOIf mt)A05AlA15 -o' pAgAf e, AgUf t)AlbUAlt) "oe CO|\T)lbUf
m'Ainm, Aguf fin mo fceAlA "Ouic," a|\ fe.
inA|\ •00 6uaIa An ITlA'OfA TTlAot fin, feA^Af fiOf\6AOin
fAilce "00 SijA "bAtbuAit), Agtif pAffuigeAf "oe CfeAX) An
•c-eigeAn m6|\ tdo bi a|\ An fig, An CAn "Oo 6uif An c-Aon-'6tiine 210
•DO b' Annf A teif 'x'An 'DorhAin 'n-A uaca'6 Aguf 'n-A aov.a^
fo n-Am-f A "OO 'n oi"66e *o' lAff Ai'd uifce "66. PfeA^f Af Sif
t)AlbuAit) e, Agtif f o innif 'oo mAf tAinig 'Rix)ife An L66f Ainn
•d' a n-ionnfui"6e, Aguf mAf "oo CeAngAt An fi Aguf a muinn-
ceAjv uiLe. 215
" Deif bUAit) Aguf beAnnA6cAin," a\^ An TTlA-OfA tTlAOt, "if
mAit nA fceAlA fin innifif cu "OAm : Aguf 5IAC ceAnn An
CflAbfAfo ofm-fA 1 T)' lAirh, Aguf Cfeofuig mife "o' ionnfuit)e
nA pof Aoife iDAogAlAije mAf a bfuil An fi A^uf a teAglAC
ceAngAiLce cf uA-otuibfigte. Cif ciocf Ait) 1liT)ife An X.6t- 220
fAinn Tf" A "OiCeAnnAt) Agtif "oo "biteAnnAt) a mmnncife rriAf
Aon ffif Ano6c, Oif ni bfuit 'yAn -oorhAn Aon *ouine X)o fCAOit-
feAX) neA6 -o' ai[\ ceAngAl 6 'n bfeAf fin fiAtti (a6c munA
fCv\oilfeAt) fe fein) 'nA mife. A^uf ni bion6orhfAic •ouine
•o' feAf Alb nA CAlrhAn leif A]\ mei*o a "Of AOi-OeAcicA Aguf a\\ 225
feAbAf AigeAncA, Ajuf le meix) a neifC A^uf uAifle a Cfoi'be
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 15
for stories to be told to me, than for myself to be telling
them."
" A champion or a knight is no worse, whatever his valour,
for telling me news," said the Crop-eared Dog, " for if it were
that he would not tell me it willingly, I should force him to do
so against his will. And this is in the reason why I ask news
of thee, so that if thou wert friendly to me, I might make a
league and friendship with thee ; and if unfriendly, that I might
make battle and war upon thee."
Then spoke Sir Galahad, and thus he said : —
'' Of the people of the King of the World am I," said he,
" and I have come for water for the king, and in the Dangerous
Forest have I left him, and Galahad de Cordibus is my name,
and there thou hast my news," said he.
When the Crop-eared Dog heard that, he welcomes Sir
Galahad heartily, and asks of him what is the great necessity
that was on the king when he sent the one man dearest to him
in the world alone and solitary at that time of the night to
seek water for him. Sir Galahad answers him, and told him
how the Knight of the Lantern came to them, and how he
bound the king and all his people.
" Victory and blessing be thine," said the Crop-eared Dog.
" Good is that news thou hast told me ; and take the end of
this chain on me in thy hand and lead me to the Dangerous
Forest where are the king and his household bound and in hard
fetters. For the Knight of the Lantern will come to behead him
and to behead his people with him to-night, for there is not in
the world a person who would loose a creature on whom was a
binding from that man (unless he loose him himself) but I.
And no one of the men of the world can fight with him for the
quantity of his druidry. and the excellence of his intellect, and
the greatness of his strength, and the nobleness of his heart
i6 eACunA An rhAT)nA ttiAoit
x^5Uf A 6\\6t>-polA. Aguf "OaS t)pex\6p^oi-fe Ui'oifAe<\n l,66|\.Ainn
XN5 ce^^tc T)' ionnfuit)e n^ muinnci|\e fin azS ce-Ang^Mlce, leig
^mA6 cexitin -ad cfl*xt)|Axi -^suf le*.\npAX'D mife 50 UMit-]iinn,"
5ltiAMfe^'OA|A ^f A li-^itle fin x)' ionnfuit)e n^^ pof^oife 230
t3xxo5AlxM5e, tn^f a |\Ait) An fi ^guf x\ rtminnceA\f\ cex^ns-<Mtce,
A.\5tif 'Dx\ilex^f Sif t)All!)UAM"6 An cof\n "oo 'n f 15 ; ^guf ni rhCf
50 f^ini5 teif 'oeoC oil ^f ^n c-An T)o 6onn-Af c pAX) Ui'oi|\e ^n
tC^iAxMnn Cu6a, xxguf a 6lA^t>eArr\ noCcuigte 1 n-^ t-Airh "oeif 50
litiflArfi *oo ■Dice^nnA"6 An fiog A^uy a rhtnnncife ; ^5uf 166- 235
|\^nn loinne-A|\'OA t^Sn-fotAf 1 n-A l^irh Cle.
tn^f 'oo Conn-AfC ^n TH^'oiia TDaoI a t>iot)X)A ^gtif e^fC-Af ^
^5 ce^Cc 1 5c6rhf05Uf , -00 tug ceibe^-6 ^^^uf CjAeAn-t^ffixMng
A-^ An Cfl-AtDf^ -Af l^irh Sif t)AlX)HA^t>, A^uy leigex^f nA
^AytA ^A^t)teA6A s^^onnyAtA A^uy nA |\u^t)-t!)uinniT!)e |\6i- 240
"OMn^ f^tD-AfCxi, mAf fe1t)fex^t) fit)e 5*.\oite n6 feifbe te
yAnA^t> "00 -Of uim m^C^ij^e no mullxit f leiGe e, 1 gcoinne x^guf
1 gcorfrO^it tli'oife A^n \.66\\Amn. TTlAf -oo 6onnA\\c Ki'oif e ^^n
toCfxMnn ^n lTlx^*OfA tD^ol, fitle^f 1 ftpficing nA conxMfie
ceAX)nA Aguf fexif Af ceo "ooitlDte X)fxxoi"6exi6cA 'n-A '()^A\t> f 6 245
mAtA^ye t)feAC-Ain, 1 ngAt con^ife a -ocige^t) ^n TTIx^-OfATTlAol
Akguf Sif t)Att)tiAit) 1 n-A t)iAit). Agtif lAf nx)ul ^f *^ n-^rh^fc
x3>5Uf CAf ^ fA'DA^fC Ux^t^, "OO lOtTlpUlg An ITlA'Dfxi IDx^Ol AkgUf
Sif t)-Alt!)U-Ai*6 T)' lonnf uix)e A^n 11105, A^uy A'ouX)A^\yx: An VDA'oyA
VTiAOl — 250
" Uiocf^m turn nA zuICa-^a motA nA mAki'one 1 mX)A\[A6,
Aguf X)o jeoliAktn lof 5 Ki'oife ^n "Lotf Ainn A^nn, A^uy Le^nf A^m
50 mAit An lofg, A-^uy cuA\\.X)66Arr\ An 'oorhAkn "06, n6 50
t)fA^5x^m e ^gtif 50 n-oiojAlfAm a\\ Gpiot a:\\."
I^f fin "DO fille^-DAkf 1 gcionn An fiog A^guf a "OiieA^mA, 265
^gtif "DO fCAOil fiAX) -GO 'n fiS ^5tif -OO 'n teA^lAC, -^^SMf t)A
bui-oe^C An |\i xN^uf ia-d uile -oe -o' -a Cionn fin, 6if "OO t)Ain-
eAi'DAkjA X)uil "oo CAt)Aif a6€ munA mXyeAtt a toifc tuCA. Aguf
•o'fx^n*^'Ox^f Cf 1 t-Aite Agwf ceo|\-A oitxie 'f^^ t)fOf Aioif 1 X)fotA}\\
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 17
and of his blood. And if thou seest the Knight of the Lantern
coming to that people who is bound, let loose the end of the
chain and I shall follow him with sharp swiftness."
After that they w^ent to the Dangerous Forest, where were
the king and his people bound, and Sir Galahad portions the cup
to the king ; and scarcely could he take a drink out of it when
they saw the Knight of the Lantern approaching them, with his
sword bared in his right hand ready to behead the king and
his people ; and a glistening, full-lighted lantern in his left
hand.
When the Crop-eared Dog saw his foe and his enemy
coming close by, he gave a plucking and a strong pulling to
the chain out of the hand of Sir Galahad, and lets eager, vehe-
ment shouts and the very swift, strong waves of spring-tide,
as the blast of wind or of a bellows would blow him on the
slope from the ridge of a field or top of a hill towards and
against the Knight of the Lantern. When the Knight
of the Lantern saw the Crop-eared Dog, he returns back by
the same road, and pours a dark, druidic mist behind
him on the plain of Britain, in every way that the Crop-eared
Dog and Sir Galahad should come after him. And when he
went out of their sight and beyond their vision the Crop-eared
Dog and Sir Galahad turned towards the king, and the Crop-
eared Dog said : —
" We will go to the hill early in the morning, and find the
track of the Knight of the Lantern there, and will follow the
track well, and search the world for him, till we find him
and avenge our anger upon him."
After that they returned to the king and his people, and
loosened the king and the household, and the king and all
of them were thankful on that account, for they had given
up hope of help were it not for his journey to them. And
they stayed three days and three nights in the forest with
l8 CAtznA An lilA'DtlA ttlAOIl
<An H105 ^5tif A nniinncif\e. ppoinnix) iAf\.Mr\ lonn-Af 50 260
|\A\5xX'Dxi|\ fu&xiC foi-tiieAnmn^C 1 t)poCxM|\ a 6eile -An oit)6e fin,
A^uf innifif Si|\ t)Alt)UvM-0 "oo 6A6 -An tnot) x^|\ ^ -oc-Afl^x An
mAX)|\*.\ niAOl p.M|\ .\t\ "ouuf, u\]\ n-Dul "o' Mff-Aix) uifce -oo 'n
eij^ji'D 1 tno6 n.A m^MDne a\\ n-A mbApAC, ^guf ceile*^t)tA.Ap 265
An mA^X)|\A tn^olxxguf Si|\ t)All!)tiAi'D "OO 'n fig Aguf -o'a ■6fex^m
uile .A|\ ceAnx^ ; ^guf 'oo t)i "Ofexxni Ar\ jn'og x\5 coifmeAfc A^n
cufAif fin A\\ Sif t)Alti)u.Mt), .Aguf niof jAt) fin u^tA ; -Aguf t)A
ciiiffe^6 •oobpon^c "Oo bi x^n ceAjlA^C uiLe 1 n-ouMt) Sif t)xxlt)-
tixMt) "OO 'oul leif An V^^A'o\\A \Y\Aol, A^uy X)a tneAnmnAt mof- 270
lucjiifeAC An ITlA'OfA ITIaoI -oe fin.
p^gAiT) lomCortiAifc bexitA A^tif fl^iince -A5 -An fig -Ajuf
-A5 An zeA^lA6 uile, Agtif -oo lex\nfxX'o An lofg 6 n-ionAT) fin
50 hoifexif x.\n Cu^Mn , ^gtif "oo 6uif An f 1 giollA gf Aki!),A(!: "o'-a
rhmnncif T)' folUMnnugAX) luinge CA.\f -a gee-Ann, .AgtJf "00 Cuif 275
Cfi cionn(iAife linnge innce, exx"06n bMt) 1 n-ion^T) x\ 6xMtrhe,
A^uy Of 1 n-ionxXT) a pf onncA, -Agtif Afm 1 n-ionxXT) a "bibexXftA ;
xxguf fo 6l^A^t) innce iAfx.\rh, ^gtif fo tog^ib Sif tDxilbu-Ait) nA
bfei"De fUAitnijte f1ublx^cx^ folxxf-rti 6fx\ ffxiCnuijte, -Aguf
•DO leig x\n 5A0C nA fitje glOf aCx.\ 5fOT)-Ciince.A6A 1 sciunifxMb 280
An Cfeoil, A^uy DO finne lomfxMti uf-xM^obeil bfiogm-Af nex\fc-
m<x-\\ neiiti-rheifbte. guf eifij An long "oo pt^X) 6 Cux\n A^guf 6
'n sc^vlA-opofC AiTiAC ZA\\ "Of l11rn-(ilx^t)xMb nA mCf-rriAkf-A
■oilexMincA; lonn-Af gtif eifig -An f-Aiffge 'n-A lieoC-Aif goifm-
leic A^uy 'n-A cL-Af s-Af b glAf jf-Aine-ArhAil -Agiif 'n--A bfti-A- 285
C-Aib TjioCoifcte 'DiCeillit)e, A^uy 'n-A culCAnn-Aib cinne-Af-
nACA cfe-An-glof-AC-A 5fO'o-6-Aince-ACA, lonn-Af 50 gcluinf Aixbe
fO nA CfioCxMb f-A coirhnexif-A -ooib fog-Af n-A mA^A m6f-
Ai-6beile, Aguf iifg-Aife -An eigne, A^uy g^fb-CongAif n,A
libleix)-iriiol inOifix)e. 290
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 19
the king and his people. Then they break their fast so
that they were happy and in good spirits with one another
that night, and Sir Galahad tells all of them how the Crop-
eared Dog met him at first, after he had gone to seek
water for the king.
They arise early in the morning on the morrow, and
the Crop-eared Dog and Sir Galahad take leave of the
king and of his whole host in general ; and the host of the
king was dissuading Sir Galahad from that journey, and he
did not accept that from them ; and sad and sorrowful was
the whole household after Sir Galahad's going with the
Crop-eared Dog, and high-spirited and very joyful was the
Crop-eared Dog thereat.
They leave a farewell of life and health with the king
and the whole household, and followed the track from that
place to the coast of the harbour ; and the king sent a beloved
servant of his people to prepare a ship for them, and he put
three requisites of a ship in it — namely, food for eating,
and gold for bestowing, and arms for expelling ; and they went
into it after that, and Sir Galahad raised the variegated,
going, great-brilliant, extended sails, and the wind let the
noisy, swift-abusive blasts in the borders of the sail, and
they made a powerful, vigorous, strong, unremitting rowing,
till the ship rose with the blasts from harbour and the
haven out over the ridge-fences of the flood-like ocean ; so
that the sea rose in its blue-grey border and its rough,
green, hideous surface and in its unhindered mad brinks^
and in its powerful, strong-noisy, swift-abusive waves, so that
the noise of the immense sea, and the tumult of the
violence, and the rough clamour of the sea-monsters would
be heard through the territories nearest to them.
2o gaCcha An rhA'ouA niAoH
II
Do ti)i'6eAT)<\t\ AMriUM"6 fin 50 ceAnn CU15 IS *\5Uf CU15
oit)Ce ; <^5t1^ 1 ^cionn nA \\e A^511^ t^x^ tixMmfi|Ae fin fo eipi^
Sif t)x^lt)tlA1t) 1 5Cf Ann6i5 a luinge Aguf feAciAf nA ceitfe
liAifoe imill-leAtnA 'n-A cim6eAlt, ^E^V "oo 6onnAfc
fOfCA"6 fio|\-AlAinn oileAin A^uf CAOb CAicneAitiAC cife ; Ajuf 5
"oo innif fe fin i)0 'n ttlADfA TtlAol.
" Seol-f ^\ An long X)' ionnfut"6e An oileAin fin," Af An
mA*of A rriAoi.
T)o finne Sif l^AlbuAiT!) AtrilAn:) fin, n6 50 "octis leAtAt) a
CAoiGe "DO 'n C|\Ai5 51I SAinrhig T)o 'n Itiing, lonnAf r\A6 10
bpeA'OfA'o CfiAC no CfeAn-mileAt) a CAffAing, no muif a
mu6At),n6 AnfAt) [a] hinjfeim ; Aguf lAf foccAin 6iitn nA cijAe
■661b, "oo 5AbA*DAf A5 fitit)At An OileAin, Aguf fA tiAlAinn e fe
tiAitiAfc ; 6if "OO t)' lonroA CfAnn Aoibinn pneAirinA, Aguf
ffocA fUAf-glAnA fiofuifce, Aguf coftA Aibitbe ion6Aitme 15
Ann ; Aguf CAflA "ounAt) f ios'OA |\6-rhAifeA6, Aguf pAlAf
^lAinn longAncAt, Aguf lOfCA flAtA fofCAilce CAf a gceAnn ;
Aguf 051*0 Ann lAfAtti, Aguf fUAfA*OAf ceince Agtif ceAn-
•oaIa Ann, Aguf buifo aIIzaCa ofOA a|a n-A t!)folA6 'o'ei'oeAt)-
Aib liojA lAn-triAifeACA Aguf 'oo fCAfCi'oeACAil) fciAnrbA 20
fCAit glAine. Aguf ni t)fUAf AT)Af neA6 beo no niAft) Ann,
a6c Aon feAnoif T)6 bi lAf T)Cfei5in a lut Aguf a IaitiaCca,
Aguf -DO t)i 'n-A fi-oife 5Aif ce foirtie fin. -O^guf beAnnuig-
eAf Sif l)Alt)UAi"o t)6, Aguf fACCAf fCCAlA "oe, CAf 1)1 fein,
n6 CAf t)' Ainm An oileAin fin i 'ocAflA'OAf , no '' cia An T)un 25
fo 1 n-A 'ocAflA finn, no cia fCiiifAf flAiceAf nA cfi6e-fe
fein ? "
"PfCAgfAf An feAnoif "66 Aguf if e fO fAi"6 —
" If cof rhAil 5Uf At) 1 n-uAiiri CAltriAn, n6 1 gcuAf Ait)
CfAnn, n6 1 fceAlpAit) CAff A15 -oo tioileAt) cufA, An CAn 30
nAC t)fuil fceAlA An oilCAin-fe a^ac."
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 21
H
They were thus to the end of five days and five nights ;
and at the end of that time and season Sir Galahad went up
the mast of his ship, and he views the four wide-bordered
quarters all around. And he saw the very beautiful shadow of
an island and a pleasant side of land ; and he told that to the
Crop-eared Dog.
" Steer the ship to that island," said the Crop-eared Dog.
Sir Galahad did so, till he gave the breadth of the side of
the ship to the white, sandy shore, so that no chieftain or
mighty warrior could draw her out, or sea drown her, or storm
seize her ; and after they reached the land, they commenced
to walk the island, and it was beautiful to see ; for there were
many pleasant trees of the vine, and cold-clear streams
of pure water, and ripe, edible fruits ; and a royal, very
lovely dwelling, and a beautiful; wonderful palace, and a
princely habitation, opened, rose up before them ; and they
come there afterwards, and found fires and brands, and
excellent (?) golden tables covered with precious, full-beautiful
raiment and with lovely tablecloths of pure flax. And they
found not a person there alive or dead, but one old man, who had
left his swiftness and his dexterity, and he had been a knight
of valour before that ; and Sir Galahad greets him, and demands
news of him, who he was himself, or what was the name of
the island to which they had come, or "what is this fort
into which we have come, or who directs the princedom of
this land itself? "
The old man answers him, and thus he said ; —
" It seems as though in a cave of the earth or in hollows
of trees or in clefts of rocks thou wast reared, seeing that
thou knowest naught of this island."
22 eACdiA At! rhA-onA itiAoH
^A\\ n-A CLof fin -do S^\y XyAlXyuAyX), x)o g^t) pe^ps StttyAl-
m6\\ 6. ^Stif c;u5 fi*6e fxinncxj6 fO-lArhA6 -aja ^n CfeAtiCif,
^5Uf 'DO jMnne cimeA6 cfeApxMlce cpuxx-oCuibfAigte "oe, .ASUf
noCcAf A Cl^i-Oe^rh T)' x\ "OiCexMinxiT:). Annpn x^'Dut)xMfC -An 35
fe.AriOi|\ n-A biMAup^ fo pof —
" Se.An -Aguf conAt i -o' Ceime-AnnxMt* A^uy i T)' gniorri-
^flt^lt), A $-A1fC1$ -AgUf A fll-Dipe 615 U^fxMl ! AgUf tlA
xn'Ce-Afinuis •ouine ^nbp^nn e-AgCiAu^it) tn^p 'cAim-fe, Aguf
DA fcexilA |\o pixxffitiijif -oiom inneof^X) -otiic iat). An c-oil- 40
e^n fo f o fi-Affuijif T)ioni, if e [-a] Amm, ay) cOile-An 'Oof Cx^ ;
x.\5Uf An t)un fo fMffuijif -oiom, -An 'Oun "OxMngexxn a Ainm ;
-A5«r 5r"^5^<^ ^^ Oilexiin T)o|i6xi if cfiAt xijuf C15ex^fnA -60,
-Ajuf fi-Dif e X)'^ rhumnafi tnife," a\\ fe.
'^nnfin fMfjAui^e-Af Sija t>Alt)u,Ait) yceAlA Ui-oife An t(36- *5
f\Ainn "oe.
" til m6f\ An f eit)m aca AgAC-f a a\\ fin ["o'] fiAffuije/' Af
An feAnoif, " oif if gAifit) f6rhAit) o 'oo f A5 fe fO, Aguf
f AOilim-fe gufAb A5 ceiteAt) f\6rhAit)-fe aca f6."
" poillf 15 Cf e f ifinne ca n"DeACAit) f 6, n6 f ui$eA'0-f a '^^
fo jtnn 5Ae Aguf clAi-6irh tu," Af Sif t)Alt)UAit).
•*T1i mof An fei-Otn aca a^ac fin [t)'] innpn 'ouic," A|\ -An
:feAn6if , " 6if ni bftnl "o' feAf Ait) An 'oorhAin -ouine if Uon-
ttiAife curhACcA 'n-A e ,; Agiif An llAirh "OofCA if Ainm 'oo *n -aic
1 nTDeA^AitJ fe, Agtif aca uo|\ 1 Leit-imeAU nA Cfi6e-fe •OAfAb ^6
Ainin Uof nA nVlArhA "Oo^aCa ; Aguf ac-a uAitii "bAingeAn •00-
eolAif 1 scorhfoguf "oo 'n cof fin, Aguf An CAn "oo ti^ 'Ri'oife
An ICtfAinn "Oo 'n Cf 106 fin if Ann "oo Cottinuit)eAf ; Aguf aca
tfA tbof Af uif fte, eA-bon -odf Af Ag ceACc Cum nA Cf iCe fin,
Aguf -oofAf eile -00 tAOib nA niAf a, Aguf aca lon^ uptArh Ag fiO
(iionn imteACCA •oo6um nA iriAfA, -oo leit -oofAif nA tiuAriiA.
Aguf An CAn "oo 61 fe Aon -ouine Cuige o cif , ceit) 'f An luing
1 n-im-biTDeAn nA mAf a, Ajuf ni "OeAnAnn fe corTinui"6e n6 50
'ocei-0 fe 50 nOile-dn nA mt)An gCioC-loifcte. Aguf if 6
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 23
When Sir Galahad heard that, great wrath seized him,
and he swooped eagerly and dexterously towards the old
man, and made a fettered, tightly-bound prisoner of him,
and he bares his sword to behead him. Then the old man
said these words : —
" Luck and prosperity in thy steps and thy deeds, O hero
and young noble knight ! Do not behead a weak, soft man
such as I am, and the news thou hast asked of me I will tell
thee. This island of which thou hast asked of me, its name is
the Dark Island : and the fort of which thou hast asked of me,
the Strong Fort is its name ; and the Champion of the Dark
Island is the prince and lord of it, and I am a knight of his
people," said he.
Then Sir Galahad asked him for news of the Knight of the
Lantern.
" Thou hast no great need to ask that," said the old man,
** for it is a short while before ye he left this, and I think it is
fleeing before ye he is."
" Shew in truth where he went, or I will leave thee
wounded by dart and sword," said Sir Galahad.
" Thou hast no great need to be told that," said the old
man, " for of the men of the world there is not one fuller of
power than he ; and the Dark Cave is the name of the place
into which he is gone, and there is a tower in one side of this
land whose name is the Tower of the Dark Cave ; and there is
a strong cave, hard to know, near that tower, and when the
Knight of the Lantern comes to that land it is there he stays ;
and it has two doors, one door leading to that land, and
another door beside the sea, and there is a ship ready for
voyaging to the sea, beside the door of the cave. And when
he sees anyone approaching him from land, he comes in the
ship in the protection of the sea, and makes no stay till he
comes to the Island of Amazon Women. And that island is
24 eACuRA All nu\"unA tilAOll
An c-oile^n fin oile^^n if mo Ait)riiille-At) T)|^AOlt)ex^(icA ^S^f ^^
'oiAt)l-Ait)e-A(iCA\ '^'AiA T)orhAn ; oip if *\nn aza A.t)lA6 in^e^n
pe^fgtif A Ipmn, fiog rtA Scitu\ ; A.\5Uf if i fin be^n if m6
xM"6rhilleA'6 'Of^oi'bexiCcA 'f*^^ T)orh-An mof uile, xxguf if hAn-
6a\\a '0]\Ao^^6eACzA "oo Ri-oife An to6f .vinn i. Aguf ni feA*o-
f A'D^^oif fif xxn X)eAtA "oiojtD^il X)o -oeAnArh "oo, An ^eAt> "oo 70
riiAiffeA^f nA feoit) ac^ aj At)lA<i X)'a jcoirheAT) t)o ; eAt)6n
cupA fioj nA nioff iu\it)e, tug "Oeilft-jfeine, e<.\"66n inge^n An
fioj, mAf feoT) fuifje "60, An CAn 130 bi fe a|\ cviilleA'6 Aguf
A]\ CUAf Af CAl A5 A llACAIf (AgUf If 1A"0 A t)UA*6A ; An ZAn X)0
t)iof Aije no A5 'otiine eile coirheA-OAf •66 e, ni f ACAit) 75
Cf AocAt) A|\ A neAf c) ; Aguf fiteAl fiog Pf Ainnce, ctig fe leif
lAf triAftJAt) An fioj fein (Aguf if iat) a t!)UAX)A ; gAC neA6
folCAf e fein Aifce 5A6 bliA'6Ain, ni luijeAnn Aoif Af\fAi"6-
eACCA no tif cf A f Aif) ; Agiif f Ainne fiog nA tihToiA, eA'OCn a
AUAf pein, Agiif ACA I1A5 lAnrhAifeA6 lojriiAf 1 -gcionn An 80
f Ainne fin (Agtif if iat) a t!)UA"DA ; An c-Aon feACAf Aif, "OA
inbA"6 cneAX)AC CfeACCAt e, beix) fleAiriAin flAn-tfCACcAC fA
"oeoit) e). Aguf An CAn f AgbAf a beAlAC An bAile, f AgbAf nA
feoiT) fin *o'a gcoirneAT) Ag bAinfiojAn nA nit)An gCiot-
loifcte. Aguf ni "ooig liotn 50 bfuil Af •6|\uitn CAltriAn fi*oife 85
n6 5Aif ceAt)A6 aca lonCorhf aic ffif, a|\ riieix) a "Of AoiDeAtCA
Aguf Af fBAbAf eAgnA Agiif UAifle, A5;iif te mei*o a nifC
Ajuf A -OoCAif Af fein. Aguf A5 fin -ouic mo fceAlA fein,"
Af An feAnoif, " Af 5A6 nit) Af fiAffingif "Oiom."
ScAoileAf Sif bAlbuAiii) "oo 'n cfeAnoif lAf fin, Aguf fuit) 90
fein Aguf An lTlA"Df a TTIaoI, Aguf "oo CAit fiAT) A leof66itin
bit) "OO biA"OAib fAOfA fotAicrhe, Agtif t)0 "CeoCAib mine mif-
ceAfhlA JAfgA gAbALcA ; Aguf "DO CuAit) f IAT) Af fin Cum ftiAin
Agtif fiofCo'DlACA. Aguf fo eifij fiAT) 1 moC nA mAi"one Af
n-A mbAf aC, Aguf *d' lAff Sif t3AlbtiAit) Af All (Cf eAn6if eolAf 95
•oo 'oeAnAm ■661b X)' lonnf uit)e nA nilAitiA "Oof Ca ; Aguf "00
^lUvMf eA"OAf X)' lonnf tiit)e nA VillAmA T)of Ca Aguf fuAf A-OAf 1.
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 25
the greatest island for the destructiveness of druidry and
devilry in the world ; for there is Abhlach, daughter of Fergus
the White, King of Scythia, and she is the woman greatest in
the destructiveness of druidry in the whole great world, and
she is a druidic female friend to the Knight of the Lantern.
And all the men of the world cannot inflict injury on him so
long as the treasures exist which Abhlach has to guard them
for him — namely, the cup of the King of lorruaidh, which
Deilbhghreine, daughter of the king, gave as a wooing gift
to him, when he was under hire and wages to her father (and
these are its virtues ; when he has it, or anyone else who
keeps it for him, has it, no abatement will come over his
strength) ; and the bowl of the King of France, which he took
with him after killing the king himself (and these are its
virtues ; every one who washes himself out of it every year,
old age or want lies not on him) ; and the ring of the King of
India, that is, of his own father, and there is a lovely, precious
jewel in the head of that ring (and these are its virtues ; one
who looks on it, if he be wounded and sore, will be sound and
healed of his wound at last). And when his road leaves the
steading, he leaves those jewels to keep them with the queen
of the Amazons. And I do not think that there is on the
back of the world a knight or champion fit to fight with him,
for the greatness of his druidry and the excellence of his
wisdom and nobility, and the greatness of his strength and his
self-confidence. And there thou hast my news." said the old
man, " of everything whereof thou hast asked of me."
Sir Galahad loosens the old man after that, and he and
the Crop-eared Dog sat and ate their fill of food of
precious, easily-eaten meats and of smooth, intoxicating,
pungent, fermented drinks ; and they went after that to
sleep and long slumber. And they arose early in the morning
on the m.orrow, and Sir Galahad asked the old man to give
them knowledge how to go to the place of the Dark Cave ;
and they proceeded to the Dark Cave, and found it.
26 eACCRA All rtlA'OnA ttlAOlt
If xAfinfin ^"outDAifC An TD.A'Of A TDaoI le Sifv t)Alt)UxM"6 —
" puijAij; 'f<\n 'oofvxif if ne^\fx^ T)o 'n cif , AStif congxMt) ah
flAt)t\A fo 0|Ain-f-A 1 T)' lAirh, Agiif cf At 50 -oAingeAti 6 ; Aguf j^^
i;^^^!) inife "o' lonnfui'oe tia tuinge Aguf bei'oeA'o 1 t^polAt
innce. Aguf niAfi tlumpeAf Ui"oife An ICCjiAinn puAim An
cf lAbjAA AgAC-f A, f Aoitpi"o f 6 5tif\ mif 6 T)0 ti)eit)eAf Ann ;
A^uf -oo t>eA|\Ait) fe A^Ait) A|\ An luing, Aguf •oeAnpA'o-fA
corhf\AC VfMf. Aguf miinA t:)fA$Am niAfi pn e, if "0615 50 105
iDftn^if Af Aon cof e."
*'1f niAit An 6orhAifle fin," Ap Sif X)AVb\^Am, "-Asuf if
coif A T)eAnArh."
Annfin X)o lei 5 An TTlA'DfA fllAOl Af fnAiri nA fAiffge
Agiif nA tnof-triAfA e, t)' ionnftiit)e nA Imnge ; Aguf c^it) 110
1 t)folAC fo cifcit)it^ innce. CfAtAf Sif t)Alt:)UAi'6 An
flAbfA lAf fin ; Aguf An UAn "Oo 6uaIa Ui-oife ax\ tOC-
fAinn fiiAini An cflAtifA A5 a CfACAt), ctig eifje AtlArh
•o' lonnfui-Oe nA Luinge.
lotticiifA At3LAi5 injine jpeAfgufA finn, X)o foiLlfigexxt) 115
■Di Cfe t)fAOit)eACc UiTDife An toCf Ainn do t)eit 'f An ^i^eAn
fin. 'Oo Cuif bfAC uAitne tnmpe, Aguf tug foil6ini ^|\T)
uAtbAf aC uiffe *o' ionnfuit)e An coif ; Agiif lA-bAf a -da LAirh
f6 Tli-oife An toCfAinn, Aguf Aicfif ceAlg Sif tDAlbuAit)
AgtJf An tilA-Of A ttlAOll t)© ; Agtlf A-DUt)A1fC nAC fAlt) conAif 120
eolAC Ai^e aCc 1 gcionn a t)io'6t)A Aguf a eAfCAfAt), eA'66n
An ttlA-OfA ttlAOll "DO t)1 'f-^TI lUing, AJUf Sif t)Alt)l1Alt) -DO t)i
[1] n-DOf Af V[^\ nuAtriJv ; " Aguf 5;it)e "oioti) fin guf a fACAif, ni
tloCf Alf flAn UAIt)."
0 T)' CuaIa l^iDife An iOCfAinn fin, T)o tiimeAgluiJeAt) 125
111 me 50 tn6f.
" Ha t)io'6 eAjlA n6 UAfhAn of c," Af At)lAC, " Cif "00 tug
mife cuffAt 50 nDeilt) n-^A^fAiiiAil "OfAOi-beACcA liotn a\<
AtriAf nA liuAiriA, Aj;nf fA^Am a\^ Aon Ann gAn fiof T)Oit)-
fior.' 130
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 27
Then said the Crop-eared Dog to Sir Galahad : —
" Wait in the door next to the land, and keep this chain
that is on me in thy hand, and shake it stoutly ; and I shall
go to the ship and be hidden in it. And when the
Knight of the Lantern will be hearing the noise of the chain
thou hast, he will think that it is I who am there ; and he
will make for the ship and I shall fight with him. And if
we do not get him thus, there is a hope that thou shalt
get him in any case."
" Good is that counsel," said Sir Galahad, " and it is right
to follow it."
Then the Crop-eared Dog let himself to the ship, swimming
the sea and the ocean, and goes into hiding under chests in it.
Sir Galahad shakes the chain after that, and when the Knight
of the Lantern heard the noise of the chain shaking, he made
a sudden start towards the ship.
As for Abhlach daughter, of Fergus the White, it was
revealed to her through druidry that the Knight of the
Lantern was in that strait. She put a green mantle around
her, and gave a high, dreadful, light leap to the tower ; and
she joins her two hands round the Knight of the Lantern, and
told him the trick of Sir Galahad and the Crop-eared Dog ;
and she said that there was not a way known to him but
against his foes and his enemies, namely the Crop-eared
Dog who was in the ship, and Sir Galahad who was in the
door of the cave. " And whichever of them thou goest to,
thou wilt not come sound from him."
When the Knight of the Lantern heard that he was
greatly terrified thereat.
" Be not affrighted or alarmed," said Abhlach, "for I have
brought a canoe with various druidic shape with me to the
cave, and we will go together in it without their knowledge."
28 e AC en A An rhAT)UA niAoil
Antifin gluAif Ui'Di|\e -An l6(i|\Ainn ^guf At!)U\6 x)' lonn-
f«ix)e An (iii|\|\-Ai5 le "opAOi-beAtc Ati)l<M^, s-ah motujAt) "oo 'n
itlAT!)]!^ Ttl-AOl. IfS cuAn leif A^^ THa'diaa III-aoI X)0 X)\ UiTJijie
-An t66f\Ainn g^n ce-ACc 611150 ; ^'suy 'oeA]\CA\* f e-A^A "oe, ^5U|*
6onnAfC -An ctitifAvAC pe-AX) -a |\^\t)Ai|AC iu\i"6 'f-An t)p^i|A|A5e, Aguf 185
-Aicnije^xf gujAAt) e Hi'Di|Ae An to^iA^inn "oo t)i Ann.
Aguf p-A 1iimfn'orhA6 "oe fin e, Aguf t-Ainig Cum n.A
tituAiriA m-Afv A |\Ait) Sif\ t)Alt)UAi'6, Aguf T)' innif -oO Tli"oi|\e
An tocfAAinn "o' imteACc uai'O.
" Asuf A Sip t)Alt)UAit)," Ap pe, " nA biot) cuipfe of\c-f a UO
cpiT) fUT) : 6i|A -oo t^eipim-fe mo t)|\iACA|A pop, 50 fippit) m6
An "oomAn m<3p utte no 50 tjpuigeAm e, Agup 50 n-oio^Al-
pAm Ap mAflA pAip."
Ill
Aguf A"oiit)Aipc 1\iT)i|\e An l,66pAinn le AblA6 gAn comnuit)e
•00 -oeAnArh no 50 mbei-oif 1 nOileAn nA mt)An ^CioC-
loifcte.
Annpn "oo 6uip An tTlA'opA tTlAol Agup Sip ^AlbuAit) An
long A\\ triiiip A^up Ap mop-pAippge Ap lopg Hi-oipe An 5
loCpAinn Ajup At)lAi$ ; Agup ni fjeApriA'OAp comnuit)e 50
|\,An5AT)Ap Oile.An ua mt)An gCioC-loipcce. Agup "oo poiU-
pijeAt) pin cpe t)pAoit)eA6c T)' At)lA6 ; Agup x)' p-Ag [pi] pein
Agup tliDipe An l.66pAinn An cOile-An cpe •6pA0it)eA<ic. Agup
■60 CUAlt) Sip t)Alt)UA1-0 AgUp An mA"OpA TTIaoI Ag piUt)Al An ^^
oileAin, no 50 "oc-ApLA An bAncjAACc optA ; A^up mAp 'oo
ConnApc nA mnA Agup piA"0 pein a gceile, "oo peApAt) cotti-
pAC z\\eAn cinneApnA6 "oiAn 'OapaCca6 niA-6cA nAirrToeArhAiL
meAp miCeilliT:)e eACoptA. A^up ■oob i cpioC An CompAic, gup
(iuip An TTlA'opA TTlAOl a'^u]' Sip bAlbuAix) An corhpAC Ap 15
nA mnAib pA t>eo\t), A^i-i^" ^up tuiceADAp leo uile aCc An
tJAinpiojAn AtriAin. Aj;up -oo (iompAicigpi pein Agup An TTlA'opA
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 29
Then the Knight of the Lantern and Abhlach went to the
canoe, by the druidry of Abhlach, without the Crop-eared
Dog perceiving it. The Crop-eared Dog thought the Knight
of the Lantern was a long time without coming to him ; and
he looks beyond him, and saw the canoe the length of his
sight from him on the sea, and perceives it to be the Knight
of the Lantern that was in it.
And he was distressed thereat, and came to the cave where
was Sir Galahad, and told him the Knight of the Lantern was
gone from him.
" And O Sir Galahad," said he, " be not troubled thereby,
for I give my true word that I will search the whole great
world, till we find him and avenge our despite upon him."
HI
And the Knight of the Lantern said to Abhlach not to
delay till they should be in the island of the Amazons.
Then the Crop-eared Dog and Sir Galahad put the
ship on the sea and on the ocean in the track of the
Knight of the Lantern and of Abhlach ; and they made no
delay till they reached the Island of the Amazons. And that
was revealed by druidry to Abhlach ; and she herself and the
Knight of the Lantern left the island by 'druidry. And Sir
Galahad and the Crop-eared Dog went walking the island till
the women met them ; and when the women and they them-
selves saw one another, a strong, violent, long, raging, valiant,
hostile, active, mad combat was fought between them. And
the end of the combat was that the Crop-eared Dog and Sir
Galahad won the fight on the women at last, and that they all
fell before them save only the queen. And she herself and
30 eAcuu^ An nux'oiiA rhAoit
1 t)|:oi|\6ionn *^n Cotri|\»MC. Annfin glu^ife-A'O^p Cum -An
•6tin,Ai-o. ^suf "DO f:u*.\|\AT)A|A feoiT) l^i'Difie -ati tdCp-Ainn, (e^TOCn 20
cup^ |\i05 nx\ ri1of|\tiAi'6e ^guf pte,<\l ^105 riA Pf*Mnnce .Aguf
|?^inne iM'05 tiA tiltroux) x^5Uf ttl5x^'Dx^|\ leo mt) uile, mAille f\6
f\05^\ feoT) An -ounAMX) ; .Aguf X)' fr^sA-Ox^fi ^n -oun 'n-A "^oigif
■6onnt\ux^•o "DeAiAjlAfi^AC, -Agiif AT)ut!)xMf\c x^n Tn-At)p>A TDaoI guf
f CA|\ mojuxn "o' *.\ t)|UA0i'6eACc f\e UiTyit^e x^n loCfi^nn, 6 T)o f ca|\ 26
nA feoiT) fin fif.
IV
1x^|A fin lonnf 111*61*0 -An lon^ ; ^gtif -oo bi'Oe-A'OAf Cf i t^
xNguf ceof A lioi'66e f ^if f,Aile xNguf xif rhuif . Aguf 1 gcionn
nA fe A^iif nA.\ ti-Aimfife fin, "oo ei|\i§ Sif t)Alt)UAit) 1 ^Cf ^nn-
615 A luinge, xigiif x)ex^fC-Af n^ ceit|\e li^i|\'oe 'n-^ c1mCex^ll.
-Aguf "DO connAfC zaoX) c-AitneArh<\6 cif\e ^guf fOfc^t) fiof- 5
-AlAinn oile^in uAijA, xxguf fo innif fin do 'n ltl-AT)f\4 itl-Aol.
"Seol-fA An long "o' ionnfui"6e -An oite-din fin," a\k -An
tTlA-OfA tri-AoU
*Oo ftnne Sif t)Alt)u-Ait) AitiL-Ait), 50 •ocii5<A'd-A|\ leAtAX) a
CAOibe "GO 'n Cf-Ai5 51I gAinrhig 'oo 'n luing. 1f -Annpn t^o 10
flAff UI5 Sif t3-Alt3UAlt) -DO 'n itlA'Of A th-AOl, " Cl-A -An CflOC
fin f
" Cfio6 nA beiginf e -An CfioC-f-A," -Af An ITlA'Df a ID-aoI,
"-Aguf Ki nx.\ Deiginfe if CfiAt Aguf if cige-Afn-A fuifiti, -Agtif
If clK\rh-Ain "OO KiDife au l.6Cf-Ainn e, -Agiif if "oOij tiom-f-A 15
guf-Ab An-fo6Aif AZA fe -Anoif. Aguf imtij-p t^orh-Am-f-A
cum -An T)un-Ait) ; -Aguf innif guf-Ab f eAf\ "OAnA t-Ainig le x>An C6,
-Aguf beif -An f eAX)-An glAn'-Aifsit) f o Ag-Am-f-A leAC (if cuifle
61U1I "Com f6in) ; Aguf "O-a bf eiCfe.A-fA Ki-oife An lOCfAinn
If ceAt, f einn An f CAD-An Aguf f f eAjAf f AX)-f a 50 •oeAg-tApAit) ^0
tii. Aguf fuifeoCAD-fA Amuij, Aguf bfAC "OfAoi-OeACcA 1
m" timCeAll, 1 gcfut nAC bfeicfCAt) Aon neA6 me."
1
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 31
the Crop-eared Dog fought together, and the queen falls before
the Crop-eared Dog at the end of the combat. Then they
went to the fort and found the treasures of the Knight of the
Lantern (namely, the cup of the King of lorruaidh and the
bowl of the King of France and the ring of the King of India),
and they brought them all with them, together with a choice
of the treasures of the fort ; and they left the fort in red-brown,
ruddy-blazing flames, and the Crop-eared Dog said that much
of his druidry was taken from the Knight of the Lantern since
those treasures were taken from him.
IV
After that they come to the ship ; and they were three
days and three nights on the brine and the sea. And at the
end of that season and time, Sir Galahad climbed up the mast
of his ship, and he views the four quarters around him. And
he saw a pleasant land-side and the very beautiful shadow of
an island away from them ; and he toldXhat to the Crop-
eared Dog.
" Steer the ship to that island," said the Crop-eared Dog.
Sir Galahad did so, so that they gave the breadth of the
ship's side to the white sandy shore. Then Sir Galahad
asked of the Crop-eared Dog, " What is that land ? "
" This is the land of Little-isle " said the Crop-eared Dog,
" and the King of Little-isle is lord and ruler over it, and
the Knight of the Lantern is his son-in-law, and I am sure
that he is very near now. And go thou before me to the
dwelling ; and tell that thou art a poet who hast come with a
poem, and take this whistle of fine silver which I have, with
thee (it is my own pipe of music); and if thou shouldst
see the Knight of the Lantern inside, blow the whistle and I
will answer thee full speedily. And I will wait outside with a
druidic robe about me, so that not a person shall see me."
32 GvXCcKA An niA'oriA riiAoil
''If triAic An comAi|Ale fin," a\\ S^^ t)Alt)UAi"6.
AXguf DO jUuMf foirhe guf An *ounx\"6 x^5Uf b^Mne^f t)6im
l)Af CfUAinn 'f-^'"" "oojAxXf. "Oo mnif j;u|i fe^f T)AnA e Cxiinig le 25
X)An Cutn An f 105, Agtif •00 leigeAt) if ce^C e ; A^uy "oo puA\\\
tliDife An toCf Ainn ifceA6 foitrie, ^guf 1 n-Ainifi|A a DAnA "oo
jAtDAil feinn fe An feADAn. DeAfCAf UiDife An "LdCfAinn
fAif, AgLif AicmgeAf 5Uf At) e peADAn An ttlA-of a ttlAoil "oo X)'\
Ann. Aguf eifgeAf 1 n-A feAfAtti x)' fAjAil nA ti)f uit)ne. Aguf so
ni mOf 50 ]\Aini5 leif a f ajaiI An CAn "oo tAinig An tTlA'Of a
IDaoI ifceA6, ^guf buAileAf fA 'n ceAglAC Aguf 5Ati)Af A5 a
n-oijAleAC Agtif A5 a n-Ac6umAt) lonnAf nA6Af fAg feAfi jie
Ceile 'oiot) no 50 *0CAflA An fi p^in fif A^uf •00 Corh|AAici§
f e fein -A^tif An fi fe ceile ; x^5tlf bA lie CfioC An (iotrilAinn, 36
An fi *oo tuicim fif An tTlA'OfA tTlAOl.
lAf tnAft)At) An fio5 Aguf A rhuinncife AtrilAit) fin, *oo
lAbAlf An TTlA-DfA ttlAOl fe Sif "bAlbUAlt) AgUf if e ADUbAlfC :
"1f 1 cottiAifle If in-oeAncA tbuinn Anoif, fAnArfiAin Annfo 50
ceAnn nAOi T)Cf At, Aguf f Aoilpit) Ui-oif e An t66f Ainn guf 40
gluAifeAmAf Af, 6 nA6 t)fuil feAf innifce fceil beo T)'a
•^feAm ; Aguf f ilLfit) fe cum An 'ouin-fe Afif, x)' fAjAiL
fceAlA An fioj ^^5Uf a rhuinncife : Aguf X)o jeAbAm le n-A
itiAfbAt) mAf fin e."
"1f iriAic An cottiAifle fin le •o^AnAtti," aii\ Sif "bAlbuAn!), 45
" Aj^uf if coif A 'oeAnArh."
puifigiT) lAf fin 50 ceAnn nAOi "ocfAt, Aguf 'fAn cf-dt
'oeit)eAnA6 tAinig "RiDife An toCfAinn do 'n oileAn, Aguf
f CACAf Cfe fuinneojAift An "ouin. -Aguf do 6onnAfC ha coln^
uifeAfbACA Aguf nA cofpA CfOiDeAfgA Af uflAf nA bfuit)ne, 50
Aguf Sif t)Alt)UAiD <^5Uf An TTlADfA IDaoI 1 n-A t)fiAt)nAife.
t)iot)5Af TliDife An tCCfAinn 50 riA-bbAl-rhOf, Aguf leigeAf
1 neAllAib nirhe Aguf 1 bpficib nA fiofmAimeince e, lonnAf
nACAf fiof Doit) CA tiAifD DO Ceitfe tiAifDit) An DorhAin
1 n-Af gAt) fe UAtA. 55
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 33
"Good is that counsel," said Sir Galahad.
And he went straight forward to the dwelling and strikes a
blow of the knocker on the door. He said that he was a poet
come with a poem to the king, and was let inside ; and he
found the Knight of the Lantern inside before him, and in
the time of producing his poem he blew the whistle. The
Knight of the Lantern looks at it, and recognises that it is
the whistle of the Croo-eared Dog that was there. And he
rises up to leave the palace. And scarcely did he manage to
leave it when the Crop-eared Dog came inside, and smites
the household, and takes to destroying and confounding them
so that he did not leave a man with his fellow, till the king
himself came on him, and he and the king fought one with
the other ; and this was the end of the combat, that the king
fell before the Crop-eared Dog.
After killing the king and his people in that fashion, the
Crop-eared Dog spoke to Sir Galahad, and thus he said :
" This is the advice we must , follow now, to stay here to the
ertd of nine days, and the Knight of the Lantern will think
that we have gone away, since there is not a man to tell a tale
alive of his people. And he will return to the fort again, to
get news of the king and of his people ; and we shall get him
to kill him in that manner."
" Good is that advice to be followed," said Sir Galahad,
" and it is right to do it."
They wait after that to the end of nine days, and on the
last day came the Knight of the Lantern to the island, and
looks through the windows of the fort. And he saw the
mutilated corpses, and the blood-red bodies, on the floor of
the palace, and Sir Galahad and the Crop-eared Dog with
them. The Knight of the Lantern gives a great start, and
lets himself into the clouds of heaven and the expanse of the
firmament, so that they did not know which quarter of
the four quarters of the world he took in going from them.
C
34 GACUIIA An ttlA-ORA rtlAOlt
Uo eijMj An Vf\AX)]\A XY\aoI ^gtif Si|a t)Alt)iuM-6 u\f fin Aj^uif
tAiis fix^t) fojx^ f eoT) An -DUtiAit) teo ; x^5l1f |\o pAS5xMt)pe<\'o ^n
•oun 'n-A t>o^p\\ •^onnfiuAi'o •oe^AjAglAfpAig, ^suf x)' lonnf tng-
e<^•OA|\x^n tong.
V
Aguf ni rixMtjAifcex^p x.\ n-eAcc:|\xN n6 a n-imte^cc-A 50 ^Ar\-
5x^T)x^|l 50 1ioi|\ceA|A nA liGi^ipce. 1f ^nrifin -po p^ppuij Si-p
t)*^lbl1x^1'6 T)o 'ti 1ilx^t)11x^ ttlxAot, " C1x^ ti-i xmi C|\ioc fin ? ''
" Ct\io6 r\A tiGigipce ^n 6|;ioc fin," x^ji x.\n TH^'Oiun ID^ol,
" Agiif t^i TiA liGigipce If Cfu\c Aguf if cije^-jinA fuifti, x^5t1f 5
If cliAitiAin "DO Ui'oife ^n toCfxMnn e ; A-^uy if compxNn^t
c6riT5AMfceAt)xic •ooUi'oife An toCf^mn mAc fiog n^x tiCisipce
(e^'Con 5t^ux\5x\6 nA lilnneifi'o) : -Agiif if 1 in5ex.\n f 105 UifC nA
mt)eo 'DOfinne^ n-oile-dtti^in Agtif a n-A\]\'o-leA\'U^AX) a\\ Aon,
A-^uy If e rr\AC Uiog nA ^feige fo ^Icf ^m iat).'' 10
t)A hiongnxit) mof le Sij^ t)Alt)iu\i-o n^ f cexil^ fin 'o'f.v\5xMl
A^ An ITJAX-ofA tTU\ol ; x^5Uf if e \\o fx\i"6 —
" A CornpAn^ig ■<^5tlf a.\ cui-oe^Cc^ nA pAifce," Af fe,
" v\c^\ini fein CMn-ctiiff e^c 6 t^\1fce*^l nu\|\ ^ •<^5^T tnoif-tife.
*Oo b' A^l tiotn x\cCiiin5e 'o'f-^j'Ail iiaic, a]\ 5tu\*0 lieinij ^Stif 15
-DO gxMfce, o tA|\U\ Cfeimf e ]:ax}a it)' f.v\ff ^t) ^guf 1 t)' C111T)-
ex.\ccA me.''
" C^ liAtcumse fin ? " a|\ ^n ^lx^'0|\<^ ITIxxol.
'' *Oo b' *\il tiom fC^^l-A Tj'fxAJAil tJ-Aic-fi, ci<\ cu fein, n6
» 20
CfeAt) "DO Cuif f*^n |mo6c fin tu, -Agtif uflAl)|u\ "OAonnxN
A^AZ ?
" Hi triAit Liom-f A nA liAttuin jit)e fin -o' lAff Ait) ofm," Af
An TnA*ot\A TTIaoI. " 5it)eAt) inneof at) "ouic-fe e. HIac "Do
^15 nA tiln'OiA mife, Agiif ALAfCf^vnn lonjAncAC m' Ainm ;
Agiif injeAH fioj nA jCaoIaC mo tiiAtAif , Aguf tliArh llttAt)- 25
CfotAC A tiAinm. Aguf "DO fug fi ceAtfAf mAc mAit eile
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 35
The Crop-eared Dog and Sir Galahad arose after that, and
they took their choice of the treasures of the fort with them ;
and they left the fort in red-brown, ruddy-blazing flames, and
went to the ship.
V
And their adventures or their journeys are not related till
they reached the coast of Egypt. Then Sir Galahad asked
the Crop-eared Dog, " What is that land ? "
" That is the land of Egypt," said the Crop-eared Dog,
"and the King of Egypt is lord and ruler over it, and the
Knight of the Lantern is his son-in-law ; and a companion
brother in arms to the Knight of the Lantern is the son of the
King of Egypt (namely, the Champion of Inneireadh) and it
is the daughter of the King of the Land of the Living who
nourished and brought them up together, and it is the son of
the King of Greece who was their foster-father."
Sir Galahad thought it a great wonder to receive that news
from the Crop-eared Dog, and thus he said : —
" Companion and sharer of friendship," said he, " I myself
am worn and weary from journeying by sea and continent. I
would like to get a request from thee, for the love of generosity
and thy valour, since I have been a long while in thy company
and fellowship."
" What is that request ? " said the Crop-eared Dog.
" I wish to get news of thee who thou art, or what put thee
in that form, with human speech ? "
" I like not those requests to be asked of me," said the Crop-
eared Dog. " However, I shall tell it thee. I am son of the
King of India, and Alastrann the Wonderful is my name; and
the daughter of the King of the Caolachs is my mother, and
Niamh the Fresh-formed is her name. And she bore four good
36 eACUUA At! rilA'OllA ttlAOIt
Agtip mife T)o tn' xxtAij^; ^Aguf T)0 Cmn ^n ClAtin fin c^p
Clxitin^it) fiioj -cA^uf fOi-ti^e.AfriA -An T)orhAin rhCif inle a\\
rheiT) uji-Aifoe,^ ^f^ nixMfe, a\\ inne^ll, ^Agiif x\|a e^A^cofC. *Oo
tex\fctii5 A\y mAtA\\\, (e^-bon tli^m 11uAt)-(::f\otv\c) Aguf "do tug ;m
x^n f\i t)e.<^n eile ti'a ti6if , (ex^^)^n tibexAjAn l^nfoUAf ingex^n fiot;
^t^eige) ; -Agtif "oo fuj fi m^c *(!)d (e-A-oon Tli*oife An toCfxMnn.
^5"r If -^^t^ ■^ ^o|\5 xiCAmxioi'o ^noif) ; ^A^tif if ^Ag a ttSlxiA,
5|\ux^5.AC n^ ^xxfgtnnne, do lioileAt) e.
"X.A n-Aon X)'a f-Aife Rroife au lociuMnn A^iif a mAtA\\\ a^ 35
imifc |\e n-A ceile 1 n-oun fiog tiA tilnT)iA, -oo lAbAif ^n
ttiACAif ffif An niAc, Aguf If e A-oubAifc —
"*A mic "611 jfATbAig/ Af fi, *if ii|\iif -ouic A tieit 50
mAit, oi|\ if lonrbA Oif Agtif xMfgiT) a.\5 c' ACAif fein Agtif
A^Am-f A, A^uf ni bfuit •o'oijfi'oit) offAinn ^6c ctif a AtriAin.' 40
" 0\]\ "oo fAoil fi nA6 fAit) T)o Cloinn A5 An fig ACcRiT)ife
An to6f Ainn 1 n-AonAf . lAf n-A Clof fin T)' 6^\,a6 "Oo tfiuinn-
cif An fiog, A*outi)AifC50 fAib oigfiTJe niAite ioriT(!)A A5 An fig
X)' A eA^tYiAif ; Aguf 50 mbAt) peAff gAC Aon aca iriAii oi$|\e
'nA eifeAn. lAf n-A 6I0]* fin "oo 'n mt)Aint\iox^An, -oo feAfgAt'^ 45-
50 moniAfCAC i, Agiif CAn5;A*0Af AifgeAnA eAgf AinlA l)<\if "oi,
^guf tti5 ttiAif e Af riiio-triAif e A^uf "oeAlb tiiAic a]\ •6|ioiC-"oeilt) ;
Ajuf f lAffinjeAf "oe ' cia Iiiat) nA lioigfi-Oe fin ? '
" ' AcAiT) ' Af fe ' cui^eAf niAC nuMC aj; An fig ; Aguf T)a
mbAt) Aon fi a\\ An "ooniAin rhof tnle, atza a x)iol "oo Cloinn 50.
lonncA.'
'• UAinig An fi ■DO IxStAif lAf fin, Aguf fiAfftngeAf An bAin-
fiogAn "oe CfCAT) fAt f Alb A (iorti-niAic fin "oo cloinn Aige gAn
fiof "Di fein ; Aguf ATDubAifC nA(i feAff "do beAt') lei a niAC
fein 'nA 5A6 Aon •oiob. A*DubAifC An f i Annfin ' ni a\\ olc 55^
leAC-fA, A bAinfiogAin, nA6 •ocugAf ino ClAnn *oo t)' lAtAif ;
aCc 5Uf CeAnn f ItiAig Aguf f oCf Ait)e gAC Aon "Diob, Aguf nA6
'DcioofA'OAOif x)o m' lAtAif-fi Atz AU uAif bA HiiAn leo fein.'
' Tliis word is not very legible, an<l the reading not cerlain
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 37
sons besides myself to my father, and that family surpassed all
the children of a king and a lord of the whole great world for
stateliness, for beauty, for carriage, and for appearance. Our
mother died (to wit, Niamh the Fresh-formed), and the king
took another wife after her (namely, Libearn Full-light,
daughter of the King of Greece) ; and she bore him a son
(namely, the Knight of the Lantern, and it is on his track we
are now) ; and it is with his foster, the Champion of Gascony,
he was brought up.
" One day when the Knight of the Lantern and his mother
were playing together in the fort of the King of India, the
mother spoke to the son, and thus she said : —
" ' My dear loving son,' said she, ' 'tis easy for thee to be
in good estate, for thy father and I have much gold and silver
and we have no heirs but only thou.'
" For she thought that the king had no children save only
the Knight of the Lantern. After hearing that, a youth of the
people of the king said that the king' had many good heirs
beside him, and that each one of them was a better heir than he.
When the queen heard that she was much enraged, and there
came various symptoms of death over her, and she exchanged
beauty for ugliness, and shapeliness for an evil shape, and asks
him, • Who are those heirs ? '
' ' The king,' said he, ' has five good sons ; and if there
were but one king in the whole great world, there would be
cliildren to satisfy him among them.'
'' The king came there after that, and the queen asks him
why had he such a good family without her knowledge ; and
she said that she would not prefer her own son to any of
them. Then the king said ' It is not in despite of thee, O
queen, that I have not brought my children before thee ;
but because each of them is head of an army and a host,
and because they would never come before myself except
when they desire.'
38 eACUUA ATI ltlAT)tlA lilAOlt
"'^^t)eA■6 if e glioc^f t)0 |\inne pfe, piof ^stif ccaCca *oo
cii|\ A]\ cionn A V\AtA]\A (eA^66l^ jM'og ^feije), 5x\n piof 5x^n ^^
mottjgAt) -oo jAig riA !i1n'Du\ ; lonnAf A1^ uaija T)o cltiinpex^t) ff
nA li1nT)u\ jAi 5r^^5^ "o*^ teAcr T)'a lonnfui'oe, 50 jcuijA^reAt)
jTiof A^x pluAgAib tixi tilTTOM A-^u]" A\\ A 6loinn pein 50 ti^if\it;e,
ionnx.\f 50 V)pui5ex^'6 f 1 finn pein ^|a x^on lAtA^\, te "Of ^oit)eA6c
xxgiif •Dix\t)lAit)eACC -o' imi|\c po|\^inti. XVjuf ir xMiil^it) "oo ^^
t)it)e*imxif An ua^^ fin, ^511]' fex.\n6if\ piofAt pifeoU\6 i.A|\
5C|iofx^t) ofi^Mnn tul -oo l^\t*M|\ nA X)A}n]\\o^nA a\\ eA^lA
'o\\Aoit>eAcrA no '0iAtDlcMt)e^\cc<\ 'o'nnifc of\<Mnn Cjie f?ti^t ^^Uf
cfie rhiofc^if.
'' T)xSlx\ 11105 5t^^i5^ 50 n-^ "Of e^\ni, t^n^^'OAf 50 Cfioc^it^ ''^
n^ liln'OM ; ^guf u\f n-x\ clof fin *do fig nx.\ lilntDUA, *do 6uif
fiof Agtif zeACZA Of^inn fein -cA^iif a]\ fln^ji^it!) n^ tiln'ouA
tnle m^f Aon ffinn, i*oif Z]\^At -Agtif C15eAfnx^, mite-At) -Agtif
5xMfce^A'D-AC ; ^Aguf txAngAm^f fein fo 5;^\ifin A\y n-AtA\xA.
m^ille f e tieiiDigit!) Iioj^a t^n-nuMf e^\CvA ^\5;tJf 50 5CtitAit)eAC^it) "^
A^lle ^li)eAXt)ACA 6]\fnA^zeACA fOf Ainn.
" xN^iif ^A]\ xj'ceACZ 1 tneAAfc nA fliuvit; tjuinn, ni f^iti ntM6,
fif no tnnA\ ^xnn, hA mO tnol^t) of^inn, ^jtif ^a mo tiicjjxAife
fOriuMnn, ion^\ ^\n fioj^n ; x^5tlf A'Diit)AifC nAt fe^\ff "oo V)eA'6
f 1 f e r\~A mAC fe^in, eA'oon 'Ri'oife ^n 1.66f ^inn, 'nA le <;a6 Aon 80
Ag^inn. xXgtif 'DO ctiAit) fi niAf a \\A^t) a hAtA}\\, eAt>6n fi
5fei5e, xigiif A-oubAifc fif 50 \\A^h eA^lA tiiffti 50 mbxMnnfi-
tnif-ne An oijf eAtc T)'a mAC fein (eAt)dn lli'oif e An toCf Ainn),
a6xz mun^ -ocoifinifce^f) 50 luAt finn. ■<^5iif A'out^AifC ^n fi
guf Coif fin "DO "oeAnAMii j^An moill. ^S^T ^^^1^ tnbeit "oo fij; 85
5fei5e nx\oi lx\ice ^gnf nAO] n-oi-oCe 'f <\n 1nT)u\, tug l.Arri fof
initevACc ; A^5l1f fo innif guf eifi^ co^^t) mof ^giif coinblioCr
iT)if e fein -Agtif fig PfxMnnce,x.\5iif gtif riiu\n leif fi nA ti1nT)u\
-oo -oul leif fein T)o Coirimof At) An cogAHj fin, Aj^uf finn
fein -o'fA^Ail 'f-^^"" ^ItTOiA 1 bfAffAt) nA bAinfidjnA ; aitiaiI 90
mAf "DO tCAJAfC fifl 50 CeAlgAC "DO. 'Oo Ctllf A^ n-AtAtf
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 39
"However, this is the trick she played, to send news and
messengers to her father, the King of Greece, without the
knowledge or perception of the King of India; so that when
the King of India should hear that the King of Greece was
come to him, he would send news to the hosts of India, and
especially to his own children, so that she would get ourselves
into one place, to practise druidry and devilry upon us. And
thus we were at that time, with a learned and very knowing
old man having forbidden us to go to the queen for fear of her
practising druidry and devilry on us through hatred and
enmity,
'' As for the King of Greece and his company, they came
to the borders of India : and when the King of India heard
that, he sent news and messengers to ourselves and to the hosts
of all India together with us, both chiefs and lords, soldiers
and champions ; and we came at the call of our father, with
becoming, lovely vesture, and with beautiful, manifold, gold-
embroidered raiment on us. .
" And when we had come into the midst of the host, there
was not a person there, man or woman, who was greater in praises
for us and more joyful over us than the queen ; and she said
that she would not be better in the eyes of her own son, the
Knight of the Lantern, than of every one of us. And she
went where was her father, the King of Greece, and said to
him that she was afraid that we would take the inheritance
from her own son (the Knight of the Lantern) unless she
quickly hindered us. And the king said that it was
right to do so without delay. Now, when the King of Greece
had been nine days and nine nights in India he set about
departing ; and said that there had arisen great war and conflict
between himself and the King of France, and that he
desired that the King of India should go with himself
to assemble that battle, and leave us in India with the queen ;
as she taught him treacherously. Our father counselled us to
40 e^CcRA All rhAtDnA rhAOit
corh^ifle of^inn px^n^rh^1n *mci, ^^\5uf "oo fiinneAtriAfi ^rhl^it).
" X)SlA UA P105 fin, gliuAipT) ]i6inpA\ m^ille ^e n-^ f lu«3k$Ait!)
guf An t)P|\^\intic ; A^uy T>'fA^AX)A\\ finn pein 1 t)fo<iAi|\ A\y
teAymAtMi\A, eAX)6n UbeAfin t^nfoUAf. Annfin -oo tug a\k '^^
tex^fm<^t.M|\ leiCe finn 1 bfox) fo te^t, ^guf "oo t>A\l fi
flex^■6 ^t)t3^\L-rii6f\ fii^t^ -^^S^if pif-rhiofCxiife of^Mnn, ^gtif X)0
Ctii|\ f i *^|\ 6ao} nieifce A^uy tneAT')ftii5te c6ilte finn ; ^guf
imif •Ofxxoit)ex5k(ic ^guf 'ou\l3UM'6e^\cr ofxMnn, 1onnx^f gut^ Ctii|\
1 |\io6c 6U15 con AllzA finn, e^'Oon cfiiip <^5^1nn 1 |\ioCc 100
Cfi fe^fCon, -Aguf x\n "oif eile 1 fioCc ^oa f^Aj.
" ^5iif "DO 5f e^f A*ox\fi coin A^uy ^A'()A^\\ -An *oun,Ai'6]iinn,
xiguf "oo Cuifi ^|\ ceiCeA'6 -Aguf A\y ionnxifli)x\t) 1 leitime^tl
nA C|\16e finn, 1 nglex^nncAit) "oixMrifA •oo-eot^if. -Agtif •00
t)1t)ex^tnx^f fe^l ciAn x\5Uf .A1mfex^f pATtA a^ "oi-dnfCxxoile-At) 105
mx^ome Agiif f pfei'oe xif le^f rh*\c.Af^ ; -Aguf niof Clof *.\on
fOCAt *o' A\\ ]'ceAlA^X) 6 fin xMn^6. tDx^f fin "ouinn no ^uji
cof Ciiije^t) n^ f^5^ fin "oo X)^ ^g-Ainn ux\inn f em, A^uy guf f ug
5*^6 f^j *.\c^\ ceitfe ctiite.xin TieA^; ^Agiif •o'f.Af 01ft^e,<^f\CA
r\A 5Ctiile<\n fin 50 ltu\c. Agtif *do finne^At) corhxM|Ale linn no
Ann, 1n*ou\ "o'f-cAgAil ^guf a ttul do 'n ^P^^'^^S* "oo "6105-^1 nA
corh^jfle fin tti^ fi 5t^^^5^ "^^ '^ injin fein tiim finn-ne T)o
rtMl^ifC no "oo rhio-tOfugAt).
" X)o CfiotnuijeAt) -An Corh.Aif le fin linn, gufi 5lu-Aife.Am.Af
forh^inn "oo 'n $^^'^5 5 ^5tif *oo t)i'6e-Amx\f bli-A-O^in innce, 115
-Aguf DO cionnfCAn^tn-Af -Af nDiogA\lcAf do 6uf 1 nDltif, -An
Di,AnfC,Aoile^"D fpfeit')e n.A ^feige.
" ACc -AC-A ni"D te^An-A, ni ri-Aifrrifi'Oex\f 50 bf tiinne .An bf-AtxA,
xAjuf 50 foiftexinn -An t)eAtA, au z-ai[\ feinnit) A^uy yeA\\
A^A, -An Die xXgUf An DIOgft-All, -An fCAOllB-AT!) -An f C*.\nn|\.At) ]20
.Aguf .An t>eofCAtx\t), tu^xMYixXf A^ "b-AOinib Af fpfeit!) Aguf Af
Ainttiincit) nA 5f^i5^- "Oo CuADAf DeA^-CxAineAtA 1 n-uifeAf-
bAit) fif An fig ; Aguf do cinneAD coiriAifle leo, coin Aguf
5At)Aif nA 5^6156 Ajvif nA 5C|\io(i f a coirhneAf a i)6\X) do
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 41
stay with her, and we did so.
" As for those kings, they go with their hosts straight to
France ; and they left ourselves with our stepmother Libearn
Full-light. Then our stepmother took us with her to a place
apart, and apportioned an immense feast of hatred and spite on
us, and she put us in the way of drunkenness and light-hearted-
ness ; and she played druidry and devilry upon us, so that she
put us in the form of five wild dogs, three of us in the form
of three male dogs, and the other two in the form of two
bitches.
" And the dogs and beagles of the dwelling barked at us,
and put us in flight and in banishment in the borders of the
land, in dark valleys hard to know. And we were a longtime
and lengthy period wrecking the substance and dowry of our
stepmother, and not a word of news of us was heard from
that out. Thus were we till those bitches that were
with us were pregnant from ourselves, and till each of
them brought forth fourteen whelps ; and the exploits of those
whelps spread swiftly. And we took counsel there to leave
India and go to Greece to avenge the advice the King of
Greece gave to his daughter to change or to discomfit us.
"That counsel was resolved on by us, so that we went
straight to Greece, and were a year in it, and we commenced
to make our revenge sufficient, by destroying the wealth of
Greece,
" Howbeit, to the end of the world and to doomsday
there cannot be reckoned the slaughter of champions and
warriors, the loss and damage, the scattering, the confusion
and the active lopping down we gave to the people, the
wealth, and the animals of Greece, The king lost good rents ;
and a counsel was decided on by them to collect the hounds
and the beagles of Greece and of the nearest territories to
42 eACcRA An r}iAT)nA rtiAOit
CiwunneAt) a\\ aou Ia.\c^M|i ^suf ^\|\ xion ioiiat) ; Agtif a t>ul 125
'o'lonnfui'Oe x\n 5le.\nnA\ a \\AX)AmA]\, Aguf re^tg a^u]" pAt)A6
■DO -De^riArh po|ixMnn. T)o CjiiottniijeAt) aMi 6omxM|ile fin teo,
^gup c^\n5A'OA\|\ -d'aXja n-ioniifiinJe 50 ^^e-Ann nA gCon n^^^fS.
(oi|\ 130 t)' e fin xMnm ^n 510^^111 a, 6'n 5Comnuit)e finne-Atrixif
fein Ann). 130
" "Oo ff AcntjijeAt) xiguf -do ff^onAt) A.\n Cfe^lg pein leo 1
T)citnce^ll An ^leAnnA, ionn<.\f nAC nT)eA6A^'6 Aon 1 n-^\ X)eAtA
beo A\* x)inn, actz mif e fein 1 m' x\()iu\f ; xiguf X)o bi UAirh
"OAinge^xn 'oo-eolxMf if An ngle^nn, ^Aguf *oo b' eolAC •Dx^n1-f a
50 mxMC 1. 5^"^^ri^ foni^ni 'o'a rnonnftii'Oe, x^gtif ceit)ini 135
ifce^c innce "oo rn' fol^c fein off a. Aguf *oo leAnA'D^xf uile
me, iXDif 6oin, 5A"6Aif, Aguf "OAOine, ^gtif "oo b' ^il leo An
iiAirh TJO tofCA'6 Ofin. Aguf An xzAn *oo (ionn^fc rnife ^n
lUMtri ^5 A "oof CugAT) Of m, *\5tif mo biot)l3xMi!)e -Aguf m'e^f-
cx\fAiT) im' timceAll, ^gtif ^An ca]\a no comp^n^xt "oo I'lO
m' goife *oo bfeit fUfCAcc^ t>ixm, x)o lion me 'o'feifs ^^suf
T)'fioc, -Aguf T)' eifij mo me-Anm-dn ^xguf mo bfij;, x\5Uf "00
fmuAin me 50 mb^t) feAff "o^m An uiLe b^xf "o' f^\5*Ml 'nS
mo lofCAt), Agtif fof 50 mbAt) oifcife ^6 Am me fein "oo
•DiogAil A]\ mo nAm*M"6 'nA b^Af t)' fxvgxMl 1 n-x\fCxMt). 145
Ceit)im ^m^C ^A■\\ fin, Aguf cugAim A'^A'it) *^f nx\ fltiAigcib •
x^5;tlf "DO fit fu\-o mo coinne, I'oif Coin g^x-dxiif xxjuf "Oxioine ;
A^5l1f "oo lonnfuit) me MX)-fxxn -^An fxMllige, ^gtif jAb^im a^
A n-oifleA6 Aguf x^5 a n-AtcumAX) lonn^^f 50 n-imceocAt)
bfxMne-An ciocfA^c conf*.\t)A6 o'n gcol^nn 50 6eile x)iob. 150
lonnuf 5Uf*ib e -An "oiogbAil iMim-fe f*\ "oeoit), e^'oon, 'oeiC
n^onb^Mf Agtif fe^Cc ^ceA-o fiT)ife AffAcic^C, 1 bfeAgtiiAf
■oiofCAf-fUiAij. Agtif "oo bit)e-Af fein cneAttAt Cfe-Act^C 6
gonAib iomt:)A nA n-Afm ^suf 6 f ofl^nn An ComlAinn ; Aguf if i
comxMf le "oo cf ioCnuigeAt) Uom, "otil -o' lonnf uit)e fioj 5fei5e 155
Aguf comAifce "oo jI-acatj Aige. Aguf An a\z a bf ac-a me
pob-All An fiog, c6it)im d'a liionnfuit)e Aguf beifim eice^ll
THE STORY OF THE CROr-EARED DOG 43
one spot and one place ; and to go to the glen where we were,
and to make a chase and a hunting against us. That advice
was resolved on by them, and they came towards us to the
Valley of the Rough Dogs (for that was the name of the
valley, from our own staying there).
" The chase was extended and turned about by them
around the valley, so that not one of us came from it in his living
life save myself alone ; and there was a strong cave, hard to
know, in the glen, and I knew it well. I go straight towards
it, and come inside to hide myself from them. And they all
followed me, hounds, beagles, and men, and wished to burn
the cave on me. And when I saw the cave darkening on me,
and my foes and enemies about me, without a friend or
companion near me to bring me help, I filled with anger
and wrath, and my courage and my strength arose, and l_
thought it was better to die any sort of death but burning,
and further that it was more fitting for me to avenge myself on
my enemy, than to die to no purpose. After that I came out and
face the hosts ; and they ran against me, hounds, beagles, and
men ; and I approached them without delay, and began to
destroy and maim them, in such wise that a hungry greedy
raven would go from one body to the other. So that this is
the loss I inflicted on them at last, seven hundred and
ninety powerful knights, not counting the rabble. And
I myself was hurt and wounded from many cuts of the
weapons and from the violence of the battle ; and this is the
advice I resolved on, to go to the King of Greece and take
protection of him. And the place where I saw the people of
the king, I come there, and I take a bird-like flight into the
44 eACUUA Atl itlA'OnA triAOIt
eine^tri<Ml i n-tiCc An t^iog, *\5tif ix\'0*.Mtn mo t^S 6\\oX) cof aMj ]:6
u-a\ X)\ka^a}X). Agtif triAfv "oo ContiAXfic An f\i fin, t)0 l^t)-Aip ppif
n*.\ fltlx^5^1t) ^^5t1f "o' fog^xfA t)Oit) g^n "Diogt^^it a\k bit "oo i*>0
•^e^Mi^rh t)A\r\. A^uf 'oo jiiig leif 50 c^xtAip n^ liAitne me,
A^uy -00 6uij\ ^n flx\t)|M fo Of\m."
" 1)61)1 buAro -Aguf t)e^\nn*i(bc-Ain, a.\ c*^|AA1'o 5|A-c\t)v\i5," a\\ Si|\
t)A\lbiMit), " ni tuAlA me pixMri f ce*^\l bA binne -Aguf b^ f eijAbe
liom, 'n^ An fcexxt fin t)' innif cu t)Am x^no1f. Aguf Af Sr-^"^ '^'^
lieinig x\5;tif T)o 5-Aifce, innif TiAm cionn^f -oo b^Mne^t)
•00 tlUAX'A Agtlf c' eA^\ft)x3llll T)10C."
"inneofxXT) 50 "oeimin," a\\ An \Y\ax)1[\a \X\aoI. " A^uy ni
bpinl 'yAn "oomAn fce^l if me^fxi liom, xxguf fOf if mC
Cf lUMje 'n^\ e. Oif 1 n*oiAit) ctiifte imt)iT)ne ofin -o' olc Aguf 1"0
•o' x^npofl^nn, do bi me fA mtiifn A^uy yS onoif moif ^5 *.\n
fij ; 6if "DO ttiig fe 50 \\A^X) c^AllA^uy cuimne ■oo.onnA\ xigxMn.
AXgUf tiime fin ni leigfe^xt) ^f lontxMb Aon-T)uine 'f-^" "Br^^S
me 6 n-A yeom^A fein xMnA6, a\\ ba^Ia T)fOiC-neit Ay bit *oo
■Oe^n^m ofin. x^5Uf •00 bi me xMtilAi'O fin ^5 An fi^ 50 ce^nn 175
Aimfifie ^ifite yAXiA 'n-A t)^A)t> fin, no 50 -ocAims lli*oife An
toCf^inn *oo"n n^feig ; A^uy -oo (iiu\U\ fe mo tu.xfxifcb^il
fein "DO belt A.\nn, -Agiif fo xMtin guf "oo 'n tLoinn t)o 6ui|\ a
m^t^if fo ^eAyA me ; A-^uy txSinig -oo 'n e^t^if, A^uy mAy
nAy lei5 An eA^lA x)6 mife 'oo m<\fbAt) no "oo miotdfugx^X) iso
(oif -00 bi fiof A]^e nA6 lei5fe*\"6 <\n |\i Ay lonci^ib v\on-t)tiine
'yAn n5f6i5 me Ay a feomf^ fein aMTI-aC) "do juix) fe inge^n
•00 'n fig (eAi"06n •oeifbfiuf a mStAyA fein) f^\ mife "Oo 6uf
cum b^\if ; A^v\y t)o ^e-ALl fifi fin "Oo f)e-AnAm.
" >A5tif tv\ n-Aon "o' a nx>eA6A^t> AmAd Ay An bf*Mt(^e A^uy i85
T)' yA^ mife 1 n-A feomfA fein, t^Ainig An ingex^n 1 m'
f.\ffx\'6 Aniifin, vNj^uf "GO Ctiif fi fUxMn-bfex^6c T)fAoit)e<\6c-A
o|\m, lonnAf j;up ttiice<\f 'mo toif6im f lUMn ^juf f iof-6o*OAlCA.
Agiif tug fi -<\lc.\n fceine fcoitgeife ximA.\C A^uy no b^in mO
-OA 6liu\f Ax^uy m' e*\fb-All "oiom : x^5Uf "oo b' ^il teiti mo 190
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 45
breast of the king, and closed my two fore-paws under his neck.
And when the king saw that, he spoke to the hosts and com-
manded them to do no injury to me at all, and he took
me to the City of Athens with him, and put this chain upon
me."
" Victory and blessing be thine, my dear friend," said Sir
Galahad, ** never have I heard a story sweeter and sadder in
my opinion than thou hast told me now. And for the love of
generosity and of thy valour, tell me how thy ears and thy tail
were cut from thee."
'' I will tell, indeed," said the Crop-eared Dog, '' and there
is not in the world a story I think worse, and which is fuller
of sadness than that. For after putting on me protection
against evil and violence I was held in great affection and
honour by the king, for he understood that I had human sense
and memory. Wherefore, he would not let me under the pro-
tection of a single person in Greece outside his own chamber
for fear of something evil being done me. And thus I was
with the king to the end of a long time after that, till the
Knight of the Lantern came to Greece, and he heard news of
my being there, and perceived I was one of the family his
mother had put under tahu : and he came to the city, and as
fear did not suffer him to kill or molest me (for he knew
that the king would not allow me under the protection of a
single person in Greece outside of his own chamber) he prayed
the daughter of the king, that is his own mother's sister, to
put me to death ; and she promised to do so.
" And one day when he went out on the lawn and left me
in his own chamber, the girl came to me and put a sleep-
spell of druidry upon me, so that I fell into a stupor of sleep
and long slumber. And she took out the blade of a sharp-
pointed knife, and cut from me my twu ears and my tail, and
she wished to behead me. I start from my sleep on being
46 eACCKA All niAt)RA ttlAOlt
■Di6e.\linx.\'6. t)ioT)5Aim-|M *^\f mo fu^n a\\ mo 50|ACl15x^•6, xiguf
t)|\ifim An cui-Q T)o 5i 1 ngpevAmAij -oe, x^vguf tiijAf fi-Oe
f^\nncAC ):iO|\Cv\tm^\ "oo m' C|\oV) tof^Mj "oo 'n mjin, ^u\\
tei5eA.\f A riAt)^6 -Agtif x\ riionAC^\|\ eifce. Agup uei-Oim -a^a x\n 195
tDp.MCce ^m^\c, Aguf tii5v\f ^xjAit) A|a n^^ fLoigtiti) *oo •oiogxMl
mo C|\eAcc xAguf m' eAf0ti6|\A po|\t\*^. Agup "oo corhfVAicigeAf
p|Aiii, lonn^f 5ti|A mA|\t)Af uiiiiip 'oo-A1|\trleA^c -oiot) ; x^gtif "00
ComiAAicijeAf pein ^stif ^n |\i |\e ceile, ^suf *oot) i c|\ioC
.\n conijAcMC, x\n |ai -oo ttiice^m liom ; ^Ngiir g^ttAim ^5 cufi 200
^|A no^ n5fveA5-c\C o foin 50 tioToce. ACc aza mt) CeAn^,
no 50 n-Aifmpi-oeAiA pe^^ ^r^icce, Aguf jxMtieAm cjiaJa, A^uf
'otiitleAt)Ai|A peAt)A, Agiif ■peAlCA nime, ni peiT)!!! innifin no
Ai|AeAm TDo cujA A\\ A|\ ttnc liom -oo floigtit) n^ 5f^i5^ ThOi[\e
An lA fin. Aguf cei6eAf lxiT)i|Ae An toCjiAinn fiottiAm pein 6 205
fin 1 leit, conAC pop *OAm ca Ii-aiiat) "Oo ceiCfAe liAifoit) au
■ooriiAin mAf gAb fe UAim ; A^iif ACAim x)' a c6fAit)eACc 6
foin no [50] 'ocAflA leAC-fA me a^ An ciob|u\*o. A^tif if
lA-o fin nA fceAlv\ fo fiAfftJigif T)iom/' a\\ An 1TlAT)fA ITIaoI.
"t)eif buAit) Agtjf bcAnnACCAin," a\\ Sifi t)ALt)UAit), " ni 210
cuaIa mo 6UiAf tiiAm fceAt Ida binne Aguf bA mo ct^uAige
no A]\ CAnAf 'OAtn.''
Agiif *oo cuA-DAp 50 T)un fiog nA liGigipce lAfAfh, A^uf
lAf n-Aitne An lllA'DfA tllAoit "ooib CAinig An fi 'n-A ^coinne
Aj^uf 'n-A 5;coTtit)Ail, Aj^tif feAfAf fiOfCAOin f Alice ffui, 215
-Agiif "OO ftij leif j;iif An "DiinAt) iat), A^uf "oo ffeAfCAlAt)
A^uf ffiocAileAt') 50 mAit IAT). If Annfin *oo fiAffuij An
ITlA'OfA tTlAol fceAlA lxi"oi|\e An toCfAinn T)o "ti fi^.
'• 111 bf Ull AOn-fOCAl "OA fCeAlAlb AgAm-f A," Ajl An |li,
" Aguf "OA mbeAT) "oo t)eAff Ainn "ooib-fi e, Cif ni lujA of Aib- 220
fi 1xiT)ife An "LbCfAinn 'nA ofm-fA pein. Oif "oo bi fe *n-A
cliAtiiAin AgAm-fA, Aguf -QO lei5 fe mo injeAn-f a UAit), Agtif
tug fe beAn eile bA meAfA 'nA i, eA-ooti ingeAn fiog nA
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 47
hurt, and I gave a tug and a strong pull on the chain, and break
the part of it that was fastened, and gave an eager, valorous
stroke of my fore-paw at the girl, so that I let her entrails
and inwards out of her. And I come out on the lawn and I faced
the host to avenge on them my wounds and my dishonour.
And 1 fought with them, so that I killed a countless number
of them. And I and the king fought together, and this was
the end of the fight, that the king fell by me ; and I take to
slaughtering the Greeks from then till night. However,
till the grass of a lawn, and the sand of a shore, and
the leaves of a wood, and the stars of heaven be reckoned,
it is impossible to tell or to enumerate how many of the
hosts of Great Greece fell by me that day. The Knight
of the Lantern flees before me from that out, so that I knew
not to which of the four quarters of the world he went from
me ; and I am pursuing him ever since till I met thee at
the well. And those are the tales thou didst ask of me," said
the Crop-eared Dog.
" Victory and a blessing be thine," said Sir Galahad.
" Never has my ear heard a tale sweeter and sadder than thou
hast recited to me."
And they went to the fort of the King of Egypt after that,
and when they recognised the Crop-eared Dog the king came
to meet and join them, and gives them a hearty welcome.
And he brought them with him to the dwelling and they were
served and attended well. Then the Crop-eared Dog asked
of the king news of the Knight of the Lantern.
"Not a word of news have I," said the King; "and if
I had 1 would give it you, for not less is the Knight of
the Lantern against me than against ye. For he was my
son-in-law, and he divorced my daughter, and took another
wife worse than she, namely, the daughter of the King of
48 GACCUA All rhA'OtlA ttlAOIt
t)ei5infe. Aguf ^n c-iotuaT) i u-^\\\ t)66A tiom nit) eigin "0'*^
f ceAlAit!) T)' pA^Ail peolpx\T) fib-fi •o'x^ ionn|^uit)e ; Ciji ^c^\ 'oun 226
1 leic-iinev\ll tu\ C|\i(ie-fe "o' ^ n5oi|\ce^\|\ ^n T)un T)ix3ifh^iti,
Aguf If Ann vAcA m' inje^n-px^ x^no1f, ^jupif uaic A1nmn1$tex^p
i, eAt)6n l)Ain|\io5An ^n t)unv\i*6 "Oi^m^if. Aguf ceit)-fi 'o'a
riionnfuit)e, -A^uf *An meit) t)i'DeAf X)o fce^L^it) UiT)ife ^n
tocfiAMnn A1C1 tDe^iAp^t) t)iti-fi u\r)/' 230
VI
^ttiAif^'o 1 tnoC nx\ rn^M'one xxp n-x.\ mb^A|ix\6 -ooCum An
"Oun^it) T)iAnixM|A, ^guf peA\|\Af A\n inje^n piopC^om pA^1lce
p|\iu. T)']:u\]:|^tii5 xin mA'0|\A ITIaoL f ce^lA 1\i*onAe A\n l,66|AAinn.
If ^nnpin "oo pinne A\^ inge^n CxifA\oiT) a mA^lA f\iu <\\\ Tvi'DijAe
An tCCjUAinn. A'onlixMfc au tTlAX>|A<\ ITl-Aol 5Uf\ -dio^xmI fe 6
pein cuiT) "o'a rn<Aftv\ p^ip, Aj;iif "oa mbeA|\pv\i!) a1|a ^fif 50
•ociutDiiAi) Ai|\ 5v\n A't^Atx^|A|u\c-pA mn^oi 'oo beic ^ige 50 poip-
(ie^nn a \\e A-^uy a f^og^iL.
'' 'Oa X)Cti5t<\-fA T)o ti)f\u\cA|\ pfiA fin "oo 6oirix.\ll ij-Am-fx.x,"
<\|A An fiojAn, ""DO beAjVfAinn a bpuiL -oo fce^UMb Ag^m pern lo
•OLIIC/'
tug An niA-DpA ITIaoL a b|\iACA|\ fjAif fm do CoitiaLI "Oi.
" AcA tiAuri 1 leit-nneALL r\A cfiCe-pe," Af fi " Ajuf An
llAnii T)o|\(:;a a liAinm, Aguf aca cop innce T)Ai\At) Ainm Co|\
nA "oUfi tnbeAnn (eA^oon beAnn Cifv, beAnn AifgiT), Aguf beAnji 15
fionnbfuicne). Aguf An CAn C15 RTOife An tbCfAinn "oo 'n
(il\i(i-fe, If ^tin a Coninin-oeAf fe ; Agtif ni bfinL f Lije tuige
A(ic cfiT) An iiAnTi. Aj^iif "Oo cuaLa mife 50 bfuil fe Ann
Anoif, niAiLle fe ino bfACAf fein, eAt>6n 5r"^5^^^ ^""^^
blnne^fit) ; Aguf f ACAT)-f a f em do "OeAnAni eolAf Dib-fi Ann."' 20
Uer6iD-fe fompA Af n-A mbAfA6 Cum nA ViUattia "OojiCa.
A^uf lAf fotcAm cum nA buAiriA "Ooib, do fCAf An ingeAn
fiu ; Aj^uf do finne An ITlADfA tllAol colum geAl do fein,
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 49
Little-isle. And the place where I think it likely to get news
of him, I will guide you thither ; for there is a fort in the
border of this country which is called the Obscure Fort, and
it is there my daughter is now, and from it she is named, the
Queen of the Obscure Fortress. And go to her, and what-
ever news of the Knight of the Lantern she has she will
VI
Early in the morning on the morrow they go to the
Obscure Fortress, and the girl gives them a hearty wel-
come. The Crop-eared Dog asked news of the Knight
of the Lantern. Then the girl made them complaint
of her insult at the hands of the Knight of the Lantern.
The Crop-eared Dog said that he himself had avenged
some of her insults upon him, and if he got hold of him
again he would make him so that he would have no other
wife but her to the end of his time and his life.
" If thou gavest thy word to accomplish that for me," said
the queen, " I would give thee what news I have."
The Crop-eared Dog gave her his word to accomplish that
for her.
" There is a cave in the border of this country," said she,
" and the Dark Cave is its name, and there is a tower in it
called the Tower of the Three Gables (that is, a gold gable, a
silver gable, and a copper gable). And when the Knight of
the Lantern comes to this country there he lives : and there is
no way to it but through the cave. And I have heard that he
is there now, with my own brother, the Champion of
Inneireadh, and I myself will go to get information for you
there."
They go straight on the morrow to the Dark Cave.
And when they reached the cave the girl parted from them ;
and the Crop-eared Dog made a white dove of himself and
50 ' eACuRA AH niADUA rh Aoit
-Aguf 6uxMf) ifce^t x\p fruitineoj^ An ciiifi ; ^suf "do pu^iji
tli'DijAe x^n td6pAinn xAgtif ^f^^^'^S^c da tilnneiiMt) i|"ceA6 aj 25
imijAC ; A^uf UA|A ftpeicfin An ttlA-OfiA TTIaoiI T)o Ki-oi^e An
lo^fiAinn, "oo finne t)A 6111I T)e pem A^tif *oo 'n n^fWAjAC,
A^tif "oo CuAit) AmAC Af\ frinnneoj; An jfviAnAin.
" X)a t)]:eA|^]:Ainn-fe," a|\ ah tllA'otAA TTIaoI, '' gujA 1 |Mo6c
cuiteoige T)o |\acca ahiaC, if 1 fiocc coifv-mioLcoige "00 tioc- 30
pAinn fein ifceAt tugAib."
ACc ACA nit) ceAnA, puAi-p fe An locfAnn A|a lAf At) 'f'^^
cof, Agtjf x)o cug leif e mAfi a fAift Sip t)All3iK\it) ; Aguf -oo
tug 1 n-A lAirh *66 e, Agtif A-outDAjAU 511^ fCA|\ tnCfAn n' a
■C|\Aoit)eA(ic \\e Ri*oi|\e An l,o6|\Ainn 6 fCAf An l6cf\Ann leif. 35
piAff uijeAf Si|i t^AlbwAit) cfeA-n f ac Af cti^At) " Ui'Oife
An toCf Ainn '' fAif.
''Hi *00 ti)1 Af An ScltiA," Af An !TlAT)fA niAOl, " AJUf ni
^AAib Tfo clomn Aige a6c "oif int;eAn, eA-Oon l)eit!)eAnn Aguf
t)eAt)C|\otA A n-AnniAnnA. Aguf ni f Ait) 'oo itinAili) r[A CAlrfiAn 40
n-Aon f AttiAil no a hiaca f AtiilA Af "oeife, a\\ t)e\lt>, a|a rheinn,
Agtif Af\ t)ei5-1i)eAfAit!). (3ifi nAf ■6iiil3e ^tiAl 5At)Ann ia]i n-A
X)AtAt> 1 n-uifce fUA|\ oigfi-O 'nA 'oeilt) bAn An •ootiiAin 1
t)focAifv A nx)eAll3-f An. Aguf "oo ti)if)eA"DA|A clAnnA fiog Aguf
|\6i-ti5eA|\nA"6 An -oorhAin 1 bfUAt Agiif 1 t*)fi|\-miofCAif 45
T)' A gceile fo 'n gcloinn fin, A5 ceACc t)o fiiif5,e nui.
Ajtif If AfhLAit) -oo bi t)ei5eAnn ; tug fi moi-oe nA6 belt)
Aon peAf AICI 50 bfAC, a6c An feA|\ T)o beAj\fAt) An ICC-
|\Ann -DO bi Af lAfAt) A5 t)0|\b nA t)inne Ouifbe 1 5C|\io6Aib
nA gCfuitneA^ (fj^if a fAit)ceA|\ Oi^e lACjLvrf OileAn.\6) 50
6UICI.
" Agiif if ArhlAit) T)o bi An peAji fin ; niofb lonCorfifAic
feAfi •o'feAfAib nA CAltiiAn f|\if, An ]:eAX) "oo X)eAX) An 166-
jiAnn Af lAf At) Aige ; 6if git) cneAt)A(i c|\eACcA6 "oo beAt),
An uAi|\ 'OO feiceAf fAif 'oo tig a neApc Aguf a bfig fein 55
Cuige Afif. Aguf niAf T)o cuaIa "oaIca 5i^"-^5*^^^ '^*-^
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 51
went in at the window of the tower ; and he found the Knight
of the Lantern and the Champion of Inneireadh inside at
play ; and when the Knight of the Lantern saw the Crop-
eared Dog he made two gnats of himself and of the Champion,
and they went out by the window of the summer-house.
" If I knew," said the Crop-eared Dog, " that it is in the
shape of a gnat you would go out, it is in the shape of
a midge I would come to you myself.''
However, he found the lantern lighted in the tower, and
brought it with him to where was Sir Galahad, and gave
it him in his hand, and said that much of his druidry was
taken from the Knight of the Lantern since the lantern was
taken from him.
Sir Galahad asks for what cause was he called " the
Knight of the Lantern."
" A king was over Scythia," said the Crop-eared Dog,
" and he had no children but two daughters — Beibheann and
Beadhchrotha their names. And there was none of the
women of the earth in one likeness, or their fac-similes for
beauty, for shape, for disposition, and for manners.
For not blacker was smiths' coal sunk in cold ice-water than
the forms of the women of the world before their forms. And
the sons of the kings and lords of the world were in hatred
and jealousy one of the other about those children, coming to
woo them. Now thus was Beibheann ; she took an oath that
she would never have a husband but he who should bring
to her the lantern burning with Borb of Benburb in the coasts
of the Cruithneach (which is called Eire the Green-land Isle).
" And in this wise was that man : not one of the earth could
fight him so long as the lantern should be lighted in his pos-
session ; for though he should be wounded and sore, whenever
he looks on it his strength and his might come to him again.
And when the foster of the Champion of Gascony heard news
52 eACunA An rhAT)RA rhAOit
^'Afjuinne c:ii^f\A\fct)Ail nA tnbxMi fiti, ni "OeAfiriA comiu\it)e 50
li^inig -00 Scii:u\. Ajuf ^n u^n T)0 6onnA|AC t3eibe.\nn, -oo
ITon T)' A fei|\c A^uf^ po|\t;|AA"D, A^tif "Oo 5|AAt)vM5 \'^\'^ e m<\f\
An 5ceA*onA ; ^guf -pof tug -An ingevMi pA lioi^e, eA'6on 60
"be^tj^jiocA, cuile tfAexxn cforhj^f.At)<\6, -<.\5ti-p ff^ut fiofvit)b.Al
feipce "DO, lonn^f 50 1[\A^V) puAC A-^uy -piivriiiofCxMp aca ):ein -do
6eile cimte^Ll Ui-oiiie An to6|\v\inn.
" 5^«Aif exif IxiTDij^e An \.66i[\A\nn \\6\me, Aguf t1i "be^f tia
cortinAit)e 50 pAinig 1 n^ifvinn, Aguf CAini^ |\6irhe gtif An <)5
mt)inn t)ui|At), AgtJf CAimg ^uf An nun 1 n-A |\Aiti) t)o|\t> riA
t)itine t3tii|\be. Agtif btiAileAf beim bAfCjUMnn '^^An X)o\\aic,
Agiif -o' iAf|\ pof CAilc. D'pi^Fftiig An *D6i|\feoi|\ cic\ a fiAib e
pern, tlo innif feifeAn 5ti|u\b e pein niAC j^ioj tu\ liltToiA,
Agup 'OAlCxv Jfu^gAig nA "^Aic-^mnne, A<5tif gUjAAb ^5 MfijiAit) 70
lAf a6ca An IdCfVAinn a]\ -^]\uA-^At nA l)inne t)ui-f\be 'oo bi fe ;
Aguf muriA bpuijeAt) a\\ Aif e, 50 mbAitipeAt) AtriAC 1 lof CAtA
no corhlAinn e. Iaja n-A clof f^n no 'n "ObifAfeoif, A-oubAijAC
nAC ■QCAinig CAf\ beAl "OAonnA ahiaC fiAin c6rh|\At) bA "oiteill-
it)e 'nA A\\ 6An fe. 1a|\ n-A clof fin "00 triAC jiioj nA bln-oiA, 75,
•00 feAf5A*6 50 blOniAfCAC e, Agtlf -oo tO^ CAfftAt) A"DbAL-
rhOfA cloiCe "oo bi 1 n-'oo|\Af An •oOnAit), A^uf tug fogA An
U|\6Aif\ Af\ An gcorhlA, 50 n^oeAtinA fe blA'OcfACA beAgAbuAin-
|\eAbCA X)1.
" An CAn "OO CuaIa t)of b nA t3inne t)tnf be \']n, tuj ^ifje ^q.
•oeAg-tApAi-o x)eAg-lAO(icA f Ai|\, Agiif 5AbAf Af m Agiif e\'oeA'6
CACA Aguf cottilAinn tiime ; Aguf cei*o 1 gcoinne A^uf 1
5C(5iri"6Ail mic jm'oj nA blnx)iA. Aguf "00 finneADAjA corhjAAC
CfieAn cinneAfnA(^ niAX)CA nAirfroeAitiAiL CfeAfbofb meAf
mi(ieillit)e fe 6e^le, Oif bA bAff aCcaC An lof 5A1I, Agtif bA gg.
cufAUA An corhfAC, Aguf bA •ooi-ffeAfCALcA An •oeAbAit)
CACOftA leAU Af\ leit. Aguf -oob i cfio6 An ^.orhfAic, 50
*ocu5 t)of b nA t)inne buifbe a (iul X)o rriAC fiog nA bln'OiA,
Aguf "00 b' All leif "ouL 1 gcoinne An lOCfAmn, lonnAf 50
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 53
of the women he did not stop till he reached Scythia. And
when he saw Beibheann, he filled with love and lasting affec-
tion for her, and she loved him likewise ; and the younger
daughter, Beadhchrotha, likewise gave him a great heavy-
loving deluge, and an ever-immense stream of love, so that
they hated and were jealous of one another about the Knight
of the Lantern.
" The Knight of the Lantern goes straight on, and made
no stop till he arrived in Ireland. And he came straight to
Benburb, and came to the fort where was Borb of Benburb.
And he strikes a blow of the knocker on the door, and asks
for it to be opened. The doorkeeper asked who he was.
He told that he was son of the King of India and foster of the
Champion of Gascony, and that he was asking for a loan of
the lantern of the Champion of Benburb ; and that unless he
got it with his will, he would seize it by the strength of battle
or of combat. When the doorkeeper heard that, he said that
never came out through human mouth talk more senseless than
that which he spoke. When the son of the King of India
heard that he became very angry, and he lifted an immense
pillar of stone that was in the door of the fort, and took a
choice of a blow on the door-valve, so that he made little
utterly-ruined fragments of it.
" When Borb of Benburb heard that, he arose courageously
and heroically, and takes arms and trappings of battle and
combat upon him, and he comes to meet and join the son of
the King of India. And they made a strong, valiant, hostile,
foe-like, warlike, rough, active, mad combat together, for
powerful was the fighting, and heroic was the combat, and
destructive the routing between them, side to side. And the
end of the combat was that Borb of Benburb gave his back to
the son of the King of India, and he wished to go to the lantern.
54 GACCRA An rhAt)RA rhAoH
fvioj rix^ tiltroM Av\ Ce^L^ fin, Aguf tug fi'oe fx^nncx^C fol^rhAt
Agtif |:^fCx^t!) poijACil peit)Tn-l^i'Oi|A y:A\\<, Aguf bUAMle^^f i gCAoL
ViA coln^\ '^'S^V 1 iTieA'Oon pe^tti^tA An iriumeil e, lonn^f -^u\\
X)A^r[ A teA^^r^ A^uf a to\meAti heACA 'oe. Agtif ceiT) 6um
-An •ouin, x^guf pLMi|\ x\n t66|i-Ann a\< \.AyAt> .Ann, -Aguf tug leif 95
e. Aguf If o'n lo6fix\nn fin a nAinmnijceAf 6 fin i leit.
" lomtuf A n,A mbAn, e-A-Qon cl-Ann fioj nv\ Scicm, "OO t)T
^uAt Agtif fif-rhiofc^Mf x^Cx^ fein "o' a gceile i "DcnnCe-All
Ui'oife AVi totfi-Ainn, lonntjf ^tif 6uif ay\ injex^n f-A fine "oiot)
(eA\'06n t)eiti)eAnn) fu^in-ftfeAcc Xi\{Ao\t>eAtJZA ^f\ t)ex^t)(^|Aot-A, loo
5Uf C111C fi 'n--A coif cim fu^in ^suf f lof-Co'OAlCA ; A^wy tug
Alc-An fceine fcoicjeife "oo bi a\c\ ahiaC, x^5Uf -do t3u,Ail i
n-io6cAf A bfonn i, guf fcoilc a fCiArh-Cofp 50 tiubAll a
bfAjx^T). RAinig An fce^l turn av\ f 105, Aguf g^bAf tDeibe^nn,
Agtif tug f A n*oeAfx.\ A ce^ngAl 50 "OAOf 'oocif a6 ; Aguf "oo jqj
fA-ouigeAt) ceinnue Aguf ceAn-oitA 'n-A cimCeAll, Aguf -oo
loifceA'o 1 bfiA-onuife n^ fluAig 1, mAi^ t)o tuill a mi-
gniotriAftA fein "Oi e, 50 n'oe^fnAt) mion-luAic "oi.
*"OaIa "Ri*oife AVi\.6t\<A^^^^^, gluAife^f foime 50 "ocAinig "Oo
'n ScitiA, Aguf ce-Ann Ouifb r\A t)inne t)uif be leif. Aguf uq
mAf tuAlA bAf nA mbAn fin, bA *oubA6 "oobfonAC Aguf bA
ctiiff eA6 CfiAttiuineAC "oe fin e, Aguf ni t)eAf nA coninui'6e \A^^
ScitiA 6 fin AITIAC. AgUf If 1AT) fin nA fCeAlA fO flAffUljlf
•oiom," Af An ttlA'Df A IDaoI.
'' t)eif buAix) Aguf beAiinAtCAin " a\\ Sif l)AlbUAit) ; " if 116
tnilif-bfeACfAC An c6rhfA'^> pn "oo 6AnAf "OAin."
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 55
so that his strength and his might might come to him again.
The son of the King of India understands that trick, and gave
an eager dexterous leap and a powerful mighty squeezing on
him, and strikes him in the narrow part of his body and the
thick middle of his neck, so that he severed his head and his
tenure of life from him. And he comes to the fort,
and found the lantern burning there, and brought it with
him. And it is from that lantern that he is named from that
out.
"As for the women, the children of the King of Scythia,
they hated and were jealous of one another about the Knight
of the Lantern, so that the daughter who was oldest of them
(Beibheann) put a sleep-spell of druidry on Beadhchrotha,
so that she fell in a stupor of sleep and long slumber ; and she
took out the blade of a sharp-pointed knife that she had, and
struck her in the lower part of her breast, so that she split her
fair body to the apple of her throat. The story reached the
king, and he takes Beibheann and ordered her to be bound
hard and grievously ; and fires and brands were lit around
her, and she was burnt in the presence of the host, as her evil
deeds earned it for her, so that fine ashes were made of her.
" As for the Knight of the Lantern, he goes forward till he
reached Scythia, and the head of Borb of Benburb with him.
And when he heard of the death of those women he was
grieved and sorrowful, weary and mournful from that, and he
made no stay in Scythia from that out. And those are the
tales thou didst ask of me," said the Crop-eared Dog.
"Victory and blessing be thine," said Sir Galahad.
*' Sweet-spoken is that talk thou hast recited to me.''
56 e^CcriA ^n rtiA'onA riiAoit
VII
tlo pA5x^'Dx^f\ An Gijipc ixx|\ fin, A-^uy ionnfuit:)e-AT)^\|A An
Ions 6 'n gcuAti Amx^6, no 50 "oza^^Ia 1 n-oile^n ^l^inn longxxn-
t:a6 f Mt) ; xxguf f\o pi^pfiuig Si]a t)-Alt!)t)xMt) " Cm xin c-oile-dn
fin ?
" Oile^n n-A Soilfe <^n c-oile^n fo " a\\ An ITl^'Of ^ TTIaoI, »
*' x^guf ni fx^oilim-f e ^on f ocx^l "oo f ce^l^it) Ui-oifie An
t6CfxMnn -o' f-Ag-dil Ann."
"Oo Ctiiffe-A"0 cuAifC An oileAin fin TuotJCA ; Aguf "oo
gtiiAif fiAT) o 6uAn Aguf 6 CAlAt> Arr\A6 50 ce^nn Cfi Ia A^uf
ceofA oi-06e, n6 50 "ocAftA 1 n-oile^n eile fiA-o, Aguj fo 10
fiAfftnj Sif t)AltDUAit) " CiA An c-oile^n fin ? "
" An cOite-An 'Out) if Ainm "OO 'n oile^n fo " a\\ An ^^^AX)^A
ITlAot/' A^uf Oile^n n^ 5r^i"^ Ainm eile "oo bi f Aif. Aguf if 6
AiiXyAi^K f Af C115A-6 Oile^n n^ 5feine fAif , triAf if Of a 6eAnn
•00 ^ifjeAt) An jfiAn foirhe fo. Aguf if uime ^oifce^f An 15
cOile^n T)ut) -oe ; eA-oon fiDife bA cige^fnA f Aif , Aguf
tAinig K.i'oif e An 166^ Ainn -oo'n oileAn, A5;tif "Oo Corhf aici$ f 6
pein Aguf 5l^w^5^^ ^^ OileAin fe Ceile, Aguf ctnceAf An
5f UAgAC Le 111*01116 An tdcf Ainn 1 bpoifcionn An Coirif aic ;
Aguf niOf\ eifig An jfiAn dii^ a CeAnn o fm 1 leit. Aguf aca 20
UAirh 1 leit-imeAll An oileAin-fe, Aguf An UAirh "OeAivg a
tiAinm ; Aguf An CAn a tig Ui^oife ^n totf Ainn -oo 'n oileAn
fO, If Ann A 6orhnuit)eAf. Aguf fA(iA"o inife 1 t)folA6 'fAn
uAirh, Aguf nntig-fe 6utn An T)uin ; Aguf aca UiX)ife An
ICCf Ainn Ann. ITlAf tifit) fe tu-fA 1 X)' AonAf, ciocf Ait) fe 25
r6in Aguf 5f ^^5*^<^ ^^ tilnneifit) "oo Con'if ac ffic ; Aguf iriA
t)eifim-fe foff a, •oioglAit) m6 mo iriAflA Agtif m' AnfOflAnn
fOffA."
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 57
VH
They left Egypt after that, and came to the ship [and sailed
it] out from the harbour till they came on a beautiful wonderful
island, and Sir Galahad asked, " What is that island ? ''
'The Island of Light is this island," said the Crop-eared
Dog, '• and 1 do not expect to get a word of news of the
Knight of the Lantern there."
They put away visiting that island from them, and went
out from the port and the harbour to the end of three days
and three nights, till they reached another island, and Sir
Galahad asked, " What is that island ? "
•' The Black Island is the name of this island,'' said
the Crop-eared Dog, " and the Island of the Sun is
another name that was on it. And this is the reason why it
was called the Island of the Sun, as it is above it the sun used
to rise formerly. And this is the reason why it is called the
Black Island : a knight was lord over it, and the Knight of the
Lantern came to the island, and he and the Champion of the
Island fought together, and the Champion falls before the
Knight of the Lantern at the end of the combat ; and the sun
never rose above it from that out. And there is a cave in the
border of the island, and its name is the Red Cave ; and
when the Knight of the Lantern comes to this island it is there
he stays. And I will go secretly into the cave, and depart
thou to the fort ; and the Knight of the Lantern is there.
When he shall see thee alone he and the Champion of
Inneireadh will come to fight with thee, and if I come upon
them, I will repay them the despite and violence I have
suffered."
58 GACcnA Ati rirAT)tiA rriAOit
lotntuf^ lxi*oi|ie ^n totfxMnn, "oo t)i fe pein Aguf -An
5t^u^5^<i ^\t^ puinneog An 5fiu\nAin ^5 eifce^Cc pf\if An gceiLg 30
fin -o'a -oeAnAtn Ag An tnA-OjiA TTIaoI Agtip A5 Si]\ t)ALt)UAiT:) :
A^tip A-out)Aif\c 50 n"oeAnpA"t) pein ceAlg eile 'n-A tiAgAiT!) —
" OifA ACAiT) ceit|\e pleAfCA pionnAitisi-o AgAtn-pA, "oo t)AineAp
•DO 5f^i^5'<'^^ ^'"i OiLeAHi A|A imi|\c, Aguf gibe neAC po a fAit-
pit)eA|i 'n-A cimceAll iaT) beit) 'n-A Co'dIax) peAX) ceit|ie uaij^ 35
piCe. Aguf |\ACAm mAf a ti)puil An TTlA'otiA IIIaoL 'fAn UAirh,
Aguf cuifpeAm nA pleAfCA 'n-A timCeAll, Aguf coi'oeolAi'6
'f-An gceilg, Aguf x)unpAtn An uAitii pAin; Agup mA|\t)pAtn Si|a
t3Alt)UAlt) lAfl n-A pAgAll 'n-A AOnAf."
1a]a fin tAn5AT)Af Cum nA riuArhA Aguf cuijiit) An TTlA'DfA 40
triAol 'n-A toifCim fUAin Agiif fiof-6o'OAtcA, A^uf "00 "Oiin
fiAT) An tiAirti f Aif : Aguf buAiliT) 1 ^coinne Agtif i 5C(3mt)Ail
Sif t)Alt)UAlt) Agtlf "OO t)1'6eA"OA|\ A5 A (ioltlCUAflSAin 1 leit A
6uil Aguf [a] AgAit) 1 n-AoinfeA6c.
VIII
ACc ACA ni'6 6eAnA, ni t)6it) a lAb|\Af An eACct^A nit)-fA
[tri6], a6c T)o'n fig Afcuf, (eA-bdn tlig An "OortiAin) Aguf x)'a
"OfeAm. Cif niof fAirheAC teo 61 n6 AOibneAf, ceol, cuit)-
eA6cA, no onoif, -d'a n-oeAnA-O f iat), Agtif jAn Sif tJAlbuAi-b,
nO fceAlA uAit), T)o t)eit aca. Aguf lAf "oceACc nA bliAt)nA 5
uile, *oo finneAt) cotriAifle leo -out "oo tAifceAl An 'oorhAin no
50 bf Liigi'oif Sif t)AlbUAit), n6 f c6aIa uait).
t)o cfioCnuigeAt) An CottiAifte fin leo, guf imtigeA'OAf
•oeic longA lutCTtiAfA lAn-rhCfA, Aguf t)o cuifeAt) Cfi
cionnCAife luinge lonncA, eA"6Cn biA"6 1 n-iotiAX) a CAitttie, 10
Afm 1 n-ionA*o -bibeAfCA, Aguf 6f 1 n-ionAT) a |:)fonnCA.
Aguf if IAT) fo nA lAoCfAt) "DO 6tiAit) A\\ An loingeAf fin :
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 59
As for the Knight of the Lantern, he and the Champion
were at the window of the summer-house listening to that plot
being made by the Crop-eared Dog and Sir Galahad ; and he
said that he himself would make another plot against it ; " for I
have four rods of pure silver that I took from the Champion of
the Island in play, and whoso he be round whom they are laid
will be in a sleep for twenty-four hours. And we will go where
the Crop-eared Dog is in the cave, and will put the rods around
him, and he will sleep by the trick, and we v/ill shut the
cave upon him ; and we will kill Sir Galahad after he is left
alone."
After that they came to the cave and put the Crop-eared
Dog in a stupor of " sleep and lasting slumber, and they shut
the cave on him ; and off with them to meet and join Sir
Galahad, and they were smiting him together behind and
before at the same time.
vni
However, it is not of them the story speaks further,
but of King Arthur (the King of the World) and of
his people. For no joy had they in drinking or pleasuring,
music, company, or honour, of what they used to do, without
having Sir Galahad, or news of him. And when a full year
was gone, they took counsel to go to search the world until
they should find Sir Galahad, or news of him.
That counsel was resolved upon by them, so that ten capa-
cious full-sized ships departed, and three requisites of a
ship were put in them — food for eating, arms for expelling,
and gold for bestowing. And these are the warriors who went
on that expedition — Sir Lancelot, Sir Galfas, Sir Libnil, and
6o GACCUxX An rtlADRA ttlAOll
eA"66n Sip txirhfoL^f, Si|a 5^^F^rj SifA Ubnil, ^gtip Sip t3ol)Uf ,
An Ui-oipe "^eAl m^c piog pp^innce, ^Agup x^n Hi-oipe *Out3 tn^c
piog riA jCaoIac. ACc 50 'oeirhin -oo t:)i'6e^'OAp pe<\6c 15
5c6xM) piT)ipe 1 ng^t luing T)iot5.
Agup gliuMpit) pomp^ ^p ttiiiip Agup Ap tri6p-pAipp5e ; x^5tlp
ni liAicpipce^p A n-e-A6tp-A no a n-imtCACcxN 1 115^^6 con^Mp Ap
gAt) pMT) A\\ top5 Sip iD^Lt^UxMt) xN^tip AU XY\a'0\\A ttl^Oll, TlO
gup 5At)AT)Ap cu^n Aguf Cx\l^t)popc 1 n-Aoin^exxCc Agup 1 20
n-Aon-uxMp ^rh^in 'yAn oile^n pin 1 n-^ p^iti An tTI^'op^
ITlAiol 'n-x.\ piMn, Cu\ ruMip A^uy ca\\ t)U"6 ti^tn-pxA, a6z Ati
uAip *oo ti)i Sip D^xlbuxMt) *x5up Tli*Dipe ^n toCp^inn 1 •ocex^p
An compile ! Agtip po Aitin Sip "L^rhpolAp coigeAD^l 6lAi'0irh
xxipTD-piog An -oorhAin "oo tDi ^5 Sip iDAlbuAit). CAnsA-o^p a\\ 25
AtY\Ay An 6om\\A^c : pe^C^p K.i*oipe An totp^inn pe^CAT) "oe,
Agup 'OO Conn^ipc n^ -opongA 'ouAnA 'oC-Aiprhige T)'Aionnpuit)e,
gup Aicin gup "d'a e-ApCApAiT) ^AX). -Agup eipge^p X)'eice-All
eineAfhAiL 1 ne^UAit!) nitrie ^gup 1 t)ppitit) n^ piopmAitneince
Agup pAgAp An "^iKUA^At 'n-A Aon^p Ag Sip t)Alt)UAit). 30
1TleAT)uigeAp me-ATitriA Sip t)Alt)UAit) "oe pin, Agup "oo g^b
Ag cuApgAin .Agup Ag cpein-leADpAt) An ^puAgAig, gup
cop6pA"6 leip pA -oeoit) e.
"OeApcAp Sip t>Att)UAi"6 peA^AT) "oe. go bpACA nA piT)ipi"6e
mumncBAp'OA pin "d'a ionnpui"6e, Agup peApAp piop6Aoin ^^
pAilce ppiu, Agup coipti)peAp •00 pogAib go 'oiL Agup go X)io6pA
lAT), Agup 'j;AtrA\' At>t)A]\ A n-GA^cpA ^gup A n-iiTiteACcA, Agup
pceAtcA pTog An "00111 Ain Agup a teAglAig, Agup An "DuipT)
Cpuinn "Oioli. <Vgup nmipix) gupAb "o'a lopgAipeACcAin
CAngADAp AniA6 : Agup *oo innipeAtiAp a n-eA6cpA Agup a ^0
n-imteA6cA "o'a 6eile, Agup 6uAT)Ap triAp a pAib An ITlA'opA
ITIvXol 'n-A 6o-olA-6, Agup pu.\pA"OAp An UAirh "ouncA pAip, Agup
nA pleApcA 'n-A titnteALl. Agup -oo t)uipigeAT)Ap Ay a
puAn e.
peApAp An ITlA-opA ITIaoI piopCAom pAilce pA nA pi-oipi^Oiti, 45
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 6i
Sir Bobus ; the White Knight, son of the King of France,
and the Black Knight, son of the King of the Caolachs.
But, indeed, there were seven hundred knights in each
ship.
And they go straight on the sea and on the ocean ; and
their story or their adventures are not related in every vva}-
they took on the track of Sir Galahad and the Crop-eared Dog,
till they took port and haven at the same time and the same
hour in the island where was the Crop-eared Dog asleep.
What time and moment did they come, but just when Sir
Galahad and the Knight of the Lantern were in the heat of the
battle ! and Sir Lancelot recognised the music of the sword of
the High-king of the World that Sir Galahad had. They came
towards the battle. The Knight of the Lantern looks aside,
and saw the swift countless hosts approaching him, so that he
recognised that they belonged to his enemy. And he rises with
a bird-like flight in the clouds of heaven and the expanse of
the firmament, and leaves the Champion alone with Sir
Galahad.
The spirits of Sir Galahad rise high thereat, and he took
to smiting and strongly beating the Champion, so that at last
he was slain by him.
Sir Galahad looks aside and saw those familiar knights
approaching them and gives them a hearty welcome, and
offers them kisses lovingly and vehemently, and asks the cause
of their adventure and journey, and news of the King of the
World and his household, and of the Round Table. And they
tell that it is on tracking him they came out ; and they related
their adventures and journeys to one another, and went
where was the Crop-eared Dog asleep, and found the cave shut
on him and the rods around him. And they woke him from
his sleep.
The Crop-eared Dog gives a hearty welcome to the
62 gaCcua An rhAT)UA rriAoil
^\5Uf T)'|:u\pf\ui5 f ce^\U\ -An |\io5 A|acui|a T)iot). A^'Dut^|AA•Dv\|l-f An
50 fAiti) f e f L^\ti, A.\cc A ]\Aiti) "do 6uitiA aM|\ 1 nDuxiX) Si|i l)Al1i)UAi"6 '
Agiif 5ii|\ T)\\ uxjAiAAit) *oo ti)it)ex\*o^\|\ pern gonuige fin.
C^ot>z^A6z f\o innif Si^; l)x\lt3iu\it) "oo 'n tllA'OfA.^v TtlAOl gufv
imtij 1liT)i|\e ^n t66|\A\inn uaix), -\5Uf giijA tuic ^^vn ^l^^^^'^S-^^^ ^^
teif, u\|\ n-A PA5.A1I 'n-A Aon^ip "60. UCg-Af A^\n THa'0|\a m^ot
nA pleAfCA^ Annfin, -^s^V ^\'owt)Ai|\c gufi fCAjA ^ "DfAoi'oeAcc
iiile ]\e KiDiive -si^ t,6C|u\inn o "oo f c^p nA pleAf ca fvip
-Annfin A\T)ti5xM|AC n^ |\i'oifi"oe le Si|a t)Alt3UAr6 ^ t>ut leo ;
.\5iif /I'otibxM-iic feifexAn nAC fCA-pfA-MJ |\if A^n ITIa'oiaa ITIaoI. 55
'(^J;l1f X)o f\,Ai"o (\ui-f An pilleAT) 50 Ixij An 'OoniAm, Aguf 50
f ACAt) pern |\e n-A compAnAC X)' iAfi|AAi"D tlix)i|\e An LoCfAAmn.
CeileAli)1\Af An iriADfA ITIaoL AgtJf SIjA llAlbtlAlt) -DOlt) 1A|\
fin, Agiif fAgAiT) loinciomAifce beACA Agiif flAince Ag Afoile.
IX
lomcCif^A An tllADfA tilAoil Aguf Si|\ bAlbuAnJ, lonnfumi'D
A tong, Agiif xyo t)i"6eA'DAf nAOi "OCfACA A|\ fOACfiAn niAfA
Agiif moji-fAiffge. Aguf 1 gcionn nA |\e Aguf nA tiAitrifife
fin, tAflA 1 n-oiLeAn AlAinn longAncAt fiAT), Agiif fiAff in^eAf
Sif l3ALt)nAiX) Ainm nA CfiCe fin. 5
•' Cfioc flA Sof CA An (^fioC-f A " Af An ITIaT)]! A tTlAOl,
"Aguf fi nA Sof CA If CfiAt A^uf If cijeAfnA tiiffue ; Aguf
|\ A^Atn 50 fig nA SofCA Anocc T)"feA(iAin An bfiiigimif Aon-
focAl T)o fceAlAib lliT)iT\e An tocfAinn Aige."
II0 moL Sif l)ALt)UAr6 An CottiAifle fin. "Do (*:tiAT)Af 10
T)'ionnf iiit)e An rjiinAif). Aj^iif CvXinig fi nA SofCA 'n-A j^coinne
Aguf 'n-A 5c6inT)Ail. A5;uf f eAf Af f iofCAoin f Alice ff ui ; oif T)0
(ilof f ceAlA Sif bAlbiiAii) Agtif An filA'Df A TTIaoiL f a 'n -ooriiAin
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 63
knights, and asked of them news of King Arthur. They
said he was well, only what sorrow was on him after Sir
Galahad ; and that it was seeking him they themselves were
up till then.
Howbeit Sir Galahad told the Crop-eared Dog that the
Knight of the Lantern had gone from him, and that the
Champion had fallen by him, after he was left alone. The
Crop-eared Dog raises the rods and said that all his druidry
was taken from the Knight of the Lantern since the rods were
taken from him.
Then the knights said to Sir Galahad that he should go
with them ; and he said that he would not leave the Crop-eared
Dog. And he said to them to return to the King of the
World, and that he would go with his comrade to seek the
Knight of the Lantern.
The Crop-eared Dog and Sir Galahad bids them farewell
after that, and they leave farewells of life and health with one
another.
IX
As for the Crop-eared Dog and Sir Galahad, they approach
their ship, and were nine days wandering on the sea and the
ocean. And in the end of that space and time they came on
a beautiful wonderful island and Sir Galahad asks the name
of that land.
" The land of Sorcha is this land," said the Crop-eared
Dog, " and the King of Sorcha is chief and lord over it ; and
we will go to the King of Sorcha to-night, to see if we will
get one word of news of the Knight of the Lantern with him."
Sir Galahad praised that counsel. They went to the dwelling,
and the King of Sorcha came to meet and join them, and he
gives them a hearty welcome ; for news of Sir Galahad and of
the Crop-eared Dog were heard through the whole great world
64 eACunA An rhA"otiA rfiAoil
rh6f uile, ai[\ tneiT) ^ ng^Mt^it), ^uf ime^\5lui5e.\'o*\|i t^jte
^5tjf f 6i-ti5e*.\f nxMt)e ^n T)oriTAin fomp^. UeiX)i-o 'fx\n •ounx\t) ^^
le^c ^|\ leit. Uo p|\e.\fc^\lxNt) x\5t>f |\o |?|\iotAile*\t)
50 m<Mt ^MT oit)6e pn uat), Aciif t)o c6i]\i5ex\t) lOtn'^AM'Ce
.\5;uf ^itA*o-lec\pc^\6^A "doib : ^vgwf 1)0 ctii|Aev\t) x.\|\ 6a\oi meij^ce
^Aj;tif tne<\TUM|\ u\T) ; lontuvf 5tif\ joi'oe^M") ^\n in^\D|A^A m.\ol 6
Sif\ l)^Alt)iu\it) <Mi oi'i^xie fiti. -0
Agtif |\o ei|\i5 Si-p t)^\lt3iu\it) 1 moc tK\ nuM*one ^|\ ti-A.\
tiptUMf, "oo ciiv\f\'oui5 A\n *oiin "oo, a.\cc rii pu^Mfi ^on-^-oc^l X)'a
fce^l^Mt). Aniifin "do 611^1*6 50 h^ijitn a |\v^iV) A^^ |ai xAjUf
T)'iAff xMi TTlA^vofA TTIx^voL -p^ifi. At^tib^ijic An |\i ^^A6 1[\a)X) Aon- 25
rocAl X)\\ YceAlA^V) ^150, Ajuf da mbeAt), 50 'oruitinAt) x)6-
f An e.
" Itiigitn-fe po m' A|\mAit) gAiftit),"' a]\ Sif lOAlbuAn!), "50
jCAitpiX) cu A tAt)Ai|\c UA1C, .noT)() ccAnn Aguf^ T)o CoirheAT)
beACA A\\ A fon." 30
"If 5t6|\ oinrtiiT)e Agtif AniA-OAin A-oeiji cti,** Afi An |\i .
" Aguf *OA rnbeAX) fceAl.v llTOipe An tocjAAinn no Art WtATj^xA
ttlAoiL A^Am Anoif, ni ciubfAinn 'ouic-fe e."
1a|\ 1^-a CLof pm •00 Si|A l)AlGtiAit), cug fi"6e fAnnc^C fo-
lAttiCA Af\ An fig, A55iif T)o fmne cimeAC CfeApAilce CfUAt)- 35
Cuittfijte "oe ; A^uf no^cAp a CLAi"6eAtii -o'a T)iceAnnAf).
"Ha niAft) 5An (iionncA me," a]\ au |\i, " Ajuf -da tnbeAt)
fCeAlA AV lil^V^DfA ttlAOll AJAUl 50 'DUIUbfAmn DUIC-fe 1AX) ;
A5;uf 6 r\At tiftnl,, 50 'Dciut)|\Ai"0 me "do bfeit pein t)' (5f Ajuf
•o' Aif geAT) T)uic, Aguf f Of "DO ti)eAff Alt) me m' ingeAn fein "^'^
mA\\, itinAoi A^Lif niAf bAinteile "duic, A^iif ni t)fuiL mAc fiog
no f 6-flAtA 'f^^"* "OortiAn nAC bp ml a t)ion5mALA do rtinAOi
innce."
ScAoileAf Sif bAlbuAit) "DO 'ti fij lAf fin, A^uf f nAit)meAij
e f6in Aguf ingeAn fiog nA Sof Ca fe 6eile. A^uf "o' p uf aiI ah 45
fi oijfe X)0 "O^AnAm a\\ CfioCAit) ua Sof Ca t)e ; Agtif x)o "oiulc
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 6$
for the greatness of their valour, so that they terrified the
kings and great lords before them. They come into the
dwelling side by side. They were served and attended well
that night, and beds and high couches were prepared for them,
and they were put in the way of intoxication and festivity, so
that the Crop-eared Dog was stolen from Sir Galahad that
night.
And Sir Galahad arose in early morn on the morrow, and
found not the Crop-eared Dog with him ; and when he found
him not, he searched the fort for him, but found not a word of
news of him. Then he went to the place where was the king,
and asked him for the Crop-eared Dog. The King said that
he had not a word of news of him ; and if he had, that he would
give it him.
" I swear by my arms of valour," said Sir Galahad, "that
thou must give him up, or thy head and thy preservation of
life for him."
" Words of a simpleton and of a fool thou speakest," said
the king ; '•' and had I news of the Knight of the Lantern or
of the Crop-eared Dog now, I would not give it thee."
When Sir Galahad heard that he gave an eager dexterous
leap towards the king, and made a bound hard-fettered prisoner
of him ; and he bares his sword to' behead him.
" Do not slay me without a fault," said the king, " and had
I news of the Crop-eared Dog I would give it thee. And
since I have not, I will give thee thine own terms of gold and
silver, and further, I will give thee my own daughter as wife
and as a spouse, and there is not a king's or prince's son in
the world for whom she is not a fitting wife."
Sir Galahad loosens the king after that, and he and the
daughter of the King of Sorcha were married. The king
offered to make him heir apparent of Sorcha ; and he
66 GACcnA AW rhAT)nA rhAoit
feife^n fin, m^fi -oo bi Cjiiot^ to6lAinn p^ n-^ 6otri<Mf\ fein,
(Ci|i T)0 t)' e Sif t)^lt)iiAit:) rriAC xxip-o-piog LotlxMnn, -oo X)\ 'n-^
•6x^lCA 5-Alf 611!) .\5 AU fig ^fCUf).
A6c teAViA 'o'pxMi Sif 'bx^lt)u^1•6 f e^l ci-An x^guf xMirif e^f 50
fATJA -Afhl-Ait) fin, A^uf ^A bfonAt ciAn-cuiffe*iC e "oo 6um*i
Ar[ Thxi'Ofxi itl^oil.
X
Atz \.A n-x\on X)^a niDe^CxMt) fe ^f f^itCe ^n "otinxxit)
xMTix^t, -o' fexA6 fe nA ceitfe li^ifoe 'n-^ tiin(ieAll, xiguf 'oo
ConnAfC fe *^n inx\T)f^ ITl^ol Ctnge 5-ACA n*oifeAC, Aguf
tli-Dife xin toCfAinn 'n-^ CimeA6 6fexAp^ilce 6fii^'6-6uit!)fi5te
foirhe 'f^^ r^i5^' lonnfU1'6ex^f Sif t)x\lt>u^it) 'ti-A gcoinne 5
^5iif 'n-^ gconrO-Ail, -Aguf C01f1^1fex^f ceofx^ pog-Ago -oil Aguf
50 *oio6f^ "OO 'n Thx^•Df A lt)Aol, x^5t1f fin^ffuigex^f cfe^X) "Oo
joiT) UAit) e.
" At)l^c injexMi pe^f^tifA pinn, fiog n^ Scicm, -do joit)
uxMC-fe me," x^f ^n ITlA'OfA TDaoI, "-Aguf *oo 6uif a\\ tAo\ 10
tneifce ^gtif me^-bfuijce; -Agtif -do tm\\ fiu\in-t)fe*\(ir
•Of AOi'0ex.\CcA 1 m' titri(ie^\ll, x\5Uf "oo f^oiLiinif [1] gcoiiinui'Oe
5Uf At) A^AZ-X'A "OO t)i me : 50 "ocxSmig mo t\A\X A^5Uf mo
Cuirhne -OAonn^ ^g^m, x^5Uf x^n CAn "oo "Ouifig me Af mo ftMn
ixif n-xMmfif, ceiT) Abl^C t)xMti. tu5<\f fit)e f^nnc^C "oo mo 15
Cfot) coifig innce, lonn-Af gtif leige^f a Y\AbAt A^uy a
h\ox\wAtA\< xMfce 50 L^f.
" Agiif Leigim Af f n^rh n<^ mx.\f a me," no 50 "oc^f Ia 1
nOile^n ^^A t)einne tDfice me ; Agtif "oo tuige^f guf Compxin^t
c6rh5-4\1fceA^6 -oo Ri-oife A\^ loCf Ainn C15ex^fnA au oile^in fin, 20
(eA\x:)6n 5fUA5x\C ^^A l)einne tjfice). AXguf ceit)im *o' fe^C^Mnc
-An tDfuijmn UiT)ife ^n toCfvMnn .^vnn ; ^gtif ni bp iu\f ^f ^nn
Atz AV\ 5t^tio.5AC, A^tif m^fb^im e-
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 67
refused that, as the land of Lochlann was waiting for him (for
Sir Galahad was son of the High King of Lochlann, who
was a foster in valour with King Arthur).
However, Sir Galahad stayed a long time and a lengthy
period thus, and he was mournful, long-weary with sorrow
for the Crop-eared Dog.
X
But one day when he went out on the lawn of the dwelling,
he looked at the four quarters around him, and saw the Crop-
eared Dog coming straight to him, with the Knight of the Lan-
tern as a bound hard-fettered prisoner on the way. Sir Galahad
approaches to meet and join them, and gives three
kisses pleasantly and vehemently to the Crop-eared Dog, and
asked what stole him from him.
'' Abhlach, daughter of Fergus the White, King of Scythia,
stole me from thee," said the Crop-eared Dog, "and put [us]
in the way of intoxication and merriment ; and she put a sleep-
spell of druidry about me, and we both thought that I was with
thee : till my sense and human memory came to me, and when
I woke from my sleep after a while, Abhlach comes to me.
I gave an eager stroke of my fore paw to her, so that I poared
her entrails and inwards out of her on the ground.
" And I set myself to swim the sea, till I came to the Island
of the Speckled Mountain : and I understood that the lord of
that Island (the Champion of the Speckled Mountain), was a
comrade in arms of the Knight of the Lantern. And I come
to see if I would find the Knight of the Lantern there ; and I
found the Champion only, and I kill him.
68 eACruA An rhAT)nA rhAoit
" Annfin leigim a\{ f n4rh mA|\A Aj^uf m6|\-pxMtA|\5e m6, A5
pAg^il tnof^in imftiiorhA -AS^f -AnfAoig, 50 cex\nn fe^CclA Aguf 25
f e^Cc n-oi'66e, ^au cattlAt) 5-An f u^\iitine^f ^6c be^^^n T)o 'ti
01*666 A^ 6A\y^A^■^ 6eAnr[--^A^\X) clo6 ; 50 •oc-A|\1^ 1 nOile.An ^n
"^leAnnA "Otiit) me. in^ft)Aim gjiu^^At An oile^in fin.
" A^tif lei^itn A\\ fti-Atri n^ tYixi|ix.\ tne 50 'oca|\1-a 1 nOileAti
DA tn<\nx^6 totnno6c6x\ tne ; A^uy ip Annfin "o'fojlAim Tli'Dtjie 30
An X.6t\\A]nn a t>^AO]'6eA6r a\\ •ociif. Ajuf X)a "OAoine 'oifcife
'Dexif5-lonino6ctx\ ixxt), oif ni goiltit) 5^06 no f u^Cc, SfiAn n6
f eA|\6Ain Off A. Cortif Aicijim-f e -Agiif mt) f em f e 6eile ;
Ajuf 5tif l1onrhx^f a ^curhAtr, a n'OfAoi'6eA6c, -A^uf a
nx)^AX)lA^^6eA6z, vo tuic-fe uile liom. 35
" p^gxMm An c-oite^n fin, ^gtif lei^itn ^f fiubx^l tn^f a
Aguf tn6f-fAiff5e me 50 ce^nn Cfi l^ Aguf ceofx\ oit)6e, *\5
f Aj^il imfniortiA Aguf x\nfoi5 moif, 50 "oc^fl^ 1 nOile^\n n^
tn^ft) me : -Aguf if uime goifce^f Oile^n nA ITlAft) "oe, e*\t)0n
fif Ajtjf mnA An "oorhAin "oo Coi-oeolAt) Ann, 'oogeobt Af mA^t> 40
lAT) Af A ti-Aicle ; a6c nA mnA AicfeAbAf Ann "oo ^feAf, ni
•beAncAf uf 6f A no 'oio5t!)Ail a\\ bit "6615, 6 rheit) a nT)f Aoit)- •
oaCca Agiif A n'OiAbtAi'beACcA. Aguf jAbAim-fe A5 fiut>Al
An oileAin, n6 50 "ocAflA An UAirh 1 n-A lui j^eAx!) nA mnA "bAm,
Agtif "DO X)^ Tli'oif e An l6Cf Ainn 1 n-A t)fo6Aif : Agiif "oo motuig 45.
fe mife, Aguf ceiCeAf fotriAm 1 nT)eilti) leottiAin ; Aguf
5Ati)Aim-fe "oo 'n CAOib eile n-A tottiAif , Aguf beifim f Aif Agtif
ceAnjlAim Aguf cfUAt)-6iiibfi5im 50 -OAOf 'oioCfAC e. Aguf
ceit)im If ceA6 'f^^^"" «Aim a f Aib nA mnA, Agtif niAfbAim iat)
tiile. 50
" Agiif lAf "oceACc AmAC t)Arin-f a, c6it) Ui-oife An LoCfAinn
1 n-A 6fu6 fein, A^uf fo AgAif a jaoI Aguf a pAtfC ofm-fA,
Aguf f o jAb mo totriAif ce f a ^An a rriAfbAt). Aj^uf •00 geAll
50 gcuiffeAt!) 1 mo Cfut f6in Afif m6, Aguf 50 nx)eAnf at!) mo
toil 50 foifCeAnn a fe Aguf a fAogAil; Aguf f6f 50 gcditti- 55
lionfAt) An bfiAtAf tug mife T)' injm tlioj nA neigipce, 50
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 69
" Then I set myself to swimming the sea and the ocean,
getting much fatigue and hardship, to the end of seven days
and seven nights, without sleep or slumber save a little by
night on a rough-headed rock of stones, till I came to the
Island of the Black Valley. I kill the champion of that
island.
*'And I set myself to swim the sea till I came to the Island of
the Naked Monks ; and there the Knight of the Lantern learned
his druidry at first. And rough stark naked people were they,
for neither wind nor cold, sun or rain troubles them. I and
they fight together, and though full their might, their druidry,
and their devilry, they all fell before me.
"' I leave that island and advance on the sea and ocean to
the end of three days and three nights, getting fatigue and
much hardship till I came to the Isle of the Dead. And for this
reason is it called the Isle of the Dead : the men and women of
the world who should sleep there will be found dead thereafter ;
but the women who live there usually, neither want nor damage
is done them at all from the greatness of their druidry and
devilry. And I take to walking the island till I reached the
cave where the women use to lie. And the Knight of the
Lantern was with them ; and he perceived me, and flees before
me in the form of a lion ; and I take the other side over
against him, and seize him, and bind and fetter him hard and
fast. And I come inside into the cave where were the women,
and kill them all.
"And after I come out, the Knight of the Lantern comes
in his proper form, and pleaded his relationship and kinship
with me, and besought my clemency not to slay him. And he
promised to put me in my proper shape again, and to do my
will till the end of his time and his life ; and further, that he
would fulfil the word I gave to the daughter of the King of
70 gaCura An rriAT)UA rhAoit
x\^t mbiA'6 A \\AtAx^\<^t "oo trlnx^ol ^ige 50 poijACe-Ann x\ be^it^.
Aguf tixiifcnn-fe fin ^ij^: ^Aguf tug fe 5|\Mn Agup e*\fCA ^^uf
ti-A riuile "Quite -A|\ CeAtiA le fin 'do CoirhlionAt)."
XI
T)o CiiAT)^|\ ^f A ti<L\itle fin 50 "oun fiog n^ Sof6x\, ^suf
fex\fx\f AW fi f^ilce ffif ^n ITIx^-oiaa TTIaoI. "Oo f|AeAfCAl^"6
Aguf "oo ffioc^ilexxt) 50 nixMC x\n oi"66e fin iat). 'O'eifjeA'OAf
1 tno6 nA tn^i'one ^f n-A mt)x.\fxiC, xiguf ce1lex^t^f^f fiA"o T)o 'n
fig ^5tif "oo 'n cex^5l-A6 tiile, x^5Uf tug Sif t)Alt)u^it) inje^n 5
II105 nA Sof Oa m^f rim^oi xiguf mx^f b^Mn^eile leif. Aguf -o'
fUfAil -An fi oigfe "OO "DeAnAtri -oo Sif 'bAlbuAit) x\f 6fio6 n^
Sof c-A ; x^5t1f A*out)x.\ipc Sif 'Ox^lt^tlAM•0 wAt ngeobAt) f e fin, 6if
50 f Alt) CfioC-A loctxMnn fx\ n-A 6orhAif fein.
pAgAiT) lomCorhxMfce Xi^At^ ^5Uf fl^ince ^5 An fig, Aguf 10
gltuMfix) f ompA ; Aguf ni -deAfnfAT) c6mntiit)e 50 f AnjA'OAf
5Uf An T)un T)iArhAif, mAilte [feJbfiACAf An lilA-OfA TIIaoiI t)o
6oniAtt -o'lngin fioj nA lieigipce.
Aguf tAini5 Af fin 50 riOiteAn An CfOCA ; Aguf if unne
joifteAf OiteAn An CfotA "oe, eA-^on 5AC neAC CAifceAlAf ^^
6 •oogeit) fiAT) buAi-b cfotA A^Lif -oeittje Ann ; eA-6on oiteAn
•oo t)i 1 n*oiArriAif T)f Aoit)eACcA, Aguf nAfb' eoL "o'Aoin-neAC
\ax\ •QotriAn 6 a6c lli'oif e An toCf Ainn.
Agtif "OO 6iiif Ui'oife AW l-oCf Ainn An tTlA'Of a TTIaoI 1 n-A
Cftit fein Ann, 50 nAC f Aib 6 tufjAbAit gfeine 50 finnneA-b ^^
neiU, 'otiine -oo b'feAff -oeAlt), -oeAnAtri. inneAll, Aguf
eAgcof c 'nA e.
Aguf lAf fin j^luAifiT) fompA 50 "oun aw IIaUa "Oeif^;
Ajuf feAf Af Hi An "OottiAin Aguf a teAglAC uile f Aitce ffiA
Sif t)AtbUAlt) Agllf fflf An tTlAT)f A TTIaoI. AjjUf COIfblfeAf 25
tli An "OorhAin -oo pogAib 50 "oiL Aguf 50 ■oioCfA iat). InnifiT)
A n-eA6cf A Aguf a n-nnteACuA Annfin 1 t)fiAt)nAife An fiog
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 71
Egypt, that he would never have another wife but her to the
end of his life. And I bind that upon him, and he called sun,
moon, and every creature at large to witness his fulfilment
ofit."
XI
They went after that to the fort of the King ofSorcha, and the
king welcomes the Crop-eared Dog. They were well served
and attended that night: They arose early in the morning on
the morrow, and bid farewell to the king and the whole house-
hold, and Sir Galahad took the daughter of the King of Sorcha
as wife and spouse with him. And the king offered to
make Sir Galahad his-heir over the land of Sorcha: and Sir
Galahad said that he would not accept that, for the coasts of
Lochlann were awaiting him.
They leave farewells of life and health with the king, and
go straight forward ; and made no stay till they reached the
Obscure Fort, because of fulfilling the word of the Crop-eared
Dog to the daughter of the King of Egypt.
And they came thence to the Isle of Shape : and for this
reason it is called the Isle of Shape — everyone who frequents
it gets excellence of shape and form there. It was an island
that was in a darkness of druidry, and not a person in the
world knew of it save the Knight of the Lantern.
And there the Knight of the Lantern put the Crop-eared
Dog into his own shape, so that there was not from the rising
of the sun to the setting of the cloud one better in form, figure,
trappings, and appearance than he.
After that they go straight to the Fort of the Red Hall,
and the King of the World and all his household welcomes Sir
Galahad and the Crop-eared Dog. And the King of the World
gives them kisses lovingly and vehemently. They relate their
adventures and their journeys then before the king and the
72 eACcRA xxn rhAT)nA rhAOit
|\6inpA. Aguf T)' frxMiAT)^!! fe^l cmti ^^uf -AimfeAf\ jta'O-a
Antifin 1 t)|:o6xM|A -An piog -Aguf x\ texxgl^Mj ; x\5tjf ^A\y fin 80
ceileAbiixif ,An 1n-<^'D|Ax^ lTI^\ol — "o'a n50i|\te-A|A ><XU\fC|AAnn
longAncxicb — -Aguf tli'oife An toCf Ainn -oo 'n fiij ^guf •do 'n
ce-Agl^t, ^5Uf p,A5AiT) iomCorhxM|Ace X)eAtA xxjuf flxSince
,^5 Tvig An "OotrixMn -Aguf ^5 zeA-^lA6 X)unA An Y\aIIa 'Oe\\\^.
Agtif t)x^ cui|AfeA6 Si|\ t)Alt)UxM'D 1 n-OMit) a 6ompAnA^^ 35
5AMfCi"6, e^\'Ddn AtxAfc^Ainn lon^Anc-Aij.
Aguf niof iMn^t) leo 50 f\An5Ai'Dx.\|\ 50 C|aio6 nA nlnx)iA ;
Ajuf t)A tuc5AifeA(b fUiAi«5e nA nln'OM Agiif An jii foirhe An
gcloinn fin [6if\] nAC f Ait) piof a n-tiit)e no a n-imteACcA aca
gonmsefin. Aguf -oo teAfcuij in^eAn pioj 5r^i5^ foirhe fin- 40
Aguf "oo jAt) AlAfCfAnn lon^AncAC ceAnnAf nA nln-oiA
n-eif bAif A AtA\\, Agtif "oo t)i "Ri-oife An loCfAinn 'n-A tAnAifce
Aguf 'n-A tAOifeA6 tojtA f A01. X)aIa Sif tDAlbuAit), no ^aX)
ceAnnAf cf ioca toCtAinn Aguf "OiinA An IIaLIa "Oeifg n-eif ah
fiog Af\cuif, 50 bfUAif 5aC Aon aca a "DionsrhAlA fein "Oo 45
mnAOi ; f eif mAf A'oeif " teAl^Af nA tiln'oiA."
^onAt) 1 fin GAtCf A Aguf ^mteA6zA An ttlAt)t\A itlAoil, Sif
t)Alt)UAix) "oe Cof-Qibuf, Aguf Ri-oi|ve An toCfAinn sontnge fin ;
•oo |\eit\ mAf fUAif mife le n-A fCfiot)A'D e.
THE STORY OF THE CROP-EARED DOG 73
whole household ; and King Arthur was joyful before them.
And they stayed a long time and lengthy period there with the
king and his household ; and after that the Crop-eared Dog
(who is called Alastrann the Wonderful) and the Knight of the
Lantern take their leave of the king and of the household, and
leave farewells of life and health with the King of the World and
the household of the Fort of the Red Hall. Sorrow-
ful was Sir Galahad after his companion in arms,
Alastrann the Wonderful.
And no stop was made by them till they reached the land
of India ; and the hosts of India and the king were joyful before
those sons, as they had no news oftheir journeys or adventures
till then. The daughter of the King of Greece had died
before that.
And Alastrann the Wonderful took the lordship of India
after the death of his father, and the Knight of the Lantern
was his lieutenant and chosen chief under him. As for Sir
Galahad, he took the lordship of the land of Lochlann and
of the Fort of the Red Hall after King Arthur, until each of
them found a fitting wife ; as the " Book of India " says.
So that is the Story and Adventures of the Crop-eared Dog,
Sir Galahad de Cordibus, and the Knight of the Lantern, to
this : as I found it to be written down.
BACCtlA ttlACAOirh-Ari-IOlAlt^
I
po|AlArhAf pop 6pioCxMt) riA Sojaca pe^tc n-AMll 'd'a\[ 6ortixMnm
Tliofc^|\T) mAC Se^j^in inic ttlAtAp^il. Agtir ^^ "oiAt)^
Cfx.\it!)cex^C ex^gn^i'oe eolx^6 ilbexxplxxC i "oce-Angu-Ait) CfiioC-A^uf 5
cineAt)^A6 x\n \\^ fin ; A^uf bA c^if uipim-jlAti cf\ex\bx\f\-t;o|itA6
x\n cijA le |\eitriex\f -An fioj te.A'onA fin ; A^uy tug be.An a
■Oiongrh-AlA Cuige, Aguf -oo fug fi gein rhin ttiAC.AncA.\ rhong-
bui-oe iriAlt-|\ofCA6 mic -do, A^uy X)A\yzeA-6 An mAC fin -oe
gn-AC Aguf -o' OfDAiti) nA lie^gUMfe, ^^^f cug-At!) " Tliof cxxi^T) ^^
Cg " T)' Ainm f Aif .
CU5A1!) An mAC fin n^A oile.Arh<Mn x^5t1f "o'^^ Aifo-leAf ug^t)
•00 "Cfuin^ T)' uAiflit) x^gvjf T)' ^fo-rh,Aicit) Cfio6 n^ Soj^Ca,
5Uf fe^6c tYil)liAt)nA "o' xNOif x^5l1f -o' Aimfif e ; ^guf cu^at!)
i,Af fin m^igifUfi-Oe moif-eol^6A foif\-t)e-AffcnA fif-$l10Cx^ l^
tuige, t)'a frogluim Aguf -o'xx fif-te.A5x\fC. 5ii|\ pexifAC pf-
eol^C e^AgnxM-be lulrhAf ex^lA'6x^ncx^ 1 'oceAnst.Ait) ^a6a cife
x^5Uf 1 5cexifc 5^6^ cineil, 1 mbe^flA ^a^a buixbne Aguf 1
nx)ut)xM5eAn 5-a6a^ 'oeij-leijinn e.
Aguf lAf mbeit liln-fOjlumtA fo'n lonntif fin, if 4 nil!) 20
tii5 -o' A -Aif e, -AllAn Aguf uAigtieAf feAt)-A ^guf f A^f-Aig, Ajkifoe
x\5Uf ioltuAtv\ cif\e, T)o tAc-Aige ^guf -oo t-Aifce^l -Aguf -00
fif-fiub^l rrjxMlLe fe bex\5^n cui"oex\(iC4.\, 50 gcon-Aib -Aguf
50 n5-AX")|UMV), 50 n-1otnx^T) il$fex\fx\ ^a6a feAl^-A x^5Uf 5aCx\
fu\t)xM5 leif A]\ 6eAr\A. Oi|\ ni f<Mb ce,AfD no eAlAt)^ -Af bit 2&
The Story of Eagle-Boy
I
A NOBLE, illustrious, wealthy, tolerant, royal, straightforward,
valiant, protecting, victorious high-king took the sovereignty
and supremacy over the coasts of Sorcha once on a time, whose
name was Richard, son of John, son of Mathafal. And pious,
godly, skilled, learned, accomplished in many languages of
countries and of tribes, was that king ; and soft, dry, clear,
abundant in fruit was the land in the time of that same king ;
and he got a wife fit for him, and she brought forth a boy-
child smooth and soft, with yellow hair and slow-rolling eye,
and the boy was baptised according to the custom and ordi-
nances of the Church, and " Richard the Younger" was given
him as a name.
That boy was given for nourishing and developing to a
company of the gentles and nobles of the coasts of Sorcha.
till he was seven years of age. And after that, deeply-learned,
highly-polished, truly-expert masters were given him to instruct
and educate him, till he was skilled, learned, accomplished,
knowing, cunning in the tongues of every land and in the law
of every race, in the dialect of every tribe, and in the deepest
depth of every science.
And when fully learned in that manner, this is the thing
to which he gave heed — hunting and travelling and journeying
far in the wild and solitude of wood and of waste, of region
and every territory of the land, with a small company, with
hounds and beagles, and store of all manner of trappings for
every kind of chase and hunting besides. For there was no
yd eACuuA rhACAoirh-An-iotAin
t)^\ cojCA leif lonA belt ^5; r^""^^5 V^-^^ ^5^r P^^^f t)65, cope,
t)|Aoc, *.\5tir miot triAije, Aguf cine^\l 5aC<\ n-ilpeipce n-All-
rhu|\"6A^ eile x^|\ 6e^n-A, noc X)o te^vsitiuis t)o 1 t)]:eA"6xMt)
Agtif 1 ti)|:x\f vM^it^, 1 ti)|?0)\^\oife*\Cv\ib ^x^uf 1 bpAin-jle^MincxMb
WA cif\e -A5;tif ^|a 5^6 leit "oe. 30
^A^uf A•o<^fCx^ ^n CoinrCeAXt) 50 coitri'oio(!;fA\ pt^if, X)obeitAe^t)
T)' x\ tilt) A.\5iif X)' A.\ AMfe 50 mo|i iat), x\5Uf •oot;nio"0 |?ex^f6A|\
.A?;iif coiriniii"6e m^iLle fiu, ^xguf "00 biot) ^a?; binn-jvVb^Ml x^
f^ilm ^\5iif A f^lcf AC, Aguf A5 eA'DAp5ui'6e aw 'OuileAtriAn 35
50 •oioc|\A Aguf x.\5 AicCeAt) An CoinrCeAt) CurtiAccAig um
tf6cAif\e Agtip lotngjiAfA Anin^\ "o' pAjAil "06 pein Aguf T)'a
"OtAiiing inAille |iif. <N5tir "oo leAti An |:o|AAinm fo "oe,
eA'66n " UiTDif e nA SeAlgA " -oo jAititn T)o o fin AmAC.
Cio"oc|\aCc jAo coifiCijeAt) An |\io5An aw "OAfiA peACu Aguf 40
|\ii5 f i triAc eile. t)Aif ceA'6 aw triAC fin, Ajuf cugA'b " SeAgAn "
X)' Ainm pAi|A. tlo noileAt) Aguf |ao liAif\'o-leAf iiigeAt) An niAC
fin A5 A oi-oitjib oileAttinA, A5 fipb Aguf A5 feAllfAtrinAvit)
fif\-5liocA WA cife. "Ro inuineAt) Aguf |ao mAOfuigeA-o, fO
foifbigeAt) Ajuf fo fogluniAX) e AtiiAiL "oo finneAt) An ceAX) 45
iriAC, 5U|\t) AOfiriAjA inpeA-omA e. Agtif if e nit) if mo "oo tug
"o'a Ai|\e, "oul T)' A fojluim, cleAfA goile Aguf ^Aifcn"). Aguf
*oo C|\io(inui geAt) fin leif, guf t)A tiinnilL infeA-umA e 1
n-ilCeAfT)Ai5 gniotriACcA nA gCfioC Aguf nA 5CineAt)A6 50
coirh-iomlAn 'n-A uif-tiniCeAll, Aguf 5vi]\t) oi-oe fif-$lic 50
foglumcA, Aguf Aiffio lOfjAiLe, Aguf LeoifiAn leAXMftAC 1
gCACAlt) A^Uf 1 gCllAtAlb AgUf 1 gCOttlLAtin Alb 6 j gUf llOtlf AT)
nA C|aioCa 50 cOimleAtAn "o' a AllAt) Aguf d' a 6ift)eAf\CAf,
Aguf tli*oife AW j^Aifcit) t)A fof Ainm fiubAl -do.
"OaLa RiofCAi|\X) C15 mic fiog ha SofCA, lAf gCAiteArh 55
pAifce moife -o' a Aoif Aguf d' a Aimfif 1 foCfiAcu Aguf 1
bplAiteAf [a] ACAf a, Aguf \Ax^ S^^T^ CfeAllA "d' .a fhAOt-
Aimfif tAifif t)6, 1 ngnAf Aguf 1 n-ufAit) fiAt)Ai$ 5A6A
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY jj
art or science at all that he preferred to hunting deer and roes,
boars, badgers, and wild animals, and every sort of outlandish
monster in general, which met him in the* woods and wastes,
in forests and in valleys of the land, and on every side
of him.
And when hermits and clerics and fervent worshippers of
the Lord used to meet him, he would pay great heed and atten-
tion to them, and would spend the evening and abide with
them, and would be melodiously rendering his psalms and his
psalter, and fervently interceding with the Creator, and petition-
ing the mighty Lord for mercy and many a spiritual favour for
himself and for his followers with him. And thence this nick-
•name pursued him, " Knight of the Chase," which was applied
"to him thenceforward.
Howbeit, the queen conceived a second time and brought
forth another son. That son was baptised, and "John" was
given him as a name. He was nurtured and educated with
his tutors who nourished him, with sages and skilled philo-
sophers of the country. He was instructed and guided, per-
fected and taught as was the first son, till he was of age and
fit for service. And this is the thing he was most careful to
go to learn — feats of valour and prowess. And that was
accomplished by him till he was ready and fit in all the active
arts of the countries and the whole of the nations all around
him, and till he was a skilled, learned instructor, and a veteran
of valour, and a mangling lion in battles and fights and forays :
so that the countries far and wide were full of his fame and
glory, and '^ Knight of Prowess " was the nickname that went
with him.
As for Richard the Younger, son of the King of Sorcha,
after he had spent a good deal of his age and life in ease and
in his father's kingdom, and after putting the space of his
youth behind him in the pursuit and practice of the chase of
78 eACuuA rhACAoirh-Ari-iotAm
tiilpeifce v\5Uf i nge^jA-eoUAf tia gCtimA^f T1eitri-ionCorn6|ACx\f
^guf nx.\ DCpe^t^in f ^|A-t)Ux^"D^\C |\e-Airif Aiijce fin, xArh*Mt -ooCux^l- 60
^ti)^\|i, A.\5Uf u\|A tnbeit inceile -Aguf lontmnge t)o, b^ miAti
xiguf t)A mitiT) le n-*^ At-Aiji fxMl a.\ Ce^nnfuijte — e-A'66n
^1llex^5An f eAf^c^triAMt 50|Am-|AOf ca6, ^guf fC^tAn 5l6|\x^C ^
5lx^n-^l^1nn Ug-je^l TDeij-rheine^xrhAiL fo-<.\i5eAnc<\ -00 rhn^oi
— -o'a ceAr<5x^l fjiif pe linn x^ X)eo pein. Agtif puApjAtug "0^65
eife^ATi CK\ til A 5pAt) "DO rhn-dit) n^ C|\iiinne 50 coitriiomlAn.
'• Afv ingin fioj tuA Scicia "do 6uipe^f mo Cti^nn," ^fi fe,
** 6if\ tug^f cuile cfiev\n ctiom-gfiit) ^^uf y]\ut fio|\-Ait)eil
feifAce T)* a\ coicitn x^guf x)' x^ cti-A|\*\fCb^il; 6^^ tdo cuic mo
toil x.\5iif •DO'6oi|\ce-<Nf m' ^Mgne^t) t)i a|\ itieix) n^\ ctu\|A^fct)ikl^ "O
*oo6luinim tiif\ti."
Ctii|\e-Af ^n |Ai cex\6T:^ 50 pij tu\ Scicia x^5 uApp^if) cle^rh-
n-Aif PaM|\ *o' oijfAe nA So|\C*x, n6 50 n-AM]A5]:eA^t) *.^5Vlf 50
toifCfe^t) ^\n Scitu\-50 liuile. 1^|\ ^clof x^n eorhf^it) fin
•00 f\i5 nx^ Scici^, cf uinnigexJif m^Mte ^.x^uf m6|\-iu\if le ^guf 75
Cfom-corrixMfle ^\ fiojACC^ ^S^f ^ lex^tx^n-t15e^|\n^Mf 1 n-Aon
wnAX), "o' A^k fe^Cxxinc CfeAX) 'OoCifi'oe '66\X) Cum coCtriAifc
inline ^n fioj "oo finnfe-Af cloinne fioj nA SofC*.\. Aguf if
e "oo Conn^fCA^f '061I) zai[\ eif m1on-fA^nnfU15te 'oo -OeAUAvh
A\\ 5AC nil) f o leic, v\ toil f em -oo -OeonugAi) X)o fij nA.\ Sof C^. so
Oif "DO meA.\f at!) leo mtinA 'ocoileoc^vi'oif An cleAtrinx^f "oo cui\
A]\ AjxMt), 50 gcuiffe^t) fe bun ^f [a] f oc-c\l, oif X)o bi lion-
mxM|\e 50 mojA 1 fUMjtib x^guf 1 foCfiA-MT^ib e lon^A u\'D-fxin.
Aguf u\|\ -oceACC fe ua Ceile "ooib -o' *MteAfC Aoinfif,
Aitfife^f fi n^ Scitu\ [a] incinn *^5Uf -Aonc^t) fein um ^n nit) 85
ce^-onA T)o tu\ ce^ccxMb fin fiog ^^A SofC^ : A^uy A-ouXyA^xz
leo «5Uf fe^ff leif 'S]\At) fiot; n^ SofCA 'n<\ [a] fu^t, A.\5Uf 50
•ociubf^f) T>\\ bpig fin *,\ toil fein "OO.
]rilliT) n<^ cev\ccx^ u\fx\m, ^xguf fAifnei"6i"o Aite^sfc fiog
^ Head j^lojiTriAH " frlorioiis," (V)
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 79
every monster, and in keen knowledge of the Incomparable
Powers, and of the victorious onslaughts aforesaid, as you have
heard, and when he was marriageable and fit for union, his
father desired and thought it high time to bind to him, during his
own life, a guard of his peacefulness — namely, an amiable, blue-
eyed jewel and a [sweet-]voiced, clear-fair, white-complexioned
modest talented beauty as a wife. And he asked him who
was his love of the women of the universe at large.
" On the daughter of the King of Scythia have I set my lot,"
said he, "for I have given a strong flood of ardent love and
an ever-rushing stream of affection for her course and her
renown ; for my will has fallen on her, and I have spent my
thoughts on her, for the store of renown I hear of her."
The king sends messengers to the King of Scythia ask-
ing of him a marriage contract for the heir of Sorcha, or else
that he would ravage and burn Scythia altogether. The King
of Scythia, after hearing that announcement, collects the chiefs
and nobles and the parliament of his kingdom and broad lord-
ship into one place, that he might see what they would think
of the wooing of the king's daughter by the eldest of the King
of Sorcha's children. And this is what they thought after a
close examination of everything separately, to agree to the
desire of the King of Sorcha. For they thought that unless
they were willing to advance the match, he would made good
[lit,, put a foundation toj his word, for he was much richer in
armies and in reinforcements than they. And when they came
together to a united answer, the King of Scythia announces
his mind and consent in that same matter to those messengers
of the King of Sorcha ; and he said to them that he preferred
the love of the King of Sorcha to his hate, and that on that
account he would give him his desire.
The messengers return thereafter and announce the answer
8o GACunA rhAC<Noirh-Ari-iotAin
tiA Scitu\ xASiif TiA Sclcex^C "oo fij ua Soptxi. l)<^ loinneAt 90
lut5Ai|Aex\C An t\i "oe fin. Cio-ocf a6c, C|\uinni5e-Af xin t^i 5x\6
xMfifit) io|\5xMle -Agtif t)eitif\ beo-DA t)|A^cx^rhAMl ttu^i n-Ci 0*61^1 c-
teA6 ■^eA\\-eolA6 i gcle^fAit) goile xNgtip gxMfce, *^5tlf 5^6
•OfX^NSUn "OMtl-O-Af^ACCAC 'DOpUlx\n5 X)' a t)pUxM|l 1 5C|A10C<Alt!) tlxi
So|\Ca, ^S^r "oo gUiAif f\e n-A rhofi-pliMg 50 fiogxiCc ha 95
ScitiA. tTI6|\-pAilci5eAf fii tiA ScitiA poitti fxig riASo|\6A Aguf
fAOirti A rhtjinnci|\; Aguf niof\ p^-oxi t)6it) AtfilAit) fin An CAn -oo
Cfio6nui5eA"6 An cte^rhnAf fin eACoptA, Aguf 1)0 f\oinn fiAt)
pfitri-feAfCA jeineAfAlcA An p6fCA.
At Alt) fA-OA ■66^X) ArhlAit) fin 1 bfoCAifA jiiog n<A ScitM, Ag 100
buAnugAt) onof A nA ntiA'6-6uin5e |\eArhf\Ai'6ue fin, m^ille fe
nof Aguf |\e liAifgeAT) -o'a tAt)Aifc d' eigfit), X)' file-At)Aib,
Aguf T)' peAllfATrinAit), -oo tu6c ciuil, itiil, Agtif cluAnA n^
Cfi6e, nA 5Cfio6, Aguf nA 5CineAt)Ac "Oo X)\ Ann 50 liuf-fAif\-
fing, foifleAtAn, fC^pAC, fiof-lAoCcA, neirh-6innce, lonnAf ^^^
nAft) loncomdfCAf co6rhA|\c mic fiog n6 j\o-flv\ite A|^ Aon
AitTifif fif fein e.
ScAOilit) pfitri-CeAnnpinpc An p^AfZA fin lAf Arh, Aguf 5^6
Aon ACA 6 fin AmA6 f6 feAt, A5 glACAt) a ^ceADA 6 fig n^
ScitiA Aguf 6 'n jM'oj-tuifc Af Ce^nA ; Agtif f 1 n^ Sof 6a Agtif no
An Cg-lAnAmAin fin 50 n-A mof-fluAg Ag fAjAil lomCotriAifC
beACA Aguf flAince Ag 5A6 uiLe aj; imteAcic t)' a nT)uncAit)
Aguf -o' A n-oeAj-AfUfAit) fein Aguf AfOin^eAt) nA feolCA
f nAf CA f nAiC-jeAlA A5 fiutDAl AnuAf A|\ An AfT)-6f Ann ; Aguf
ni tiAicfifceAf A n-eActf A nO a n-imteACcA nC 50 f AngA-OAf lis
cuAncA nA Sof 6a. Aguf cei^Oi-o 1 n-A -ocif lAf fin, Aguf f a
tn6f lucjAife Aguf lAin-rheAntriA caiC fdmpA. Asuf triAf An
gceA-onA cei^biT) fceAlA -o'a tnbuAn-fCAOileAt) 50 ceAjlAC ah
>vio5, Aguf cAitiD An bAnAif ttiof-A-ObAl-oo t)! T)' A nuUfhujAt)
fompA An feAt) X)o bi-OeA-OAf 'f^^^i ScitiA fe hoijfe fioj nA 120
Sof Ca Aguf fif An injin fin ^\\o^ nA ScitiA ; ^juf CAitiT) An
65-lAnAnu\in fin pAifc -o' a n-Aimpf 50 fubAt f6 'n lonnuf
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 8i
of the King of Scythia and of the Scythians to the King of
Sorcha. Joyful and glad was the king thereat. However, the king
collects every veteran of ravaging and every active destructive
blow-bestowing bear/ well skilled in the feats of valour and of
prowess, and every vehement, insufferable dragon^ to be found
in the coasts of Sorcha, and he went with his great host to
the kingdom of Scythia. The King of Scythia welcomes the
King of Sorcha and his people ; and not long were they thus
till that marriage contract was completed between them, and
they distributed the general chief feast of the wedding.
A long while were they thus with the King of Scythia,
prolonging the celebration of the new match aforesaid ; with
gold and silver being given prodigally, truly heroically, un-
grudgingly, to the bards, poets, and philosophers, to the
men of song, of knowledge, and of eulogy of the country, and of
all the countries and tribes that were there, far and wide,
very distant ; so that the marriage of a king's or a high
prince's son any time was not comparable with that one.
The chief men of that feast separate after that, and every
one with them from that downwards, one by one, taking their
leave of the King of Scythia and of the royal court in general ;
and the King of Sorcha and the young couple, with their
mighty host, leaving a farewell of life and health to everyone,
going to their own forts and palaces. And the neat white-
threaded sails were hoisted, running up on the lofty mast; and
their story or their journeys are not related till they reached
the harbours of Sorcha. And thereafter they come to their
land, and great was everyone's joy and delight before them.
Likewise, the news of their departure comes to the household
of the king, and they consume the immense marriage feast
which was a-preparing all the time they were in Scythia with
the heir of the King of Sorcha and that daughter of the king
of Scythia ; and that young couple spend part of their time
happily in that manner, in the household of their father's home,
' Metaphorically for warriors.
82 GAccuA rhACAOitri-An-iolAin
fin, 1 T)cex3i5lx\C cige a n-^rAfv\. f 0 jamit coice xijuf foC^ifA x^5Uf
mui|\ne, 5-An ev\ft)^it) feo*o no tn^NOine n6 m6\\-rr\A^teA\'A eile 125
o^tA A\\ bit, xkCc^ ^\5 ol -Aguf x\5 xioibne^f 1 t)po(i^i|A a eeile 5^6
X)AiA t^iog tixi So|iCx\ lomoftAO, 1A|\ gc^ite^rh cf\eif X)' <^
x^o1f ^SUf *o' ^ *Mmfi|A "60 50 fi^rh focAiji 1 n-A tigexXfvnAf ,
|A^ini5 t)tiAit)fe^\"D b^Mf A^uf A^]\^eAUA ba-^a x\5Uf oi'oit) A^\\, 130
^guf puxMfi b^f Cfiof CxM-Oe 50 mbtixMt) An iingt-A ^itfije A^uy
At>nA^cte. Agiif fio C]iuinni5eAM)^|\ i.Afi^Mti tn^ice A^uy m6f-
tJAifte C|Ai6e nx\ So|\6a, exM^on c^oifig -^a6a cuAite, ppirh-
Ce^nnptiif\c 5^6^^ pob^il, -Ajuf cinn ^•oxi^ic^.V- -^a6a cinix), giuf-
CvMfij AD '6t15ex^•6 xNguf cpom-6orh^i|\li5e ha cij^e a^ -Aon-b^ll. 135
Aguf If e f\o (iOirif^iT)f e^T) : n-Afi cuibe A^uy nA\\ 6oyrY\AM
i(\w^a6za r\A So\\6a, a beic 1 inb^Mtincfexib^CA^f Aon cxMn*\lt ;
6 no i:A^^A^X) a p1f-'01x^ fOf\6f\T)x\ oijfe "oitif a\\ An fij. Agiif
•DO cinnexit) leo x\ g^ijAtn Cucx^ -Aguf a piojA'b : xiguf "oo
cinne-At) ^n 6orhAifle fin leo, a^v\' fo 5xMfme^\t!) lxiOfc*.\fT), 140
-Aguf fo zeA^Ai['CA'6 x)6 A\\ "ocuf fe^Cc^ fi05 -^stif f nu\CcA\
flAC-A Agiif reA^Aif'c cuAite, ^xguf 5A6 ni"0 ^|\ te^AtiA b^ 'oiof
A^u-y b-A •olije^t X)o fig ^\5tif "DO foi-tigex^fn^xjo "^exMiArh "oo.
Aguf co1fb1fceA^f UAf fin '06 cofoin tu^nn^ 6ex\[f]T)xMr\xMl
Ctirrro^C CloC-Oft)^ X)luc-5l^n ■Of1cl1nex^C fionn-gl^n f ioJaMTi^iI 145
fo-riixMfe^C lonCorhOfCAi fiog <^5Wf f6i-ti5e-Afn^\. Aguf "oo
cugAt) fl-AC "oife^c 'OAt-AlAmn X)eA-^-mA\yeA6 1 n-A Uvitti
•oeif ftxMC-rheAfxMg -ooinn-iongn^ij, <\5 a y'meAt) x^5t1f x^5
corh^fttl5x^t) t)6-f^n xigtif "oo Cx.\c 50 bf UxMf f e a \uo-^a6z X)0
f6if 5n-dtx^fA.^ ^\5Uf "olije, ^au CAm -^au locc, cOni *oife^6 ir,o
ieif An Cfl^ic fin ; ^guf guf c6if 'D6-f A^n a congb^vil mAi[\
fin 6 fin -Atn^c. AXgtif "oo 501fe*^t) Amm KT -^An PfeAfx\bf<\
"66 lAf fin.
' This is a conjc'ctiiral eniendatioii of tlie MS. readiii,::, wliicli is o]\]\a, lyAp
leo fein, A5 61 (for ~[pein] I wcnild read "[^cr]).
" Ce*3knn4Tj<Miic [which mciiiis '* a pillow"'] .MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 83
in the way of wealth and riches and affection, without having
lack of jewels or property or other great possessions at all, but
drinking and pleasuring one with the other every day.
Now regarding the king of Sorcha, after he had spent a
space of his lifetime in ease and quiet in his lordship, there
came throes of death and symptoms of ending and dissolution
over him, and he died a Christian death with the virtue of the
unction of repentance ^nd burial. And thereafter the chiefs
and nobles of the land of Sorcha gathered together — princes
of every district, chiefs of every community, and heads of
religion of every race, the justices of the law and counsellors of
the land — to one place. And this is what they discussed : that
it was not fitting, and unworthy of the kingdom of Sorcha, that
it should be in widowhood a single space ; since her glorious
True God had left a faithful heir to the king. And it was re-
solved by them to call him to them and to crown him ; and
this counsel was resolved by them, and Richard was called,
and first the rights of a king and the authority of a prince and
the teaching of a lord were taught him, and everything in
general proper and lawful for a king and mighty lord to do.
And after that there is transferred to him the elegant, artistic,
ornamented, gold-jewelled, close-clear, sparkling, all-pure,
royal, lovely, notable crown of a king and a mighty lord. And
there was given a straight, fair-coloured, lovely sceptre in his
straight- fingered, brown-nailed, right hand, to sign and to testify
to him and to all that he had received his kingdom according
to custom and law, without crookedness or flaw, as straight as
that sceptre ; and thatnt was lawful for him to keep it thus from
that out. And he was called by name King without Opposition
after that.
84 e^cuRA riiACAOini-Aii-iotAin
Sl6x^Cc*^f )A\\ fin "oo 'n C6itnt)it) Curhx\(ic-A6 xiguf "oo 'n
TTlAionoiT) CfV1-pex^f\fx^t^vM5 p6 jjA^p^ x\nmA Aguf ctHfp "o' p^^^il
•06 peiti -Aguf -o' A ci5e^|An^it)it) in^\ille fiif. UeiT) m|i fin 'Oo 155
'n pioUMT) f io5"6a fo-rhxMfig ^gtif 1 n-A CACAOif t)f eite^Mtin^if
u\fCxMn, A^uy ft1fx^lA^f triAite Aguf tnof-iuMfle Cfi(ie n^\ Sof\CA
•00 5^M|Am Cuige. Aguf x\'Oul3Aii\c leo 50 fxMto uife^fb^i-6
ttiojA f*Mf, eA-oon 5^\n ce^Ann goile ^guf gAifce. einig ^5Uf
congn^Mtri, ^5;uf Aiffit) lOfjxMle A^uy \meA-^lA nA Sof6A, xi^tif HJO
ce^nnpofc CA.\tvA nA ^cfioC, -oo t)eic xMge, ex^"66n Sex^5^n a.\
•oeA|At)f<\cxMf , T)' A n50ifeA"6 Ui-oife ^n JxMfCit).
X)aIa TliT)ife An '^a\\'c\'6 lotnoffo t)o cuife^t) zeAtzA
x^5Uf CAi-bleoifi-oe Af peAX) n^ gCfioC Agiif n^ ^cmeAX)A6 50
coirh-leACAn, n<3 juf ffiot e. '^Nguf lAf t)f ajaiI fce^t b-Aif 165-
[a] AtA^A, Aguf fiogtA A "oeAfbiAAtAf A "CO, C15 le nA ceACcAit)
50 f Ainig An cSof 6a. Aguf lAf "oceACc "oo tAtAif "66, mdp-
f AilcigeAf A -beAftDfACAif Aguf niAite Aguf tn6|^-tJAifle C|\i6e
nA SofciA foirhe ; Aguf lAf leijeAn a fcite Aguf lAf gcuf a
trieifcnige 'oe, lAffAif "ouitCe, fOfbA, peAfAnn, Aguf fineACAf 17(>
Af A "OeAf bf ACAif ; Aguf lAf n-A fAJAil fin 50 coileAttiAin "06
o'n fij, CU5 t)uit)eA6Af m6|\ t)6, A^uf eA^CAoineAf a belt ^An
ninAOi A "OionsmAlA Ctnge.
piAffiiijeAf An fi ciAtiT An beAn bA liAnnfA leif td' iAffAi"6
no "OO CAbAifU tuige. l''>
'"Oo CuAlAf," Af fe, "50 bfiiil ingeAn AlAinn AoncimiAt)
•<^5 1^1$ nApeffiA, Agtif cugAf Cforn-jfAt) feifce Aguf CAitnirii
•o'a COICini AgUf T)' A CtlAfAfCbAll."
CuifeAf An fi lAfAfh ceACCA Agtif CAi-oleoijU-oe "o" lAfjVAit)
cleAirinAif "o' a "oeAfbf acaija A]\ fig nA peff ia. '<^5iif eAf Af l^'^O
An fi COCiriAfC OftA. plllt) fO AlCriieAlA A^llf fb AlCIf, Agllf
X)o tonntngeA-D Aguf liiAit-feAfgAt) f 1 ha Sof Ca Cfix) fin.
Agtif tug 5Aifm fluAig Ajuf foCfAi-oe X)' a -ofeAm fb CfiotAib
nA Sof 6a 50 buile, Aguf -oo 6iiif licfCACA A]\ AfniAf a CAfAt),
•O' lAff Alt) COn^AnCA fllUMJ -AgUf f06AlX)e OfCA. -Agtif bA 185-
THE STORY OF EAGLE^BOY 85
Then he prays to the Mighty Lord and to the Trinity of
Three Persons that he himself and his lords with him might
get grace of mind and body. After that he comes to the royal
beautiful palace and then into his judgment seat, and com-
mands the chiefs and nobles of the land of Sorcha to be called
to him. And he said to them that he had a great lack, namely,
that the head of valour and prowess, protection and help,
Sorcha's veteran of raid and terror, the battle chief of the
nations, was not with him — to wit, his brother John, who was
•called the Knight of Prowess.
Now as to the Knight of Prowess, messengers and
ambassadors were sent throughout the lands and the nations
far and wide, till he was found. And when he received news
of the death of his father, and coronation of his brother, he
comes with the messengers till he reached Sorcha. And after
coming to his presence, his brother and the chiefs and nobles
of the land of Sorcha welcome him ; and after putting off his
weariness and laying aside his weakness he asks of his
brother, land, property, patrimony, and inheritance ; and after
receiving that willingly from the king he gave him much
thanks ; and laments that he has not a fitting wife.
The king asks who was tl)e woman he preferred to ask for,
or to be given him.
" I have heard," said he, •' that the King of Persia has a
beautiful marriageable daughter, and I have given the strong
love of attachment and affection to her course and her renown."
Then the king sends messengers and ambassadors to seek a
marriage for his brother from the King of Persia. And the
king refuses them the match. They return in grief and in
shame, and the King of Sorcha was enraged and furious thereat.
And he summoned his armies through the coasts of Sorcha
at large to hosting and assembly, and sent letters for the arms
of his friends asking of them the help of army and company.
86 eACuuA niACAOirh-An-iotAin
peififAiDe "DO, oi|A bA lionrhA^f\ n^ fltuMj c^tnig Ctnge 6 n-<\
Cio'6c|\ACC, lAp "ocionol xiguf \a\\ "ociotrif u5x^•o xNn CfluxMg
fin 'n-A iTOtAongAit) ^5Uf 'n-xi TTOioiimxxnnxMt), 'n-A gCAtxMb ^guf
'n-A gceADAit), 'n-A gcipi'Dili) A^tif 'n-A mbiiiT)nil3 c6i|\i$te, Af 1'-^^
5AC Ai|\*o A pAbA-OAiA, \\o gvAt) An |\i mneAll Aifcip ^^^^V
HYiteACCA pAi|\ ; Agtif ni li-AitjAifceAf A gniorhAftA a|a peAt) An
eACCjAA no 50 f AngA'DAjA 50 |\iot;ACc nA peffiA.
Agtif iA|A jAocCvMn nnleACAin nA cit^e "ooit). -do fCAoilfeAX)
cionolCA Ati cfLuAig Annfin, 1 n-A fCiAtriAlCACc fUilDlAij fAji- 1^5
tuAit Aguf 'n-A 5ceiteA|\n cUfce caIhia ceA'opA'OAij c6if-
eA'DCfinme, Aguf 'n-A fceirhteACAiti) pAiffmse poi|\-leAcnA, p6
5A6 CHIT) *DO 'n cifi pA coirhneAf A •66il3. Ajuf "oo CjAtnnnigeA-oAi^
buAjA Aguf bouAince, c|aui"d A^uf ceAfiCA, iriAoin Agtif tn6|i-
triAiteAf A, Agtif spoit) eAc[|A]Ai"6e fcuAb-leAbjiA nA ci|\e, Aguf -00
innilt, ffeADA tnuc Aguf caojaac nA C|\i6e 50 conii-leAtAn.
Aguf T)' •pA5A*OA|A All Cm 1 n-A T)oi5i|\ ■oonn-|AtiAi'6 •oeApg-lAfiiAi-i;,
Aguf 'n-A fmii'OAnAib ftnAl-6o|ACHA frriAil-ifle, Aguf i i5-a
bfiuiDeAil ueineAt) C]iiceAfh-|itiAit)e, Agup i n-A 'DobAii\-neAL-
lAib T)0|\cA •OfitlineA^A "oo-fAifneife, 'n-A conAiji c^eAC, -0'>
Agtif n-A hAt)X)A eAlbA Agtlf piA-bAij.
Agtif iA|\ -ocionoL A^tif lAp •DOOirifugAt) T)o nA tnoju
fLuAgAib yw, Af 5AC Aon aijit) i n-A jAAbA-OAp. 50 UuIa6 An
t)uAnnA, mA-p a |\Aib |\i nA So]aCa Aguf bun An cfLuAit;,
pujAAlAf An |\i comieAT) •do 6u]\ A]\ nA cfioCAib, Ajuf pop- -10
ton^pofc T)0 "oeAnAiii "oo nA fltiAigcib 50 leit^-tionolCA.
'Oo pinneAt) ArrilAi'6 aca 50 tiAm fiiAm, tneAt)A|AtA, Aj;uf
CAitrhe coT)A *o6ib ; Agtif fo jAb fiAT) A5 p|\onnAT) a "ouo-
rriAlCAIf lA|\CAin, 1 n-A tTOIflb AgUf 1 n-A •OCjAIUjAAlb Agtif
1 n-A gcottilAnnAib, gup bA ftibAC f aicga^ foi-rheAntnnA6 ^^^
uile IAD. Agtif iA|\ bpjAonn At) "ooib, f\o jAbfAX) aj; pAifneif
A^uf A5 ntiAi-6-innfnic a n-AiiTO-eACcfiA A^uf a n-nnteACcA
pop pofiCjAAit) An CAorii-lAoi AntK\f goninge fin.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 87
And that was all the better for him, for numerous were the
hosts that came at that time from his friends.
However, after collecting and assembling that host in their
multitudes and troops, in their battalions and hundreds, in
their ranks and ordered regiments, from every quarter where
they were, the king took trappings of journey and travel upon
him ; and his deeds throughout the expedition are not related
till they reached the kingdom of Persia.
And after they reached the centre of the land, the assem-
blies of the army divided there in their marching, rushing
elegance, and in their expert, valorous, keen-witted, light-
footed band, and in their far, wide skirmishings, through every
part of the land nearest to them. And they collected cattle
and herds, flocks and property, wealth and goods, studs of the
pliant-tailed steeds of the country, and trappings, flocks of
swine and sheep of the territory all around. And they left
the land in a red-brown, ruddy-flaming blaze, and in purple-
stained, insignificant ashes, and in a smouldering of red-dancing
fire, and in dark, sparkling, unspeakable, obscure clouds, and a
road of rapine, and a home of flocks and of the chase.
And after those great hosts were collected and assembled
from every quarter where they were, to the Soldier's Hill,
where was the King of Sorcha and the nucleus of the army,
the king commands a guard to be' put on the coasts, and to
make a camp for the hosts assembled all together. Thus
it was done till the time of slumber, merry-making, and par-
taking of their portion came to them : and then they set to
eating their victual, in twos and threes and companies, till they
were all happy and satisfied and merry. And after breaking
their fast, they took to relating and telling anew their noble
adventures and their proceedings at the rise of the fair day
and onwards till then.
88 eACcriA ttiACAOirri-An-iotAin
Mf\ 5C|\uinni5eAt) a\ itiAite AAgiif v\ rhojA-u^ifle T)' lonnfUTOe --^
d' eA^c^omeAt) a 5Ct\e*^6 ^giif ^ Ti-^in-olijit) x^5Uf a tn6i]A-
e*^ft)-A•D pein |iif -<\n jM'g, |\o g^li) aj; A^\itt)e*i|\ ^gnf x^5 lom-
A|\ Aon 5^6 xx •ocAinig X)' olc Ay An wpn j^ontnge fin, ^.xguf
lom^T) T)' poU\ntiAit) u*Mf le A^uy 'oo nu\cxMt) f 105 -Aguf f 6- 225
]:lAC*^ x^f\ A 'OCU5 pi e^i^AX) co6rtiA\i|\c 501111156 pn.
" 5-^^^i"6-r^ ^^o leitfce^l pein lilD-p e,'' a]\ An \\\. " T)o
pinne^xt) ctipsn^iri inop plei-oe lioin-p^ ivoitrie po" a]\ pe, "Ai5t!p
* x)o 6puinni5 m^ite A5up mop-UAMple iu\ pi05x^CcA CuSaMti
1 n-^m. Scv\p-At) [pi] o 'n C15 oil, A\5up do Cu^^'OAip UAinn A]\ 230
teAnn nA timgine u-o. T)o c-aja pi ce^Cc, ^siip niop rhu\-6 no
mv\ipe linn pin, 6ip "oo b' lonTo^x mAC piog A5up puil u^p^l a\\
A "ocus pi e^p^t) 5onui5e pin, x>o peip niAp A*oeipti-pi. ^sup
•00 Cu-A'D^p ^pip T)' A tii^pp^Mt), A^^stip DO e^p pi ce<ACc. tDo
cuAT)*\p An z\\eA\* pe-ACc x)' -c\ tiMpp.Mt) ; A511P *\Dut)Aipc pi nAC 235
DC10cpA^•6 iniinv\ l)pul5ex^'6 pi a bpeicpem. A5UP do ge^illAp-
p-A pin Di, A^5tlp do 5AI) pi ctiip*3k5up p*^c*^ opin um *.\ Corhx^ll-At)
pin Di. 'A5UP ip i l)peit do pu5 An in5e*.\n do pog^Mn ; eAt)on
■^An A zaX)a^\z d' pe^^p 50 X)\\ac aCzx)' ^pog^Mn pern. (Cu5Ap-
pA n^ coingill pin Di pe a Iu*xd, A^uy ni t*.\ini5 ^oin-pe^p d' a 240
liiAppAiD 6 pm 1 leic nA6 eAi[\yA6 pi duI leip, *.\5tip niop
ti)pipeA\p-pA mo (ioinge^ll d' x^olnpeA^p aca 6 pin 1 leic.''
"Oo 5At)x^'6 An leicpce^l pm 6 'n P15 leo, A-^uy zu^^Ai) An
in5eAn pern do Ix^t^ip ctiC*\ do 5aI).\iI a leitpce^l. 'A5UP ip
eAt) *^DUl)xMpC — -45
" A triAite *^5tlp rhop-ii*Mple nA peppu\/' a]\ pi, " ip AmU\i"6
tSylA puD D^ni-p-A. QAt)6n, U\ n-x^on do l)it)e«Ap 1 tn' 5pu\nAn
Jloini'Oe 5opni-puinneo5*.\C, A.\5up ctnce^p coipCiin pu*Mn A5tip
p^Ap-CoDJ(lCA\ popm. 'A5UP c-.\pp*.\p pip .\nipA A511P Aiplin5
1on5Anc*^C iiAxn, eAtton mo pogA do da nit) d' p^gAil D^m 250
pem : e^'bon, mo "oiol d' yeA]\ ^sup d' p]\-de\le d' PA5A1I
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 89
As to the King of Persia, anotlier story is related. After
his chiefs and nobles assembled to him to complain of
their plundering and their injustice and their great losses to
the king, they began reproaching and rebuking himself and his
daughter ; saying that together they were not worth all the
evil that had come from the daughter till then, and that there
were many noble families and sons of a king and a prince to
whom she had given refusal of marriage till then.
'• Receive my own excuse yourselves," said the king.
'' Great preparation for a feast was made by me some time
ago," said he, '' and the chiefs and nobles of the kingdom
gathered to me in time. She left the drinking-house,
and I went from among ourselves to fetch the girl. She
refused to come, which we thought discourteous and ungracious,
for there was many a king's son and noble family which she
had refused up till then, as you say. I went again to seek
her and she refused to come. I went the third time to seek
her, and she said she would not come unless she obtained her
own decision. I promised her that, and she took contracts and
securities from me that that would be fulfilled for her. And
this is the decision the girl chose : that she should never be given
to a man but to her own choice. I gave my pledges to her as
she said, and not a man came to seek her from that out that
she would not refuse to go with him, and I have not broken my
pledge to one of them from that out."
That excuse of the king's was accepted by them, and the
girl herself was brought before them to receive her excuse.
And this is what she said : —
•• Chiefs and nobles of Persia," said she, *' thus has yonder
thing come to me. Of a day when I was in my glassy blue-
windowed bower, there falls the stupor of sleep and heavy
slumber upon me. And a glorious vision -and wonderful
dream was revealed to me : namely, that I should have my
choice of two things — to get the spouse and husband
90 eACdlA ltlACA0ini-An-10tA11l.
x)Am, A\\ u^ifle *\5tif a^ AtA\\'6A6T:, A\y t>e^lX) Aguf A\y t>eAnAm,
A^ rriAOinit!) xxgtif a^ rhofA-itiAite^f, a^u\\ fiot, fASirhe, ^suf
foc|\^it)ex.\Cc f\e linn ^An CleAtrin^Mf fin — A^uy a beic xMrn^iT)
T>Am pein 50 b|\A.\c ; ti6 ev\fbv.\t)^\ "oo-^AiiArhige A^uy 'oiojbAlA 255
T)o-fAifneife "oo tog^Ml X)Am pein, "oo m' AtA]i[\, Agup T)^oit!)-fi
Af mo lof A]\ X)cvif, Agtif |:e<\|\ niAit -do tieit A5x^nl iA|\CAin, \)a
cmXye "OAin Ajuf bA 'oiol co6triAi]AC A^uf cleAtrinAif X)o m'
AtAi|\, Aguf 50 mbei*oif cl^nn riuMt A^Am |\if noC *oo5eobAt)
geAll clu Agtif gxMfce, AtUMt) Aguf 6i|\T)eA|\CAif , einig Aguf 26a
eAgnAirri, a|a n^ cpiocAiti) 50 coniileACAn. A?;tif if 1 fo^A -oo
fojAf-fA T)ioli) fin, 5An a beic Airnfix) t)o ni' "Oeoin fern, 6if
•00 trieAf Af 5tif liigA An "oiogtDAiL btiAiX)f eA'o *oo teAcz "OAoib-
f 1 "OO lACAif A^wf 'DAfh-f A, 'nA beic AirrifiT) "oo gnAC. -Agtif triAf
An gceA'onA meAf Aim giif Ab e fo An c-Am A^uf An fOAf "Oo 2(;5
bi 1 scinneATTiAin X)Am, Aguf itia 'f e biif T:)COil-fe e, ACAim
•oeoncAC Af gAbAit fif."
'Oo bi A b<\tAif Agtif uAifLe nA fiojA^CA fAfCA fif An
bffeAgfA fin. CfiocnuijeAt) An CotriAifle fin leo Aguf ceiX)
•ofong T)' UAiflib nA fiogAtcA mAf a f Aib fi nA Sof^A 50 n-A 270
rhbf-fluAj, Aguf fAifnigiT) AiteAfC fioj nA peffiA A^uf [a]
ingine -do. 5UiAifeAf fi nA SoftA mAille [fe] mAice Agiif
mof-iiAifLe A flUAij 50 ceAnn-(^AtAif\ nA peffiA, Aguf C15
fi nA peffiA Agtif onbf a6a a rhoif-teAjlAi^ 1 n-v\ gcoinne
Aguf 1 n-A 5Comt)Ail, Aguf fCAf Af fiof6Aoin f Alice ffif Aguf 275
ffi A -QfeAm. UeiT) lAf fin j^o piolAm fioj-OA fo-AlAinn An
fioj, Aj^uf "DO finneA'6 An cleAtrinAf fin eACoftA, Aguf "oo
pofAt) An os-lAnAtriAin, Agtif -do finneAt) pfim-feAfUA
geineAfAlCA leo : Aguf An cfAt bA mitix) fe fig nA
Sof Ca e, glACAiT) A gceAt) AS fig nA peffiA Aguf ax; mof- 280
llAlfle A fiOgACCA, AgUf gltlAlflT) 1 gCOblAC Af mtllf AgUf Af
fhof-fAiffge 50 fAngATDAf cuAn -oCiin Aguf X)eA5-bAile An
fiOJ. AgUf T)0 CAlteA*OAf fleAt) m6f-At)bAl fif An 65-
lAnAtriAin fin ; Aguf -do 6iiAT)Af lAf fin -ooCum a gcuifte
Aguf A n-oiiiCce fein tuj An fi -oo foitrie fin. 285-
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 91
that I should choose for nobility and heritage, for form and
fashion, for riches and wealth, and peace, quietness, and
fidelity all the time of that marriage — and myself barren for
ever : or countless losses and unspeakable injuries to accumu-
late for my sake to myself, my father, and you, at first ; and
afterwards to get a good husband fitting for me, my father's
choice for marriage and contract, and to have a good family
from him who should get the prize of fame and valour,
renown and glory, liberality and expertness, over the countries
far and wide. And this is the choice I made between them —
not to be barren by my own will, for I thought that the
injury was less that trouble should come to you and to me at
present, than to be barren continually. And so I
think that this is the time and the man that was fated for me,
and if it be your will I am ready to go with him."
Her father and the nobles of the kingdom were satisfied
with that answer. That counsel was agreed on by them, and
a multitude of the nobles of the kingdom come where was
the King of Sorcha with his mighty host, and they inform him
of the speech of the King of Persia and of his daughter. The
King of Sorcha goes with the chiefs and nobles of his host to
the chief city of Persia, and the King of Persia, with the
honourable men of his great household, comes to meet and fore-
gather with him, and gives a hearty welcome to him and to his
host. After that he comes to the royal lovely palace of the
king, and that marriage was made between them, and the
young couple were married, and a general chief feast was made
by them ; and when the King of Sorcha thought it time, they
take their leave of the King of Persia and of the nobles of his
kingdom, and go in a fleet on the sea and the ocean till they
reached the harbour of the fortress and city of the king. And
the young couple partook of a great feast with him, and they
went thereafter to their own court and country, which the king
had given him before that.
92 eAcxiiA rhACAonri-An-iolAin
5.\6.\ fol^vif, -DO t)io-6 An ^] a-^ c^Mfbe^n^Nt) ^ 6A|\tAnnAif x>o
"DO nv\ bocc^ib -oo |Aei|\ Tn.\|\ tigi-oif Cuige 5x\C Ia. Aguf
•oobeijieAX) Cfeif ^\|a re^^lg ^\5iif'^|\ f J.ijA-pux'OxiC ; ^guf cpeif 290
eile .\|\ gnotxM-oitD a ci^e -xguf a caIaitti, -Aguf *\5 t\eit:)e^\-6
i-oitA cpe^nAili) ^^5t1f AMibpAnnA^it!). ^.xguf CxMce^xrh ppoinne Aguf
coniv\lc^\if 1 n-OkUrifip ^\n tnexxt)oin-lAe lAfic^Mn, Agtif xAg
^ruAfclvXT) ceifc -\5vif c^inje^n 6 ti^c 1 jcoitCinne 50
]:tiinne^*o neill noiu\ A^u-p 50 *oul "oo 'ti 5]iein "Oo luije. -95
Agvif "oobeiiAe^xt) Aijie t)' a u|\n*M5e Agtif *o' ^\ e^ppA^MfC \a\\
fin ; Aguf "DO t)i ^\|\t)0|A 1 n-^\ 5^\i|AX)in. xijuf "00 bi 5|A*.\CxMn
1,1*^5 cloice 'f^^ A|At)0|\, Aguf ^'Deif\ev\-6 x^n |ai ufxnxMj^e ^M|Aite
A|A A ^Ivtinib pO|\f An 1,15 ce^A*onA g^c l^.
II
T)a.\Iv\ Seo^jxAin mic II105 nA So|a6a*, t^Mnig "DfoC-p-ntuvmeAt) 1
n-A rtie^\ninAin, A^jiif "OO |\inne cumA\nn Agtif c-AfA'0|AAt) |Ae
t)AOinib iMit)|\e^(iA AinrhMn^\C*.\ "oo bi 'f-^^'i t^iojACc, *x5Uf
nocc^\f poc.\in ^\ |\uin -Aguf incinne x)bib — Af\ ^x t)eA|Ab|AAAtxM|\
X)o tr^\jAbA-u, ^guf An jiiojAtc DO beic Aige pein. Cfuinnije-Af 5
mojA-fLuAj, AXgiif ^luAifejkf |\onrie a\\ fiubAl nA noiX)(ie 50
jAAib 1 bpoguf -00 'n Afvbo|\ f\eAnitu\it)ce. Oi|\ b^ pe^xf^xC 6
5U|u\b mA]\ pn -oo c<mc -An |ii [^\] ^MtnfeA|\. A^suf "oo pnne e
pein *\f\tncA ei-oigte, Agiif ceiD 'n-A uAtAt) Aguf 'n-A *\onAf\-An
A|\ Am^\f *.\n 5^\i|\x)in. A6c aza nit) ce^*on-A, if xXtiilAit) tAflA 10
T)o 'n fig ; A beic v\n luMf fin 1 Tno(i-t)^iL n^\ tn^M-one, 'n-A
AonAf 'fA\n .\fbof Af a jLuinib, bf au lig ceA'onAX AX)tibf AtriAf,
^5 fogn^vni -DO 'n Coinruit) CumA6zA6.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 93
After they had spent a while of their time thus in their choice
of every pleasure, the king used to be displaying his friendliness
to everyone according to his quality, and giving comforts
to the poor as they would come to him every day. And he
would give a space of time to hunting and the chase :
and another space to the business of his land and country,
reconciling the strong and the weak ; taking his meal and his
food at midday thereafter, and solving questions and disputes,
from everyone in general till the setting of the evening cloud
and the going of the sun to rest. And thereafter he would give
heed to his prayer and to his vespers; and there was an
arbour in his garden, and a pile of stones in the arbour, and
the king would say certain prayers on his knees on that same
stone every day.
II
As for John, son of the King of Sorcha, an evil thought
came into his mind, and he made a compact and a league with
some proud and shameless men that were in the kingdom, and
he reveals the contents of his secret and his mind to them — to
kill his brother, and to have the kingdom himself He collects
a great host, and proceeds in a night march straight on till he
was near the aforesaid arbour. For he knew that in that manner
the king spent his time. And he made himself armed and
accoutred, and comes all alone by himself towards the garden.
Howbeit, thus the king happened to be — at that time he
was alone in the dawn of the morning in the arbour on his
knees, upon the stone we have mentioned, serving the Mighty-
Lord.
94 eACuriA rh^CAOir1vAn-iotAin
iA|\pxif pofcl^t) A^ An mbuA6A\ll. poillfigeA^f An bu^C^ill 15
"oo An f\i T)o beic <\5 binn-jAtD^xil a fAilm ^\5Uf a yAlz\\A6,
Aguf ti^|\ 6tiit)e "ouine *oo t)ul i n-*i 6eAnn no 50 f cuijApex^^t)
f e t)' A ujAtuMje. K\|\n-x\ 6lof pn tdo Sex^5<^n, t)^\5|i-Af fe cexinn
An t!)UA\C-AlU\ •00 t)|Aife^.\"t). tDe^jACAXf An huA^A^lt A^\ 50
pfioCnAiiiAC, A^uif ctiige^xf ^\\ [a] e^gcopc xx^uf a\\ [a] inne^ll :^0
50 1|\A^X) [fe] ZAy, eif peill-gniorh "oo x)e-c\nxMti, no A]\ ci a
-oeAnzA. <X5Uf ceix) mx^ji a \\A]X) An |ai, -Aguf |:o1llf15ex^f x>6
SeA^An T)o tDeit inf An 'OOjiAf ^5 iAf\|\Ai"6 pofclintjte.
'"teigCLMiA ifceAC mo "DeAptDiA^vcxMp/" Af An pi.
"Hi liAirilvMt) fin If coif," a\\ An buA^AMll," no 50 fAbAif- ^5
fe 1 me^fc "00 te^jlAi^ 'x'An gcuifc : oif ni cof AtrilA.\ fif
X)ei5-5nK)ni -oo "oeAxnAtri lonA feilt-gniotri : 6if aza fe AftncA
ei'Dijce, A^jiif *oo cl^oCloit) a X)eAlX) cuili)e^\fAC 6Aom jex\n-
muioe A\\ ■OfoiC-'oeAlt) Agtif a\\ •Dfo6-'Dx\t."
" Ceil AXgiif n^\ c^n niof ino X)o X)' X)foic-innfcne no "OO 30
-o' rhio-U\bAfc*.\, aX ti)tu\CAill," a]\ An fi. " Ajtif ni tiArhlAi"0
ATZA An j:-At)V)A]\ : acz if e^ccfxxnn^ij no *\llmufAi5 t^inig 1
nx)utAi}^ tno tHMfDf^ACAfxi," a^ fe, " ^guf "o' u\f]VAit) congxinc-A
fliu\i5 Agiif fotf Ai-oe ofin-fA a.\ CAinig fe. Aguf if Cfix) fin
A fev\f5AX) e Ajuf fo cU\ocLoi"6 a t)eAlX) xxguf a t>eAnAm mA\\ .">5
fin. Af;iif leigce^f ifce^C e 50 luAt."
pofCALcAf An "OOf-cXf 50 luAt leif ^n mt)iu\CAMLL *.\|\ fUf^iL
An fiog, Acz 5Uf t)ev\CvM|\ leif e, Aguf Lei^e^f Se^g^n ifce^t.
Aguf "00 finne A]\ awm^ An fioj m^f a fAiti) Af a gLiiinit),
Aguf If e beAnnugA'o "OO finne X)6 — eAt)0n tnin-lJLAic l3tiAt)A6 +0
min--6eAniiu\r6e Ctiri"iT)Ac cfOf-ofT)A ClAif-leACAn coL5-t)ifeAC
•OAitce Y)K\f-f AT)v\ cul-f AiiiAf clAi-uirii do tJi Aige X)o Cv\V)xMfc
AmAC Ay A cfiuMLl UvMfcte. Agiif Af a cinuig t)oi)bvA, ^Nguf
Af A culAit") cuTrcDuigce, A^iif f Aite^f 1 leit a f)fonu\ fo tfi
'f An fi^ 50 cf oif i, 5Uf liiAfb jAn f uifeAt e. v\?;uf pilleAf 45
Af An mbuACAiU ia|\ fin, Aguf ceA^^CAf a ceAnn X)" .\ niei-6e -o'
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 95
The Knight of Prowess knocks at the door of the
garden and seeks admission of the boy. The boy explains to
him that the king is melodiously rendering his psalms and his
psalter, and that it was not meet that anyone should go to
him till he should leave off from his devotions. On hearing
that, John threatens to break the boy's head. The boy looks
attentively at him, and understands from his appearance and
trappings that he has just done, or is about to do, a deed of
darkness. And he comes where the king was, and shews him
that John is at the door seeking admission.
" Let my brother be admitted," said the king.
" That is not right," said the boy, " till thou art in the
midst of thy household in the court ; for he is not more like
doing a good deed than a deed of darkness ; for he is armed
and accoutred, and his modest, fair, proper form has changed
to an evil form and an evil complexion."
' Hide, and utter no more of thy ill-talking and insult,
boy," said the king. " That is not the cause ; but strangers
or foreigners have come to the patrimony of my brother,"
said he, " and to ask the help of a host and reinforcements of
me has he come. And it is thus he is vexed and his
form and his fashion are changed in that manner. Let him
be admitted quickly."
The door is quickly opened by the boy at the king's com-
mand, though he thought it hard, and he admits John. And
he made for the king where he was on his knees, and this is
the salutation he gave him — to draw the fine blade (con-
quering, of fine materials, ornate, gold-guarded, wide-grooved,
straight-bladed, coloured, long-pointed, broad-backed) of the
sword he had, from its treasured scabbard, and from its sheath
of Bodhbh, and from its well-wrought cover, and he thrusts it
into the king, in the side of his back, three times to the hilt, so
that he killed him without delay. And he turns on the boy
after that, and lops his head from his body with one blow
96 eAcutiA rhACAOini-An-iotAiu
^on-buiLle cUM-oim. Agup joifAeAf a jioll^ pein Cuige, xxgup
ptif\xil^\f aM|\ a t)|AeAtn pein do 5xM|un Cuige 50 cinne^friAC,
Agtif i^f\ Tnt)|\eit A]\\ t)6\X) fuA\yAX)A\\ au m6i|\-5niotn fin ullArh
c^\|\ A gceAnn. 50
CioibciA^cc; "DO eifiige^D^f eAfpog^x Agiif fjiuite, f^\oite
*.\5tif fA.\5xM|AC 1^A CAt\\A6 pA 'n Am pn, ^guf 'do t)1•DeA'0x^|^ x^5
binn-j^bx-Ml A fxMltn xijuf a f^lcpAt ^p l3^f\|\ x^5Uf xi|\ tAVylA^X)
A-n cuijA, x^5up 'oo 6onncx^T)x^|\ A^^ peilt-gniotri pn xig a tieAnArh.
Aguf "o' e1p5eA•Ox^|\ Aco^ip-oe c\\ot) Aguf cex^tpx^, Aguf lu6c 55
rnoic-eifge -An b^ile rhoip p6 'n ^m pn ; Aguf b^ncjixitc ^^tif
t)AnT).^lA nA cuifvce cex\'onx\ pn A\f\ ptnnneogxMt) p^ifpn^e
po1fvleAtnx^ ^Ix^n-folufUA ha CACf\A6, Aguf Af\ gpAn^nAit) p|\-
geAmnACA jloine ('0|\on5 t)ioti) A5 pojnAiti -00 'n Coinrbit)
CutriA6cA6, A^iif T)|\on5 eile A5 "OjAuin Ajuf "oeA^-puAgAil fiO
ATtiAil pA beAf •Qoit)) ; Aguf "DO ConncA-OAtA y^r\ iriAf An
5ceAT)nA An peilt-gniorh Aguf An rhoif-peAtt pn A5 a "oeAnArh.
"Oo leigOA'OAf A njolA x\|aT)a eAjCAOinceA^A Ajiip a n-enrrbe
pAT)A i:iofv-t|\iiAi?;e Ajtif a f cfieAT)A cfUA"6-CAfCA, 50 n-oeAf-
nAX)At\ ^w6c tiA CAtf^Ab eipge AtlArh AOin-p|\ f\e clop An <>'>
ptJA^Aif fin iiile "Doit), gtif Da pAifpng foiji-leACAn fiof-
Ait)t)feA(i An rn<3i|i-5niorfi fin a\\ peAt) ua CACf At tnle.
ACc ACA nit) ceAT)nA, ni bAitfeACAf no AitriieAlCAf fo gAb
SeAgAn : acc fo po^Aif 'ooif f e Agiif finifC|\it)e nA cCiifue Aguf
nA cACf aC T)' pofclAt) "66, Aguf e pein Aguf a fluAg "oo 70
leigeAn ifceAC 50 ItiAC. ptif AlAf An c-eAfbog <N5tJf Aoif ■
uil^T) nA cAtfA6, A buAifle A^tif A bAfo-iriAite, Aguf pfion'i-
CotnAi|\lij;e nA cAtfA6 -oo CAbAifvc tuige : Aguf -o' lAff oftA
A |A iot;At) gAn irivMlif. Aguf ia|\ jcf uinnmjAT') Af Aon-CorhAifle
T')6ib iiile, AT)tibf<.\T)Af T)' AiteAfC Aoin-beoil nAfb in-|ii 75
peAf peilLe Af bit, Aguf "o' eAf AT)Af eifeAn tnme pn. tuAt-
lonnmjeAf Aguf mCif-peAfgAf SeAjAn lAfArh Cfi-o pn. Agtif
C15 Af AjAit) nA ciiifce mA\\ a bp6iceAt) An c-Aif\T)-eAfpo5
Aguf An CorhAifle, Agiif if e fo fAib pu Annfin —
THE STORY OF EAGLE-150Y 9;
of the sword. And he calls his own servant to him, and bids
him summon his own followers urgently ; and when they
came up to him, they found the great deed accomplished before
them.
However, the bishops and clerks, scholars and priests of
the castle were arisen at that time, and they were melodiously
rendering their psalms and their psalter on the top and the
roofs of the tower, and they saw that deed of darkness a-doing;
And the herds of kine and of cattle, and the early rising folk of
the great steading were arisen at that time ; and the ladies and
women of the same court were at the broad wide clear-sparkling
windows of the castle, and the truly-gemmed bowers of glass
(part of them serving the Mighty Lord, and another part at em-
broidery and fine needlework as was their custom) ; and those
saw likewise that deed of darkness and great treachery
a-doing. They let out their high lamenting cries and
their long truly-sad shrieks and their loud intermingled
screams, till the folk of the castle rose briskly as one man
hearing all that outcry, till published far and wide was that
great deed throughout the castle,
Howbeit, no repentance or remorse seized John ; but
he ordered the doors and windows of the court and the
castle to be opened to him, and that he and his host should
be quickly admitted. He orders the bishop and ordained
men of the castle, its nobles and chiefs, and the principal
counsellors of the castle to be brought to him : and demanded of
them that he should be crowned without ill-feeling. And
when they were all collected to a united counsel, they said
with one mouth that a treacherous man could not reign at
all, wherefore they refused him. John is vehemently enraged
and furious on that account, and he comes against the castle,
where he saw the archbishop and the council, and this is what
he said to them then : —
G
98 eACCUA rhACAOlltl-An-lOlAlU
" tuigitn ipo 'n t)|ri|A-'OK\ pof\-6fvt).i, xigup p6 ua -oeitit) 80
A'6.\lit^ •^S^r neAtri-p-AiCfe^n-ACxi, x^5l1f pO ^Afi-o-jie^nnxMb tlirhe
Agiif flx^orh-t^\lTrlA^n, muriA -oci^ci xMTKac, Aguf mo pio^At) g^n
tnxMlif AttixMl If *ouAl, 50 n-im|Ae66<\'o me bp^on b^Aif -Aguf be^j-
|M05<mI o\\A^X) pein ^\5Uf <.\p ^n mei*o x^ ^-Ab^f t)Uf\ bpAifC 'f<^^
5CAt>A1|\." 85
^A^ n-A 6lof fin T)6it) \\o \^^meA^lu^^eA'6 50 mof 1x^•o, Aguf
ADVibfx^'Oxif nA\|\ "CoCxMgeSeAjxSn T)o ttlx^fbx^'6 mic [a] AtA]\A a-^ui^
A mAtA\\A fein g^n C0151U 'ua fin -oo •t)e^\nArh OfCA fein.
A^giif C15 fix^-o t)' *\on-toil .Aguf T)' xioin-rheinn 611150 (gion
5Uf At) A\\ A miAn A tAr\^A-OA\\ tuige) A^5l1f "oo Cuif fiAX) 90
cof 6in AijA, Agtif tu5f AT) gAifm Hi g^n pt\eAf AbfA t>6 of Afo :
Agiif 5^6 f otlArhAin nA6 fAib "oo iriiAn a]\ 6a6 vo "OeAnArh t)6,
•00 finne fiAT) Af e^glA "66 1.
AgtJf tugfAX) lAfAtri e^fpog^, ffuite, Agiif cIia|\ n^
cuifce A^uf nA CAtf a6 T)' a n-ni'o A^iif -o' a n-Aijie "Dtit a\\ 95
ceAnn cuifp An fiog : Agiif f o jAbf at) A5 a ^A^nA^ 50 mof ,
AgUf Ag CAOineAt) A bAlf, AgUf A5 CAbAlfC A teAf-ftlOlCA
-oifle fein fAtf. Ajuf An c-Ai|\*o-eAfpo5 50 fonnfAt)AC :
A^vif ■00 finne An Iaoi : —
beAnriAcc a\\ AnrriAin ^n pijt 100
UiofCAij-iT) Oij; fUAi|tce f Aoifi ;
nioj riA SojicA ?;An beim,
A tonc]\A -00 cAn If oitbeim.
t)A TDAir An cuioc f o lie "oo linn,
A cutiAiT) cAlrtiA cuil-pinn ; 105
lAfc 1 n-inbeA|i, cnuAf i jcoill,
C-|iuAC A|t 5AC i.-i|\-beAj;Ati f eA-}iAinn.
ClAon J5AC CHOC, ti'onriiAti j;ac Iacc,^
f ionTriA-|t ^AC -ptAic -peAT) T)0 ClltTlACc'.
ni -OeAfnAX)'' v^-Att pUT), ACC fO, 110
A HI feAnv^itiAit riA Soiica.
t)A poltAf ]\At "Oe T)o j;a|i ;
Sib 5 An pioc, 5;An puAc. 5;An a|i.
A HI nA-|ib -pAttfA 1 n-Am oil,
bA minic Atmf a' &]\ aLcoiji.
16
Proh;il)ly read CluAin j^ac cnoc. 'Lacc = luce. ^ ImJeAiinAX* MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 99
" I swear by the glorious True God, and by the unseen
divinities that are worshipped, and by the planets of Heaven
and Holy-land, unless you come out and crown me without
ill-feeling, according to law, I will inflict the misfortunes of
death and shortness of life on yourselves and on all in the
castle who take your part."
When they heard that they were greatly terrified, and said
that it was not more likely that John should slay his own
father and mother's son without sparing than that he should
do the same to them. And they come with one mind and
thought to him (although not with their desire did they come
to him) and put a crown on him, and proclaimed him publicly
King without Opposition ; and every solemnity that they were
all unwilling to do for him, that did they for fear of him.
And then the bishops, clerks, and clergy of the court and
the castle gave heed and care to go for the king's body ; and
they took to lamenting him greatly, and weeping for his death,
and giving him his eulogy of loyalty. Especially the arch-
bishop : and he made the lay : —
A blessing on the soul of the man, of Richard the Younger, pleasant and free ;
King of Sorcha without blemish, his slaying all think an infamy.
Ciood was this country in thy time, O valiant fair-haired hero : fish in the
creek, nuts in the wood, a stack on every tiny farm-land.
Every mountain was a meadow (?) populous every company (?) rich in wine
was every princedom all during thy power. No treachery, but this, was done
tliroughout, () graceful King of Sorcba.
Evident was the favour of God near to thee ; thou wast without wrath, with-
out hate, without slaughter. () king who wast not unfaithful in the time of
revelrv, often was an alms on the altar.
loo e^CciiA rtiACAoit1i-An-iolAiu
Sib itToe yA curiiT)Ac gcaII 120
If bocc X)e ^x>^]\ -^]\X)-A^^p]\eAvu ;
"Oo b' ^oibinn iX)' bjuij; ^eil pinn
"Do ceAnn i muj;', j^ix) ifCAl.
6 riAc eol -ouinn ieise^f tjo join,
5uix)mix) 1ofA te c' AtimAin. jq-
teAC, <\ ]ii piji-je^l, jAn locc,
CuinmiT) A|i miLe beAnriAcc
A li-AitLe tu\ Ixioit) fin ctn|\ce^\|A copp ^ti jxiog i n-eilex.\c-
fiotn 6|At).\, xi^up bel|\ce-^^|\ 50 li^\i|v'o-e^\5l*Mf c-Aip-oionAlCA d'
x^ cofiu^rh ; A.\5iif "oo ruAt)lx\CAt) e, m^\ille |\e tioi|\trii-oin x^guf 130
f\e lionoi|\ rhoif\. Agtif cogx^x) ^\ Iia Of a\ tej^Cc^ ^^^15^, ^gtir
"DO peAXfAT) Tu\ cltiiCte c^oince 1 gcoicCmne. Agiif 5At)xif
An jii nUvAt) fin ceof a Ia xxgiif ceofiA lioi'oce a^ cfiuinniuj^At)
exXTD^xlxx, tn^oine, Agtif mo|A-trixMte*xf-A a t)eA\ft!)|i^\CAf, ^5
f uit)iu5At) Aguf xX5 focfug^t) muinncifAe n^ c^tf-At A^uy ua 1^^
cuifce, xxj^uf Ag •oexxnAiri cAi|\T)exxtM x^suf CAXf\^.\T)|UMt) t)6fem |Aiti.
'Oo V)\ jU-Dijie 5|u\t)AC "DO corhAiiAle feiCfeiDig au fiioj fin
"DO niv\f1i)A\t), not t)A li^nnfA leif fern t)' feA.\fiAit3 -An V)eAt^,
Agtif If "oe A 50if\eA'6 111*01116 n^ Corh*M|\le. -Agtif c^Aini^
X)o l^\CAi|A -An fioj 015 fin, xxguf if e,A"0 xXX)ut)Aii\c — 140
" Con.A6 id' 6eiTtieA^nn*Mt) t)o f ac, id' fio]5-5lAice*x(i-Ait)
TDo 5;oil -Aguf X)o gxMfce, A lof *ifm A^vgtif iolcobxMj\ ; A^uy 50
ineALlf AT) cu "oo fiojAcc Aguf T)o flAiceAf , a fig-milit) !
1f mAic A^uf If conAig An ^niotri fin *oo finnif, eAt)6n au fi
•00 X)\ lAf ^cAiteAtii cf eirhf e moijAe x)' a Aoif Aguf "o' a Aitrifif 145
•00 rhAfbAt) t)uic, Aguf An jiio^aCc T)o tjeic ajac pein Ajuf
A5 -do cLoinn 6 foin ahiaC. Aj;uf nA|i Ctnbe Ainm t)A ui^xifle
'nA ' CLAnn "Riog ' T)o jAifm -oo t>' Cloinn, Ajuf ' KiojAn nA
Sof Ca ' T)' A mACAif. Agtif if Aitne t)Arii-f a uif.eAft)Ai'6e
m6ife ofc 1 n-oiAiX) An •oeij-gnioiiiA tiT) gAn X)eAnArh fof. l;>0
eAX)6n, injeAn Uiog nA ScitiA CAf Ia CAobtfom CAf f aC. 5^^CAf
Agtif cuit3fi5ceA|\ leAC-fA 111, A^uf cuijiceAf 1 n-Aic -OAinsin i
50 ceAnn nAOi iniof, niAf nA6 mbeAij AttiAfC no lomA^AllAtti
•OAOineAD AIC1. ■<^5Uf rriA 'f mAC a beAffAf, bAfuijceAf 50
liobAnn e ; Aguf niA 'f ingeAn a beAffAf, At6uifceAf A^iif 155
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY loi
Vesterdav it is thou who wast protector of churches and of the poor of (iod
l)et\veen High Mass : pleasant was it in thy generous wliite fortress for one astray,
iliough he were humble.
Since we know not medicine for thy wounds we pray Jesus for thy soul : with
iliee, ( ) truly bright king without ])lemish, we leave our thousand l)lessings.
At the end of that lay the body of the king is put in a
golden hearse, and is brought to the Cardinal's cathedral
for its funeral ; and it was buried with veneration and great
honour. And his stone was raised over his resting place, and
the funeral rites were celebrated at large. And the new king
spends three days and three nights in collecting the wealth
and property and riches of his brother, in settling and arrang-
ing the people of the castle and of the court, and in making
for himself friendship and amity with them.
There was a knight beloved, of the private council of the
king who was killed, one dearer to him than all the men of
the world, who used to be called the Knight of Counsel. He
came into the presence of the young king, and thus he
spoke : —
'' Luck in thy paths be thy good fortune, in thy royal authority
be thy valour and prowess, by reason of arms and all allies ; and
mayest thou enjoy (?) thy kingdom and principality, O kingly
hero ! Good and fortunate is that deed thou hast done, thy
slaying of the king who had spent a great part of his lifetime,
and taking to thyself and to thy children the kingdom from
this out. And it were not fitting to call thy children by a lowlier
name than 'childrenof a king,' and to call their mother other
than ' Queen of Sorcha.' And I know of one thing thou
greatly lackest, after that excellent deed, undone as yet. The
daughter of the King of Scythia has become with child. Let
her be taken and fettered by thee, and put in a stronghold to
the end of nine months, where she will not have sight or con-
verse of men. If it be a son that she shall bear, let him be
I02 eACURA rtlACA0ini-<M1-10UMU
ionnxX|\t)c*.\|\ 1 pein x\5tif An in5e^\n eile a tA\\lA ^ici, i jcjaioC-
-Aib . cMnx\ coirrii5ceA(iA ; ^guf if ^^V' f^^ -^ ^^^f '<^^"' inCi|\-
gniorh liT) g^n •Dio5x^l 50 bfiumne ^n tDf^ACA xiguf 50 poifiCe^nn
1x0 tiufig .^iip'DiujAt) x\n fi mme 50 TToub-AifC — 160
"Ip CxMjMf tinn -An Corh,<Mfle fin, xi Ui-oipe nA CorriAifle,"
A\\ ye, " ^swf t)ei"0 •AjA'otijAt) ceime -Agiif 5^ A'OxMtn t)uic pein
|ie m' linn-pi -An Cotri-Aifvle 5|\.At),AC fin -a tuj-Af 'o.Atn. Aguf
ni X)e^t> coinie,A"o nA tnnA fin a^ X)uine .Af bit -aCc -Ag-AC-f-A
f6in ; -Aguf biot) -oo fog-A CAC^if T)' -a bpuiL 'f^^ cif-fe -a^-ac 165
f-AOf, -Ajuf -A5 -DO fliocc 1 T)' "oi-Ai-O T)' -A Cionn fin."
5^b,Af tliT)if e nA CorriAifle ^\ foj^ CAtf^C 50 n--A pe-Af-Ann
f^of, A\y bofT) n^ f-Aiftige, m.Af -a f.Aib cii.An lon5x^C A^uy
coftx^C, -Aguf inbe^t^ Mf c. puf-Al-Af lli-oife nA CorhAifle f-Aoij^
-A^uf m-Aifiuin -DO t-AbAifC tinge -Aguf ciif t)iot-6ftii5ce (?) 170
'6-A1n5ex^n 'oioc-toCl^ii'oe "Oo -DeAn-Arh "ob, -Aguf -a C05-A1I 6
tAlAm ; A^uy A cfi ceACf x^rhnx^ -oo beit 'f-^^^ bfxMffge, -Aguf
g-An Atz -Aon ee-Atf-Ani 1 T)ce^nnc-A n-A cife re : 'oo bit)e-A-o.A|A
f e-ACc n-Doiff e fe n--A n'Ofinx) ^guf fe n-^\ bfOfcUA-b, b t^l<\rh
5Uf -An bfuinneog "oo bi Af -An Cfeomf a ua6z\\a6 'OO bi bf 175
cionn UA f-Aiffge, -do 'n b-Aifle^Mi fin : .Aguf -Aon X)Ofxif ^rh-
lA\X) Mf Ann-j-Afb 1 bfoifirneAll -Aguf 1 -oce-AnncA n-A ff^i-oe
50 liioccf-AC -Af -An cuf fin.
Aguf lAf mbeit iitU\rh f b toil -A trie*.\nmx\n pein m^f fin
-oo 'n b-Aifle-An, cuife-Af -An fiojxNn -Aguf a liinge-An -Af -An 180
cfeomf-A ux^bcf.AC fin, "oo bi bf cionn n,A f-Aiffge ; 1 n-Aic n^t
f Akib -Afh^fc TDume no cif e -ac-a ; -Agtif f o f-Aj-Aib bi-A"b-A
me^fAfO-A ACA, -Aguf fo f-Ag-Aib gl-Af -Ajuf 5eibe,Ann a\\ ^a6
•oof^f b fin fiof 50 "oof-Af n^ ft^-Ame. Aguf f-A "otib-Ab
i-A-ofxrn m.Af fin : bif ni f-AC-A'O-Af sniiif •o-Aon'O-A -Af bit, nb 185
f-AX).Afc cife nb c-Alrh-An, feif, fe-A"6.A, nb fiof -tiifce — -Abe -An
bbbn-A biot-bofb -Agtif -An f^ile fe-Afb-jl-Af ffuit-tionrh^f,
-Agiif neoill e,AT)x\fbu^Mfex.\b.A au Aeif, A^uy cbrh5LtM1fe*^bc
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 103
forthwith slain : and if it be a daughter, let her and the other
daughter born to her be expelled and banished into distant
foreign countries. Thus will that mighty deed be unavenged to
doomsday and to the end of the world."
The king was delighted with that, so that he said : —
"Trusty we think that advice, O Knight of Counsel,"
said he, " and that friendly advice thou hast given me will be
an elevation of position and esteem for thyself throughout my
lifetime. And there shall be no custodian of that woman save
only thee ; and let thy choice of the castles which are in this
land be freely thine, and thy seed's after thee, on account of
that."
The Knight of Counsel takes his choice of a castle with its
free land, on the border of the sea, where was a harbour of ships
and of fruit and a creek of fish. The Knight of Counsel com-
mands craftsmen and masons to come to him and build for him
a tower without decoration, firm, that could not be under-
mined, and to raise it from the ground ; three quarters of it to
be in the sea, and but one quarter founded on the land ; there
were seven doors to be opened and shut in that castle, from the
ground to the window in the upper room that was over the
sea ; and one door likewise to that tower, rough like iron, in
the border and side of the street below.
And when the castle was ready according to his mind in
that manner, he puts the queen and her daughter in that upper
room, which was above the sea ; in the place where there was
not a sight of man or of land for them ; and he left measured
articles of food with them, and left a lock and fastening on
every door from that down to the street-door. And
mournful were they thus, for they saw not the face of man at
full, nor had a view of land or of country, of grass, of wood, or of
fresh water — only the ever-raging ocean and the bitter, green,
all-flooded salt sea, and the lofty clouds of the air, and the
I04 eACcuA iii-ACAoitii-Aii-iolAin
bi'Dif tin *oo x)05|\v\inn ^N^uf X)oil5e^\f. "oo CoiiiguiL *.\5tir "oo no
jexif^n, xNguf x^5 p|A--6eoi[\-]:e^\ptvAin 5..\c l^. Aguf .\n fAiog.Mi
50 fonn|i<\-6xi6, ^Ag ftntuMneAX) 1 n-*.\ me*.\nm^Mn gup tne^\r*\
lei 'ni A U\init)e..Mi^f -^5^T 'T^-^ t)Af *.\ luAoinpijA pox'ZA, -oS mbA
mAC X)o X)eA]\'fA'6 fi. ^\ beic -o' a peice^Ati-i -o' ^\ Cu\\ 6um 1:).Mf
t-tu\|\ fin 1 n-A -pu\T)nAife. '0^\iA Ki-oife n<\ Com^MjAle, -do ii»5
tijeAt) T)' ^ 5Cu.\|ACU5*^•D 5^0 l^\ nC 5-^6 -OAtAA l^, T)' -piof nA
fiiojTiA xi^uf An coijA^if : xxgup 5^0 iumja "do ■i:uApfui5ex.\'6 ^n fi
fcex^lA nA|\i05n*.\ "oe, ^Deifie^-o-iMn nA6 "oc^Mni^ ^n ct11fmex^X)
•DO "n ingin pof, *^5u^ *o-^ 'ociocfAt) 50 t)|:iii5e<\"6-f-cAn fce^lAN
u^Mte 50 pf Ap. 200
Ciot)Cfi6c ^A]\ ^^-^o\r^lAnAt> 1^AO^ iniof X)' ingin jtiog nA\
SciciA, 5At)v\f bfie^f A bfiojA ^S^r ^^UAn io'6nv\ 1, a^u]" beipe^f
gem rhin, rii^CxinCvX, feimit), i^6--^^At)A6, fiot^AncA, bUMt,
b^iU-ge^l, 5|AUxAt)-cojiC|u\, 's^]-'ZA, 5ev\n<Airi<ML, jnuif-^UxMnn.
rhxMfexiC, rhei|A-le<\t)<M|u tnic -oo 'n mof-tuifmeA\'0 fin. 205
5UCAf i-oi|\ A -OA Uitri e, xiguf jUNn^f -^SUf 5ri'i^"'^^5^*^r ^■
-Aguf mA\\ tonn^ijic ^n b^intAi'ojAn <\n nAoit)e*.Mi ^lAinn
iol6t\otA.AC fin, lionx\f t)' x^ feifc .\5ufT)' <\ fif-ionnuMne ^n
c^n fin, Agiif po5<\f 50 -oil ^guf 50 x)ioe|u\ e ; ^guf t)Mt)c.\f
*oo L<\cc A coi|\|\-cio6 iotnt)lvMc b^iLlje^l bunfxMii*.\|A pein 210
e, Aguf lei5e^\f 1 n-A fu\-utuMfe A]\ An -DOfAAf Afo e, Agiif
CAoi-oeAf 50 ffAfAC fAlcniA|\ fi|\-neitiineA6 of a Cionn Aguf
A-DUbAlfC —
" AiiA-o-fi riime A^uf nAOtiicAliiv\n " Af fi " Ajuf .\
Cfutuijceoif tu\ Cfinnne ceACAfOA ! If nuMfg T)Af "OeonuJAt) 215
z iomcA|\ 1 n-A b|\oinn fein gonm^^e fo, Aguf gAn Aon itiac
AIC1 fein no Ag c' AtAif aCc zu, Aguf jAn a ceAX) aici
oileAttiAin no Alcfom 6 f o f tiAf 50 bf At ! " ^Nguf lei^eAf A]\
A jluinib lAf fin, Agtif iAj\fAf A|\ An Cfionoi-o UfeAn-togCA
Cfi-peAffAnAC -oeAg-coriiAifle "oo liunneAt) -ui, 11 tn An niAC 220
fin -DO cuf 'fAn bfAiffge fui "ooeifeax) fi fein T)'a 6u\\ cum
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 105
shining of the heavenly bodies and of the planets, glaring
every day. They were full of sorrow and misery, weeping
together and lamenting, and raining long showers of tears every
day. And the queen especially, thinking in her mind that
worse than her imprisonment and the death of her wedded
husband did she think her expectation, if it were a son she
should bear, that he would be put to death in her presence. As
for the Knight of Counsel, he used to come to visit them every
day or every second day, to get news of the queen and of the un-
born child ; and every time that the king used to ask him news
of the queen, he would say that the birth had not yet come to
the lady, and if it should come he would get news of her
immediately.
Howbeit, when the nine m^onths were fulfilled to the
daughter of the King of Scythia, strong seizure of pain of
chil^-birth take her, and she bears a smooth, excellent, tender,
lovable, tranquil, beautiful, white-limbed, ruddy-cheeked,
cunning, lovely, fair-faced, graceful, pliant-fingered child — a
boy — in that birth. She takes him between her two hands
and washes and tends him ; and when the queen saw the beau-
tiful comely babe she fills with love and lasting affection for
him, and kisses him affectionately and vehemently, and feeds
him with the milk of her fair, white, broad-based breasts, and
lays him down before her at the lofty door, and weeps over
him in showers and floods bitterly, and said : —
'' King of Heaven and Holy-land ! " said she. " Creator of
the four- fold universe ! Alas for her who was permitted to
bear thee in her womb till now ! Not a son but thee to
her and to thy father, and no leave to nourish or foster thee
from now for ever ! " And then she falls on her knees and
asks the mighty, exalted Trinity of Three Persons to teach her
good counsel — whether to cast the boy in the sea before she
io6 eACUUA iiiACAOirri-An-iotAin
Mif e, no lei];;e*.\n "oo no 50 mb6x^|\pAt) 'RiX)i|\e n^ CorriAifte
Aif\, 'o'feACAmc Au 'or:\oc'jpAt> X)o iniopbxMlTbit) "O^ Ann, "oe-Aj-
C|AOit)e "o'lmijAC pAip.
5^1 piD l3ex.\5 u\|\ fin T)i 50 tJfACA An Acuilt uAfAt, eAt)6n 225
An c-eAn x)'a n5oif\ceA|A Ar\ c1oIa|\, Cu6a 1 bppitit) nA pof\-
niAimeince Agwf 1 neAllAit) eAX)A|\ti)tiAif eAciA An Aeif : guf
tuifiling A|\ CAijifig An t30|\Aif Ai|\'o fin, Aguf fineAf An "Oa
6fot) c|\A5A(iA CAtm-ingneACA 6|Aut)A6A 1 •ocitnteAll au leint),
A^uf f UADuigeAf leif 1 neAllAib ceACA 1 5c6iriT6eA6c nA 230
5A0ice gLofAige e, 6f cionn nA riAi"6t)eife Allrhu|\t)A lon^An-
CAije eoCAf-gAifmije A?;uf nA bocnA bfonncAige fAifpnge
biou-jAifbe, no 50 n-oeA^Ait) Af finn a fuifc Agtif a f\At)AifC
UACA.
xXguf iA|\ n-A f Aicf in fin -do 'n mbAin|\i05An Ajuf X)' a 235
liingin, buAiliD A mbAfA Aguf bfifix) a mbfuic, CAifn^iX) a
bfuilu Aguf A bfionnfAt), Aguf fCfeA-OAix) 50 C|\uai5 cuiff^AC,
■^'S^V fi^ix) pfAfA fAlcriiAf\A fTf-fliu6A X)f\u6ctriAfA "oonn-
bf AonA^A CAf A ngfUAi'oib gnOif-^eAlA cofCf a, A^Uf if f uaII
nA6 •ocAn5AX)Af AifgeAnA bAif Aguf buAin-eAgA Aguf "o'lm- 240
T)ibe f A05A1I "00 'n fiogAn A5 fAiCfin An fUA^OAig a li-A0in-
rhic. A^uf DO b' peAff lei Annfin e "oo beit f6 Ainbfieit
Ili-Dife nA CotriAifle 'nA a f uat:)a6 Af a p lA-OnAif e triAf fin. Agtif
cuiceAf pem 1 "ocAifib Aguf 1 "ocAiriineAllAib bAif: Aguf ia|\
tnbeit ACAiT) mA\\ fin"Oo eifjeAf Agiif jAbAf A5 A]tX)eA\y A^uf 945
A5 lonuMtbeAf Af An gcineAtiiAin gceAlgAig ^cftitgfAnnA 50
nx)ubAifc —
" A f AOjAil tf eAn-riiALlACCAig geAf-CoingeAlLAij CeAl^Aig
■OfoC-ctibAifcig! 1f beA5 •OAtii-fA nio rtiAllA^c Ofc, 6 'n tiAif
f o tO^Aif mo CeAnn liom 6 tof aC, Aguf cugAif mo fojA 250
Ceile Aguf cocrhAifC "OAm X)' peAf Aib r\A CAltriAn ; Aguf An
tiAif bA fio^An Af An cSof 6a 50 foileif me, "do tAifbeAnAif
T)05fAinn jfAnnA •6oi-x)eAlbAC *6Am An CAn fo bAinif fi nA
SofCA "oiom Agtif nAC "ocugAif Aon-bAf Aguf Aon-oit)eAt)
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 107
should see him put to death, or leave him till the Knight of
Counsel should take hold on him, in the hope that some of the
miracles of God should come to give him generosity.
A little while after that she saw the noble aquila, that is,
the bird called the Eagle, coming to them in the expanse of
the firmament and in the lofty clouds of the air ; till he
swooped on the threshold of the lofty door, and stretches his
two hand-like crooked-clawed taloned feet round the child, and
carries him off in the rain-clouds with the roaring wind, over the
.strange, wonderful, noisy-bordered sea and the generous broad
ever-rough ocean, till he went beyond the limits of sight and
of view away from them.
And when the queen and her daughter saw that, they
strike their hands and tear their raiment, pluck their hair and
their locks, and shriek sadly and woefully, and pour flood-like
wet, dew-like, brown-dropped floods of tears over their white-
faced ruddy-cheeks, and it is a wonder that symptoms of death
and certain dissolution, and of cutting short of life did not
come to the queen as she saw the carrying off of her only son.
She thought it better then that he should be under the unjust
judgment of the Knight of Counsel than carried off from
before her in that wise. And she falls into swoons and deathly
faints ; and after being a while in that state she rises and begins
to reproach and revile her deceptive, hideous fate, so that she
said : —
" Oh life ! with heavy curse, with bitter pledge, treacherous,
evil-fated 1 Little I think my curse upon thee, from the
time thou didst raise me up at the first, and gavedst
me my choice of a husband and a match of all the men of the
world ! When I was undoubted Queen of Sorcha, thou didst
show me a horrible hideous sorrow in that thou didst rob from me
the King of Sorcha, and didst not give us one death and one fate
io8 eACuUvA niACAoim-AtMOlAin
f)uinn ^.\\\ A()^^. 0 uS\\ cogjA-Aif fin •oo i)e*.\tiAMi"i, if CfiuM^^ n^f '2')5
leigif niAC X)iLif "oion^iiuvlA UT) ^n f^iog beo A5<\in, T)'fej>6Ainc
^\n T)Ciut!)fAt) X)\A X)6 A AtA]]\ T)o t!)105^\1 iu\if 6151 n, ^Njuf 50
int>v\ tmn^vMfDuigAi) me^\tim*in A.\5iif AM5ev\nc^ •OA)ii-f*.\ <\ beit
A5 eifceACC ]\e fojAf ^\ 5oc*\-f^\ *.\5Uf pe t)innf)|\u\tf<Mt:) a
V)eoit 1 n-ion^T) [a] ACAf a jonuige fin ! Agtif f6f 6 nACx^p ■2<'0
toilijif fin, If cfiuMj nAC fe^f^C tne fein 50 *ociocrA.\t) 'f^n
CfAojAl nit) 6151 n "OObeAff aitj Ui*oife n^ CotiiAifle *^5Uf
1xiT)ife An 5-'*irci"o com bocc liom fein Anoif, jAn |\un fAic-
feAnA A j^cloinne no a inbAn ACA-fAn 50 bf ac ; X)' fCAC^inc.
An x)ciocpAT)Aoif niAf ACAim-fe, gAn rriAc gAn fCAf." ^65
Aj^uf x)o finne An lAoi niAf leAnAf —
mo ttiaLIacc ojic, A cineAriiAin
LeAjt C65AX) me 6 rofAc !
Oc ip ■c|UK\t^ I -oo TTlllleAbAH
mife CAji irin^Mb ^n x)orriAiri. 270
T)" AinT)-|iii^ SoiiCA (f Aot)-iiAine)
Uu^Aip inife mA\\ ceile —
1f rjiiiA^ iu\c le^bA Aon-uoiije
f UA]u\p If mo ceAT)-peAtt !
O iu\c CAT) Acc m' puiiteAC-pA S"5
Cah eip m' Aon-jfiATJ if m' Atinp a.
If cf UAJ TiAC mAifeAnn mo cui-oeACCA
A5Am j^An 5UAif mAf bcA !
Oc If cnuAJ ! mo fmiOjiAjAn,
Oij^pe Ui-T)if e nA ScaC^a, -80
'Ca 'yn<\ cfobAib fe hioLAjtAti
llAim 'f At) f Aile feA^b-jLAn !
5^An mo fi'nl ^te ti-A AmAfc-fAn
Af n-imceAcc iiAim mAji CAit'^bfe !
CiK\n mo cuijtp if m' AnmA, 285
nAc imje em of coAnn fAiff3:;e I'
Or A tiiTjife HA ComAifle
Ajiif A UiT)if e An JAifCit) !
If Cf uAJ; x^An X)' fiACAib ofAib-fe
v^ATi buf gclAiin 50 bfAC ■o'fAicfin ! 2;)C
6'f ru fem. a cin(v\iiiAin
Cu5;aV) Af •ocuf T)Aiii-f a —
(Vf leif nu' -XH) liiiLlt'AbAf
If liom o]\z mo riiAllACC !
uit) ('()in op cPAr.n pAifif5;e. MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 109
together. Since thou vvilledst not so to do, alas that thou
didst not leave yon darling, worthy son of the king alive with
me, to see whether God would give to him to avenge his father
some time, and that I might till then have gladness of heart
and mind in the hearing the sound of his voice and the tuneful
words of his mouth, in place of his father ! And since that
also thou didst not will, alas that I know not that there will
come something in the -world that shall make the Knight of
Counsel and the Knight of Prowess poor as I am now, without
power to see their children or their wives for ever ; to know
whether they will come to the state where I am, without son or
husband."
And she made the lav as follows : —
My curse on thee, O fate whereby I was upHfted from the first. Woe is me I
Thou hast destroyed me beyond the women of the world.
To the High King of Sorcha (a fooUsh match) thou gavedst me as spouse-
alas that it was not the bed of one grave that I got with my choicest husband !
Since there is nothing for it but my surviving after my only love and my dear
one,, alas that my companions do not remain by me without deadly peril !
Woe is me ! my little man, heir of the Knight of the Chase, who is in the
talons of the eaglet away from me on the bitter-clear sea !
Without my expecting before I saw it, going from me like a phantom — O
Harbour of my body and my soul, would that there were no path for a bird over
the sea !
O Knight of Counsel and Knight of Prowess ! Alas that there is no penalty
on you that you should not see your children for ever !
Since it is thou, O fate, that wast given to me at first— since it is even me
thou hast destroyed, upon thee I leave my curse !
no gaCcua rriACAOirii-An-ioiAin
A li^itle n.\ lv\oi'6 fin A-otitixMfC au jAiojAn — 295
" Sciii|\ex\m X)\\\\ 1^^eA\\-(:Ao^r^eA'6," a\\ fi, " xiguf ^l<\n-
-p^AtnAOiT) A\\ tigtnuf e <\5Uf A\y n^lAn-Aijte : 6if\ if g^ifi-o 50
-Dce^Cc Ixi'oife tiA CotriAit\le CugAinn : xN^iif 'o^\ t)f.\5xMt) tn^xf
fo finn, if *Ofo6-t)v\fAMriAil "ootDe^ffA'o -ouinn, A^5l1f T)Ob
f?ei*oif gtif At) e Af mbAf t)o tiocfA-6 Af." 300
Aguf *oo finnfeAt) ArhlAi'6 fin.
Ill
X)aIa fio5 nA So\\(:a lomoffo, \\o ftnuAin 1 h-a riiex^ntriAin
fern 50 -ocAinis hA]\]\ of cionn 11A01 tniof, tiO Cfi f Aice, 6 6uif\
fe intern fioj riA Scitu\ le lliT)i|\e ha CotiiAifle, Aguf tiaC
-ocus f ceAlA An coif Cif cuige. Aguf if 1 GAfArhAil "oo GAin
Af fin — guf f 115 An fio^An rriAC, Aguf "oo bfij; An 5t\At:)A A5Uf 5
An cutriAinn "oo bi Aige pein 6 'n AtAif a^^^]' 6 ingin fio$
nA SciciA foitrie fin. guf 6uif fe An mAC "o' a oileAiiiAin Aguf
•o' A leAfiijAt) Of ifOAl no 50 mbeAt) infeA"OniA, Af a
5C<3ife66Ai) bAf [a] AtA\\A Aif fein Aguf Af a ClAnn tiAif
ei^in : Aguf guf itnif fe ^liocAf A^uf inio-toinjeAll Aif fein 10
triAf fin. Aguf f A5f Af a eAgtutriAnn "66 50 cinneAfnAC. Aguf
ni (iomntii"Oe 'oo finne no 50 'ocAini^ 50 cuifc tliDife luv
ConiAifle. tTlof-fAiluijeAf An fi-oife foitri An fij.
" If CcMfif T)iiinn T)Af n-ooig An f Alice fin, " *bAif An f i ;
"Aguf beifceAf a\\ ciiAifc Cum nA fiojnA finn j^o bfeAfAitn- 15
re An clAnnrriAf 1."
T)o finnfeAT) AiiilAii), ax:,u]^ lAf nT)eAfCAt) T)o ['n] fi^ Af
An fiogAn 50 ffioCnAniAc!;, triAf nA6 l)fiiAif fe inneAll ninA
coffAije tiifci, fAiinf uijeAf An CAifleAn ,so nixMC 6 n-A bAff
gontiise A bonn. A^iif mA]\ n<\6 bftiAif clAnn innce no aici 20
X)'a iiiev^\f fein, C115 ninA iiiLtiiAf a j:;Iioca Ciiije X)'a ■OeAfbAf)
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY iii
At the end of that lay said the queen : —
" Let us cease from our bitter weeping," said she, " and
we will cleanse our faces and our white countenances ; for it
is a short while to the coming of the Knight of Counsel to us ;
and if he find us thus he may have some evil surmise con-
cerning us, and perhaps our death might result from it."
And so they did.
Ill
Now, concerning the King of Sorcha, he thought in his own
mind that the end of nine months, or three seasons, had come
since he put the daughter of the King of Scythia with the
Knight of Counsel, and that he had not given him news of
the unborn child. And this is the suspicion he deduced from
that — that the queen had brought forth a son, and that,
because of the love and affection he had had before from
the father, and from the daughter of the King of Scythia, he
had put the son for fosterage and education secretly till he
should be able for service, whence he would settle for the death
of his father upon [the king] himself and on his children at some
time ; also that he had played a trick and a breach of trust upon
himself in that manner. And his unfriendliness waxed hot
against him, and not a stop did he make till he came to the
court of the Knight of Counsel. The knight made the king
heartily welcome.
" No doubt that is a trusty welcome,'' said the king.
" Now, let us be conducted to visit the queen, to see if
she have a child."
They did so : and when the king looked attentively at the
queen, and did not find on her the deportment of a woman
with child, he ransacks the castle well • from top to bottom.
And finding no child born or unborn with her, so far as he
could see, he brought knowing expert women to assure him
112 eACcuA niACAOim-Ati-ioiAin
t)6 iu\|\ Inrc) co|\f\v\C i: ^vgtif k\h n-A p<\icfin fni -doiId ^•oub-
" A Ui'Oit\e tu\ Com<M)Ale " a]\ au pi " c^ t)puil .mi coif\6eAf
.v-oubjiAif 1)0 belt .\5 injin jaioj n^ Scicu\ ? " 25
'Hi f:eix)i|\" A]\ A^^ lAiDipe, " v\ ei5e^\|\tu\, .xtc mun.\ bpuiL
fe mnce f^ein pof, no mun^x nT)eA[\nA fi pein "oiAoiC-biieic eigin
|:|\if, x)'e.\5Lv\ 50 gcuifpimif Cuir. IVAip 1 n-A pK\-6tu\ife e."
" 1f "oeirinn linti nA.\c*.\|\ tiiiLL fi c.Mn a b|A()nii pein "pdf "
.\H v\n HI " A-\5iir 5<^ n^bA rnifce lei_ .\ liu\f "oa iniLlpev\t) T)uine 30
eile e. Agiif tii ruMiilxMt) fin azA An cuif " .xja ^\n |\i " Acbc "oo
ciiHieAlM|\-f A *.\n le.\nb X)' a oile.vtiuMn ^\5Uf 'o'a.x le^\f ug^xt), p.\
coinne mtnlcfe -o' .\ ■Dex.\nx.\rh u*Mf\ eigm eile. '^meAX) ce<\T)iuA,
ni hA conu\oin le^\c-fA An c-olc fin 'Oxi n-oeA.\nc.\|\ ofm-f.A e."
Ajuf u\f '|\.\X) nA rnb|\eit|\e [fin] -oo 'n fij;, txAngvN-o^f 3-''
•Cx\t*.\nnA lonroA e^xgfxMiiLA -66 tie fUA\tnuMfe ^Ajtif fe fll16.^t)
n^ feifge. Cfiotninge^f *^5t1f mie^v^Luije.xf txi-oife n*\
CotiuMfle 50 m6f ax; f.\icfin ^n fiog A]\ au ofotijAi) ^-^uy A]\
x.\n inneAlL fin, A5Uf |\e cLotfCin a b|\eit|ie ; ^\suf ]\o bi ^x?;
fio|\-5x.\biil A Leitf ce.Al, ^vjiif niof t;.\b An fi fin lUMt). lX\ -^^
loinne.\c liit5;^\i|\ex.\6 An fio^An 6 belt Ag eifce^Cc |\e
bOfb-bfiAtfAib fin An fioj, Ajuf -oo fmuAin aici fein 1 n-A
meAnrriAin 50 "ocuiCfAit) Cfe m6if-rhiO|\bAiLii)ib "Oe Aguf nA
Ufionbi-oe Ufe-peAffAiuMj bAf X)' imifc fof I'lx^ife nA
CotiuMfle "fAn bfeill Agiif 'fAti bfionj^AiL X)o tionnfCAin 1 45
n-AJAit) A bAoin-mic fein gontiije fin. Cio-OcfACc if gAifiX)
X)o bi An lotnAj^AllAtn 6AinceA6 fin \t)\\\ An fij^ Agiif Umife
nA ConiAifle. An CAn a tAinig b|\6T) Aguf bof f f ax) Aguf X)AfA6c
X)ioniAif 'fAn f.ig, A^iif fuf AlAf cimeAC cpeApAilce CfUATJ-
6iiibfic;te do ^eAnAtii X)o niX)i|\e nA CoiiiAifle, Agiif mA\\ nA6 50
bfiuMf AX)niAil An coifCif fo. fUfAlAf A 6fo6AX) 1 bfiAX)nAife
A tiinA Agiif A 6loinne Ajiif a nunnncife ; Agiif if a]\ ei^in
AtAfftuijeAX) A beAn Agtif a 6lAnn Aif 5;An cfocAX') 1 bfiAT>
tiAife 6ai6. Ciiifix) fe cu|\nAiX)e eileof ceAnn An bAile Aguf nA
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 113
that she was not with child ; and when they saw, they said
that she was not.
" Knight of Counsel," said the king, " where is the unborn
child thou saidst was with the daughter of the King of
Scythia. "
'• I know not," said the knight, " my lord, unless he be
still unborn, or unless she have played some evil fate upon
him lest we should put him to death before her eyes."
" I am certain that she has not yet marred the curve of
her womb," said the king, " and that she would be worse for her
haste if another should mar it. And not thus is the case,"
said the king : " but you have put the child out for fosterage
and education, that he might exact a mulct some other time.
Howbeit, that evil were no advantage for thee, were it done
upon me."
After saying those words there came to the king many
different colours with hatred and with boiling of rage. The
Knight of Counsel trembles and is terrified greatly on seeing
the king in that state and condition, and on hearing his words ;
and he kept prosing out his excuses, which the king did not
accept. Joyful and exultant was the queen at hearing
those rough words of the king, and she thought within
herself that through the great marvels of God and of the Trinity
of Three Persons death should come to be inflicted on the Knight
of Counsel for the faithlessness and treachery he had under-
taken against her only son, until then. . However, but a short
time were the king and the Knight of Counsel at that abusive
discourse, when there came excitement and swelling and mad-
ness of pride over the king, and he commands a bound fettered
captive to be made of the Knight of Counsel, and as he got no
confession of that birth, he orders him to be hanged before his
wife and children and followers ; and scarcely were his wife and
children saved from him so as not to be hanged before them
all. He puts another servant over the steading and the
114 GACunA rhACAOini-An-iotAin
•ouitCe fin A tti5 f e T)o 'n |\iT)i|\e jAoniie fin, stifxit) mAp fm -oo 55
ctncig x\n pijA-'OM fOf\0f'6x\ fe^ll lliDife n^ CorhxMple a]\ x.\n
fiog^n goninge fin.
ACc 6exinxi, *oo |\inne ^n fi f ^nnfujAt) fi6-C|\UAt) -Af -An
fioj^n f^\ x\T)rhAil An coi|\f(iif fo iii|Ati, Agtif niAf nA6 bftiAif,
A-DUt^AifC gufi Coif A bifujAt) 50 liobAnn. A6c A*oubf\*.\'OArv 60
niAite Agtif mof-UAifle a 'Of ex\mA fif nA|\ Coif fin a •6eAnAtti,
Ajtif 5iif 66fA A tiAc6iif Aguf A tiionnAfbAt) Af An ^CfioC 50
c6irh-iomU\n, 1 n-Aic nA6 mbeAf f a"d An fi AtriAfC uifti fein n6
A]\ An injin, Aguf nAC gcltnnfeAt) a fceAlA o fin ahiaC 50
bfAt. T)o cfioCnuigeAt) An coiriAifle fin aca, Aguf tug An 05
fi jAifm Cf AfT) ctiicirh T)0 beit Aige fein Af rriAOin Aguf
Af itiof-iriAiteAf Aon-'oinne 'DobeAffA'D biAt) no "oeot "oi fein
no -o' A Viinjin 6 CeAnn feACC Ia aitiaC. Ajuf fupAlAf
fCAOileAt) *6i Af An bfoifm fin, Aguf fAjAf An fi An bAiLe
lAfArh, iAf n'oeAnAiti An Cfo6cA Agtif An lonnAfbCA fin -06. 70
5vif triAf fin *oo fug An pif-'OiA fOf6f"6A, 11 A^CAf An nA
Cf uinne, bfeic "CifeAC Af Ui-oife ha CorhAifle 'yAn bfeiU "OO
tionnfCAin 1 n-AjAi'^ a tigeAfnA Aguf a bAintijeAfnA A^Uf a
n-oigfe *oilif "DiongrhAlA toiUj "Oia "oo teA6c eACOfCA.
T)aIa nA fiognA A^tif nA tiinjine buAi'6eAftA, "do CuA'OAf 75
1 gcottiAif le, Aguf x)o ftniiAineAT)Af gobfuisiTDif fein bAf 'oo'n
jofCA ful -00 fA5fAiT)if An cif fin : Agvif gtif Ab Cmge fin T)0
tug An fi An fogfAt) fin aitiaC fo 'n cif .
" Aguf A injin "Oil," Ay^ f 1, " If Aitne X)Am-f a iriAf a f aCaiti
Af 6 'n njAifm ut). Cif f AjfAtn nA bemij liogA lAn-tiiAifeACA so
AZA A^Ainn fe mnAib lUMfle eigin 'f^^"" ^i^ '""o 'fAn gCACAif,
Ajiif ceAnneocAm emig beAgA bo6cA T)fO(i-t)AtA nocb fojnAf
•DO -OAOinib boCcA : Aguf cuiffeAtn "oeAlb jfAnnA x)iiib-neACA
A^ Aii\ ngnuifib Aguf a\\ a]\ nglAn-Aigtib, Agtif beini A5 lAff Ait)
-oeifce 6 cif 50 cif nO 50 bpingeAtn eolAf Af An Scicia, 50 35
bfeAf fAm An mbeAffAm beo a\\ a "otiL a\\ -airiAf m'AtAf a," a\\
fi.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 115
patrimony which he had given to the knight before, and thus did
the glorious True God avenge the treachery of the Knight of
Counsel upon the queen till then.
Howbeit, the king made a very severe examination of the
queen to get a confession of this birth of her, and when he did
not get it, he said that she ought to be put to death at once.
But the chiefs and nobles of his following said that that ought
not to be done, and .that it was more fitting to expel and
banish her from the country altogether, to a place where the
king would never have a sight of her or of her daughter, and
where he should not hear news of her from that out for ever.
That counsel was agreed upon by them, and the king published
a proclamation that he would fall on the goods and wealth of any
one who should give food or drink to her or to her daughter
after the end of seven days. And he bids her begone in that
fashion ; and the king leaves the steading after that, after
finishing the execution and the banishment. So that in this
wise did the glorious True God, Ruler of the Universe, inflict
a direct judgment on the Knight of Counsel in the treachery
he undertook against his lord and lady and their dear and
fitting heir which God willed should come between them.
As for the persecuted queen and daughter, they counselled
together, and thought that they would die of hunger before
they should leave that land : and that it was to that end the
king published that order through the land.
" And my dear daughter," said she, " I know how we shall
evade that proclamation. We will leave the precious beautiful
garments we have with some noble women of the land or of the
castle, and will buy paltry, poor, ugly-coloured garments, such
as serve for paupers ; and we will put upon our faces and fair
countenances an appearance hideous and morose ; and we
will be asking alms from land to land till we get knowledge of
Scythia, and till we shall know if we shall succeed alive in
going to my father," said she.
ii6 eAcutu\ riiACAoini-Ati-iolAMn
"Oo tMnneAt) .AttiUix) fin leif tv\ CAoim-inge^NruMt), A^uf
PilUvMri-o f\6mpA A]\ An r^rhAil fin. ^Aguf >-^*o ^^-p -61^01 C-inneAll
bocc -oeiiAeoil, 6 tij 50 05 x^5nr 6 t).Mle 50 t)Aile ; x^5«r 90
An c-ion^x) 1 n-A t)p<\5;AiT)ir yleAt) a^u\^ pe.\r^xi foirhe fin,
111 mo 'tv\ mi|\ t>eAj^ no rpp«i^l-e<\6 -do ceilgti cuca x.\n ium|\
pn ; Aguf *oo ^itnigTDir ca6 nile, x\5tif ni Aicnije^At) Aon
•Duine i^*o-f An.
Ciiifc c^AjAA-o Agiif coirri-6eile 'oo 'n fiojAn 1 n-A jVAit) 95
fi 50 tninic jAoirhe fin, Aguf CAflA t)i oitxie Aifice a ti)eic
innce 50 'oeifeoil 'D|\oic-t)iAt)A(i ; Aguf lAf ftnuAineAt) "00 'n
fiiogAn A feAt)Af "DO jeibeAt) fi fern leif An gcuifc fin
foirrie fin, ^AliAf cuiff e niof Aguf *oul3ACAf 'oeAfttiAif 1, Ag
fmuAineAX) [a\\] An cf Ai'oGfif a fUAif\ fi Af\ "ocuf Agtif a luO
bo6cAine fein fo 'n Am fin. Aguf *oo CAn An Iaoi Ann —
mAic Anocv mo culAix)-fe,
105
CuIai-o mriA j^Art yeA]\-nuACA\]\,
If ■oeAtic 6 i^AC mriAoi uAf Ait.
Cac AjAinn T)' A n-AittieACAt),
'S 3^An Aicne aj aoti oftAmn :
Sinn A35 -out -pe f Aitci'of
'S An 5cui|ir: -oo CAHAmAoif -nornAinti.
mife A5Uf m' AonrriACAoni 110
5^0 njnuifib T)u5a •oo)ica,
A]\ n-imteAcu A|i n-AonAtiAin
A]\ f UT) cui'ce riA SojtcA.
An nii|i hcA'^ -oobeitieAnn-pA
T)o bocc-tn'o JAn An jti J-C13 yo,
mA]! CU1-0 tri6i|i ni pAJAim-fe
T>Am ye\r) if -oo m' in5in[-feo].
An re fin a^^ a bpAJ;Aim-fe
TloJA 5;ac' f(3i]ic 50 fo-nAin,
beAnnAcc tiAim |ie 'n AnmAin fin,
6 nAC ^cuAlAf tHArn a cotiiTriAic.
115
120
A liAitLe nA lAoit) fin fO gAb f iat) fOmpA 6 tig 50 ci$
^^5 lAiviv^Aix) "oeifce 1 j^Cfut bAn bocc no 50 fAngA-OAf An
ScitiA f A X)emeA"6. -Agiif LeigmiT) •oinn a n-imteA6c 6 fin
Am.NC 125
■ , — ■ — ■
^ iof5 If ceAfc nA cuttiaI fin MS
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY ti;
That course was followed by the fair ladies, and they go
straight forward in that manner, in poor wretched raiment,
from house to house and from town to town : and the place
where they used formerly to get feasting and festival, not more
than a little fragment or crumbs would be thrown to them at
that time ; and they used to recognise everybody, and not a
person would recognise them.
There was a court of friends and companions of the queen
where she had often been before, and it happened one night
that she was in it, wretched and poorly fed. And when the
queen thought of the grandeur she used to have in that court
before, great sadness and heavy gloom seizes her, at the
thought of the wealth she had at the first and of her poverty at
that time. And she sung this lay in it : —
Suitable to-night is my raiment, the raiment of a woman without husband, who
seeks justice of those bond-women, and alms of every noblewoman.
Everyone recognised by us, and neither of us having recognition of any : we
going with fear into the court that formerly we used to love.
I and my only child with blackened, darkened faces, a-going all alone
hroughout the land of Sorcha.
The little piece that this royal house is giving to a poor queen, I do not
'ceive it as a large portion for myself and my daughter.
He with whom I receive a choice of every kind nobly, blessing from me to
that soul, as I have never heard of his equal in goodness.
At the end of that lay they went forward from house to
house seeking alms in the guise of poor women till they reached
Scythia at last. And we pass from their adventures from that
forward.
ii8 eACr:nA rru\CAOit1i-ArMolAm
IV
X\Cc l^bp^m yeAl eile -do 'n ioIaj\ "oo fvug x\n n>A0i-6exsn
be-Ag x3.*otit!)|AAtnA|A 1 n-x\ cjAobxMt) leif 6 'n jiiojAti poirrie pni
6f cionn tu\ p^ijijAge. Oi|\ if i fin iiAif x^5llf xMtnfex\|A a
•oc^xfUA, l^\ t1Aorrl-'Ox^1t!)1 Ann 50 fonnfA-6^\6 ; ^guf t)i -do
$eAfA.\it!) ^n |\io5 Aficuif mic 1iit)xMfi mic Ambfoif mic Con- ^
fc^incin inic Ug-o^ijAe "pionniDf^gtiin' -oul "oo CxMte^tri fleiTbe
no fex.\fCx^ 5^n longnAt) niMt) nexini-$n^At^\C eigin 'D'fx.\5xiilc
Aguf If -oo 'n lli-oijAe X)uX) m^c fiog p^Ainnce tAplA ^n lA
fin f e^C ^n ce^jlxic tiile 'oul X)' u\ff^i'D ^n longAnc^if fin,
50 tri-Aig r\A t^^or^^nAt). -Aguf b^A fx3k'OA leif An 1^15 x^ bi f e 10
^vmtiij, ^gtif le^nx^f f em 'n-A uAtAtt x^guf 'n-A AonAi^xSn e ;
^guf cuiflingex^f A^ CA]\\\tAt) nA ml^tuMt) ^\|\ tllAig nA
nlongnAt), inx^f x\ bfiuMf ^n Rix)i|\e "Oub ; xxguf fo fcuif fM"0
x3k n-eACf^Mt) M|\ fin, ^guf ftiit)eA\f An j\i ^^5t1f a "Ofom fe
CAffC-At) nA ml^iuMt), Agvif "oexif c^f n^.\ ceACxMf ^Mfoe a]\ ^a6 15
CAoib -oe — mA\\ a€a foif ^giif pA]\, but) "be^f ^N^tif but) ciu\it) :
50 bf^CA An ACMll uAfAl, eAt)on <\n c-ioU\f, Ctnge 1 bfficib
nA fioftnAiineince Asuf 1 neAllAib eA'OAfbiK\ifeA(!:A An Aeif ;
Agiif cuiflingeAf 50 liAiCfe^C 1 bfAffAt) A^iif 1 bfocAif ^n
fiog, Agtif leigeAf An nAoit)eAn Al^inn lolCfotAt fin a\\. 20
beinn bfAic An fiog, Af a CfobAib, feAC 5A6 Aon-bAll eile.
AXguf iA]\ nt)ul T)' A fuit)e *oa lomAife no a C|\i uAit) AtriAC,
ciiicoAf 1 "ocAifib Aguf 1 ■DCAitrine<.\LlAib bAif 50 La|\ A^uf 50
lAn-UAltiiAn, AniAil T)o biot) gAn Annuxin Ann.
AXguf gAbAf lutjAijie tiiof An |\i ffif An AiteAfc bCA^ fin 25
no fif An Aifcit) fin -o' fAJAil o 'n eAti ; Agtif A*oiibAit\c gtif Ab
e An 'pif-'OiA fOf6|\t)A X)o Cuif An ciot)lACAt) fin tuige, Aguf
J u. mic f . :ms..
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 119
IV
But let us speak for a further space of the eagle which took
the little babe we have mentioned in his claws from the queen
before that, over the sea. For that time and occasion on which
it happened was specially the day of Saint David ; and one of
the tabus of King Arthur, son of lubhar, son of Ambrose,
son of Constantine, son of Uther Pendragon, was not to go
to consume feast or festival without finding some new
unwonted wonder. And that day it fell to the lot of the Black
Knight, son of the King of France, beyond all the household,
to go to the Plain of Wonders to seek that wonder. The
king thought him a long while outside and follows him himself,
solitary and alone; and he alights at the Pillar-stone of Virtues
on the Plain of Wonders, where he found the Black Knight ;
and they pulled up their horses after that, and the king sits
with his back against the Pillar-stone of Virtues, and he looks
towards the four quarters on every side of him — east and west,
southward and northward : till he saw the noble aquila, that
is the eagle, coming to him in the expanse of the firmament
and in the lofty clouds of the air ; and he swoops in peni-
tent wise beside and near the king, and lays that fair comely
babe on the skirt of the king's robe, out of his claws, in
preference to every other spot. And going to perch two or
three ridges away from him, he falls into fainting-fits and
deathly swoons, on to the bare ground, as though there were no
life in him.
Great delight takes the king at receiving that little gift or
that present from the bird, and he said that it was the glorious
True God who sent him that present, as he had not son nor
I20 eACuuA rrrACAOini-Ati-ioiAin
^An tTiAC no injin xM^e t^oirhe fin. -Aguf x^-outD^ifC 50
TToex\np<\"0 oijt^e -oilir -oionsrh^lA a^\ ye\n -oe ; xiguf cui5e<\r
V^T S^r^t) e cfvuime au eit^e fin "oo t)i leif ^n ioU\-p, :'»o
A^uy A tAX)A)\[Z Ay \\AimA)X) ^mC^A^^A eigin -do 'n -DOtii^in -oo
(iiii|\ 1 -DCxMfit) A^uy 1 -ocxMrrineALlxMt) e m^\|\ fin. ^Aguf f tif^Uf
x.\|A x^n tliT)ife X>uX) p^ifc "oo 'n Ion fo t)! -ac-a X)o tAt)AM|\c
1 n -.\ f iA-6nAif e -co 'n wIa^; -Aguf \a\\ n-eifx^e t)6 Ay An
c^irhnex3.ll fin, ite^f a teofboitin "oo 'n tJiAt!) fin, A^uy "'5
^ifAje^f 50 tiAifo-6ex\nnx.\6 ^Ay fin, Aguf cfot^f ^v^uf clinnuij-
e^f e f6in 50 mA\t, A^uy le^^eAy ^Aot yo n-A yc^AtA\^A^X),
A^uy cfom^f A 6eAnn tn^t^ -oo ftiox) a^ ^AhA^l a Cqa-oa a^ An
j\i5 A^uy T)' A m[ACAO\n, mAyf torhAytA umlA Aguf uffxMme,
in-A pA'6nA^ye ; 50 n-oexNe^ii:) of finn a fuifc ^vguf a yAX)A\yc 40
uAtA. Agtif ni -Oo tAt)f .\f ^n yzA^y f e^f ca.
A^uf yuyAlAy Ki A^n "OottiAin a|\ An Ui^oife X)uX) An mAC fin
C115 T)ix\ i:)6 pein a X)ye\t teif mx\f -OxMca u.Mt), ^guf 1n5ex^n
fioj n6 f61-t15ex^fnA t)' fx^gxSil Ctnge x)' a oileAttiAin.
" Aguf c^bxMf cfiiit) A-^uy ceAtyA, huAy xNgtif t)ot^\ince, 6y 45
Agiif lonrhAf X)o tn' CuiT)-fe leif X)i," x\f fe, " -Aguf innif -oo
6a6 1 scoicCionn gtif trixic "oilif •oiongrh^lxA '6Am-fA\ e ; A^uy
^A\ymzeAy Vt^ACAom-An-^olA]y "o' *Mntn "oe ; <^'S^^'" 'ot'^nAm
yeAyzA o'n in^j, 6if if leofi t)tiinn -o' ion5^\ncx.\f An liuMge
in-DitJ An X)e^t^t)eA6 bf ui-oeAfhAil m^f aza An z-eAn nx) -oo 50
CAbAifC leinb big riiAoit leif 1 n-A 6yoX)^^V) g^n ftnltnjAt) j^n
foifCe^fgAT!) yA\y, Agtif f^g^il Af beinn mo bfAic-fe "06,
feA6 t)All eile ; Aguf ^e'f peoil if heAtA nAX)uytA "oo, "f g^n
e f6in T)'a ice."
5^1)^1*0 A n-e-<\C|u\it:) A^uy ctiifeAf An UiT)if e "Oiil) a -oaIca 55
1 tnbeinn a bfiAic, A^uy ni •OeAfnA'6 oififeArh n6 coiiinuit)e
leo 50 f An5.\T)A|\ "Oil n AT') An IIaIIa "Oeifg. Aguf goifeAf An
'Ri'oife T)iit) inje^n lAflA CAff Aige An Scuif -oo loClAnnAil)
tuige, A^uf inmfeAf t>] niAC -oo teAtv 'ootuni An fiog A^iif
^ "DAmcoiTiAntA M!S.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-ROY 121
daughter till then. And he said that he would make him the
dear fitting heir to himself. Further, he understands that it
is the weight of that burden which ailed the eagle, and
that carrying it from some distant quarters of the world
had put him into swoons and fainting-fits. And he bids
the Black Knight to put part of the provision they had
beside the eagle, and after awaking from the faint he eats his
fill of the food, and stands with lofty head, and shakes and
plumes himself well, and lets the wind under his wings, and
bows his head as though he would be taking leave of the king
and of his boy, as a sign of humility and reverence before him
— till he soared away from them, beyond the limits of their
sight and vision. And of him the storytells nothing more.
And the King of the World bids the Black Knight take from
him to himself the boy whom God had given him as a foster-
ling ; and to get a king's or prince's daughter for him to
nurture him.
" And with him give her kine and cattle, flocks and herds,
gold and treasure from my possessions," said he ; " and tell
everyone in general that he is my dear fitting son, and let him
be called Eagle-boy by name ; and let us forthwith get away
from the plain, for it is sufficient of the wonders of the plain
for us to-day that a savage creature like yonder bird should
bring a little soft child in his claws without wounding or letting
blood on him, and should leave it on the skirt of my garment
in preference to everywhere else. And though flesh is its
natural food, yet that it should not have eaten him."
They take their steeds, and the Black Knight puts his
fosterling in the skirt of his garment, and no stop or stay was
made by them till they reached the Dwelling of the Red Hall.
And the Black Knight calls the daughter of the lord
of Carraig an Scuir of Lochlann. and tells her that a son
122 eACURA niACAOini-An-IOlAlK
5U|\ 6iU]\ fe CuiCe-pe T)'a oiLev\tri<Mn Agiip T)' a ALctiotri e, x^gup 60
50 lipiiigeAt) fi feome, niAoine, *.\5iir tn6f\-m*M6eAf o 'n 1115
xx^tif lUMt) pein "o' A 6ionn fin. Alctiije^p An inge^n fe Dm
^n |\i *o' pti|\vML oileAmnA An niic tiifci pein ; x^5Uf gAlD^^p CuiCe
e 50 liiC5^\i|\ev\6, ^5Uf coif\t)f\ev.\p U\Cc a.\ coi|\|A-6io6 bun-LeAti\n
t)^\|\]i-CA\ol pern T)6, vASur oileA.\f -Agt-if ^Lcf^tnAif An lex^nt) 1 65
•OC15 ^n lliT)i|\e "Oinb, o fin x^vm^c 50 te^nn a -da V)UAt>An
-oeA^.
Ajuf X)A pifA-gLic puxi|U\6v\|\ 1 gcLuAincit) luilDe Aguf
liAC|\oiT)e e, Aguf 1 nT)iot3[\A6At) bonnf^AC, -Agup 1 gcuf
c^niAin, 1 gcionn oCc tnbliA'OxAn. Aguf ni liexxt) A\triAin, a6z 70
niojA tnillrhuije^t) pexif x\oif e 1 n-A *Mmpf\ |\u\Tti -oo b' pexAfp
1 riuUnnijAT) 'n.\ e 1 gceAfi-OAib goile -Ajuf gAifce, 1 lut
Aguf 1 lArh-A6 *.\5ur 1 scuf ^ifitn.
\.A n-Aon CAjvlA rnifeApAn lonuuiA i-oi|\ tn^c An Tli'Oi[\e
"Oiiib niic |\io5 )?|\Ainnce, A^iif nuvc v\n lliDipe 5^^ ^"•"•'^ T^'^S 75
5fei5e, A|\ pAitCe cac|\v\c CAmlAoi-oe ; Agufoo tjAuinnijeA'OAii
An niACfAit) 1 n-A -ocimceALl fe livVjAit) nA liim|\eAfAin,
Aguf fo bi tTlAC.Nom-An-lolAif "n-A CotdLai) An UAif\ fin.
A^iif biot)5<\f Af A Co'dLai) A^iif ueix) AniAC, Aguf niAf
fiu\i|\ An unfeAfAn ^\]\ fiiibAl cuiDige.xf fe a "OeAf b- g^>
CotiTOAlCA Aguf cuifeAf An loniAn a]\ msc An UiDife 51^5
50 nT)tibAifc gufAb Cfe leAfxfoni "00 cuifeAX) An bAife fin
Aif fein. Agiif AT)iibAifC tn.\c aii Ui-oife "Onib nAci fAib fe
fein Ag lAffAit) congAnCiX a]\ llK\CA()iii-An-1olAif , Ajuf 50
mbeAffAt) fein biuMt) nA liiomAnA v^An a belt Aige. g
" OLc "no "oeAncA-f A tno Conj^tuMii-f .\ Cv\fCiiifniU5<.\t)," Af
niACAoni-An-1oLAif . '' Aguf 50 mbA feiffDe tO mo ton^tuMii
•00 belt AgAC : Agiif -()' A TjevNfbAt) fin, cuii\it)-fe biif 5CA-
niAin Af Aon fe CeiLe Asuf -oobeAffAXj bAife ofAib."
peACAiT) leif m<\ille fe feifg tYibif , giTjeAf) ctiifeAf y,^
1TlACA()tri-An-1oLAif OftA fo tfi. tion.Nf feAf^ Aguf fAcc
UAbAif nu\c An UiDife ^^l Cfix) fin, Aguf AT)ub«MfC nAf (iAf
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 123
had come to the king, and that he had sent him to her for nur-
ture and fosterage, and that she would get treasures, riches, and
wealth from the king and from himself on account thereof.
The lady thanks God that the king had commanded the
nourishing of the boy to her, and she takes him gladly, and
gives him the milk of her broad-based, narrow-topped round
breasts, and nourishes and rears the child in the house of the
Black Knight from that on till the end of his twelfth year.
And he was clever and watchful in the fields of luhh and
of football, and in shooting javelins, and in throwing the
hurley, at the end of eight years. And not only that, but
there was never perfected a man of full age in his time better
perfected than he in feats of valour and prowess, in vigour and
in dexterity and in wielding arms.
Now, on a day there occurred a hurling-match between the
son of the Black Knight, son of the King of France, and the
son of the White Knight, son of the King of Greece, on the
lawn of the castle of Camelot. And the boys were gathered
around them for the match, and Eagle-boy was asleep at the
time. And he starts up from his sleep and comes out, and
finding the match progressing, he sides with his foster brother
and wins the goal against the son of the White Knight, who
said that the goal was won against him unfairly. And the son of
the Black Knight said that he himself was not needing help from
Eagle-boy, and that he would win the match without having
him about him.
"It is bad that thou hast been making my help an
offence," said Eagle-boy; ''thou wouldst be the better for
having it. To prove that, put your hurleys together, and I
will win a goal against you twain."
They make the attempt, in great anger, but Eagle-boy wins
the goal on them three times. Anger and a spasm of pride
fills the son of the White Knight at that, and he said that he
124 GACURA niACAoirh-Ari-iotAin
leif oil nd xAC^f x)' ^m^aiI 6 nvAC jaToj n6 t\6i-ti5ex\|\n-A,
^cc [-©'Jp^Ag^Ail 6 tYiv\c em 110 eicigte 5x.\n piop ^ Cyiti no
oineil <\6x: nu\|\ " nu\c-1olvMp," x)o jxMjAtn X)e. 95
" An pjinTVfi A C<\n^\r cii nA b|\u\C|\<\ inToeAi^jtA fm ?" *.\|\
TTI-ACAOtri-An-loLAip.
" 1f ppic 50 -oenriin," A|\ m*^c ^n Ixi'Dipe 51I.
"An GAT) n^c niAC -oo 'n pig Ajacuja me ? " Af\ mACAorh-
A^n-1olxMfl. JQQ
" If -oeirhin Liotn nAt eAt>," a\\ iti-ac ^n Umifie 51I ; " 6i|\
ni bpuil piof -DO rhv\Cx\f\A ^xgAinn, ^gtif ACAm^om jvo-AmbpeAf aC
A|A c' ACAifA niAjA v\n 5ceA"onA."
II0 tiitn-oeAnsAX) 50 tnop p6 x)peA(i ifoeALbAt itlACAOirh-
An-1oU\i|\ -6615 fin, A^uf fo Cpiotnuig a t)oill, fo fUAimnig- 105
eA-DAf Afuifc, Agtif fo turhfcuijeA-DAf a 6eAX)1pA^t> COfpAf\-6A
^\e cLoifcm n^ mbpeicfe fm. Aguf fogf Af CfoiT) CAniAn Af
nu\c An Hi-Dife t^^l. PfeAgfAf iriAC An UiDife '^^l fin 'oO,
Aguf cugfAT) culCAnnA cinneAfnACA Aguf bfifCAt) t)o-6t)A
biot-ufLAtri, Aguf fit-jleAf fAnncAii fAf-luAtrhAf X)' a 110
^CAtriAnAiti) cfUAi^O-finneACA cfom-CeAnnACA 1 jceAiinAit)
^^S^^r 1 scofpAib A telle. Cio-ocfACC cCgAf tTlACAoiii-An-
lolvMf A lAiii t)eAf "DifeAt -Ooinn-iosnAC leif au gCAmAn
A^uf buAilGAf iriAC An Ui'Difie t^\l 1 jcleic a Cinn Aguf a
ceAnn-rhullAij guf 6ui|\ [a] incinn 'n-A CAobAib C|\6 Aguf 'n-A 115
bfAoncAib bfeAC-folA CAf finifcfit)ib a 6inn Ajuf a CluAf
AiriAC feAtcAif. 1a|\ n-A fAiCfin fin "Oo liiumncif tnic An
txiT^ife Jil, eAt)6n "o' a CAifOib, -oo 6f innnigfeAX) Af 5A6 Aif "o
'n-A uimCeAll T30 -OiojAil a Cf caCc ; Aguf niofb fuf Af ■061b
fin 6if x)o bi x)" feAbAf imeAjlAt An liiACAonii nAfb feix)if 120
X)Oib iifCbiX) x)o X)eAnAtn "60: no 550 fiij a (:a]\a A^uf a
CoimCeile fein Aip, eA*6n An Uix)ife Dub. CAXiAfgAineAf
Ap A Ceile 1AX), Agiif beipeAf An niACAoiii leif X)o 'n Cuifc.
A^uf leigeAf Af A ^luinib e, 1 bfiAtJnAife An fiog, 50
nx)tibAifc — 125
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 125
made no complaint at getting reproach or pleasure from the
son of a king or a great lord, but at getting it from the son of
a bird, or a thing with feathers, whose family and race he
knew not, save that he was called merely '* son of an eagle."
" Is it against me thou sayest those disgraceful words ? "
said Eagle-boy.
" Against thee, in very truth," said the son of the White
Knight.
" Is it that I am not King Arthur's son ? " said Eagle-boy.
" I am sure thou art not," said the son of the White
Knight; ''for we know nothing of thy mother, and we are
wholly ignorant of thy father likewise."
A deep blush rose on the comely face of Eagle-boy at
those words, and his limbs trembled, his eyes reddened, and
his bodily senses shook at hearing those words. And he
challenges the son of the White Knight to a duel with hurleys.
The son of the White Knight accepts, and they gave urgent
thrusts, and ever-active breaking of Bodhbh, and long wielding,
eager and rapid, of their hard-pointed crooked-headed hurleys
on each other's heads and bodies. However, Eagle-boy lifts his
straight brown-nailed right hand with the hurley, and strikes
the son of the White Knight in the side of his head and his-
skull, so that he puts his brains in blood-gouts and in
spotted blood-flecks through the windows of his head and his
ears out beyond. When the people (that is, the friends) of the
son of the White Knight saw that they gathered around him
out of every quarter to aven:;e his wounds ; and it was not easy
for them, for from the terrible might of the boy they were
unable to do him any hurt, until his own friend and companion,
the Black Knight, took him. He separates them from one
another and carries the boy with him to the court. And he-
kneels before the king with these words : —
126 eACcnA rhACAOirh-An-iotAin
" 5iif *.\noif T)o fMoilex\f guf rriAC "biUf •oion5rh^lx\ "ouic me.
Aguf 5At)^m "00 (iomAipce : m^ 'y piop fin innif •o^\m e, n6
c^\ti)^Ai|A ino butv\"6 cineit X)' freAfxMt) u-<\ifle n6 ^^nu^ifle An
•oorhxMn "OAm."
So6cAf ^n f\i 50 ^ATiA CfiT) <\n yceAl fin *oo 6loifCin "OC,
Agiif 5Abv\f cuiffe Aguf cfoim-neittiex\lA e, Aguf "oeA-AfCAf -Af
x^n in^CvAoni 50 ffiotn^rhAt A-^uy AT>uX)A^\\z —
"til \f[A\t tiom-fA cu-fA T)' A lAffAit) fin ofin," a\\ fe,
'^ Agiif 50 n-oeAnAinn mo t)iCeAll mAice^fA "otnc. A^iif 6 185
T)o u\|\|\Aif o|\m e, -An trieix) aca X)o fce^lAit) AjAm inneofAX)
•Dtiiz: e."
UeiT) An fi An CAn fin 1 gcionn nA fceAt fin T)' innifin
T)6-fAn AtiiAil *oo fCfiot)AmA|\ AntiAf gonuise fo. Cio-ocf aCc
lAjA n-A Cloifcm -oo ltlACAom-An-1olAif eAt)on ^Ar\ fiof [a] 140
ACAf A no [a] triAtAf a "DO t)eit A5 An fig a6c mAf fin, cisit)
•OAtA eAgfAmlA -oe, Agiif tug 'oeAlti) mAic Af Tbfoit-fjeAlt)
Ajiif niAife Af mio-mAife, Aguf if ftiAll nA(!: 'ocAngA'OAf
AifjeAnA bAif Aj;iif t)tJAin-eA5A Ctiige. Aguf niof tiiAit leif
An flj fin, Agllf AT)Ut3A1fC — 145
" A rhic A^iif A -^AlCA lonminn," a]\ f e, " nA cuif eAX) f liT)
OfC-fA, 6if 'DotDeAffAT) cumT)A6 mic fig no ogeAfnA t)uic
An yeAtt A mAiffOAT)."
" ^ fi5 ^^5^T ■^ tijeAfnA, nA tiAbAif-fi fin," Af TTlACAom-
An-1olAif, " 6if coingim-fi a TDCOinj^it) mo tuAC ^ -^^S^r ^wijim 150
f 6 Aif "o-f eAnnAit) nime Aguf nAomcAlrhAncA nA6 "oeAiif ad f uaii
n6 fAiTJiL, co*olAX) no comnuit)e, no 50 ^cuAfouig me An
cfinnne teACAfbA 6 tufgAt^Ail gfeine j;o f uinneAt) : no 50
bfAjCAf fiof mo GunAit) cineil Aguf m' AtAif-Difle fein, T)'
folAili) uAifLe no AnuAifle An *oomAin rhCif." ]55
-Aguf If cutriAC "DO tji a-^ a ]\Ai) fin ; Agtif lAff Af 5f.A*o
fiDife Agtif 5Aifm 5;AifCit)i?; a\\ au fig. Uu?; An fi fin X)6 —
^ Uaih A.^cvl1nx^1n1f 1 Accinnj;!!) mo cuaca, -MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 127
"O king and lord, and dear father ! " said he, '-till now I
thought that I was thy dear, fitting son. And let us receive
thy favour. If that be true, tell me, or let me know my origin,
whether of the high or lowly of the earth."
The king keeps silence for a long time at hearing that
speech, and sadness and heavy sorrow takes him, and he looks
attentively at the boy, with these words : —
" 1 like not that thou shouldst ask that of me," said he,
" seeing that I am doing the best of good I can for thee.
And since thou hast asked that of me, all the news I have
I will tell thee."
Then the king sets about telling him the story as we have
written it above, down to this. However, when the Eagle-boy
heard that the king had no knowledge of his father or his
mother but in that manner, he turns all colours, and
exchanges good looks for ill looks and beauty for ugliness, and
it is a wonder that symptoms of death and certain dissolution
did not come over him. And the king liked that not, and he
said : —
" Dear son and fosterling," said he. '' let not that weigh
on thee, for I shall give thee the protection of a king's or
prince's son so long as I shall live."
" O king and lord, say not so," said Eagle-boy, '' for I
swear the oath that my tribe swears, and I vow by the planets
of Heaven and Holy-land that I shall take no sleep nor
ease, slumber nor rest, till I have searched the four-fold universe
from sunrise to sunset, till news is obtained of my origin and
my hereditary duty, whether of the noble or ignoble families
of the great world."
Sorrowful was he when saying that ; and he asks for the order
of a knight and the name of a warrior from the king. The
128 GvACcUvA riiACAOini-An-iolAiu
510V leAfc leif .\ t.\tJ.M|\c -DO cOm-05-tMn x)0 -Oiiine — a\\ fon
5U|i -oeAjiG leif 5ut\ bs tiiiiJuLl mpe.x-onux e 1 gcleAr-Mt) 501L
A^uf 5v\ifce, 1 tiit x.\5ur 1 l<\nu\c, ^S^r 1 5Cti|\ -Aifitn. ACc I6O
cevMU\, t\o tioijinijeA-o 1 n?;t\A-o.Mt^ t^i-oif^e x^gur t\6-5^Mrci'6i5 6,
lopj.Mle -pern -oo, idiji e^A6 A.\5;iif e.xffAt).
Aguf |\o tioin.Mn lAf fin ce^-o A^uy ceileAbpAt) ^^5 -An ^15 1^5
Aguf ^5 An mo1|\-ce.^5lx^c, ^stif 5^^^-T -^^ <^G-^'o x\5 a oiT)e *^5Uf
^5 A t)tiiTne, xxg bAnncjAAtc xNgup a^ h<\nx)AlA nA cuifce Aguf
1^A cac[\a6 ; Aguf linje^f fotu^stif tnof-tuifr^ -<^"6^^^-»"'ion'<^5
Ar\ t^'S, ^^r^ mAicib Aguf mo}\-tUMflib "OunAit) An VIaUa "Oeipg.
'^'S^V T^o f ni^feAT) pfiA|v\ pAlcnivAjAA |:io|\-Ait)t)eile €A\y 17Q
t)l<iCU|A [f] AgUf CA|1 bjAOLlAlJlb AgUf CA|\ 5|\UAlt)lt!) bAn AgUf
bAnT)A.\lA blAt-t)|\A5vMT)eAC, tuMfLe Aguf A|\T)-|:lAice, Ainnif
A^uf 65-bAn. AOf cuiil, o\\\pv\t> Agtip eAl<\t)nA ; Ajuf An
llTDijAe 'Oub Ajuf injeAn ia}\Ia CAfiivAige An Scuip feAC Ca6.
A6c te^nA SAbAp 1TlACAoni-An-loLAi|\ a CeAX), A^tif v-<^5Af 10m- 175
coinAi|ic beACA A^up fLAince A5 An fvij. A5 An UiT)i|\e 'Dub,
A511P Asm^m lAplA CA|\|\Ai5e An Scui|\, Agup A5 ceAglAt uile-
pciAttiAC mnA Agup mjeAn. Agtip T)o |\inne An Iaoi mA\\
leAnAf —
J^eobAT) mo ceAX) 45 ah jii'j,
CuifipeATj ]\e A t'\\\ mo cuL,
5ion 350 bpeiT)i|i, tuAiT) no ceAp,
5^A cpeAb A]\ A •oreAnncA T)iiinn.
180
6 ceAjlAC cuince Ati in'05,
Oc pAHAoip ! ip T)eATicA ■ouinn : jgg
'S 6 "Oi'in An IIaIIa "Oeifi?;,
'S 6 'n TiiAriiAix) j;An ceilj no put'.
6 m' oi-oe T:)ilip aj; tjuL
P'eAjt |io-m-ceA55Apc 1 jcuji Ai)in-, :
'n A bjxuj -ooj^eibmn j;ac pi'on 193
An Ui-oipe T)iib, niAC p't>5 p'pAinc'.
ln5eAn lApLA CAppAis;e An Scuip
A buime iio-m-cuip 1 OpAp,
ni beiT) neAC ^An ptop [a] pceil (?)
AlcnAmAip, A ?;eA5 bAiLl-jeAl, 195
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 129
king gave it him — though rekictant to give it to one so young
— because he was assured that he was ready and fit in the arts
of valour and prowess, in vigour and in dexterity, and in
wielding arms. However, he was ordained into the orders
of a knight and a great warrior, and the king gave him his
own equipment of battle and severe combat, and his apparel
of fighting and of warfare, and his robes of valour and of
rout, both horse and trappings.
And after that he leaves his farewells with the king and
the great household, and takes leave of his tutor and his nurse,
the ladies and women of the court and the castle ; and silence
and deep sorrow settles on the king, the chiefs and the nobles of
the Dwelling of the Red Hall. And flood-like immense showers
of tears rained over . . .^ and over the breasts and the cheeks of
smooth-necked women and ladies, of nobles and of high
chiefs, of maidens and of young women, of minstrels, of
melodists, and of sages — and • the Black Knight and the
daughter of the lord of Carraig an Scuir above all. But
Eagle-boy takes his leave, and leaves a farewell of life and
health with the king, the Black Knight, and the daughter of
the lord of Carraig an Scuir, and the all-lovely household of
women and girls. And he made the lay as follows ; —
I will take my leave of the king and will put my back towards his land, though
I know not, south or north, what the tribe which has a surety for us.
From the household of the king's court, alas ! it must be done by us : and from
the Fort of the Red Hall, and from the boys without treachery or secrecy.
Going from my dear tutor, the man who instructed me in wielding arms : In
his palace I used to get ever}- sort of wine,'*^ the Black Knight, the son of the King
of France.
Daughter of the lord of Carraig an Scuir, O nurse that has set me growing,
there will not be a person without knowledge of her story ; thou didst nourish
[mej O woman of the white limbs.
^ t)lAt-uiti, the fresh sod(?) ^ Probably should read piof '* knowledge."
I
I30 gaCcra rhACAoirh-An-iotAin
triAC mife T)o "n jiij itroe,
"Do tiiAC lubAi^i fein, nioji riAtji :
'S ni peiTDiii itTDiu jA cfieAb
T)' A bpuilim, 6 neATti 50 Li|i.
6 eijijeAf st'iAn nuitneAC jiAtir) 200
50 bpvuneAnn 1 f Ail' ■poT)tAOi,
ni bei-o bAll -OATii-f A jAti piof
50 bf AJAt) Ann fiof mo JAOit.
Coifc ■610m, A buime x)it ;
ni cujiAf mAp fin •oo^nim ; -05
C10X) -OArTinA b|i6in nAc bij.
geobAT) mo ceAT) A5 An jiij.
V
A liAitle n^ txioit) fin 5x^1^x^f tTI-ACAOiti-An-1ol^i|A culAit)
cutfroAC fin An jiioj mme, A^^tif ceix) "oo "^eij-lenn A|a au eA6
fin ^A ftuMf 6'n fig, ^guf ceiT) -Af f^itifnije^tc nA f^it6e fox)-
glxMfe. A6c -AC-A nif) Ce^n^i, i^f nt)ex^nArh Cfe^f-rhAfC^it)-
eAtZA 1 t3fu\-DnAife ^n fiog 66, ^Ajuf lti6cA An ce^glAig 5
1 5c6rri-n-x\oin-|:eA6c, c10Tnnx^f ceAt) xxguf ceileAbf<\t) f^\ t)6
Agtjf f A tfi tiAit) fem -Qo 'n fig -AgtJf -00 'n ceAi$lxi6, xxguf 50
m6fm6f T)' x3k oiT)e x^5tJf 'o'^ btnme ; -A^uf leije^f 1 gcionn
xMfCif A5«f imteA6c-A e.
Ctiif x\n cxiorh-U\ m^\f fin "oo 50 "Oc^flA 1 n^le^nn u^xig- 10
neA6 f^fxi6 e, Aguf fCuife-Af [a] eA6 ^juf "oogni fionbot
fOflongpuifc "06 fem. Agtif f A'otiije-Af coifc cement!) cf ic-
iomftiAi"6e, Agiif cugAf Ag*MX) x^f An ngleAnn, Ajuf "OuifijeAf
p<\t) aUca (?)^ -Agur triAft^Af -o' Aon-tif6Af fleige e, Agtif
-oojni folA6c nA 6feAf nT)eififeA6 Aif u\f-Am, Aguf c-Aice-Af 15
A leof-'66itin feoLA Aguf fiof-uifce, Aguf co'oU\f uAfCAin.
Aguf eifjeAf 1 nio6-"6Ail- n^ m^iDne inoi6e Af n-A l:K\fA6,
Aguf 5-AbAf inneAll Aifcif Aguf itnte-A6cA Aif fem, Ajtif
leigeAf A\\ A^A)t) e a]\ fe^-o Agtif a\\ fiAflAoix) An gleAmiA,
50 -ocAinig X)eifeA"6 Aguf 'oeoit) An lAe : A^uf "oo finne niAf 20
An 5ceAX)nA An oiX)Ce fin.
eAJ aIIa-q MS. -AmAc x)eA5Ail MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 131
I was son to the king yesterday, to the son of Iu])har himself, it was no shame :
and I know not to-day to what tribe I belong, from heaven down to earth.
From where the glorious bright sun rises till its setting in the salt sea of
Fodhla, not a spot will I ignore that I may get there knowledge o/ my
kin.
Refrain from me, O dear nurse ; not thus do I make a journey ; though it be a
cause of sorrow that is not small, I will take my leave of the king.
At the end of that lay Eagle- boy takes that ornamented
apparel of the king about him, and comes with a good leap
on that horse he obtained from the king, and comes on the
width of the green-sodded lawn. However, after making a
strong display of horsemanship before the king and the
people of the house all at one time together, he leaves his
farewells twice and thrice from himself to the king and to
the household, especially to his tutor and his nurse, and sets
off on his journey and adventure.
So he spent the fair day till he arrived in a solitary desert
valley, and he pulls up his horse and makes an encampment-
booth for himself And he kindles a fire, flickering red
all around, and faces the valley, and wakens a wild deer
and kills it with one blow of a dart, and then he makes a salad
of different herbs over it, and eats his fill of flesh and of pure
water ; and afterwards he sleeps. And he wakes in the dawn
of the early morning on the morrow, and takes to himself his
trappings of journey and travel, and sets his face at the
extent and at wandering through the valley till the end and
termination of the day came, and he did in like manner that
night.
132 GACCUA ttlACAOiril-An-IOtvMn
Ace <\ZA nit) Ce<Mu\, eif\j;ev\f <\]\ n-<\ X)a\\a6, ^^5^^"*
T)ocoTiiu\]\c nu\5 liiAif e^\C niionpcocxic xiguf Z)\\ t^Mtne^\riuA6
tipini A5;uf pe<\|A-Aiin p^ififing |:ex\|\-lioiini.\|A u^\it) ; A-\5tir |:6*xC-
*Mnc T3' A T)CU5 ^\|A A cotiuMfv T)oConn<\fic Tnv\|\CAC ctiige 25
Y-MT ^^^E 5^(i^^ )ix)i|\eA^(i, ^Ngiif •0}Aiii'oe^\f 'n-A Coinne *^5Uf 'n-^
cofh-OAil. Aguf If ^\riil^i-o ptu\i|\ xMTDpn, eAt)6n, in5ex.\n
C]\uCv\c c^\om-x^U\inn, -\j;uf p^xlx^btAAit) u^Mcne puice. t)eAMin-
uige^f *\n inje^xn "06 X)o lJ|\Mt|\^Mli) liiilfe nnocAifie, A^uy
f?fe^5fv^\f tnACA^om-Aii-1oUM|A "o' puigliG AML^e^n^ ^E^^V "oo 3o
CAome^f c6mfx\it) i : x^vjuf px.\|:ntii5e*^f fce^l-A "00 'n injin
Agtif piof A 1u\nmA x^5nf ^\ cineil.
"C 'ti l^pALx^t)f\A1X) iMitne-pe <\ hA^nrr\ mt,teA\\ tne " <\|a fi
" 6i|\ if Inje^n n^ pA\iAli)j\-Ait) U^icne a goifice^ii Diom : ^juf
A.\ci>iin x^v5 ceiceAt) ^e c^tn^xll jAOitti ^n t3fex\|\ ^5 a feptiilini, 35
A.\5tif gnxScuigim •oul aja f AOife*\m Aguf <\|\ com^ijAce T)AOine
uxMfle gotuiige, x^5t^f ni ■(Je-<^f^nA■6 com^ifce -OAm a]]\ p6f :
xiguf *dociu\La ^up^b e ^n fi Afciif\ tiu\c lubAip mic Ambpoip
■pi If LionniAife IaoCjumt) -c\5tif if c*\Lm<\ cti|\<MX) Ax^uy if
Cftiime c^Mfpcije ce^xjlAC if ^n T)orii*Mi 50 liuiLe. Ajiif 40
•oo X)' A^l liotn x)ul a\\ [a] f AOife*\rh A^5Uf Ap a (jotriAifce, -o'
fiof An \\o\c\:eAt> leif mo (ioftivMii 116 mo 6*\omnv\t). Aguf
ixiff Aitn X)' <\cctiin5e o|\c-fv\, a mAfCAij ii-o, a\ IiuCc u^MfLe A-^uf
f olxMt)eAcc-A, f ce^lA "o' innif in 'o^m, 6 "o' innifeA.\f mo f cev\lA
pein "Duic.'' 45
" Innif im/' a]\ ^T\ACAom-A^^-^olA^\, ''j^uf^b nvvfc^xC x)0
nniinncif au fio^ Af ctif me?, A^uy ^U]\Ab le gnoc^MTJil) Ac^\im
A.\5 imte.vCc A]\ ftro au -oomAin."
'• 1Tl^\ifex\X),"' A]\ An injeA-xn, " u\|AfAim fein "D'xMfce-ca') ^Ngiif
T)' AXcCmnge ofC-fA, fiLle-A-6 liom fein 1 gcionn Uio^ An 50
DoriuMti; x^v^iif cuit)ui5.\T) leif me fein "oo Cofn^tii ^guf mo
tom^ijvce tjo jAb^iL X)o lAiiii, t)' fe*\cxMnc An mbetmif A]^e
aMiocc : oif If eAj^Al Uom-yA bfieit ^\|v fLi^e n6 A\\X)eAlA6 oftn."
"Ill fiifv\f-fA tiAm fin -oo "oexMixMn," a\\ Vt^ACAom-An-
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 133
However, he rises in the morning, and saw beyond him a
lovely flowery plain, and a pleasant dry land, and a broad grassy
meadow; and looking round him he saw a rider approaching
directly to him in the plain, and he goes to meet and to join him.
And thus he found the rider — a shapely, fair, beautiful girl, with a
grey palfrey under her. The girl salutes him with sweet and
friendly words, and Eagle-boy answers with soft speech and
with the mildness of conversation. And he asks news of the
girl and knowledge of her name and family.
'• I am named from this grey palfrey." said she, " for
* the Girl of the Grey Palfrey ' is what • I am called ; and
for a space I have been fleeing before the husband with whom
I am, and it is my wont till now to go for relief and protection
of a noble, and no protection has been given me against him
yet. And 1 have heard that King Arthur, son of lubhar, son
of Ambrose, is the king most abundant in warrior-bands, and
most valorous in respect of heroes, and strongest and most
powerful in respect of his household, in the whole world.
And I would go for his relief and protection, to know whether
he could defend or save me. And I ask as a petition of thee,
O rider yonder, out of nobility and good breeding, to tell me
news, as I have told mine own news to thee."
'' I tell thee," said Eagle-boy, " that I am a horseman of
King Arthur's following, and that on sundry affairs I am
travelling over the whole world."
" If so," said the girl, " I ask as a gift and petition of
thee, to return with me to the King of the World, and to help
him to deliver me and to take my protection in hand, to see
whether we may be with him to-night ; for I fear a catastrophe
may come on me on the way or on the road."
"It is not easy for me to do that," said Eagle- boy, •' for
134 eACURA triACAOini-ANri-iolAin
"Oeifs, ^5«f A«iitn p6 ■Dit|\eit),[A5] niAjiCAigex^Cc 6 fin i leit-"
" t)exi|\|:^it) m' e^6-fxi finn A\\Aon lei ^n uxM|\ xi coif\pt)eA|\
t' e-AC pein '" a\\ au inje^Mi : '' oi|a ^\Cx.\ fi •oe^g-pulxMng "oeA^-
UAlAig Ajuf 'ti-a muijii jine^C -po-riiAit, ^xguf "oo "be^npAt) p
nx\ tiuile ^Mcje^xff A t^innn if au tnbAll n^6 beit) eol-Af 60
^gvMTiti fein ^nn."
Px^ottiAf UKACAotri-An-lolAif, ^\cc 5e^.\]\ leif e : ^guf Ar\
-feAt) "DO fug lA^'o\\eA6z "o' ^ eA6 pein -00 t)i'6eA'OA\f 1 jcorii-
rhAfc^\i"De.ACU x^f Aon : ^gvif ^n c*\n ]\o co\\At) i, do CuADx-Xf
Afi Aon A\\ An V)lpAlAX)\\Am tlAicne, ^^uf ni luMtfifce^f a 65
n-e^Ccfixi no 50 p^ngA'OxifA c^CAMf C^ml^oi'De.
Aguf cuijilmgeAf A\\ An ttf AitCe m*X|\ a.\ t)fUA|u\'Oxi|\ An fi ;
Aguf be^nntiijeAf An injeAr, -oo, Aguf cuifeAf 1 fein a\\ [a]
fAOifeAtri Aguf Af A ComAi|\ce. pAffvtiigeAf An |\i x.\X)l)Af a
tiimeAglA DO 'n injin. Innife^f An inje^n dO ArhAiL ADut)- 70
fAiriAf fortiAinn. Aguf gAb^f An jai fin do l^irii a cofnAtii a\\
fe^f Alb An DOtriAin tnle ; Agtif if moiDe do jAb fin do lA;rii,
eADdn An uai|\ f Ainig An fiogAn d'a lAtAif ni |\Aib cnAtti 50
meiD 6fVDlAi5 De 6 bonn 50 bAitif nAf lion d'a feifC Aguf
d' a f iof-j;f At). 75
pAffuigeAf An fi Di f AtiiAil a fif, A5;uf fo innif do gup
fIDIfe fO-AffACCAC A^tlf JAIfCeADAC gnioiiiACcAC e, AgUf
5ti|\Ab Af eigeAn do tu^ fe i fein leif 6 ci'if, A^iif jufAb
d' a bfi^ fin A CAflA f 11 At AICI Alf, AgUf nA\\ feAD An fUAt
fin DO ClAoclot) fiAtri ; Aguf iiaC f v\ib if An 5C|\iofCAit)eA(ic 80
f i no f 6-flAit DO fAoilfeAD f i d* a bAnACAil nO d' a HimDion
nA6 DCACAit) fi feAl 6151 n d' a feACAinc, Aguf nAC bfUAif e
gonui^e fin : " A^uf fOf if do Cfeicib ah fif fin A5 a fAbAf,
eADon peADAii ^iic-binn ^lAn-Aif <:;id a biof Aige : Ajuf
An uAi|\ DO feinneAf e, fif joncA Aguf miiA |\e tiAoi- 85
DeAnAlb, lAOlC 1A|\ nA leADfAt) AgUf CUfAlt) lAf n-A
5c n Ai til -5 eAff At), DO ctiiffeAt) 'n-A Droifcim fiiAin Aguf
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 135
to-day is the third day since I left the Fort of the Red Hall,
and I am in the wilderness, a-riding ever since^'
" My horse will carry us both together when thy horse is
exhausted," said the girl, " for it is patient and a good
load-bearer, and a very good burden-bearer, and it will take
every short cut for us on the spot that we ourselves will know
nothing of."
Eagle-boy consents, though he thought it hard, and so long
as strength remained to his own horse they were riding together,
and when it was exhausted they went together on the Grey
Palfrey, and their adventures are not related till they reached
the castle of Camelot.
And he leaps on the lawn where they found the king, and the
girl salutes him, and puts herself under his relief and protection.
The king asks the girl the cause of her terror. The girl tells
him as we have said above. And the king takes in hand her
protection against all the men of the world ; and he took that in
hand all the more for this, that the moment the queen came
into his presence there was not a bone the size of an inch from
the sole of his foot to the crown of his head that did not fill
with love and lasting affection for her.
The king asks of her the manner of her husband, and she
told him that he was a very fierce knight and an active man of
valour, and that it was by force he took her at first, and that
it was because of that she had a hatred for him, and that she
was never able to change that hatred ; and that there was not
a king or a great prince in Christendom which she would
think would protect or guard her, that she did not go some
time to see him, but did not find it till then. " Moreover, it
is one of the qualities of that man with whom I have
been, that he has a sweet- voiced flute of pure silver ; and
whenever he sounds it, wounded men, and women with child,
heroes beaten, and warriors with their bones hacked, hearing
that peaceful music, it would put them in a stupor of sleep
136 gaCuua rh ACAOirii-Ari-iolAm
fio|A-Co*OAlCA lAT) ]\e cloifcin ^n ceoil fitij fin. '<^5Uf if 6
'n jceol fin A|goifice<Af\ 'Rix)if\e ^\n Citnl 'oe."
C^ot)Z]\S6z beife^Af -An fi ^n inge-dn "oo 'n T)unA"0, ^Aguf 90
•ounAf An ce^glAci 50 litiile a\\ 'ooiffit) ^Nguf puinneo^^Mb An
T)tinAi"6 6 t)iin 50 t)Af\|i : Aguf ctiijieAf ah injeAn 1 feotrif a
•OAingeAn "oittieitDe a t)i 1 tDfiof-uACCAf nA cuifce, loniAX) jlAf
A^iif geibeAnn ai|\, A^uf lo6|iAnn loinneA|\-6A lAfAiiiAiL Af
lAfAt) AjA lAf An cfeotrif A, Aj^iif c^AT) fi'oife fo-CAltriA, tun 95
An TliT)if e "Oub triAC f 105 ]rf Ainnce, ifceA6 Ajtif Amtiij A|a 5A6
CAOit) •DO 'n *ooi\Af ; A^tJf Sif iDAlbuAni) A^tif ceAT) fiT)ife a|\
p|iiorh-'6of Af An 'ounAi'O ; Agtif ceA*o fix)if e eile um TtlACAorh-
An-1otAi|\ 1 fCAbtA r\A n-eAc a^ coirheAX) nA pAlAti)|AAit) tlAitne ;
Aguf moif-teAglAC An ^^ot, A5 f Aife Aguf A5 fOfcoittieAX) ^00
■ooib fin uile : Aguf An fi fein a|\ t)Af f nA ciiifice ax:; comieAX)
•061 ti), Aguf A5 fiut)Al TOif lu6c An toirheA'ocA fin, t>' gajIa
50 5CO*otAi'oif n6 50 n-imfeo6Ait)e AtriAill' aja bit ofCA fo 'n
gcoirheAT) fin do jtACA-OAf "oo lAirh.
UAf rheA'66n-oiX)6e T)o 'n Aimfif CAinig "Ri-oife An CuiiL a|\ 105
An bfAit6e ; Agtif T)o6onnA|ic An CACAif CeAnn-Afo 6iiplAof)AC,
Agtif An t)ftii*6eAn beAnn-Copf blAit-tx^AnniAit) Af lAfAt) T)o
foiltfe T)o 'n CAoib ifceA6 uiLe, A^uf T)o Aitin 50 f Aib coitii-
eAT) triAit Ap An mgin. -Aguf tuj^ feA'OAn 5lAn-Aif5;i'o t)0 bi
Ai^e AtriAC, A^uf -oo j^b a?^ a feinni 50 feirh fiotAiiiAil : lio
Ajuf u\f 5cloifceAn An Ceoil fin "oo 'n nieix) "oo bi 6 bAllAixjib
A5;iif 6 inufCAib nA CAtf AC AtriAC, X)o tmceADAf 'n-A T)COif Citn
fUAin A>;Uf fiOf-CODAlCA, AgUf "DO ^niox) niAf An JCeADllA
fc UiCc coirrieAT)A An "oofAif Agtif fe 5A6 T)|AeAfn A]\ Cgaiia 6
fin fUAf ?;onui5e An feomf a UACcf aC 1 n-A f Aib An t^i Agiif 115
An ingeAn. Aj^uf ge 'f "boiLig fin, ctiifAeAf 'n-A 'ocoifcnn
fUAin lAT) iriAf An ^ceATDnA, lonnAf juf Cuif a "oa IaiIi 5;o
cuiin 1 T)CiinCeAlL nA binj;ine ; Agiif c6j;Af 6f U]\ Ajiif o]-"
Afo A 5UAlAnn 1, Aguf ni -OeAfnA corhnui"6e leice no 50
^ nimeocA ATTiAoile. MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 137
and long slumber : and from that music he is called the
Knight of Music." *
However, the king takes the girl to the dwelling, and closes
in the household completely at the doors and windows of the
dwelling from bottom to top. And he puts the girl in a strong
cell-chamber which was in the very top of the court, with many
locks and fastenings on it, and a bright flaming lantern burn-
ing in the middle of the room, and a hundred very valorous
knights, with the Black Knight, son of the King of France,
inside and outside on each side of the door ; and Sir Galahad
and a hundred knights at the chief door of the palace; and a
hundred other knights with Eagle-boy in the stable of the
horses guarding the Grey Palfrey ; and the whole household of
the king watching and guarding them all : and the king himself
in the top of the court watching them, and walking from one
to the other of these watchmen lest they should sleep, or lest
any trick should be played on them throughout the watch
which they had taken in hand.
Over midnight came the Knight of Music on the lawn,
and he saw the lofty domed castle and the curve-topped palace
of smooth materials burning all with light inside, and he per-
ceived that the girl was being well watched. And he took out a
flute of pure silver that he had, and began to play it gently
and peacefully. And when all who were on the walls and
ramparts of the castle outside heard the music, they fell into
a stupor of sleep and long slumber ; and he did likewise with the
people guarding the door and with every company in general
from that up to the upper chamber where were the king and
the girl. And, though it was difficult, he puts them into a
stupor of sleep likewise, so that he put his two hands gently
about the girl, and he lifts her on the edge and height of his
shoulder, and makes no stand with her till he reached the
13^ eACcrivA tlvACAoini-An-iolAin
A^uf lei^evVf'go Lv\|\ Aguf 50 l^\n-CALTti^\n i, ^guf nio|\ rhotuig
fi Aon nit) "oe fin : *.\^uTf cu^\\T)U\^eAy An bAile n6 50 GpuAip
^n fCvXblA. v\5ur peinne^f *.\n peAD^An X)o TflACAom-An-1olvM|\
x^5Uf T)^\ 6orriliu\T)A|A cufVAt) : -Aguf cuif\eAf 'n-A gco-olAt) m-A|\
Au 5cev\"onA.\ md ; x\5Uf 50i*oev\f An 'pAlAb\\A]t) ViA\tne UAtA. 125
1TlLifcL,Af An inje^in u\ii fin, Aguf fuf AL<\f Ui-oiiie An Ciutl
uiffi, m^\ oLc nuMc leici e, X)ul fOfi rriuin nA lpAlAb]^A^^6
t1.\itne, Aguf ni tuMt|\ifce<Af a n-inite^\cc<\ ^xf fin ^fiAon r\6
50 f^n5A'o^\|\ TDun n^ C*.\|\|\Ai5e "Ouibe, eA"66n b^ile bun^it)
A^uy cuifc CoitriT)eA.\6 cottinui"oe RiDife An CiuiL : A^uy ni t>6 13()
A Le^nf^mAOi-D 50 foill.
Cio-6cf..\Cc UAf rnufClAX) t)0 ltU\cx\orh-x\n-1olAi|\, tug l^rh A|a
x\ gnuif A^uy A]\ A t^lAn-A^^A^t>, A^uy puAif An Ia ?;o n-A lAn-
foiLlf e ^156. Ajuf •De4fC*^f 1 n-^ tiin6eAll, A^uy ni yuA)^ An
yAlAX)yA\t) U^itne ^Mge : ^guf f luMf a ConiltiA'OA|\ cufxit) Aj^uy 135
CiMcniile^T) 1 n-A "ocoifCitn ftuAin xxguf f iof^-Co•OAlc*^. SmiMin-
eAy ^nnfin 50 fii5<\T) An mACAom nin^\ u^stA n\A\\ aou |\if
An X)fAlAV)\\A^t> lUxitne : ^guf ni ^A\b 6 t)0|\Af n^ f *MtCe j^uf
An T)0\\Ay lu\6c<^fv^6 T)o tii ^f An Ufeotrif ai n-Ajt^it!) ^n ingexin,
Aon -otiine n^C bfiMiji 'n-A Cox)Iax). A-Xguf miifcUAf uile k\*o. Hfy
Uuiue^f UonnT)ut) ^guf mio-Aij^ne.Mii tn6f Ay An jiig Cfix) fin
fex.\C<A CAt, 50 iTDub^MfC niACAorii-^n-loUMf —
" A fij; A^uy a t\t,eAynA, nS biox> ini-fhe*.\ntnA no "OjaoiC-
rheifne^C OfC-fA um t)xAiL n^ littijine lix). 6i|\ coingnn-fi a
•oroingitj mo tuAt nAt bfuiL 6 tuf5ti)^il 5|\eine 50 fuineAt) 145
1AC no inif no oile<\n n^t iAf|Af<\T)-fA n6 50 bfuije^X) fce4l<\
nA liingine ut) -oinc Afif. "
" X)a n-oe^nf^Mf fin," 'bAif An fi, " beif ne*.\fc flu^ig
Aj;uy yo6\\A:X)e fioc "o' a tiu\ffAi"6."
"Hi beA|\f.\T),''' A]\ TTlACAom-An-lolAiiA, ' a(:z me fein 1 15(>
m' UACAXJ ^suf 1 m' AonA|i.\n. Aguf T)a DciLLim if Leof "Ouic-
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 139
breadth of the green-sodded verdant-grassy lawn. And he
lays her down on the bare ground, and she was not conscious
of a single thing, and he searches the steading till he found
the stable, and blows the flute to Eagle-boy and his company of
heroes, and puts them asleep likewise, and steals the Grey
Palfrey away from them.
The girl wakes after that, and the Knight of Music bids
her, whether she will or not, mount on the back of the Grey
Palfrey, and their adventures together from then are not re-
lated till they reached the Fort of the Black Rock, that is, the
family steading and the strong court of dwelling of the Knight
of Music. And we will not follow him yet a while.
However, when Eagle-boy woke he put a hand on his face
and his clear countenance, and found the day on him, with its
full light. And he looks around and did not find the Grey
Palfrey by him : and he found his company of heroes and
soldiers in their stupor of sleep and lasting slumber. Then he
thinks that the young woman was taken from them, together
with the Grey Palfrey : and there was not, from the door of
the lawn to the upper door that was at the room in which was
the girl, a single man that he did not find asleep. And he
wakes them all. Gloom and great depression falls on the king
thereat, beyond them all, till Eagle-boy said : —
" King and lord, be not down-hearted or discouraged about
the fate of yonder girl. For I swear as my tribe swears, that
from sunrise to sunset there is no land or isle or island that I
shall not seek till I get news of yonder girl for thee again."
'' If thou wilt do so," said the king, "take with thee the
strength of a host and of reinforcements to seek her."
" I shall take no one," said Eagle-boy, V but myself, alone
and solitary. If I return, that is enough for thee; and if'
I40 eACcuA nK\CAOirri-A\n-iotAin
fe e: .\5tif nuitu\ t>z\ a6z ino fr.xg.xil .a^ .\ lof,' |?e.M).\i-6 cu-
]M ne<.\nc r^"-^!?; -^5"r fot^i-oe do Cup -o'.a liu\|\t\vMi) 6 foin
-AtnA.\(i."
•' mv\1fe*^■d/' ^n .Ml fii, " .\c.\ t)^fiAm.\il .vg.Mn-f.x guf^xt) CAf 155
liiuin .Nguf .\|\ m6|\-fMiiit\5e CAinig .mi inje^n tix) Cug.Mnn,
^5Uf v^-M^ -\ cotu\it)e.ACc.i 1 n-A "oumtj. 5uf\<\b uime fin a
irioUMtn-fe -ouic-pe .\n cut^pAC bu.A-o^C b.\|A|;-6uibe.\rx\6 aca
.\5Am-f.\ T)o tJt\eic le.\c, noc -oo tuip inje.Mi nioj; Ci|\e ^^6
tutnn m^p fe.x-o fOine.\nixML fui|At;e Cu5Am-f.\ ; -cAguf if X)' .\ 160
t3u*.Mt)ift u\f\ f ui-oe t)uic j^nn, T).\ n-u\|\ |um|i .\f fe.vfC.Ml) T)e .xguf
.\n Ciiff.Mj cibe b^ll 1 n-.\ inbe.vx) t)o tfK\Ll no do jnd-
cu^.vx) -oo tj|\eic .\nn, 50 mbe.\fp.\Tj fe .\nnfin ci'i," ^.mi .\mfAf
5.\n .\ii\x)-niev\|\u5v\t) eoUvif .\f bit. ^Nguf if -o' a bu^i-dib fof
50 coinit)e.\f T)6 fiubUvf fe .\f ttuiip le ^^oit ^guf 'n-x\ 165
ce<\]\z-A^^^t). ACa.\ fLe^fC •DfAoit)eA6c.\ .Mje, -c^5Uf ^n u.Mf
f.\5f.\f cu e, bu*Ml .\n fLexAfC xMf , ^guf ni but) le^f •00 "ouine
.\f bit *o'fe.\fvMb nA c*.\lm*An e 5^0 bfiLlfeACti fein (iui^e Afif."
" l)eif buAit) xA^iif be*.\nn.\Cc, .\ fij ^guf .\ tigCAifn.A," a\\
tTI*^CAOt■h-An-1oUMf, " .Af .An ^-ob^f 5«fv\b e fin congiuMii 170
lofgxMf e^ccA If mo .a bi 1 fix\Cc.\nxAf ofm : .Nguf if bu.At)A6
AC^Aim .Anoif , oif ni bfti.Mf ^on 'ouine congn^iii lo|A5xMpe*\CcA
If fe^ff lon^ e."
5lUxAife*Af tnACAorh-.\n-1oU\if 50 b^it^e.Apf u\f fin, <^5t1f
ciotnn^f ceAX) Aguf ceile^bf.At) do 'n fig -Aguf do 'n IliDife 175
"Oub, A,\5Uf d' infill lAflA CAffAige .\n Scuif, Aguf do ^i
ceAt^lAC uile o fin .Am.AC. Agtif gltUMfe^f 50 ciuniAif An
CuAin AJ^Uf An CAlA"0pU1fC, AgUf CUIfCvNf An CUffAC Af triuif
Aguf Af rh6f-pAifi\5e, Agiif fuiDeAf Ann, A'S^'iy lAffAf a\\
feAfCAib t)e Aguf Af bUAiDib <\\^ Cuff A15 uU DifeAC do 180
•OeAnAfh DO j;uf An aic 1 n-A f.Mb IngeAn nA ^AlAbfAit)
llAitne. AVguf ni AitfifceAf a imteACcA no eAcicf a 6 fin 50
tiiij; Ia DeA>^,
' Pr<jl)Ml)ly read mo pA^AiL b^if Ay a lop, '' my dying tor lier Siike."
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 141
nothing comes but my departure for her sake (?) thou canst
send the strength of a host and a multitude to seek her from
that out."
" Well," said the king, " I conjecture that it is over sea and
on the ocean yonder girl came to us, and the man pursuing
after her. So that therefore I advise thee to take with
thee the precious neat-topped canoe I have, which the daughter
of the King of Underwa.ve-land gave me as a delightful love-
gift ; and it is one of its virtues that, after sitting in it, if thou
askest for the miracles of God and of the canoe, to take thee
to whatsoever quarter in which thy journey or thy business
may be, it will bear thee vvithout doubt or without confusion
of knowledge at all. And it is also one of its virtues that in-
differently it advances on the sea with the wind or right
against it. It has a wand of druidry, and when thou shaltquit
it, strike the rod upon it, and it will not be visible to any one
of the men of the world till thou mayst return again to it.''
" Victory and a blessing be thine, O king and lord,'' said
Eagle-boy," because that is the greatest help in tracking of which
I stood in need ; and now I am triumphant, for no one found
tracking better than that."
Eagle-boy goes very shortly after that, and leaves his fare-
wells with the king and with the Black Knight, and with the
daughter of the lord of Carraig an Scuir, and with the
whole household from that out. And he goes to the border of
tlie harbour and the haven, and puts the canoe on the sea and
the ocean, and sits there, and asks for the miracles of God and
the virtues of the canoe to make a straight course for him to
the place where was the Girl of the Grey Palfrey. And his
journeyings or adventures are not related from that on for
fifteen days.
142 eACunA rhACAOirh-An-iolAin
VI
^5^r 1 scionn n^ |\6 -Aguf tiA tiAimfipe fin, 'oex^pCc^f
TlU\CAotri-*_\n-1olv\i|A 50 5f\mn x^5Uf 50 5l*.\n-fiA'6AfiCx^(i 1 ^ce^tAif
-Ai|AT)[i1i)] nA ti*M'6ti)eife lonj-Anc^ig iumtj, 5*^CA n'DipeA.\6, no
50 t)p^\C/A lonf-AriuML innfe 1 X)]:ax) u^Mt). Agup cei*o a\\ {a
tij^muf 50 ti.Mt5e^|Af\ : A^uy u\|\ n-^|AOCCAin "06, ceiT) ifcex\C 5
-Ann, -Ajuf t)u*Mle<\f ^\n cufp^t "oo ple^fc "opAoi-CeACL"^, ^up
f?x.\5-Ait) p6 'Doilt)-Ceo e, ^suf ^^ix) pein ftu\f 1 n-<\|\T) ^n
oile^iin.
Ajuf ptJxMfA fe t)unA"6 clo6-bl^it ce-AtxAf-tnlle^nn^t
cxMfle^Mn A\y mullAt r\A CA]\i\A^^e pn fiMf, x^5tJf x^on -oofAf 10
1 n-A Ce\]\z-rr\eAX)6r\. Agtif •Ofitn'oevVf lTlAC^orfi-xxn-1ol*Mp x.\m-AC
6 t)un ^\n (b^Mfle^in, a^uj; CM^eA\' 1 n-^ 6uilcn:)it> |A[e]x\c*i pionn-
tuAit e |:6in, ^suf tinge^f -o' u|\lAnn^it:) a f^e^^g -Aguf T)o
^f^tin^Mt) A (ifvxioipeA.\C, xvguf -o' eifij "oo bAoit-leim e^\'oc]\inm
eA'o^\t\t)UAifi5 nC 50 tuijALing a\\ au •oo|u\f Apt) fin : ^N^uf ir>
ceiT) "oo *n X)A\\A leim x^f ti|\l^f.
Agvif if xMTilAit) fu^if ingeAn AU\inn 6f\-folc*\(i ^\nn, A^uy
1 c^orh-CfutAC ce^^r.n-AlxMnn 'oei'o-ge^xL "oe-AffcnA x)fe*.\6-
fOl<^f f UxMf C f llllblf f O-gf Af^-At, 'n-A hUAtAt) A^U^" '1^-A hAonA\-^
ifcij. Aguf fuit)eAf 1 r\-A fotAif a'^u]' 'n-A f-Affxxt), ^^5uf 20
gAbAf x^5 f uif Je Aguf a^ f it-t)ionn-f^\"0 \\^A, x\5Uf -A5 fMfiAinje
Aguf A-^ fACc.Mn fce-AlA "61.
Vr^^Sr^r ^^^ mgeAn -06 ^guf innife^f x>6 6 tuf : ^uf.AG i
f6in TlMrh Cinnpionn, inje^n fiog n^ tiln-oi^, ^guf nA6 \\a\X)
mAC f 105 no f 6i-ti j;eAfnA 'f^n gcf uinne 50 c6ini-iomL<\n UAt 25
f Alb T)' A llUAff <MX) A\\ A tiACAIf , A^5Uf 50 "OCUgAt) BAf At) COC-
.niAifce o\\tA uile ; Aguf 50 "octisATDAf cuf potriofAt fTionn-
riiAige fiO|\-5fAnnA leo i X)' Aini"6eoin -a IiaCajia A5;uf
A m^tAfA ^guf nA ti1nT)iA ui-Le. '' ^Nguf ACAim aca fe
t)liA"i')Ain," Af fi, " 5An X)uil •OAon'OA -o'feicfinc ffip An 30
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 143
VI
And at the end of that season and time, Eai^le-Boy looks
pleasantly and clear-sightedly in the four quarters of the
wonderful ocean, straight forward, till he saw the likeness
of an island far away from him. And he comes to ap-
proach it very shortly ; and after reaching it he enters there,
and strikes the canoe with the wand of druidry, so that he left
it in a dark fog, and himself comes up on the height of the
island.
And he found a smooth-stoned four-cornered foundation of
a castle on the top of that rock above, with one door in its
very middle. And Eagle-boy goes out from the bottom of the
castle, and dresses himself in his garments of very swift run-
ning, and he leaps with the staves of his spears and the poles
of his javelins, and arose 'with a light lofty wild leap till he
alighted at that lofty door ; and he comes on to the floor with
the second leap.
This is what he found : a beautiful golden-haired girl there,
tender-formed, lovely-headed, white-toothed, refined, bright-
faced, gracious, cheerful and lovable, alone and solitary inside.
And he sits beside her and near her, and begins to woo her
and to say long and pleasant things to her, and to ask and
inquire for news of her.
The girl answers and tells him from the beginning : That
she was Niamh Fair-hair, daughter of the King of India, and
that there was not a king's or prince's son in the whole
universe that was not asking her of her father, and that
the match was refused to all of them ; and that an expedition
of hideous Pirates of the White Plain had taken her with
them against the will of her father and her mother and of all
India. " And I am with them the space of a year," said she,
144 eACcRv\ rliACv\oim-An-iotAiu
tie fo 5Uf iiTOiu. AXguf ^<\]\ mo CAft.Mjic leo -oo 'n "otin
fo, |\o eifiij itTi|AevAf^\n mop-vM-otieil ^xjuf ce*.\5tri^AiL
Cv\|AAt)-6cA cinncit)e cinneAfnAt C|\oim--6io5AlCv\C e^coptA
umAm-p,.A, d' peAC.Mnc cu\ .sca ):ein ^5 a tnt)eit)inn niAjA
tiiDAoi •o'x\ buiuxt). Agtir "OO Com|\Aicij^ev\T)Af\ |\e ceile 50 cul- 35
t)opb cinne^xfnAC c|\oitn-t)io5AlCA(i ^\5;uf 50 ]:f\AO(io^ix)e ireAjA^vNt
pAjAjiAnAC 5f\eAnAC 5ptu\mt)0k 5A|At)-t)enne*Miiu\C, 5^11 piop cl^if
no citne a\\ ceA6cA|\ -oiot) fev\6 a 6eiLe, a6c a beit ^5 leA-6-
[bAt)] Agu]^ ^5 teA-opAt) A 6eile -Ooili). Cfvi U\ Aguf ceo|\A
lioi-6Ce "6515 a]\ ah op-oujAt) fin, gAn ceAn^Al 5A01I n6 pAi|\ce 40
A5:; ceACCA|\ T)iob fie ceile pf\if An |\e fin, ACr ahiaiI bA cuf
•oeAfsnAiriAT) iat). T)o bi niife X)' a n-ArhA|\c triAf fin," Af fi,
" LAn -oo lucgAife Aguf t)o loinneAciAf, 1 f\ioCc 50 m Apt) aid if
fern A 6eiLe 'n-A •ocfiup: A^uf "00 finuAin ine A|\Tf nA6 fAib
TTiAic •OAm fein Annpn, 6i|\ X)a mAif[f] eAt) Aon T)iiine aca, 50 45
tnbeinn fein Ai^e 50 b|\At. T)o AitCeAf Agtif t)0 jiiiiJeAf iad
50 "DioCfA iitn fuifeA(j Af mo bfeit fein 'f*^" ScCiif fin : Aguf
•00 fAOmA'DAf fin "OAm-fA. XN^tlf T)0 j^AbAf CUlf AgUf ]\.\rA
5feine Agiif eAfCA Aeif oftA imi CoiiiALlnA bfeice b6Af[f]Ainn
eACOfCA, AgUf T)0 fAt)f AT) fin T)Am. A^Uf If eAt) AT)UbAfC-fA •">o
fill : ' o'f lib fein mife T)o biinAt) Agiif Tto feiLb "oilif ,
cuifim jeAfA Aifm-jeApftA opAib ^An luige liom nb 50
bf Aigi^ci mo niACfAmLA Af "OeAlb Agiif Ap 'oeAnAm, Af 6A5-
COfC A^Uf A|\ inneALl, A\\ UAlfLe A^Uf Af ACAfOACC T)0 t)1Af
bAn eile, ion nAf 50 mbeAt) beAn A5 j^s6 feAf A^Aib "611111 6 55
fin Am AC, Aguf 50 mbeinn fein fei"6 Leo 6 fin aiiiaC, Ajiif 50
gCOlltieADfAI-Oif A 115 AOl AgUf A bpAlfC 1 Af fin. 'DllbfAT)Af-
fAn ge'f "601115 t)6ib fin oo "deAiiAm 50 nT)e.\nf vViDif e. Aj;uf
nA6 5CAillfi"Oip A ngeAfA soninge fin, 0 nA6 p Aib diiI T)iob
AgAin-fA -As^T <^c^^i"'^> KI^T ^^'1 mblK\f)Ain fin ACAim aca a^ ^0
flip A^iif Ag K\ppAi"6 nA 5Cpio6 A^uf HA 5C1 neAt)A6 'n-A "orim-
6eAll, "o'fiof An bfuigi-o'f mo fAniAil-fe 5;An lomAfCAit) 5 An
eAfbAit) : Agiif nl bfiiApA-OAf 6 foin 1 leit: A^iif ni beA^ liom-f a
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 145
''without seeing a human creature all this time till to-day.
And after they brou^^ht me with them to this fort, there
arose a terrible quarrel and a bull-like fiery urgent heavily-
vindictive combat between them about me, to see to which of
them I should be as a wife for his family. And they wrangled
together sudden and roughly, urgently, heavy and vindictively,
and furiously, wrathfully, vexatiously, irritatingly, gloomily, and
with rough blows, knowing no weakness or fear each before
his fellow, but they were striking and beating one another.
Three days and three nights were they in that fashion,
without a treaty of valour or of union between any of them all
that time, but as though they were a party of bitter enemies.
I was watching them thus " said she " full of joy and gladness,
hoping that they would kill each other all three ; and I
thought again that that was no good for me, for if one man of
them should survive I would be his for ever. 1 begged and
prayed them vehemently to tarry my own decision in the
matter ; and they granted that to me. And I took securities
and contracts of the sun and moon of the air of them, for
the accomplishment of the decision I should make between
them, and they granted that to me. And this is what
I said to them : ' Since you think me a good thing to have for
family and for possession, I put arm-cutting tabus upon
you not to lie with me until you lead captive two other women,
my like in form and figure, in appearance and in trappings, in
nobility and in patrimony so that there may be a wife from among
us for each man of you from that out, and that 1 may be agreed
with them from that out, and that their fellowship and union
may guard [me] after that.' The}' said that though that was
hard for them to do they would do it, and not break their
tabus till then, since I could not get away from them. And
for the year that I have been with them they are searching
and seeking the countries and tribes around them, to know if
they will get my like without excess or deficiency ; and they
have not found her from that to this ; and I do not think that
ii6 evNCcuA rtiACAOim-An-iol.Am
A lu^\f 'oojeob^MT) uxT) fin. Aguf 5iDe f1ul^<^l 'oognit!) ^An
IS, C151T) vAtinfo ^a6 n-oi'OCe.'' **^
" Ca liAnniAMitM 5oi|\ceAip "oo iv\ fe*^v|\*Mb i^^n," A\y TTI-*^CAorh-
-<Mi-1olxM|A, " -c\5Uf c-AT) e rixi h^i|\m g^Mfce A\y a\\ Cj^eife k\*o ? "
''5P"15' 5r^^^S> ^^5"r Sf-^^S^^" -^ n-Annu\nnA,'' Aj^ <\n inse-An,
" x-Aguf cl^nn T)o 5^1^^) rh^c "OoUAifA 6 itniltiti) mx\|AA Zo\y^\An
uvt). A^uf lui|\5-pe^|\f Ai'oi'oe CAt^A azS ac<\, 50 fL*\t!)pxM'6it) 70
fit-jAijne u\|A<Mnn A^uf 50 n-iit)Aill-ine.\Ll<Mt) itn|\e*.\rh|i<v M|\.Ainn
^\]\ DA fU\tDfvM'Dit) fin, 50 Dce^fCf Ai-oif cLiiitti fe 5-AOit n6
fionnfA'6 1 n-<\5A\it) ffotv\ le 5^6 x^on f Aot)x.\f *o'a t)fuil o\\tA :
<A5Uf If 1AT) fin Aifin If cfeife A\y a Gftnl fu\T). '<^5Uf if
ciifxMX) CAliriA cu1tnfe<\Cx^ cf011^-nev^fC1rlx^f*^ coiiri|ie<\rhfA u\t), 75
Ajguf ge'f iriAiu linn *^nArilxMn-f1 ^guf Aomci^e^f "oo Geit
vAgAinn, If fC-triAit linn 5.\n u\T) fin T)o t^neit ofc ^^vMiin
AnoCc, 5it)e cu X)' frej^pAil) iv^Mfle no ^nu.xifle ^n "oorhAMn
til 01 f."
"5i^e ine,'' ^f tn^CAom-An-lol-Aif, " ni f-c\5fAit) tne A.\n 80
b^ile-fe no 50 bfeicfi-o ine ^n cfiiif fin.''
•' Til "DO tn' "Oeoin-fe *oo$ni cCi fin,'' a\\ fifi.
1 gcionn CfCALUN ^imfife \A\y fin no (ionncA'0*^|\ An C|\iu|\
Aite^C 6u6a fo 'n Am fein : A^uf tn^f fUAf ^vDAf IDACAoni-An-
lolAif fotnpA ifci 5, "oo CAot) [a] n5eAn n5neA-5|\^\nnA gAifC 85
AgUf fOf-t)fAllCeACA1f lA-O, AgUf "OO AlCUIjeADAf fif nA
•oeititi) A"OAf CA An oif eA*o fin T)' f eoltriAC 'oo (iuf CuCa 'ooCiiin
A fill pel p.
'''S^'() foilttif fitD-fi, A tfiuf CfeAn-t)AtlA(!;, foirii An t)feol-
liiAC fin, ni bpuAif fib fiAtri feolniAC bnbeAf ft^itfe lib Ag a 90
CvNfCAfC lonA e. 50 •ocoil -oo "Oia,'' Af TTlACAorh-An-lolAifi.
TTlAjA 'DOCUAlA'OAf nA llAltl$ ffeAgf A CAf AoncAC An f1T)lfe
<3i5 ArhultAig fin offA "oo CuA-OAf fein 1 inuinijm a n-Aiftn
AgUf A n-10lfA0bAf, Agtlf -oo lAff TTlACAOtri-An-lolAif ConifAC
AOinf^tA OftA. 95
" Hi tnibf Am,'' A|\ f iv\T).
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 147
with little activity they will find them. And whatever distance
they go each day, they come here each night."
" By what names are those men called," said Eagle-Boy,
'' and what are the arms of valour in which they are
strongest ? "
" Grug, Grag, and Gragan are their names " said the girl,
" and" they are the children of Garbh, son of Dolar, from the
shores of the Torrian Sea. And they have battle-clubs with
ever-tough chains of iron, with very stout iron mace-heads on
those chains, so that they would lop feathers in the wind, or a
hair on the face of a stream with every edge they have : and
those are the strongest arms they have. And they are valorous,
powerful, strong-handed, very stout warriors, and though we
should like to remain and dwell together, we think it well not
to bring them upon thee with us to-night, whoever thou be of
the noble or the ignoble men of the great world."
" Whatever I be," said Eagle-Boy, " I will not leave this
bailey till I shall see those three."
" Not by my will doest thou thus," said she.
At the end of a space of time after that they saw the three
giants coming to them at the very moment : and when they
found Eagle- Boy inside before them, their hideous humour of
laughter and joy forced them, and they adored the gods for
sending them .so much flesh-meat for their supper.
" Though ye be merry, ye trio of powerful vagabonds, be-
fore that flesh-meat, never did ye find flesh-meat harder to
slaughter than that, with the will of God," said Eagle-Boy.
When the giants heard the contentious answer to them-
selves of that young beardless knight, they went confiding in
their arms and their manifold weapons, and Eagle-boy asked
single combat of them.
" We will not give it," said they.
148 eACuuA tliACAoit1i-An-iolAMU
" Oip 5it) niof Ua 'ni fo "oo t>eimip, -00 be^t) .aja ^consnAtii
ipem A^ A Ceile ; aj;u\' 6 'n tneix) ^CAtnx\oit) ^\nn xMioif , bei't) <Af\
Scongn^rh pein AgAinn," x^|a 5P"'5 ^^"^"^^ 5^'!^^'-
" rriAMfeAt:)," ^t^ mACAorh-An-lolAit^, " ciii|\e<\tn pein At^T)- 100
jAi tleirhe ^guf n^xorh-t^lrhAn "oo Cope ^i^\\ n-Aintri6me A^up
X)U]\ n-iomA|\CAi"6 0|\m pern."
Aguf If curriA \\o Xn X)\\ juvt), Aguf noccAf a 6LAit)eAm
clAifleACAti coil5--6it\eA6, Aguf lonnf Aige^p ah ceAtj\A|\ fin
A ceile, A^uf f\o jAttfAT) A5 imipc a ^cle^p goile A^ur s^ipce 105
A\y A 6eile 5^11 pi op ct^ip ji6 cime Af\ ceACcA|\ "oiol?, 50 "oeoit)
^5"r 5*^ DeijieAt) All lc\e. A^up rnA|\ haC bpACADAp tu\
bAClAlj bAOgAL ACv\ A|\ CAfCAjAC tlA feolA •OOCUni A f U1peA]A, f o
jAbpAT) corhpopAT) corrifAic 50 rriAiuin.
A6c ACA ni^^ (:eAr\A, niO|\ CAi|\"oeArhAil CA|\tAtinA6 Aoncui- 110
]5eAf tiA bCAg-bui-One pin 50 mAi'Oin, Agup niojA Cotricpom
Aoinleigip 1AT) : 6\\\ ]\o CuifipeAT) tiA ]:omo|AAi5 luibe ice Agup
bf^AonA bAlpAim 1 n-A gctieA-OAib a^u);' 1 n-A 5C|\eA6cAib jup
bo fleAtiiAin pLAii iax); Agup "oo bi-OeATDAfv a CneA-6A pein ?;An
leAfujAt) 5An leigeAp Ap ttlACAorii-An-lolAip. Agup ni m6\\ 115
"oo Co-oLAt) X)o poinnpeAT) A|\ 5A6 Lett An oi'6Ce pin : a^^i^
eipgiT) 1 tnoc-t)Ail nA mAi-one moiCe a|\ n-A bApdC, Agupjio ^aX)
piAX) An corhlAnn ceAT)nA *oo lAitri. A^iip bA cneA'bAC
cpeACcAC C]\6iLinnceA6 ppAoCcA ptiilceAC fAob|iA6 glAC-lAiDip
5nuip-'6eA|A5 5poiT)-beimeAn nAC Ait)beil aUca AiniAjAfhAftAC 120
A jcorhlAnn a|\ 5A6 leiu. A6c aca nit) CeAnA, bit)eA-OAp a]\
A scleApA[ib] goile AgupgAipce Agup A\y a ]\o^a corhpAic A|\
An (3|AT)U5At) pin, jAn piop clAip no cime a]\ ceACcAp X)iob, 50
"ouL "oo luige -DO 'n gpein, gAii IcAgAt) gAn leonA"6 A]\ ceACcAp
X)iob ppip An fepin, no gufi peApgAt) 50 in6p nA ]roiriO|\Ai$ 125
ciAix) pin, 50 nDubAipc 5r"'5 ^^'■'^^ DolAip — -
" A bpAtAip lonrhuin," Ap pe, " -cob' AnnArii lib-pe a Lett^m
fo X)' imteACc opAib gonuige po, a^u]^ -da inbA ioitiat) pluA$
no poCAix)e no tiocpAt) t)tiinn, if lAn-lAi-oip -oo clAOi[t)]fitnif
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 149
" For even though we were yet more numerous than we are,
our help would be in one another ; and since we are as we are,
we shall help ourselves [mutually]," said Grug, son of Garbh.
" Well," said Eagle- Boy, " I will call on the High King of
Heaven and of Holy-land to put an end to your lust and
" And his saying that had no effect, and he bares his
wide-grooved, straight-blad^d sword, and those four approach
one another, and took to playing their feats of valour and
prowess without knowing fear nor terror, one of the other,
to the end and termination of the day. And when the vaga-
bonds saw that they had no chance of slaughtering the
flesh for their supper, they took a truce of combat till the
morning.
However, not in a friendly and charitable manner
do those little troops agree till the morning, and they
were not equal in one healing : for the Pirates put herbs of
healing and drops of balsam in their wounds and sores, so that
they were smooth and sound ; while Eagle- Boy's ovv^n wounds
were without repair or healing. And not much sleep did they
share on each side that night : and they rise in the dawn of
the early morning on the morrow, and took the same combat
in hand. And wounding, hurting, blood-dripping, savage, gory,
sharp-edged, strong-grasping, red-faced, swift-smiting, vast,
wild, ill-fated, was their combat on each side. However,
they were at their feats of valour and prowess and
their choice of battle in that fashion, without knowledge of
fear or of terror, one of the other, till the sun went to set,
without laying low or hurting one another all that time : till
the Pirates were greatly vexed at that, and Grug son of Dolar
said —
"Dear brother[s]," said he, "you thought it unusual that
the like of this should come over you till now : and were there
many a host or troop should come against us, full strong would
150 eACuiiA rriACAOirri-An-iolAiu
e t)' a\|a t)|:ofCAmlACc corn m6^ ^5tif fo ? Agtif tt^x^tA1t)'t)U|A
l^tri-A A^uy meAX)V^A^t) bup tnbiiilli-Ce x\|\ <mi |\iT)ipe 65, xxguf
CU5*M"0 xMrnfijA "oo t)tif\ fuipexif\ "oul "o'a ullniugAt) t)it), 6 nA6
bptiiL t)U|i n-ACAp|iA\6 pein -o' peA'ftm-AnncA x^^Aib."
Ciot)C|iA6c iA|\ ti5*.\t)^iL tiA 5fe<\]MCcA fiti "oo riA CfieAii- 135
peAf\Aib fo, 5At)|v\T) fitglexif fx\nnc*\6 fA|\-lux^tt•hA|\ x>'a
n'AN|\tnx;MV) fOji *.\n lTlx.\CAoiri : 50 n"oiit3Aif\c tTlAC<\otri-<\n-1olAit\
Atinpn —
" 0 n^\6 bpml |:e*^|\ tno lA0fDi"6 no mo C6trim6LCA\ \:e\r\ 6
tfiwA^) An llAllA 'Oei|\5 1 leic A^Am, ip oipCeAp *OAm cuirh- uo
niugAt) A\\ An gcLeAf tiDiogiAAif X)o |\in!ie An Umipe Dub t)Atn
^A 6oinne An ^igeAncAif ."
Agur leip pn bojAf Aguf beAficuijeAf , CAf Af Aguf cjiuAt)-
6fiotAf An clAi"6eArti clAif-leACAn cot5-"6ineAC "oo bi Aige,
Aguf Dosni pAobAf\-(iLeAf 'n-A timCeAU "oe : Aguf "oo bi -oo U5
lUAf HA binroeAglA ttig ai|\ |:eiTi ncAf\ leAp t)6ib-fion Aon
CtiAtri 50 rneiT) ti-o|\lAi5 "be 6 bonn 50 bAitip. t)i X)o -Cluf
Agui^ "DO t)[e]ine a n-iornbuAilce tug Afi [a] A|\mAib gup com-
luAt -oo bAineAt) a ClAit)eAni |:ein Agup a buille t)Oib-pon
Aguf An buiUe -DobeAjAA-b 5AC t^eAp ACA-fAn Cuige. Ate 150
ACA nit) CeAnA, niof fciiijA "oo 'n frAobAfi-CleAf pn 50 n'oeA|\nA
cutriAC cnAitti-geAjAjACA Aguf 5Uin gAlAnn Aguf AigeAt)
pogAilce ]:eol-fCAOiLce X)0 'n C|aiu|\ CjieAn-bAtlAt pn, Agtif
bAtneAf A -ocfAi gcinn "oiob, A^uf ceilgeAr 1 bpiA-OnAife tliAni
Cinnpnn iat), Ag cbttitriAoi-oeAm An jnioiriA fin. 5° ti-oubAijAC 155
TliAtii nA6 "oeAjinA peAji Aojfe n6 Aimpipe f\iAiri gniom bA
cti*opomA[i5e] 'nA ah sniotti pin "oo jAinne ITlACAotti-An-lolAit^.
5it)e<.\t) ni tAinis pe p6ni 6 'n jnioni pin Agup 6 'n mbt\-
ComjAAC, 6i|A bA bionrCA cneAt)A •oontine •ooi-leiseApA Agtip
cpeA6cA cneip-geAfjiCA cpAop-poplingte ai|\, 6 tuAfgAin tiA leo
'OcpeAn-ttiili'Oe pin not "Oo tuic leip. Agup cuiceAp p6in
lAfVArii 1 T)CAipib Agup 1 •QCAimneAllAib bAip, An 56in X)0
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY .151
we destroy them. And do we fail to conquer one youne^
beardless boy, and he in our power as much as this ? Hasten
your hands, and multiply your blows on the young knight,
and leave time to go to prepare your supper for yourselves,
since you have no substitute for yourselves as a butler ! "
But after these strong men received that inciting, they made
an envious very swift long wielding of their arms on the boy :
so then said Eagle- Boy —
" Since I have no one from the dwelling of the Red Hall
to hymn me or to congratulate me, needs must that I recall
the excellent feat the Black Knight taught me in prospect
of necessity."
With that he wields and brandishes, bends and roughly
shakes the broad-grooved straight-bladed sword he had, and
made sword-play all around him with it : and with the rapidity
of his guard there was not in him a bone of the size of an
inch from sole to crown that was visible to them. Such was
the sufficienc}" and vehemence of the manifold beating he
gave to his arms that his own sword and his strokes
would strike at them equally swiftly with the blow each of
them would give to him. However, he never ceased
from that sword-play till he made a force of bone-
severing and wounding of enemies and a destructive punish-
ment of flesh-cutting to those three strong vagabonds, and he
cuts their three heads from them, and throws them down before
Niamh Fair-hair, in mutual joy at that deed. So that Niamh
said that never had a man of full age or full grown done a deed
more important than that deed which Eagle-Boy had done.
However, he himself did not come [safe] from that deed
and from the great battle ; for he had many deep wounds, hard
to heal, and skin-cutting, gaping cuts, from the smiting of the
strong warriors who fell with him. And he himself falls after-
wards in fainting-fits and swoons of death, while his wounds
152 . eACuiiA rhAC-o.oini-An-iolAin
ceit)e^|\r.iin poU ^\n 5^6 teit "oe. C15 An inge^n euije u^|^
fin, xxguf cui|Aex.\r me^nmA x\5iif m6i|i-trieifnex\6 ^nn |\e 165
l^oiT^e^'o -Aguf f\e cottirholA-O n^ ngniorh -oo |\inne : *^5U^
tu5 A leo|\t)(3itin -oije Cuige, gtif fSy bjAig ^^up Dojai^v^tj
moji Ann, 5ti|\ eifgi-o 'n-A fui-be Aguf jauj t6it[e^ Ap le^bAit)
otpAif e, 50 n-DubAif^c ):|\if —
^' A iriACAOitii 615 AftiulCAij, 6 'zA cu ^noif g^n uAtriAn no 170
imedglA ofic pein n6 ofMn-f a, innif bun-At)x\f "Oo Cin6il Aguf
piof AtnriA 'OAiri-f A, A^uf •oiojiMif 5^6^ fceil T)' a bpuil ajac
^ fin AWAd," A\\ An inje^n.
" AcAitn-pe cneA-^At cf>eACcA6 " A\y ye. " Aguf ni hAm
\'ceAl^^t)eA6zA t)Am 50 ):6iU. Ajuf -oeAnuAiv mo leAftijAt) 175
Agiif mo leigeAf le^c-fA, Aguf m^ 'f fl^n me, -oojeobAiiA-fi
mo yceAlA ■ Aguf mun^ but) beAt) aCc mAf\t!)[AT:)] ni bpuil
peit)m AjAC-fA no ^5 Aon "ouine eile a\\ mo fce^UMt) 50
bpumne An X)\\AtA Agtip 50 poifiteAnn An XyeAtA."
A^uf "DO fiinne-A'OAt\ An Iaoi be^g po fe-ACOfCA — I80
[nu\m]
Innif •ouinn fceAl^. a niACAoirii
615 AlC-CAOin JAn ll-At!)A|1,
Anoif 6 'cAoi 5An uAmAn,
Ca ■oorriAn no ca 'OUAljAf ?
[m AC Aon\- An -]ol Am]
6 'cAim-fe 50 cneAT)Ac cjieAccAC l(S5
teAC-fA i)eAriCAtt mo leijeAf,
'S x>A "on me 6 m' otjiAf
mo fCeAlA Ofic-fA ni ceilpeAT).
[niAttl]
T)A bpAJCAOl tCAC-fA An lUbUAC
"Do bi Aj; innteAX) nA mbo'OAc. Iqq
nio|tb peAjif ieAJ;A nA C|iuinne
AT^AV Ulle 'nA [a] pjlOtTIAT).
[mACAorh-An-iolAin]
■All St^-^-o himjfe a] injin
poiti-fe m' imfniom if m'ocAn !
"Oo bAlfAm nA mboT)AC mAtib-fA 15^5
t)AmfA, If -oeAncAU bf ocAn.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 153
were distilling blood and dropping blood all around him. Then
the girl comes to him, and* puts mind and spirit to hymning
and applauding the deed which he did : and she gave him
his fill of drink, so that strength and great pride arose in him,
and so that he rose up and she took him with her to a sick-bed,
and said to him —
" Young beardless boy, since thou art now without fear or
terror for thy sake or for me, tell me the origin of thy race and
knowledge of thy name, and the truth of every story that is
thine from thenceforward," said the girl.
" i am wounded and sore," said he, " and have no occasion
for story-telling yet. Let me be amended and healed by
thee, and if I am sound, thou shalt hear my tale ; and if
there be nothing but to die, neither thou nor any other hast
need of my tale till the day of doom and till the end of
the world."
And they made this little lay between them —
NIAMH
Tell us news, (3 Boy young and fair-jointed, without pride, now since thou
art without fear, what world or what allegiance [is thine] ?
KAGLE-BOV
Since I am wounded an«l sore let my healing he accomplished by thee, and if
I come from my sickness I will not hide my story from thee.
NIAMM
lladst th(^u the vessel that the clowns were preparing, not better than tasting
it would be all the physicians of the universe for thee.
KAGLE-BOV
For the love of generosity, () girl, help my sorrow and woe ! [Let me have]
<yt the balsam of the dead clowns, and let pottage be made.
154 eACUUA rhACAOltll-Ari-IOlAlU
"Oa nibA liom-fA x)'eif -oo Lei^if
Cu pein, A -oetj-pin peApccom,
Do ■6eAn[p]Ainti uqice [tno] -oiceAll
x.\n uibpAC li'j-jeAl -00 lionpA
[mv\c^\om-An-iolxMR]
Mun.
200
205
tuijeAtn p6 m' A|tTnAib jAifce —
"Do luAc hAifT:i|i fA m' lui^e ;
5^o mbu-6 leAC-fA ^A\\ mo lei jeAp
trie. ZA]\ jAc nx)eij;-peAti 'rA[n] ^ctunnne.
[^n sceAltiit)e]
eipjeAp lltAtri j:;o hAtLAm
1p jAbcAp Le[ice] -o'a biAppAix) —
Sr\ lubpAc T)o bi 1 n-UAijneAp
50 bpuAip pi 1 \:6 x)iAniAip.
An ice 5An puipeAc ' 01 q
(Pa bui-oeAC bcAn a -oeAncA)
■005111 tliATTi -opeAc-jeAl
teip. jup cAbAip A cpeAccA.
[nu\ni]
O cAoi-pi 50 pubAC pleAiriAin
Cap An bpeAT)Ain Ap An cinnip,
*Oo pceAl-A "ouinn, a •6ei5;-pi]i,
^^t' St^^^"*^ ^"'i^i5[f] iTinip !
215
A li-Aitle nx\ l<^01■o fin s^ib^f ^n nige^n -A5 piAirfUige
fceAlA "OO lilxiCxiom-An-1olAi|i, ^sur innifex\f "oi ^aCa fc^^l^
"o'a pAib xMge, Agup ^-OtDAf -A ciifxMf c<\|\ niui|\ *.\5Uf CAf\ rh6f-
pvM|)|i5e "00 'n "oul fin. Ce^nglAi-o cuif x^5Uf |\-AtA cleAtrinAif 220
fe telle ^nnfin ^f t!)ex\5^n fu\-OnAife.
VII
Innife^f ^n inje^n *o6-f-An 50 5CtJAlv\ fi fein lomf^At) *\f
UiDife Au Ciuil, e*\'6dn porhof C^fp^Mge "Ouibe, ^Ng cLoinn
5<Mpt) tnic "OoLahv, xigtif 511ft) fiof-C^f <\ Aguf 5e-Af-6ompx^n«^C
t)6it) fein e, x^5Uf tu\ft) fUf^xf a 6lAo\[t>eAt>] 1 n^^ifce x^f
X)\t no 1 ngLiocAf 'o^\ trieix) no 1 f itgni-oeACc ^f bit.
'' ni<Mfev\t) " A\\ 1TlACAonvA.\n-1olxMf, " gibe Cfuc 1 n-A
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 155
NIAMII
If after thy healing thou wert mine, () noble lover, I would dojiiy best with
it, the white-coloureJ vessel I would fill,
EAGLK-BOV
I will swear by my arms of valour, thy wages of labour is in my oath ; that I
will be thine after my healing beyond every hero in the world.
THE NARRATOR
Niamh arises promptly and its seeking is undertaken by her — the vessel, whicli
was in a secret place, till she found it in concealment.
The bahii without delay (kindly was the woman who made it) did Niamh of
white countenance make for him, so that she soothed his wounds.
NIAMH
Since thou art merry and smooth, beyond the troop which thou hast beaten,
thy story, O hero, tell us for the love of generosity !
At the end of that lay the girl takes to asking his stor}' of
Eagle-Boy, and he tells her all the story he had, and the cause
of his journey over sea and over ocean to his coming there.
Then they make compacts and agreements of marriage
together, with very little witness.
VII
The girl tells him that she herself had heard talk about
the Knight of Music, that is the Pirate of the Black Rock,
from the sons of Garbh son of Dolar, and that he was a true
friend and steadfast companion to them, and that it was not at
all easy to defeat him in valour or in cunning, however great,
or in enduring deeds at all.
" Verily," said Eagle-Boy, " in whatever form he be I.
156 GACctiA rtiACAoirri-An-iolAin
bpinl ye ni irei'oip liotn-f-c\ in6fv^\n cottinui"6e "oo "6exMi-Arii n6
50 t)]:eicceAt\ e pein, A^vy Inje-An n*.\ p^l^t!)fAAi5 ll^itne."
a\6c aza nit) ce-Anx^, i*^|\ leige-Ati a fcit, A-^uy ua|a scup -a
nieifAcnije «^5up a\ Cne^t) ^^511^ a t\\^A6z x)e, "oo ^Lu^if -pein 10
^gnp ingexMi Uiog iu\ ItIitoua, A^uy -oo <itii|\e*i'OAt\ t^oi5[n]e
feoT) TM t)porriofA\6 Y^^" 5CUf\f\<3kC, A-^uy au beA^Au ne'u
mhAlyAm ice *oo t)i a\5 ha potriO|\C^it!), A-^uy tu^yAX) ^AgAit) A|\
triuip ^5up -A|\ rh0tA-pAi|\fi5e, -Agtip i^jAf^p lTlx\c^otri-xMi-lolAi|i
A\\ pex\|icAit) T)e ^5Uf ^f\ t3UA'6^it) x\n Cuffx^ig eolx^f "Oo i'>
•6e-c\n^rh "66it) a\\ Atnuy 'Our^A^t) CA\\\yA\^e 'Outbe, e^'Ooii
t)Aile UiTJipe An Cunl, 'guf 1 ng^C ^ic eile 1 n-^ [injbtit) ni*MC
t)6\X) "0111.
aXcc 5it)e fuit)Al p-AijAf^e "00 fAinne^DAp, ni liAicpipce^ii *.\
n-nnte^CcA 50 t)pACA-OA|i coij\c oile^in p^Af^MJ [1] ^torhpoj^xf 20
•001 1), A^uy T)o 5At)fv\x) ctiAn xiguf CAlAt)pofAC 'yAn oile^n pin.
Aguf t)UAile*\f ^n zylAZ ^eAt 'o\\AO]t)eAt€A -oo t)i ^ije po|\ An
5CU|\f aC, 5U|\ pijAit) 1 n-iompAtA6 1 n-Aice n^ mA|Av\ e ; Agup
5LuAipe«.\'DA|\ |\CmpA u\|a pin 50 t)puAfAAX)A\|A An c-oile^n p.op-
AlAinn p^p-aC •00 t)' pe^ft^ ^S^P piop-uipce -d'a t!)pACA"OA|A 20
|iiAtti : AgujA lAp inbeit AtA^t> pAX>A a^ piub^l An oiLeAin t)oiI>,
X)o ConncA'OAp CAtA\\y teAnn-A\\X) (:u]dlA<jt>A(^, Ajtip lopcA
f.i05t)A f\d-niAipe-A(i, Agup tDiitiigeAn bUMc beAnn-tofAA biiin-
5e^\nmnuit)e uAtA. Agtip "oo UAipngeA-oAp "o'a 1iionnpiiit)e,
Agup puApA'DAjA li^LU\ \DlA\t beAnn^C bpeAC-puinneogAt, A^up 30
piogAn pioipc-leACAn tAOitti tiiifip-peAng CneAp-AlAinn Daitoa
bAnAtriAil t)eAl-6opc|\A binn-bpiAtfAt A5 cup coptAip Ann, Agup
X)Anr\\Atz blAit bAill-jCAl beil-lnnne bpiACAp-Cpuinne 'n-A
tiuiptimCeAlL A5 UAim n-dip-jpe.vp n-AlAinn n-iongAnc.^C,
Agtip 5An Aon i:eA\\ d'a bpAipe no d'a bpop-CoirheAD : Agup .{5
pu^AT) "Out) "OuAibpeAC -bAt-ALAinn X)]\Ay beAnnCopp t)6il-ipiol
Ait)t)peAC AtlcA u6c-leAtAn CluAip-bcAg CeAiin-ApT) $ot)-CAol
(ieinn-beAg 6op-liiAt Cpuinn-piublAt AiLc-peAifiAp eADcpom
longAn-Cpuinn pLeAnuMti puAirhneA6 pliop-blAit gniorh-ApT)
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 157
cannot sta)' long till he himself is seen, and the Girl of the
Grey Palfrey."
Howbeit, after putting aside his weariness, and after
putting from him his dejection and his wounds and
his hurts, he went himself and the daughter of the King
of India, and they put selections of the jewels of the
Pirates in the canoe, and a little of the balsam of healing the
Pirates had, and they set their face towards the sea and the
great ocean. And Eagle- Boy asks for the miracles of God and
the virtues of the canoe to give them knowledge of how to ap-
proach the Dwelling of the Black Rock, the bailey of the Knight
of Music, and everywhere else where it was good for them to go.
But whatever was their route on the sea, their adventures
are not related till they saw the mass of a desert island close
to them, and they took haven and harbour in that island. i\nd
he strikes the white wand of druidry that he had on the canoe,
so that he left it protected hard by the sea : and they went
straight on after that till they found the very beautiful desert
island, which was the best in grass and in fresh water that the}'
had ever seen : and after walking the island a long while, they
saw a lofty-headed domed castle, and a royal very beautiful habita-
tion, and a smooth, curved-topped palace of chaste foundation
beyond them. And they drew near to it and found a smooth,
gabled hall with variegated windows, and a queen, wide-e}'ed,
fair, slender, beautiful-skinned, modest, womanly, red-lipped,
tuneful-voiced, working embroidery there, and smooth, white-
limbed, tuneful-mouthed, exact-worded women all around her,
sewing at beautiful, wonderful orphreys, and not a man watching
or guarding them. And a steed black, swarthy, lov^el)-
coloured, quick, curved-topped, low-mouthed, huge, wild,
broad- breasted, little-eared, high-headed, narrow-mouthed, little-
headed, swift-footed, sure-paced, broad-limbed, light,
round-hoofed, smooth, easy, smooth-sided, lofty-acting,
158 eACcKA rhACAoirii-vArMol^Mn
<3<\5fA.Mii.Ml ioI-o^CaxC 1 n-Aip-oe op -\ cionn ^s^f 5^c |:of\f\AncA
-poinnijce ]:eAt)m-l^\iT)i|\ ce<\nti-6iAUv\i-D cpo-pAit^ping ceAt<^f-
iiilleA.MinA6 v\p An fliof CeAt)tK\ Lauti f\ui fin.
A6c Ac<\ nit) (ieAnA, p*.\ili:i5eAf ^n jAioj-An fomp^ ^S^f 45
50 luAi|\ice i\oirh ^n tnn<.\oi ; -^5Uf |:u|\AlAf ui|\ci fiii"6e 1 n-v\
pocAifv A 5 tip 1 n-x.\ fxijAjiAt) fein.
'OeApCAf mACAom-An-lolAi|\ Afi peAt) .\n cige, A^uf tug
^fv^At) [a] AnniA X)o 'n e^c ^\|a n-^ |:Aicfin 'oo. aX^up cuife.\f
A luigvXnYT u\]\t^, A5iif slACAf ah ^ac A*oiili)iA-AmA|\, ceix) |:o|\f 60
v\n e^C, x^guf imci5eA\f ^ni^C ^\\\ ^AippingeACC tia p^MtCe pox)-
^L^ipe. Asuf "DO 5i ^5 .\ mApCAige.xCc ^siif "o'a min-pe^iiAin ;
<^5up niof\ t3pv\T)A -oo niAiv fin 50 bf aca beA5-ti)uit)eAn S-Aif-
ceA"6A.\C Cuige Y^'"" f^on 5ACA iToipeAt, -^^uf pfiorh-LAOC
feAXiAAirixML feit)in-U\iT)i|\ 1 ti-uftof^C tiA bui"6ne fin, ^iguf 55
5ii-AlxM|\e feolm^f ■o'fu\'6-A6 ^n pvAf^Mg a|a 5^6 *.\on aca. t)^
inACcn^rh me^niriAn ^Ngtif mop-AiseAncA leo xMcne AneiCt^uit)
fo 'n inA|\CA6 An^itni-o, ^Nguf SiM^-^t) inne^Ll C|\ot)-a ^.A^uf
•c-A6Ait\ "DO bi fxM|\ A5 ccaCc "d'a n-ionnfui-6e. Aguf gAbxMT)
-oiojfAif 1 i^cleAf ngoiLe ^guf 5<Mfce CiiCa f a Coinne au 60
m^fvCvMg <\nAicni'oe fin : x^5Uf niont) feif|\'De t)6ib, oip fpo|^x^f
ITI*.\CAom-An-1olAi]\ An c-e^C 'n-A gcoinne A^uf 'n-^ gconrO^il,
^iguf niop 5v\b clAf no citne e giif Cuif An c-e^ti cpiocA, gup
fCAOil xigiip 5iii\ fCAiinpui^ 6 6eile iatj. COgbAf m^CAoni-
A3kn-loLAif\ v\n lAtri leAb^ip U\n-CApAii) of u\\ Agiif of u*\Cca|\ '''»
*.\|AT) *\ juAl^nn, *^5Uf bUxMLeo^f buiLLe fopfAncA fiof-l-AiDip
'o'u|\lAinn A JAit fern feAriiAifv a tM ^150 a]\ ah |\iT)i|\e po-
ApfAtCAC "OO bi 'n-A ceAnnpopc a\\ An gcufoeACcA, Aguf
cui|\eAf 1 lop5 A 6inn Aguf *.\ teAnniiniLLAig 50 IS\\ Aguf 50
lAn-CAlrhAn e : Agiif ful 'oo ('m|M5 Af fin -oo Ce^nsAl 50 7«)
cfiu-At)-6uib|\i$ce Aguf cuifeAf cpoif a eiAi-Oitii Aguf fcit-
leAt\\A(i A fceite 50 -OAinseAn -oo-fCAoiLce a\]\; Agiif S-AbAf
1
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 159
valorous, jet-black, straight-limbed, at a coloured well-made
manger at the side of that royal hall : and golden, various,
many-coloured harness raised up above its head, and an
angry, tempered, serviceably-strong, hard-headed, wide-
socketed, four-cornered spear on the same side, close
by them.
Howbeit, the queen welcomes them, especially the woman :
and she bids her sit near her and beside her.
Eagle- Boy looks through the house, and gave the love of
his soul to the horse when he saw it. And he puts its
harness on it, and takes the spear we have mentioned, comes
on to the horse, and goes out on the width of the green-sodded
lawn. And he was riding it and closely examining it : and
not long was he thus till he saw a little troop of warriors com-
ing to him straight on the way, and a manly champion strong
for service in the very front of that troop, and a flesh}-
shoulder-piece of venison of the wilderness with each of them.
It was a surprise of mind and intellect for them to recognise the
black horse under the unknown rider, and to see that there were
trappings of fighting and contesting upon him as he came
into their presence. And they take to them zeal in the art of
valour and prowess in expectation of that unknown rider ;
and they were not the better of it, for Eagle-Boy spurs the
horse to meet and join them, and no fear nor terror took him
till he put the horse through their midst so that he scattered
and confounded them one from the other. Eagle-Boy lifts his
pliant full-dexterous hand above the edge and high summit of
his shoulder, and strikes a wrathful, truly strong blow with the
staff of his smooth, broad javelin which he had upon the very
powerful knight who was chief over the company, and he puts
him head and top first on to the bare earth ; and before he
arose from that he bound him tightly, and he puts the hilt of
his sword and the strap of his shield firmly and immovably
i6o eACURA niACAOim-AtVlOtAlR
iiuiinnce^\|A |A.\on nuAit)Tne A^5u^ in6if.-teitme CuCa ^5 a
p^MCptn pin. t)eif\ex\f mACAOtri-A\n-1oLjkif\ -An pi'oife leif,
ceAn^Ailce ai[\ An o\\x)i]t,.\t) fin, 1 OpiA-On^ife a wnS -Agiip -a 75
t3Uit)ne lK\nC|AA6cA Aguf bAr.•o^\L«^ : pu|\c\lAp uiiixMl ]:o|mi5
A.\5iip ■pot|\A5*Mt) x;o -OeAii^Mn "66 pein, ^guf An z-eAC
■ou5 "oo tojAujAt) Aguf DO liAt)CU5^'6 Ap ^ m^infex^fA pein.
"Oo t)it)eADAp mA|i fin 50 lu\ni CAicme bi"6 Ajuf co"oaIca a\\
5 AC CAOib, 5An CAOine<\r conipAii!) n6 Ait)nex\f lomAgAllitiA "oo 80
t)ex\nATri |\e A\foile, r,6 gtif L^bAif pe^f An cige 1 gcionn nA fi6
fin, Aguf If e^t) x\T)ut3Aifc —
"A flDljie Agtlf x\ gAlfClj Ut), IIAC bfxXCAniAf -AgUf nA|\
CLe^CcAmAf gonui^e fo, if niAic "oogeobtA 6 "oo 6uAn!) xxg-AC
ofAinn, Aguf nA|\ 6ui[\ Aon 5AifceA'Ox\6 |\6nu\c if An scftit fo 85
finn. ScAoileAt) 'Oinn x\noif : x.\5iif tne fein, x\5Uf An c-oile^An
fo, A^iif An 6fio6 fO mle "oo t)eic A]\ X)o 6utrix\Cc fein peAfCA,
Aguf 50 gCAitpeAT) fein con^-'Am mo lAiiiie Aguf mo lAinne
A\\ "OO fOn C fo ^MtlAt "
" X)a mbCAT) "oeimin AgAm-fA a\\ fin," ^f TTlACAom-An- 1>0
lolAif "x)0 i^CAOilfinn duiu."
" CuitAim-fe 5;fiAn Aguf cAfCA Aj^uf *\ef 1 gcof ^guf 1
flAnAijeAtu ofin 50 5Coimlion[f]A[-o] Aguf 50 gcotriALlfAT)
me •ouic e " a\\ An fiDife.
ScAoileAf mACAom-x\n-1olAip "oe ia|\ fin,A5tif f u\ff uijeAf <i5
[a] Ainm Agtif A fLoinne "oe.
" Ri"Oif e fO-AfpACCAC Aguf 5AifceAX)A6 gniotliACcAC nAf
clAoi*oeAtj 1 gcotiitfom CAtA no com^Aic me |\iAm gonuige
cufA •oom-CeAn^Al. Aguf fUAfAf geALl clu 6 mof^n *o
fCAf Alb An be AC A a\\ neAfC mo Lai me Agiif Af CfUAf mo loo
ClAi"6im Aguf A]\ liieiT) mo buiLle. Aguf if o 'n oiLeAn-fA
riAinmnijteAf me, eA"66n 5l^"^^5^^ ^*^ OileAin "pAfAij; a
joipceAp X)iom ; A^uf 6 do bi 1 gcineAttiAin Duic-fe mo
ClAoi-OeAt) fe mo CuIaid fetn, biot) AgAC A]\ fon do $Aifce
A^uf 10CA DO ttiAit o|\m. Ajuf t3eACiiinDe ingeAn TI105 n-A 103
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY i6i
upon him : and his people, upon seeing that, take to themselves
the way of rout and headlong flight. Eagle- Boy brings the
knight with him, bound in that fashion, to the presence of his
wife and her company of women and handmaidens : he orders
attendance of washing and bathing for himself, and the
black horse to be rubbed down and fed at its own manger.
Thus were they till the time of taking food and of sleeping on
each side, without the gentleness of conversation or the inter-
change of discourse one with the other, till at the end of that
time the man of the house spoke, and thus he said —
" O knight and champion yonder, that we have not seen
and of whom we have had no experience till now, mayest thou
get good since [the victory] has gone to thee over us, and not
a warrior has put us in this state before thee. Let there be
loosening from us now [let us be released] ; and let myself, and
the island and all this country be in thine own power hence-
forth, and I myself will spend the help of my hand and of my
sword-blade for thy sake from this out."
" Were I certain of that," said Eagle-Boy, " I should release
thee."
" I set sun and moon and air as surety and guarantee on
me that 1 will finish and accomplish it for thee," said the
knight.
Eagle- Boy then releases him and asks of him his name and
clan.
" I am a very powerful knight and a doughty warrior that
was never defeated in the balance of battle or of fight till thou
didst bind me. And I got the guerdon of fame from many of
the men of the world from the strength of my hand, and the
rigour of my sword and the greatness of my blows. And it
is from this island I am named : the Champion of the Desert
Island is what I am called : and since it was fated for thee to
defeat me with mine own trappings, let it be thine for the sake
of thy valour and for requital of thy favours to me. And
Beatuinde, , daughter of the King of Little Greece, is
i62 eAtzn^ rhACAOirh-An-iotAiu
5rei5e t)i5e ^n t)e-An u-o Ag-Atn, -Agiif if a\\ ne^jic mo U\irhe
x^5Uf A^ t-heiT) mo t>uille tu5x\f liom i, A^uf ni ^e^f^C a
b^t^ijA cx\ ti^ifvo 'o'^i|\T)it) An "ootrixMn mCiii i n-A t)puil fi |:6iii
no -Afi be^s^n bxinc|AACc^ ut) i n-A ]:A\\\[At). -Aguf if mt) fin
mo fc^^lA Agxic, Aguf if mA\t liom niT!) ^i^in •ooc' fce-AlxMt)- iiO
fi T)' fA.\5^il Anoif."
'' t)o5eot:)xMf be^s^n -oe fin," a\\ m^CAom-^n-lolAif.
" Tli'Dif e 05 ^5Wf 5xMf cex^-bx^t -oo muinncif An fiog
Afcuif mic lub^if mic Ambfoif me" a]\ fe "xisuf llMm
Cinnponn mje^n fioj n^ Vi1n"0M An be^n ut) -0061 cu 1 m' 115
foCAif, no6 -oo b^inif le ne^xfc mo U\ime v\5iif "oo Ce^fc mo
Cl^M-Cim "00 tfiuf pomofxit pionnrh^ije pof-x^ff^tuAC,
eAi!)6n Cfiuf mx^c 5^it^^ mic*OolxMf, 6 imlib ITlxifA UoiffiAn.
Ajuf If eAt) ipAt mo tufxMf a\\ triuif ^s^f ^P m6f-fxM|A|i5e
xinoif, -GO lof5xM|\e-A6c mn^ cii^-At) xxf com^ifce mo tfi-AiC 120
xNguf mo C1$eAfnx^, eAt)Cn Inje^n nA lpAlAX)\\A^■^ VlA\tne heAn
Tli'oife An t^ml : x^guf ni f e^f a6 me "oo Ceitf e li^if -oit) An
X)eAtA CA Yi^At nO inif n6 oile^n "o'a "Ocus fi a hA^A^'6.
5it)e^-6 ttigAf mo mdi-oe nA6 bfiUfinn 50 X)\\At nO 50
mbe^f [f]^inn ^n X)eAn fin liom n6 bunA'6A\' a f ceil 50 Uij x3in 125
"OorhxMn : ^gtif if m^it liom "oo CongnArh-f a Agtif "00
6uiT)iti5-A'6 -o' fA^A^l Cuige fin."
^"Ox\f mo CubAif " -Af xin 5r"^5^^ "if ca\[a -Aguf if
comp^n^6 "Oxim-fxi Hi'oife An (!^iuil, ^stif if "oeimin liom nAd
'oeA6A^'() xif Cul fc6ite n6 clAi'6im fMrh fi-oife no jAif ce-A-bA^ 130
AZA lonCorhfxMC fif, a\\, ]:eAV)Ay a gxMfce a^u^ a gliocxMf xiguf
A\\ lortiAT) [a] eAlAiinA "ooilbte X)\\A0]'6eAdZA xxguf a
fi05t>i"C)ex5i6c;A Af (iex^nA."
" Hi t:)e-Af[f]xM'6 fin inle s^n ^eAdAinz u^iim-fe e " xif
ITlx^Cxiom-xin-lol-Aif. 135
"' *Oot)6x\ff-A*o mo Consn-Afh x^guf mo CumiujAt) t)iiic " ^f
^n 5f uAgAC " 5i"6 -ooilig "b^m 6 : ^Aguf ni tiiorrrbxi 50 bfuil 6
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 163
yonder woman, and it is by the strength of my hand and the
greatness of my blows I brought her with me, and her father
does not know in which of the quarters of the great world she
is, or yet her few attendants yonder beside her. And there
you have my story, and I think it well to hear something of
thy story now."
" Thou shalt learn a little of it," said Eagle-Boy.
" A young knight and warrior of the people of King
Arthur, son of lubhar, son of Ambrose am I," said he, " and
Niamh Fair-hair, daughter of the King of India, is yonder
woman whom thou seest with me, whom I seized with the
strength of my hand and the right of my sword from three
truly powerful pirates of the White Plain, namely, the three
sons of Garbh, son of Dolar, from the shores of the Torrian
Sea. And this is the cause of my journey by sea and by the
great ocean now, on the track of a woman that was taken from
the protection of my chief and my lord, namely, the Girl of
the Grey Palfrey, wife of the Knight of Music : and I know
not of the four quarters of the world to what land or isle or
island she set her face. However, I gave my oath that I should
never return till I should bring that woman with me, or com-
pleteness of news of her, to the King of the World : and good
I think thy help and thy assistance for that."
" By my conscience," said the champion, "the Knight of
Music is a friend and partner of mine, and I am certain that
never went knight or warrior at the back of shield or spear fit
to fight with him from the excellence of his prowess and
expertness, and the greatness of his occult knowledge of
druidry and his uncanniness in general."
" All that will not keep him unseen from me," said Eagle-
Boy.
" I will give thee my help and my assistance," said the
Champion, "though it is sorrowful to me: and it is not many
l64 eACCUA niACAOmi-AIMOlAlU
c-Ail*o6 mife, oijA If e tug ^n c-e^C -out) ut) ^\Cv\ x\5^\c-f-A t)Atn,
^5Uf ni rl10tn•6x^ 50 t)pnil o tu|A5t)^il gpeine 50 pume-At) i^O
cuingip e^C If fe^ff 'n^ 1 pein ^gvif ^n "P^lAlif^C U^icne.
Aguf 1 ^f loniAT) eAtAt)n^ [ij n'Of<\oi-6e^cc if mo if ux\rfuMi e,
Ci|\ ni bf V11I o'n miolmof mA\\A guf au gcoiffrhiolcoj cuif p-
feAtig |Mo6c 1 n-Af t)' Ail leif X)ul,nA6 "DceiD ^nti."
" tn^ifex^'o " A\\ 1TlACx\om-An-1olxMf " -AriuMl a tug feife^ti 145
x\n z-eAt 'out) fin "ouic ^guf -An ^At 1 "ocuAfx^fCAXl u-Ait) fein,
T)obeifitn-fi UA]m pein x^no1f 'otiic ^AX) ; ^Aguf ni li-exxx!) pn
AfiiAin, aa6c nA tiiiile ni"6 *o'x\ mbeAi) A5A\tn 1 n-A mbeA'6 "oo
f peif, biot) le-AC e.-'
Alctnge^f 5f ^I'AgAC *^n Oile*.\in n^^ cio-olxMCce fin a fu^if ino
6 ttlxxcAorri-An-lolAif ; a^u]" fo jxxbf-AT) xxg c^oinexif corhfxii'o
■^^S^r ^^5 xMjne^f lomA5AU1i^x^ 6 fin ^tn^c fe Ceile, A^uy
zu^At) nuAt) ^AtA bit) -Aguf fex^n 5v\6a 'oije tuC^, giif
rheif C15 irieAt)Af Cx^o1n umd ; xxguf 1)0 -oe^ifs-At) iotnt)xMt)e xxguf
xAifO-le^Abx^ 'oo lilx\c<Aom-An-1olAif -*\5Uf "d'a rhnAoi, A^uf •do lo5
f^nnfAC fUAn Aguf fAt)Aile 50 nu\iT)in, Aguf 1 n-uifo Annfin
50 Ce-Ann feACctiiAine, 'f^^^"" ^^5 ri^"" Sp"^5'^^5 '^^^ Oile-Ain, -A5
leige^n a fcite Aguf A5 ciif a ineifcnije "oiob, Agtif -Ag
•oe-AnAm eolAif An Oile^in f^fAig [•Aguf] Ag cuf a 5ComAOin
A^uf A ■^cAi(\A'o\\A'6 A\K A Ceile. 1 gcionn n-<.\ ]\e A^uf iua 160
lu\inifife fin A*oubAifC m-ACAorii-An-loUMf —
" A 5f 11^5^15 An Oile^in " a]\ fe " if -OAttinA meice -o'l: e^f
nio ciif Aif fein coriinAit) pAVA Aon-bAilt "oo "Oe-An-Am ; Aguf if
niitiT) 'OAm cfiAll A]\ Atnuf C^ffAige T)iiibe, Ajuf lAiti t)0
CAbAifC A\\ -AitjeAfi^At) -Af ngnocA," 165-
"If "DOilij Aguf If •o6cAniU\C CfiAll Aguf cionfcnAtri An
ciifAif fin " Af 5f\tiA5AC An Oile^in " jion 50 n-oeACAit) 50
niAic 'D'Aon-t)iiine fotiiAC fiAtri."
" Ca fiOf •Qtiic-f e/' A\\ lTlACAorri-x\n-1olv\if, " nA6 t)-Ani-f a
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 165
that are like him from the rising of the sun to its setting : and
I am a hireling of his, for it is he who gave me yonder black
steed thou hast, and not many is the pair of steeds, from the
rising of the sun to its setting, better than it and the Grey
Palfrey. And it is from the greatness of his skill in druidry
that he is a yet greater terror, for there is not from the whale
of the sea to the tiny gnat a form in which he wishes to go,
that he does not go into." .
" Well," said Eagle- Boy, "as he gave thee that black steed
and the javelin in hire from himself, I give them to thee now
from myself; and not that only, but, everything which may be in
my possession in which thou mayest have a desire, let it be thine."
The Champion of the Island gives thanks for those gifts
which he got from Eagle- Boy ; and they took to the gentleness
of conversation and the interchange of discourse thenceforth
together, and the new of every food and the old of every
drink was brought to them till they were drunken and festive :
and there were prepared beds and a high couch for Eagle- Boy
and for his wife, and they took sleep and ease till morning,
and then regularly to the end of a fortnight, in that house of
the Champion of the Island, laying aside their weariness and
putting their depression from them, and in making acquaintance
with the Desert Island, and in doing acts of favour and friend-
ship one to the other. At the end of that space and time
Eagle- Boy said —
" Champion of the Island," said he, " 'tis a cause of weak-
ness for a man with a journey such as mine to make a long stay
in one spot ; and it is time for me to go in quest of the Black
Rock, and to set my hand to shortening our business."
" Painful and sad is the progress and undertaking of that
journey," said the Champion of the Island, " though it has
never gone well to anyone before thee."
" How knowest thou," said Eagle- Boy, " that it is not to
i66 eACuRA rii-ACAOirli-xMMOlAin
•DO -deonuij T)ia •oioj^l uilc ^gur Anpofil^mn a|a Ri-oife -ad 170
[inACAOiti--An-iolxMR]
Gijuj fUAf If -oeAnATTi chiaII
teoji x>' Ay meAt-corrinAit) cMn ; 1'^
mitiTJ -ouic cjiiAtl If ceAcc leAin.
[51111 A5x^C xMi oile-Ain]
ni heAT) An rfiAlL if x)oilje -ovnnti,
-Ace "ovit T)' f AJAil muif riA mbeAnn ;
CAife x)uic, A rilACAoim riiin
ni ceAf c -oo cuii 1 n-A ceAiif!. 180
[nu\Cxiom-An-ioL*Mu]
'n-A cIaoix) fin flAf If foif
ni 5eobAX)-f A ^An cf iaII "o'a piof .
nAc "ocuiCfeAX) iiom a lof uile
A Sr^'-^S^'^^S "OUIC CA flOf ?
[5Riu\5aC An oileAm]
nA bioT) AthjiAf^ Acc If -ueAfb -ouinn
nACAf feAfATTl flAthAfCUl Alfm
Aon Iaoc -d'a -ociubf AX) flAn
SmbAt Ui'Dif e An Ciuil 50 nabAX) rriAfb.
]85
[niACAorivAn-iolAiii]
t)AinpeAT)A-fA, "DO roil TTlic "Oe
A ceAnn -o'a rViei-oe feAC jac'"^ bAll, ^^0
'SAn CAf fAij T)ub, ciT) Cf UAiTj An ceim,
^eobAX) fein 1 lof m' Aifm.
[5RUA5A6 An oileAm]
A tAOic 6 "Own An IiaLIa "Oeifj,
"Oo beAff AT) gAn ceilj mo ceAnn
"Do corhAt[l] A jeobtA -Diiir ;
■pAf bAOJAt •0UIC neitri a tAnn.
195
[mACAOfh-An-iolAni]
Ajl 5f AX) Viinij COfC X)' A luAX)
T)ul x)'a f Ai^in ni cuAf jliAX).
A ?;f uaj;ai5 OiteAin nA mbuAX)
6ifi5 f UAf If X)eAnAm ctuAll" 200
ni biAHi f If MS. '-^ 5ac 5AC MS.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 167
me God has permitted to avenge evil and oppression upon the
Knight of Music ? "
And he made the song —
[EAGLE-BOV]
Rise up and let us make a journey, O Champion whom every host obeyed :
enough of our long, weak delay ; it is time for thee to journey and come
with me.
[THE CIIAxMPlON OF THE ISLAND]
It is not the journey that is hardest for us, but to go to find the wall of
gables : O gentle boy, a disgrace for thee, not small, is thy going against him.
[EAGLE-BOY]
In conquering him east and west, I will accept nothing but going to hii
O Champion, how dost thou know that all his requital will not fall to my hand
[THE CHAMPION OF THE ISLAND]
Let there be no doubt, but we are certain that there is never one warrior
standing behind arms to whom the journey of the Knight of Music to slay him
would bring safety.
[EAGLE-BOY]
I will cut, with the will of the Son of God, his head from his neck beyond
every member, in the Black Rock, though hard is the adventure, I will accept
it by virtue of my arms.
[THE CHAMPION OF THE ISLAND]
O warrior from the fort of the Red Hall, I will give my head without deceit
to complete what thou mayest have accepted; an increase of dangers for thee
is the venom of his sword- blades.
[EAGLE-BOY]
For the love of generosity cease from mentioning him, to go to attack him is
not a presage of strife. O Champion of the island of the virtues, rise and let us go.
i68 eACcuA rhACAoitri-Aii-iotAm
VIII
A ti-^itle tiA l*iOi"6e pn "oo tiomn^'o^t^ ceilex3t)tA*\'6 -o'
A tnn-Ait) A^u\* "o' x^ tTDi^e-Atn, ^guf f o ^At^^-oxXf xi ^ceAX) i gcoji,
xiguf glUAifexi-OAn T^6mpA 50 n?^leif\e *Mpm ^\5Uf iol-f?x\ot)^it\
|AeArh|\Ai'6ce. Aguf lAfi n-A |Ao6cAin X)6it) -oo Cua-oa^ Ann 5
-A^uf |AO §At)f AT) An tDCCnA 50 biotujAlAfh ; Agup X)o eifi j; An
p^itifSe 'n-A co^ArAit) ceAnnjAftDA x^^tif n-A connAit) cuL-
ti)0|\bA cinneAfnACA x^5Uf 'ti-A leibeAnnAib luAimnex\6A lAn-
Co|A|ia6a ^5Uf 'n-A motAji rhi-6eilli'6e rh6|\-AnpAt)A6A Aguf
'n-A tiAi-6beif AUrhti|At)A lAfc-iongAnuAij, 'n-A ceAtAib 'Aj;uf 10
n-A cno6Ai5 cuAif-ftiucA ciocbfiAonnAtA x^guf 'n-A 5A"OAnAit)
5l6fiA6A sjAinneAll-jAfbA, gujA nitnt) x^5Uf gup rheAfiuij An
fAile feA|\t)-5tAf ffiuit-UonrhAf, Ajuf loniAT) nA n-il|biAfC
n-eAgfAttilA n-1on5Anc*^C Af ^aC CAoib x)o cofAC x^5Uf "oo
"OeifeAt) An cti|ifVAi5 A|a peAt) C|\i Ia 50 n-oi-OCe 'f*^" i5
eigeAncAf Aguf 'fAn AnpO|AlAnn pn.
1v\|A fin AfOAije^f An gAot 1 n-Aice nA n^^ll poi|\-rheAllA(i,
Agup iflijeAf A sl6t\ Agtif A geAfAn 1 n-Aice nA niAjAA -Asuf
riA m6|\-pAi|\f5e ; a^u\* "o'eifis peit Ciuin CuibeAf aC (iOirh-
leAtAn Af\ An Ai-Obeif n-iongAtiCAig n-eoCAf-jAiftnig. Aguf 20
•oeAjACAf TnACAorh-An-1otAi]i A^uf 5r"^5^^ ^" OileAin uaCa
50 •oif^eAt -d^uf 'DoConnAfic 5rw^5<^<^ ^^" OileAin triAfi fAtriAit
innfe, Aguf innifec\f "oo ltlACAorii-An-1olAi|A 6. A^uf -do
feolf AC An cu|\|aa6 jAn piof jAti Ai|iiu$At) "oo "6^ eAm oileAin
no 50 i^AngA'DAj^ "Oun nA CAfi|\Ai5e "Ouibe. 25
" If AtrilAit) ACA An (iA|A|iAi5 f o/' Aj^ ^n 5f "^^S-^^^- " ^1
bfuil aCc Aon Cftije f UAf innce, Aguf ni tuillCAnn aCc Aon
"oume 1 n-AoinpeACc \An Cflige fin : xNguf aca "o'a T!)Ain]^ne,
•OA mbei-oif pf An X)orriAin uile f a n-A bun, nAt beAg Aon
•6uine AtriAin d'a gcongbAil 1 bfup. Ajuf aca cu|\ "OAinseAn 30
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 169
VIII
At the end of that song they bestowed their leave on their
wives and followers, and received their farewells in turn, and
went on with choice of arms and manifold weapons alone and
solitary till they reached the aforesaid canoe. And when they
reached it they went into it, and took to the ocean very
quickly : and the sea rose in its rough-headed troughs and in
its sudden and rough urgent waves, and in its leaping, full-
unstable strides, and in its mad, tempestuous roaring, and in
its savage abyss, wonderful with fish, in its showers and in its
wet-hollowed, shower-dewy ridges, and in its noisy, rough-
gravelled bellowings, so that the rough-green, full-streamed
salt sea swelled up and drove [them] wandering, and many of
the different wonderful monsters [were] on every side at the
prow and stern of the canoe for the length of three days
with the night, in that necessity and oppression.
After that the wind rises to the region of the soft clouds,
and its noise and its wailing sinks in the region of the sea and
ocean : and there arose a calm, gentle, moderate, very ex-
pansive over the wonderful, noisy-margined sea. And
Eagle- Boy and the Champion of the Island look straight away
from them, and the Champion of the Island saw as it were an
island and tells it to Eagle- Boy. And they sailed the canoe
without knowledge or perception on the part of the people of
the island till they reached the fort of the Black Rock.
" In this fashion is this rock," said the Champion.
" There is but one door up into it, and not more than one per-
son finds room at one time in that way : and such is its
strength, that were the men of the whole world under its founda-
tion, one person would be enough to keep them on this side.
And there is a strong castle-tower that cannot be digged down,
170 eACuuA rhACAOirii-An-iolAm
'oioco(il*M'6e, ciu\nn-A, clo6t)lA'it, ceACAfv-uiUex\nnx\(i CxMf-
le*.\in 1 rnull-AC da c^npAige lix), ^guf ^au aCc ^on X)0|\Af ^|ix)
1 X)ipAX) 6 lA]\ x\5iif 6 lATi-tAlrhAn a)\\, a\5U|\ ni teiT) col^nn
CiuiL ATTiAin : x\5Uf [Aj-oeiiAiT) ca6 gujAAb le X)\\A0\X)eA6T: a t^ix)- 35
fion pein x.\nn."
"Ill rnipce fin," Af\ 1Tl*\CAom-An-1oUM|A. ''tli \\a)X) "oo 'n
tn-AC|u\i-6 -o' -A f Alt) mife Aon -ouine *oo t!)' pe^jif clifcev\6c
coll^\ lotuA me pein ; -Ajuf ca piop dac fiACpAinn ipce^c jAn
AijiiugAt) X)o 'n jAiDipe? " 40
"til flA6A1|\ X)A|A TTDOIj,'' A\\ Ar\ ^flUAgAC : ''Agup -OA
woeA^A, ip mop An loCc a|a pin g^n mo 6uiT)iU5[A"6]-pA do
belt a^at: Ann."
^ttJAipiT) jAompA lAp pin 5An motujAt) no 50 |\An5A'0AfA
bun An CAipLeAin. Agup •Ofviii'DeAp TnACAorh-An-1olAi|A AtAit) 45
Amuig V1A1-6 A^ui" leigeAp 'n-A Cuilci-oib jAibteA^A glAn-fiAtA
CAfA Aip Apip 6,50 fAinigi n-Aice An CAipleAin ; Agup ^ip^eAp
T)o bAOit-leim ApT) Ae\\t>A X)' uplAnnAit) a fleAj A^up "do
(ipAiinAib A 6pA0ipeA(i gup tuiplin^ Ap t)opAp Apt) An
CAipleAin. r,Q
A^up ip AtfilAi-6 puAip lliT)ipe An C1U1I, Agup A (ieAnn 1
n-uCc A itinA, eAT)Cn Inline nA pAlAbpAij llAitne, A^up 6
p6in 'n-A toipCim puAin Agtip piop-6o"DAlCA, Agup 6 ApmtA
^roigte, A511P An peAX)An glAn-Aipgix) ^uC-binn p6 CAnAt) An
ceoil pitij [AjDubpAmAp porhAinn a\[ clAp pe n-A tAoib. 55
lAp n-A peicpinc T)o 'n injin Cuice mAp pin -00 tAObuij a
geAn sleAfhAipeAC gAipe i.
T)AlAtTlACAOim-An-1olAip, CAppAingeAp An clAi-beAm clAip-
leAtAn cpop-op-oA coil<s-'oipeA6 a bi Aige Ap a tpuAill CAipce
Agup Ap A tinci5 "bo-ObA, Agup pAiteAp A 5CompAip Cpoit)e fio
^5"r ^^ 5ceApc-rheA"D6n cl6ib UiDipe An Ciuil 6; Agtip x)o
pinne goin jAtAnn Ajup Ai^eAt) pogAilce peol-pcAoilce -oe,
Agup bAineAp A CeAnn "o* a ColAinn : Ajup An UAip -oo pAotl
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 171
elegant, smooth-stoned, four-cornered in the top of yonder
rock, with but one lofty door far from the bare earth : and not
a human body comes in there save with windlass-ropes, except
only the Knight of Music : and everyone says that it is by
druidry himself comes there."
" It is no worse for that," said Eagle-Boy. " There was
not of the boys among which I was one better in dexterity of
body than myself: and who knows that I may not go in-
side without the Knight's knowledge ? "
" Assuredly thou will not go," said the Champion, "and it
thou wert to go, great would be the flaw if thou hadst not my
help with thee."
After that they advance unperceived, till they reached the
bottom of the castle. And Eagle- Boy goes a while outside
from it, and puts himself back again in his costly garments of
good luck, till he came near the castle ; and he rises with a wild
leap, high and airy, on the staves of his spears and the handles
of his javelins till he lighted on the lofty door of the
castle.
And thus he found the Knight of Music, with his head in
the breast of his wife, that is the Girl of the Grey Palfrey, and
himself in the stupor of sleep and lasting slumber, armed and
equipped : and the tuneful-voiced flute of pure silver for play-
ing the peaceful music we have mentioned before on a table
beside him. When the girl looked on him thus, a lovely, hearty
laugh seized her.
As for Eagle-Boy, he draws the broad-grooved, golden-
guarded, straight-bladed sword he had out of its protecting
scabbard and its sheath of Bodhbh, and he thrusts it into the
body of the heart, and the very middle of the breast, of the
Knight of Music ; and he made him a wounding of enemies
and a destructive flesh-cutting punishment : and he cuts his
172 GACcnA triACAOirh-Ari-iotAm
5|iu^5x^ve ^n OiLe^Ain m^\c^\om-An-1oU\i|\ -oo beit ^.\]^ ^ntrixMn
A\\ *o6i^, If uiiaxMi!) -ootoniuNiic tui^e a^ *^muf Ar\ *oo|AAif 65
S\^x> e, ^suf ceAtin tli-oit^e ^n Ciuil fif i n-*^ Uvirh. Aguf
ceil^e^f m^fv p|\eAf*\ncA •oo6utn ^n 5t^^^^5^M5 -Am».\6 e, Agup
cui-peAf ce^M) Atnuij a\\ cex^nn An Jt^^^S^'^'S ^S^f t)eipe-Af
ifce^\6 e ; ^guf g^tD^f ^^Mix-oeAC^vf <\5wr ttJtJAip An mge^n
jie peicpnc x\n jniorhA fin ^guf ^n (iofhluAT)*M|\ "oo f iDif i-6it) 70
uifti : Aguf -oo finne iinuvil fOfxMj -Ajuf fotf AiCte "00 n-A
fi'DifitJili) fin, Aguf fo fAnA'D^iA cfi Ia Aguf ceof <.\ Vioi'6Ce 'f^n
•DunAt) fin, ^5 co6xMteAtri bit) Aguf leAnn^, Aguf ^5 leigeAti
A fcite Aguf ^5 cuf\ meifcnige tiA f Aipfje t^ioti.
Cio-OctAA^c lAf gcAiceAtii riA liAimfife pn, A-oubAiiAC ''^
TTlACAorh-An-lotAif , 6 "oo 6uiffeAC CfioC A|a a gcuAifC f a buAit)
aMi •DunAit) fin CAffAige 'Ouibe, guf rhitix) -ooitj a f^gAil
■^'^S^r ptl-eAt) T)' fiof A mb^n Aguf a tnuinncit^e.
'Mf fiof fin," A]\ "^iKUA^At An OileAin, " Agtif x)obeifiin-
fi inobfu\tAf n^C n'oeAfn^'O cuAMfC if fonAAguf if f^AnAtrilA 80
nS X)0 6iuMfc A.\nnf o ; Aguf nA6 'ozu^At) fUMti foileim if
buAt)-ArhlA 'nA An f oileim a cugAif ; Ajtif "oa bf uAfiAif a Ce^nn
f e n-A buAin "oo lli-oife An Cnnl Agiif •oa mbe-At) 'n-A "CufCAt),
n^fb f tif Af A 6LA01 1 n-iofjoil no gxMf ce ; Aguf 50 fxMb -oo
X)A]\]\ A jAoife Agtif A gliocAif Aguf X)'-A e^lA-bnAib -ooilbte 85
•OfAOi-^eACc-A 50 fnAfhAt) fe fu-o An bf^iffge A^uy 6f a
cionn. A^uf fof gtif Ab lonroA ctvioC Aguf cine^l a biAf 50
f ubA6 f obf 6nA6 A^uf 50 lutjAif eA6 Agtif a biAf 'n-A 5CAifX)ib
•oileAf A "oion^iriAlA AjAC-f a fe^fCA 1 lof An -oeij-gniottiA fin
"OO finnif. Oif -00 bi tnof "oiob "d'a bi 1 n-"OAOiffe Aguf 90
1 n-DocAtriAl Aguf 1 inbfuiT) bun^it) ^5 An mileA"6 "oo tuic
leAC."
lAf fin ADubvMfC tTlACAoni-*\n-1olAif ^u\\ iriitiT) -oCib -oun
CAffAige "Ombe -o'^AgAil, 6 X)o finneA-OAf a X)CUfVAf Ann.
"Oo bi Inge^n nA pAlAbj^Aij VlAitne A5 innpn f ceAl A^uf 95
jniorhA Aguf CAitfeime Ui-oife An CuiiL -ooib jonuige pn.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 173
head from his body ; and when the Champion of the Island
thought that Eagle- Boy was deprived of life altogether,
thus he saw him, approaching the lofty door, having the head
of the Knight of Music in his hand. And he casts it out to
the Champion as a gift, and puts a cord out for the Champion
and brings him inside : and joy and gladness seizes the girl at
seeing that deed and the company of knights with her : and
she did those knights the service of washing and bathing ; and
they remained three days and three nights in that dwelling,
consuming food and ale, and laying aside their weariness and
putting from them the depression caused by the sea.
However, after spending that time Eagle-Boy said that
since they had put an end to their visit for the conquest
of that dwelling of the Black Rock, it was time for
them to leave it and to return to their wives and their
people.
" That is true," said the Champion of the Island, " and I
give my word that never was visit made, luckier or more pros-
perous than thy visit here : and that never was given a light
leap more victorious than thou hast given : and if thou hadst
found the head of the Knight of Music, to cut it off, and
if he were awake, it would* not be easy to conquer him in
onslaught or prowess : and that it was by means of his skill
and cleverness, and by his dark accomplishments of druidry
that he used to swim all over the sea and above it. And
further, there were many territories and nations that
will be merry and high spirited and joyful, and that will
henceforth be friends faithful and worthy for thee, for the sake
of that good deed thou hast done. For there were many of
them in slavery and sorrow and outright captivity to the
soldier who has fallen by thee."
Then Eagle-Boy said that it was time for them to leave
the fort of the Black Rock, since they had finished their
journey there. The Girl of the Grey Palfrey was telling the
news and the feat and the triumph of the Knight of Music to
174 GACCRA TTl AC^Oirh-Atl-IOtAIR
An lv\oi e^co|\t^.\ —
[tnxXC^AOrtl-xMMOlxMTl]
Gijijix), A gituA^Ai j At) OiteAin,
If bi'm 50 n6-fiei"6 pA 'n -oun-rA ; 100
5An CA-OAf "o' feA\\ A "OUnUA.
t)eA|iATD tinn 65 riA njeAttATri
rriAii leAnriAn "oo liiAC lubAiji :
TTlAit An fCAn -o'eif Ap r)-AfCA|i 105
"Oo 'n bAif j;it bu-o cvibAix).
lion Ajt tonj -oo f^eA-OAib,
CuiT) -oo b^ieAJAib An cf AOJAit ;
'Ca 'noif A]\ Afi 5c«mAf
nit) nAjib' pn^iAf x>' A]\ mAO|iAib. 110
[5iiUa\5^\C xmi oileAin]
ni mifce -ouinn-ne a triAoi-oeAm :
Til tug Aon peAji 'fAn •ootriAin
("Oo jiAiT) 5]tuAj;AC An OileAin)
poiteim fUAjiAC bA fonA.
pAT) 6 ceile An cnuAfAC 115
*Oo bei-fici te nuACAii -oifi
be nA ■pAttjiAi j tlAicne
llmie men tuAi-oitt mife.
If lonroA x)o Lucr ceAnnAij
teAji meATJAifi clof nA f ceAt-f a ; 120
"Omr-fe, TtlACAotri-An-lotAin
Cu5 "OiA cinneAX) a "oeAncA.
[mACAorh-x3kn-iotAm]
t)uix)e fiif An gCoitrcoiA
t)uAi-6 "OAm 5An •ooitje -o'f A5A1I :
Cuicim connAix)e nA CAn|iAi5e 125
*0'eif 5AC CUfAIT) "OO JAbAlt.
A ti-^itle riA lA0i*6e fin *do pinnfeAC ^ijaij AtlArh Aom-p^y
Aguf ]AO cui|\fexic mAoin -Aguf mdjA-rh^iteAf^ ^E^V t^oijne
feoT) Ain "oiinAit!) 'fx^n gcujiji^t, x^juf "oo ft! "o'xx lionrhAi|\e
nx^p tuiLfeA3kC ^nn ; Atz long tu6crhxif\ l^n-Ai'bbfe^C "oo bi ^5 130
Ri-Dijie An C1U1I |\e tiAgAi'C cw^a ^guf c^nxxCxMf x)o C6$t)^il,
^5Uf "OO 6u|A A|\ muinCionn triA^A -Aguf mOp-p-Aifipge Ctiige,
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 175
them down till then. And Eagle- Boy and the Champion of
the Island made the song between them.
[EAGLE-BOY]
Rouse ye, Champion of the Island, and let us be quite finished with this fort :
let|us leave it without habitation, without respect for the man of its stronghold.
Let us take with us the youth of the promises as a spouse for the son of
lubhar. Good the fortune after our journey, for the white hand it will be fitting.
Fill our boat with treasures, some of the fair things of the world : there is
now in our power something that is not easy for our stewards.
[THE CHAMPION OF THE ISLAND]
Well may we relate it ; not a man in the world (said the Champion of
the Island) gave a trivial light leap that was more fortunate.
Far asunder is the hoard thou givest with a spouse to her. Woman of the
Grey Palfrey about it I jested not [?].
Many are there of the merchants who will think the hearing of this news
delightful : to thee, Eagle-Boy, hath God given appointment to do it.
'^ • [EAGLE-BOY]
Thanks lie to the Lord that I got victory without sorrow : to obtain the falling
of the crafty one of the Rock after every warrior.
After that song they rose promptly and unanimously and
put the wealth and valuables and selections of the jewels of
the dwelling in the canoe, and so full was it that
they did not fit in it ; but the Knight of Music had a capacious
full-huge ship for raising tax and tribute, and for putting on
the surface of the sea and the ocean for him, and they put their
1/6 eACuriA rhACAoirh-An-iotAin
x\5tif |\o tuifAfevAC A lu6c innce •oo n-A tiuile rriAMte^f ■<^5"r
feolCA xxiUe ioI"6..\c^C[a] i tnt).\f\|\Ai5 n-A ^Cf^nn gcoiriTOipeAC ^36
fe^ftriA^ f^p-lAi-oifA fiuGxMl, Aguf fo feol fUM) ^n p^Mpjige 50
|:xM|\pn5 |:ipnex^|\cn^^|^ piofx.\f|A<\6cA6, Ajuf An Ait)t)eif lon-
5AnCc\6 lAf ca6 il-pu\fCA(i, -Agiif ^n ti)oCn-A t3A|\|\-5eAl beoton-
riAC t)Oi\b-neA|ACtriA|A Aguf An f Aile feApb-jlAf fjAUic-lioncAC
iAfc-lionr-hA|\ Ajuj" ni luMt|\ifceA|A a n-e<.\(icf a no a nDAlA ^^^
50 |\An5A'OA|\ oi|\eA|i AlAinn lomAllbtcMC An OileAin ^AfAig.
Aguf tugfAC teACAT) A CAoibe T)o 'n c^aCc jeAt-gAinmeAci "oo
'n liiin^, Agur gtOAifiT) lAjiAtri a|\ Amuf -OunAiT:) A^uf -oeAj-
bAile JjAUA^Aig An OileAin bAll a |\At)A'OA|\ a mnA Agup a
mbAn-DAlA. t)A po|A|?AoiLceA6 caC |\e 6eile -oiob. Zeo\\A H5
bAimfijAe tnA|A fin •ooib A5 ol Aguf Ag AoibneAf 1 bpAjAHAt)
Agtip 1 bpoCvMfv A 6eile t)6ib, Aguf A5 uixjAijA-oiujAt) meAnmAn
Agtif mofi-Ai^eAncA.
UiAiAltAiT) lAjAAtri TTl ACAOtti- An-1olAi|A AgUf 1n$eAn nA
pAlAbjiAij llAitne, A^uf pAgbAiT) injjeAn jiiog nA tiln^oiA 1 150
bpocAij; 5t^"^^5^^^5 ^^^"^ OileAin, Aguf ni liAitpifceAft a
n-imteA6cA 50 'ocAngA'OAn [50] CAtAiji CAmlAOiT)e Agup
"OunAt) An llAllA "OeijAj ; ^5111^ cuijAlingiT) a|\ fAitCe An
•ounAi-Q. Aguf rr\A\\ "Oo CuAit) Aicne po|A|\A tAini^ An fi
AjAcnp, An tliDijie "Oub, Aguf Si|\ l)AlbuAit) Agtif An ceA^lAC i").-)
inLe 1 gcoinne Aguf gconroAiL nA beA5-bui"6ne fin ; Agup
coi|\b|\eAf ceof A pog 'oo ttlAtAorh-An-loLAif, Agup -oo rh6|\-
|?Ailci5eA'OA|A f oirh Injin nA pAlAbpAij "UAicne. ^AtCAf An |m'
AfCuiA fceALA A n-eAtcfA Aguf A n-imteA6cA 'oiob a|a Aon
Aguf 50 fonn|\A"6AC 'OO itlACAorii-An-lolAijA. InnifeAf fin no 100
6 tuf 50 x)eipeA'D Aguf fceAlA nA tiingine CAf 5AC nit), fA
triAf 6uAlAbAf AnuAf 50 f oiCe f o ; Aguf a f oja "oo belt A5 An fig
Afttif Annfin a congbAil Aige pein niAf mnAOi Aguf mAf bAin-
ceile, no a CAbAif c X)'a f oja f em 'o'f eAf eile no6 'oo biAt!) 10m-
CubAit) Aice, n6 ceAX) -oo tAbAifc "oi f iLleAt) T)'a cif fein Afif IGS
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 177
burden within it of all the wealth and great plunder which
was in the dwelling : and they raised its beautiful, many-
coloured sails on the tops of the straight, steadfast, very strong
masts of journeying, and they sailed on the sea widely, very
strongly, powerfully, and the wonderful abyss full of fishes
and monsters, and, the white-topped, living-waved, rough,
mighty ocean, and the bitter-clear, full-streamed, fish-plentiful
salt sea, and their adventures or their history is not related till
they reached the beautiful, smooth-bordered shore of the
Desert Island, And they gave the breadth of the ship's side to
the white sandy beach, and they then go to the dwelling and fair
steading of the Champion of the Island, the place where were
their wives and their attendants. Right glad were they at
seeing one another. Thus were they for a space of time, drink-
ing and pleasuring near and beside each other, and rejoic-
ing the mind and intellect.
Then Eagle-Boy and the Girl of the Grey Palfrey set out,
and they leave the daughter of the King of India with the
Champion of the Island, and their adventures are not related
till they came to the Castle of Camelot and the dwelling of the
Red Hall. And they alight on the lawn of the dwelling. And
when they were recognised. King Arthur came, and the Black
Knight, and Sir Galahad, and the whole household to meet
and join that little company : and he gives three kisses to
Eagle- Boy, and they greatly welcomed the Girl of the Grey
Palfrey. King Arthur asks news of their adventure and their
journey together, and especially of Eagle- Boy. He tells him
that from beginning to end, and news of the girl above all,
as you have heard above, down to this : and how King
Arthur had now his choice to keep her by himself as wife and
spouse, or to give her to her own choice of another man as
would be convenient for him, or to give her leave to return
again to her own land.
178 eACCUA rhACAOnil-AMMOlAMU
"1f 1 mo |A05A.\-fA,'' 'bA\^ ^n \\u "^n t)e<Mi 'oo beit x^gAm
pein."
t)ei|\tex\|i ifceA(i -00 'n T)un-At) ia|a fin. A6c 6e-An-A x>o
finne ah jii t)An^if t)U-Ain-tiot)l<MCceAC fe lilngin n<\ 'p*.\lAt)|\Ai5
IX
1f gxMfiT) -OO f?^n mACxiotri-An 1oU\if x^n uxMf tug t-drh Af\
itnte^6c ; ^stif 5^t)^r •^^^ f 1 ■^S^f Itige-An r\A p^lAbf ai$ "U^Mtfie
T)' A toi|\meAf c 50 'oi6exillxi6 ^jtif -A5 pufiil cotri[ri]Ai'6e mCifve
■pAi|A ; xi^tif 6 n^A|\ p^otn-f^n fin t)o jt^CA'C, 5^n "out "Oo
tAiiAll ^Siif 'OO t-Aifce^t x.\n •oorhxMn triCif\ no 50 t!)f A5x^'6 nit) 5
eigin -o'xi fce^lA[it)] pein, tJiAonn^r -An inje^^n An TpAlt\\A6
^^A^tne *oo m^jA Congn^rh •ooCum An zv]\amc pn. Aguf but) rhxiit
-An f e-AT) fin, 6if but) 6Cirht)e^f -Af rhuif Aguf -Af tif 1. ^'^^^''^f
A Ce-AX) Mf Atri .Aguf ni *oex^f nx\t) oifif eArh no corhnxMt)e leif 50
f^inig Oile,An An f xAf A15. Ajuf u\f mbeit Cfex.\lL Ann T)0 xi^ 10
teige-An a fcite ^^uf .Ag cotriluAT)*xf f>e n-A tiin,Aoi if i corh-
xMfle x\f ,A|\ Cinnfe^c eife^n x^guf 5fu<.\5A6 xNn OileAin, xy'
]mteA6z 'n-A n-UAtAt) xiguf 'n-A n-Aon,A|an Aguf a gcum^if
eAt, 6ip bA bion^nn lolbuAt)*^ t)6ib .Af^on. Aguf -co tioin-
nATDA^f cex^T) .Aguf ce1leA^bf*^t) ^^5 a inn^Sib Aguf ^^5 xs 'oce-A$U\6, 16
A^uy f o 5-Abf A^c f otnp-A a\^ a gcexAfc-^-NJAit) ^A(iA n-oife-At -A5
cux^fcu$x^t) CfioC, innfex\t), Aguf oile-An 50 coirhte-Atxxn "O
feA\CAin[c] -Anbiruij-oif no .\n gcluinfi'oif ^on nit) "OO fc6x\txMb
cineil bunxMt) ThACx^oiiri-^\n-1olxM|\.
1 gcionn cfeAllM ^A\\ fin, Aguf u\f ^cuAfCUjxst) uif-rh6f 20
An X)oirixMn T)6ib, t<\fU\ Cfio6 .Aguf cine*.\l fxMffing f^xfuiste,
TnA15nex^f -Aguf nu\6xMf e f-Af uijte Ci\6a, xAguf bit)ex\'o<\f X) -a
CuAfCujAt) A^nif -o'a fiubxil UAf fin x.\f a ^ceA^z-A-^A^X) ^An
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 179
" This is my choice," said the king, " that the woman
■should be with myself."
Then they are brought into the dwelling. But the king
made a wedding, with lasting largesses, with the Girl of the
Grey Palfrey.
IX
Eagle- Boy had stayed a short while, when he set about depart-
ing : and the king and the Girl of the Grey Palfrey take to
hindering him diligently and commanding a longer stay from
him ; and since he did not consent thereto (not to go to visit and
to journey the great world till he should find something of his
own story) the girl presents to him the Grey Palfrey as a help
for that journey. And that was a valuable present, for it was
equally good on sea and on land. Then he takes his leave,
and no stop or stay was made by him till he reached the
Island of the Waste. And after being a while there laying
aside his weariness and accompanying with his wife, this is the
counsel on which they (he and the Champion of the Island)
resolved — to go alone and solitary with their pair of horses,
for manifold virtues were theirs alike together. And they took
leave and farewell of their wives and their household, and went
straight before them seeking lands, isles, and islands, far and
wide, to see if they would find or hear anything of the news
of the family of Eagle- Boy.
A while after that, and after they had searched a great
part of the world, they came to a territory and race broad
and laid waste, a field and plain laid waste, and they
were wandering through it and a-walking it thereafter, straight
forward, without seeing a person or a dwelling, a flock or cattle
l8o eACCRA lilACAOltil-All-lOlAirx
p^MCfin 'D-Aoine no xMqAeil')e, eAlbA no Aifvneife a\^ bit, 50
]:tiinnexx"6 -Agup 50 peAj^c^p. 5"^^^^ x\nnfm X)o CuaIaDaNi^ 50I 25
S^X) eA^CAOweA6 -Ajuf ei5trie[A(i] pA*OA piO|\-tt\uA5 b^n, 50
n'otiloAi|\c niACAorh-An-1olAi|\ 5ii|\ coi|a "boib "oult)' f?io]^ .x-Ob^jv
5ol.^ r\A mb^n, x\5Uf 50 tnbAt) fei-oiji 50 b]:ui5iT)if fce^lA nA
cife fin iiACA. t^isix) ia|\ fin Agiif fUAiAADAf T)Mf bAn 'n-A
f tiix)e xxnn, Aguf "OiAf ■oeAg-lAoC mAjAb fucA, Aguf iat) as 50I 30
50 boCc CfUAJAncA Cf ^ 5Cionn. Aguf be^nnuijeAf An
mA]\cfluA% Tfo nA tiinje^nxMb A^uf fUAffinjeAf ITlACAoni-An-
1oUMf fceAlA -oiob Aguf A-DbAf a ngoUA 50 ru\i]Aice, Aguf pof
r\A ci|\e fin 1 n-A 'OCA|\lA'OAp fein. t)A hiongnAt) A-6bAl-rhb|\
Aguf bA itiACcnAiti meAntriAn leif nA mnAib An iriAtxcfluAg *oo 35
belt 1 n-A n-Ainbfiof pein Aguf 1 n-AinbfiOf nA cife Aguf
At)bAt\ A n-golA niAf fin. "Oo tAbAip An beAn bA fine -oiob
AgUf A'OUbAIHC —
'• SAOilim-fe nAC -oo 'n fiogACC-f a fib-fe, a iriAfCfLuAij
AnAicm-o, An uAif acacaoi com AinbfiofAC A^uf fin lonAinn- -to
ne fein Agiif 1 n-A'ObAf Af njolvX."
" If niAf CfluAj coigCfiCe finn jAn Atrif Af," a\\ lllACAOtri-
An-lolAif, " -\5Uf If triAic linn fceAlA -o' fAjAiL iiAib-fe."
" niAifeAt)," 'bAf An ingeAn, " if i fo An ScitiA clotbfOA,
Aguf If ingeAn -oo fig nA ScitiA mife, Aguf if injeAn -oAm-fA *5
An CAiUn fO 1 tn' f otAif ; Aguf fi nA SofCA a bACAif : Aguf fo
mAfbAt!) e f e triAC [a] AtAfA Aguf a ifiAtAfA fein 1 bf eill Aguf
1 bfionjAil. Aguf AZA fiogACc nA So|\6a Aige fein Agiif A5
A tloinn 6 fin 1 Leit. Aguf if AirilAit) tAflA mife An tuMf fin
-oo niAfbAt) m' feAf pCfCA, Aguf me CAobtfom coffAt, Aguf 50
5An x)o tloinn AgAtn acc An ingeAn f o. Aguf -oo Cuif fe me
1 gctiibfeAt Aguf 1 jceAngAL 1 "ocuf cOtti-OAingeAn cLoiCe 50
bfiofpA"6 c|\eA-o An coiffCeAf -oo bi AjAm, a\\ caCc da mbAt)
injeAn "oobiot) AgAm Af n-ionnAjib^t) Ay fiojACc nA Sof Ca 50
buile, Agiif "OA mbAt) mAc TobeAfAinn a Cuf Cum bAif im' 55
fiAX)nAife, lonnAf nAt jcluinfeAt) Af n-eA(^CfA 6 fin AmAc.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY i8i
at all, till sunset and evening. And then they heard. high
lamenting, weeping, and a long, truly sad outcry of women, so
that Eagle- Boy said that it was right for them to go to find the
cause of the women's crying, and possibly they would find
information about that land from them. They come after that,
and found a pair of women sitting there, and a pair of heroes
dead below them, and they weeping sadly and wretchedly
above them. The horsemen salute the ladies, and Eagle- Boy
asks news of them and the cause of their weeping especially,
and knowledge of that land in which they themselves had
chanced to come. To the women it was a great wonder and
a surprise of mind that the horsemen should be ignorant of
themselves, and ignorant of the land and of the cause of their
weeping thus. The elder woman spoke and said —
" I think that ye are not of this kingdom, O unknown
horsemen, since ye are so ignorant as that, of ourselves and
of the cause of our weeping."
" Foreign horsemen we are assuredly," said Eagle-Boy,
" and we would like to get information from you."
" Truly,": said the lady, "this is golden-jewelled Scythia,
and I am daughter to the King of Scythia, and this girl with
me is my daughter : and the King of Sorcha was her father :
and he was slain by the son of his own father and mother in
treachery and kin-slaughter. And himself has the kingdom
of Sorcha, and his children, from that onwards. And thus it
chanced with me then, when my husband was killed ; I was
with child, and had no children save this daughter. And he
put me in fetter and manacle in a very strong tower of
masonry, till he should know what my unborn child would be,
on this condition ; if it were a daughter I should have, to banish
us altogether from the kingdom of Sorcha, and if it were a
son I should bear, to put him to death in my presence, in order
that he should not hear report of us from that out.
i82 eACuuA tti<\cAotrh-Aii-iolAin
'• ACc AZA nit) Ce-An-A, tAu^-Af-f^ sein rhAife^C iriin -AUvinn
tnic ; ^.Nguf u\tA n-*\ t)eit CAtn^ll i m' pAxbnxMfe mA\\ fin, ful
•00 |iu5a\T)^j3 n^ c6irhex\'otii'6te of\ni, t^img x\n -Acuill u^fxil "o'a
n^o\\\teA\[ An c-ioU\|\ Ctig-Am Af ne^lUMt) e^'OArAt)ti^ife^6xi An <50
<xei|\ x^5tlf x^f pf\itit) n^ pO|AnixMmeince A\i potlu^m^in, n6 5U|\
cuifAlins ^p ^n T)OfAx\f ^|a*o -oo t)i ^|a x^n cu|\ fin, X)aII a fx^b^f-
f*\; xiguf puxx'OxMjexif xxn nAoit)eA.\n i n-A 6fot>Aib leif ix\f n-^
6eA^n5A\l "OArh-f^ i nit)e^|\c-c\it!) line mbig, 6f cionn n^ fxMffge
50 n-oeA^c^t) Af finn mo fuifc ^guf mo fA"6xM|\c tixMm : 50 65
nv\C fiof *ouinn a "Oiol nC oi"OeAt) o fin 1 leiu. ACc 50 me^f^im
mun^\f tuic fe '\'An \jyA\\Kp^e ^u\\ it x^n c-ioU\f 1 n-Aic eigin e.
" A6c 6eAnA, m|\ "oce^Cc T)0 ^i fig x^guf -o'^i luCc coimex\t)C^
Cug^m, m,Af n-AC t)fux\f^T)xXf ^n texxnb xvg^m n6 lonnx^m, -00
fe^nAf nA6 \\At)Aif coff aC, x^guf ^A\\ t)fx^5x.\il t)4^o$A1l b^if CfiT) 70
fin, T)o leige-A'Cxj^f x.\m.i6 me ^Agiif -oo tiionn^fbA-O me f em A^uy
m' inje-An ^f An cif fin x^5l1f ni fei'oif linn leit no Cfi^n a
"DC-AfUx *o' inif x^5Uf "o' x^mg^f "Cuinn -o' innpnc n6 *o' fxMf neif
*oit)-fe. ACc t)it)ex^mx\f a\\. An lomlii^'OAlfin ^SMff^it) "oeifc 6
tig 50 C15 -Agiif o cif 50 cif 50 f ^n5Atn^\f -ounxit) ^j^uf "oe^g- 75
^f^\f m' AtA\\A-yA 'f xin 5Cfi6-fe 1 n-A bfuilci-f e : Aguf aza-
mAO]'o ^Mge 6 fin 1 leit. Agtif "oo bi "oo m^-AT) moCLimx\-fxi 1
n'oiAi'O m' fif pCfC^ ^S'-if m^\oin-mic n^\f fAonu\f feif f6
fexif ij6 fe lex\nnx.\n 6 fin 1 leit.
" X)aIa f io$ nA Soi[\6a lomoff o, eAt>6n An f ex^f pn -oo 80
finne ^n pex^ll, -oo (iuAlx\ 6 luCc rH,io-fuin ^igin guf fugxif-
fxi mx\c, Aguf 5tif 6uif UiT)ife nA CorriAifle -Aguf mife -o^a
oileAtiixMn ^guf •o'x^ lexifujvVi!) "oo'n cif-fe 1 luit) m'x^tx^fx^ 6,
^S^r 50 mbAi) 'D615 50 •DCiocfxi'b -o'eifexin xiguf "oo m' x\txMf-
f e f6in bx5f m' fif ^ofCxi pein xiguf AtA\\ mo Cloinne do 85
(io1f1U5x^■6 xMf fein x^5Uf x^f x\ 6loinn uxMf 6isiii' Aguf "oo
t*.\oil> An bf exNtnuigte pn xiguf x\n 'Ofo6-fmuxMnce "00 finne
fe tiinig t>'a flux\5 mof x^5;uf f oCf»\iX)e X)0 tionol *^5Uf -oo
tiomf U5<\"6 Aiguf ce*.\(ic -oo'n cif-fe ; ^\5uf "oo cuif f 6 cexxccxi
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 183
" However, I brought forth a beautiful, soft, lovely boy-
child, and after he was with me a while like that, before the
guards took hold on me, there came the noble aquila,
which is called the eagle, to me, out of the lofty clouds
of the air and out of the expanse of the firmament in
hovering flight, till he descended at the lofty door that there
was to that tower, just where I was ; and he carries off with
him in his claws the babe, after I had wrapped him in clothes
of fine linen, over the sea till he went beyond the limits of my
view and eyesight from me : so that his end and his fate are
unknown to me from that out. Save that I think unless he fell
into the sea that the eagle devoured him somewhere.
" However, when the king and his attendants carrve to me,
as they did not find with me the child born or unborn, I denied
that I was not with child, and (after I ran a risk of death
through that) they let me out, and I and my daughter were
banished from that land, and it is impossible for us to tell or
reveal to you the hal-f or third of what misery and distress
befel U6. But we were in that wandering, asking alms from
house to house and from land to land, till we reached the dwell-
ing and palace of my father in this land in which ye are : and
we are with him from that out. And from the greatness of
my sorrow after my husband and my only son I have not
consented to sleep with husband or lover from that out.
" Now as for the King of Sorcha, the man who wrought
the treachery, he heard from some malicious folk that I had
borne a son, and that the Knight of Counsel and I had
put him out to nurture and educate in this country by my
father's craft, and that assuredly he and my father would be
able to requite the death of my husband and of the father of
my children on himself and his children some time. And on
account of that opinion and the evil thought he conceived,
he came to collect and assemble his great host and multitudes,
1 84 e^CrnA rhACAOirh-An-iolAm
Cum m' ^t^p<\-f A x.\5 u\tA|A.MX) xMp mife ..\5ur ah tn^\c f'n -A5"r '-^'^
^n in5e^\n-pA -do tv\t).\itAC t>6 no 50 x)ciut:)|\^t) x^n ci|\-re |:^\
join 5xMt Aguf clxM-6irh xNgup 50 -ociut^f^-O .aja peinnit) .xsuf
pex^|l-C5U^6 innce. Asuf "oo bi ]:|\eA^5|\v^ nV ^t^t\x.\ m\\ ^Minfin,
TUA|it)' xMribpor^iJe fi riA So|\Ca ):ein 'f^^ ^-^c fin no e pein
m^\|\u5<\i:) e ; ^sup c>Ai|\if fin An me^-o "oo tii xMje, eATJon ivjife •>•'>
Aguf m' in$ex.\n, n^C -ociuGpAt) -Oo-f An finn : AS«f 50 inbAt)
feAff teif 50 mbiAt) An niAC fin fOf Aige, Ajuf -qa rnbiAt)
nAC 'ociubfVAt) -oo-fAn CAf Cionn cife nO CAltriAin e.
" 1a|\ n-A OLof fin -oo \u^ nA Sof 6a pogfAf CAt <\\\
m'AtAi|\-fe, Aguf ni tug fe CAif "oe t!)© f e CjAumniujAt) a rtiuinn- 100
cife no A tifie Cuige, Aguf mA|\ nAC ti)fUAi|\ tug gAifim
CfuinnigCe X)'a tif pein ; Aguf ia|\ mbeit Cfuinn A|\ gjkC
CAOib t)6\X) -DO finne fe fOflongpofc fe buCc An cfluAij
rhoif fin. Aguf acait) fe feACcrhAin, uCc fe tuiCc Aguf
AgAlt) Af AJAlt) AJUf Cf OIT), AgUf UACAf JaC Ia OACOf C.\, AJUf l^^
lAoiC lAf n-A leA"OfA-0 Aguf cuf AiTJe K\f n-A gcnAim-geAffAt)
UAtA AfAon. Aguf If 1 tyibAfAC aza Ia An rriOp-CAtA
eACOf tA : Aguf If 1AT) fo mo "OiAf -oeAfbfAtAif, eA"60n clAnn
CfutA6 CAom-AlAinn An fioj, aca Annfo fum, lAf n-A niAfbAt)
1 "OCfOlT) AgUf 1 -OCACAf An IaOI in*01U : AgUf If lAT) fin Af 110
n'OfoiC-fceAlA pein AgAib-^e; Aguf "oa mbeiDif nit) bA peAff
AgAinn x)o beipmif 'OAOib-fi iaT), a niApcfluAig AnAitniX) UT).
Aguf If mAit linn nit) eigin "Oo bupfceAlAib-fe pern -D'pAjAil
Anoif.'^
" Hi bpuil "OO pceAlAib AjAinn, " Af niACAorh-An-lolAif, 115
" aOc 5Uf mAfCfluAj coigcfiCe finn pein, aca A5 lAff Ait)
CUlUirh AgUf CUAI^AfCAll. AgUf -DA DUUgAlt) C'AtA1f-fe
cuApAfCAl "ouinn, no -oa "ocogfAt) fe Af bpApcugAt), 50
5Cui"oeO(!:AmAOif leif."
^•AbAf 5AifX)eA0Af At)bAl-fhof An injeAn cpiX) fin, Aguf 120
A-DubAifc 50 bpui5ix)if A mbpeiC pein 0 n-A tiAtAif ; Aguf
niofb fAX)A t)Oil') mAf fin An uAif X)o ConncAX)Af luCc lomCAip
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 185
and to come to this land ; and he sent messengers to my father
demanding that 1 and the boy and this my daughter should
be given him, or else that he would put this land under the
wounding of spear and sword, and would inflict slaughter of
champions and warriors upon it. And the answer of my father to
him then was that the King of Sorcha himself was not more
ignorant than himself about that boy, whether he had been born ;
and beside that, as for those whom he had (myself and my
daughter) that he would not deliver us up to him : and that he
would rather have had that son still with him, and if he had,
that he would not give him in exchange for a land or a country.
" When the King of Sorcha heard that, he declares war on
my father, and gave him no respite to collect his people or his
subjects to him, and when he did not receive it he issued a pro-
clamation for assembly to his own land ; and when they were
complete from every side, he made a camp in front of that great
host. And they are the space of a week, front to front and face
to face, and every day there is battle and fighting between them
and heroes beaten and warriors hacked in the bones by
them together. And to-morrow is the day of the great battle
between them : and these are my two brothers, the shapely,
fair-beautiful children of the king who are here under me,
slain in the battle and fighting of to-day : and there ye have
our evil tidings ; and had we aught better, we would relate
you them, O unknown horsemen yonder. And we wish to
receive something of your own own tidings now."
" No tidings have we," said Eagle-Boy, " save that we
ourselves are foreign horsemen, a-seeking pay and wages. And
if thy father would give us wages, or if he should desire to
hire us, we would help him."
Great joy seized the lady thereupon, and she said that
they would obtain their own terms from her father ;
and they were not long thus when they saw the people
1 86 eACURA t1lACA0lt1l-<Ml-10lAin
UA 5C0|\p Cu6.\, -Aguf |\U5^-0A|\ leo 50 -ouuAtf a^u\* 50 -oeA^-
nu\pcfUMi$ A\' An t)foylon^po\\z X)o Cuf\ Op'ouigte a\\ p^if\e 125
A^uy 0]^6\\u^A'6 nA scofAp fin a tloinnego "o'eif xmi rh6f\-C-At-A,
50 bpopir^t) c^A tt'A fi^CAt) a t)UAit) no a -OiombuxM-b.
T)^l^ TTlAC^oifh-An-lol^ifi A^uy 'SV^^E^^'S -^^^ Oile.Ain, f\o
5*At!)fAC A^ A\-^neAy ^orr\A^AlimA e-ACOf\tx^ p6in, 50 n*out)-AifC
TTI^iCA\orh-x\n-1olAi|\ f\if ^n n5f«A5^6 — 130
" ALcuigim pein x\noif |\e 1iAi|\'o-|ai5 neirtie Agiif tlxiorh-
c.\Lmv\n -Aguf jie Cinmpjceoip n^^ Cfuinne CeAtAfy'6A 50 bpuiL
pJkifC -o'piof mo floinnce A^uy V)unAt> cineil \WAtA\\A pein
^\noif ASAvn : x^gup 50 n-xMtni$im sup-Ab me pein -An nAOi-bexJtn
beAg uT) *oo |\u5 An z-\oIa\\ 1 n--A 6|\oftAit) leif, A^uy su\^aX) 1 135
^n UfiionCiT) togtA t|\e-pe^|\fAnAi5 |\o-m-6uip 50 'n t^ij
Ajicup me, Aguf 5ti|Ax\t) 6 'n lol^ji ut) -a joifAteAf ' tnx>c^orh-
^\n-1otAi|i ' -oiom : ^jvif pCf StJlA-Ab i f ut) mo m^t<M|A ^guf
5U|AAb e m' AtA]\\ *oo tuic 'f^^ tjpeilliuj-At) : -Aguf if m*Mt x\n
fe^\n ^Nguf An fotA'6 x^f a "oc-An^AmAf "oo 'n cif-f^/' -^r f^' i'*^
" 6it\ A f uAt\Af fiof m' Atxif Agtir ^o m^t-A|\A innce. A^guf
ctiif pe-Am An CAt m6f ux) 1 mX)A\\A6 [1] nT)io$Ailc m' At*\|A-A, Oifi
ni fe-Aff ^[ijt) le neA\|\c a\[ t^ime ^p^on."
*''lf mxMt An yeAn 50 •oeirhin <a|\ -Af\ eifgif x\mA6 " a\\.
'^\\ua^a6 An Oile^in, " ^E^V ^^-^^"^ ^^ ^ "o' 1^15 ^p ^n cSo|\6*\ us
1 mb*\|\-AC 5-An concAb^ijAC, ^A\\ n-oiple-AC A^uy ^A^n-Atcmr^AX)
[c] e^fC-AiAAt)."
Aguf -DO f\inne ^n Iaoi mA|\ le^nx^f —
xXoibinn A\\ ■ocoifc "oo 'n ri|t-fe
ni hAx)t)A|i fcife A\\ -ocuiiAf ; 25q
CuijipeAm CAc Ann j^n CAiti"oe,
If biAix) -Aji nAitriToe a|i Afi jcuniAf.
If AOibinn tiom-f A a bpeicfinc
CAf eif m' AfCAif If m' Anf 615,
mo TTiACAif fCAi 5AC in5eAn, 155
"O'a SfUAi-o cibf eA-D, ni f 6-nAif.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 187
who were to bear away the bodies coming to them, and they
took them to the dwelHng and the palace of the King of
Scythia, and the king and a few horsemen came from the camp,
to give an order for the watching and respecting of those
bodies of his children till after the great battle, so that he
should know to whom should fall its victory or its failure.
As for Eagle-Boy and the Champion of the Island, they
took to interchange converse between themselves, and Eagle-
Boy said to the Champion —
" Now 1 thank the High-King of Heaven and of the Sacred
Land, and the Measurer of the Four-fold Universe, that I now
have a share of the knowledge of my name and the origin of my .
father : and that I recognise that I myself am that little infant
which the eagle took in his claws with him, and that
it was the Exalted Trinity of Three Persons that sent
me to King Arthur, and that it was from that eagle
I am called ' Eagle- Boy ' : further that yonder is my
mother, and that it was my father who fell in that treachery :
and good is the luck and profit on which we have come to this
land," said he, "for I have got knowledge of my father and
my mother in it. And I shall set that great battle to-morrow
in revenge for my father, for he will not stand against the
strength of our hand together."
" Good is the kick indeed whereto thou hast attained," said
the Champion of the Island, "and thou shalt be King of
Sorcha to-morrow, without doubt, after destroying and con-
founding thy enemies."
And he made the song as follows —
Pleasant our voyage to this land, no cause for weariness in our journey : I
will set the battle there without delay, and our enemies will be in our power.
Pleasant to me to see them after my labour and my distress, my mother
beyond every lady, flowing on her cheek, it is no "great shame.
1 88 BACcnA lilACAOinVAn-lOlAm
tno -oeitibfiuts mvMC a eAjcofc,
mo cion peACAinc a bAn-jlAC ;
tno feAn-ACAt|i, cuif Aijnim,
beix) "riA CAiT)i\eATTi i mbAjiAc. 160
Oc A ^^lUAjAij An OileAin
tno coibeini jtiATTi ni rriAoi-oim ;
X)A jIAlb Atl CAt A]\ A|1 JCUmAf
tno tunAf Ann \)A ViAOibinn.
X
A n-xMCle nA lAO)t) pti T)© |\inneAT)^|i 50 T)i|\e-A(!: *\|\ An
X)m^At). ^guf guf rhop "ooilje^f -An t^ioj, |:x^ilci5e,Af |\oirri .^n
tnxit\cflti.A5 AnA^tmT), mA^ x)o innif .An inge^n x)6 foirhe fin
5U|i tnA|ACfLuA5 cuiUirh Aguf cUv^]l^fCxMl iax). X)o 5;e^\ll ^\n
|\i Ai tnb|\eit pein X)6it) t)o cionn cqa6z leif "oo CufA xin CAtA 1 5
n-.A5.Ai-6 jAiog nA So\ytA 1A^]A n-.A tn^^x^]A*^(i Aguf "oo ce.An5lAt) .An
conn|u\t) fin e.ACOf\cx\ ■Aguf tu5A'o*\|A CAifoe A.\nn o'n
•OClU\f.^\fC.AL 50 bpiOff Al-Olf C1.A le ^AtAt> DUAlt) AU CaCa ^^5Uf
50 bfeicfi"6 A^ bfeit)in fein ^i^au jcac.
'Oo Caw fuxt) pfoinn .Aguf cotnx\lc*.\f ix\f.Atn .An oit)(ie fin, 10
A^uy eifgiT) 50 moC x^|A n-A tnb.Af*^C x^guf ceA^nglxMX) x\ gciiifp
1 r\-A gcAit-eiDe^t) c.ac.a -Aguf cotnUMnn A^uy 1 n-A n-e*.\f|u\t)
CfOT)x.\ AgUf CA6*M|\, ^S^r SlUxMflT) 1 5CU1T)e.ACC.A An fioj A\\
.Atn<.\f x^n Cx\t.A ^gtif .An foflonsptiifC.
Do lieA5fx\'6 A^uy "oo riofT)ui5e*\"6 An 6At eAro]\tA 50 15
CA^t^fi-DA, A^uy "DO CuaMt!) 1 lAC^MH A n-iotnt!)u*Mlce Aguf 1
n-ionxM)Aib cdtnCofiiuMle ^n cotnU\inn, .^Nguf cti5f.AC ff<\f.A
f ip-neitiinex\Cxi fiof-t)f*^onACA^ ^^tif "oeabtA x)i*\nA •o.Af a.\Cca6[a\]
•ooi-ex\-Of^nA •q'.a n-^ftn^Mt) 'DiobivAicte -oix^foile, x^5tJf tu5fA.\c
.AJAit) *\f -Aj-Ai-O Aguf uCc fe tiuCc .Annfin, .Aguf fo $.At)f.c\c a^ 20
oifle^e Aguf x^5 xic6um*\-0, x^5 lev\'u[bAT:)] ^Aguf <\5 Lex^■0|\x^■u x^
Ceile 5<\n coigilc gufb lotn-bxx ioU\|\t:).a annfin — e*^■66n l^oiC a^
A levx-of A-6, Aguf cu|\xMt)e .Af n-.A 5cnitn-5e*.\ffi.At), A^uy tniUt)
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 189
Mv sister, good her appearance, my delight is looking on her white hand :
my grandfather, a motive for cheerfulness, will he in friendliness to-morrow.
() Champion of the Island, I never boast of my disgrace : were the battle
in our power, my journey hither would be pleasant.
X
At the end of that song they made straight for the dvvelHng,
and though great was the sorrow of the king, he welcomed the
unknown horsemen, as the lady had told him before that they
were horsemen for hire and wages. The king promised them
their own terms for coming with him to set the battle against
the King of Sorcha on the morrow, and that contract was
settled between them, and they gave a delay for the wages till
they should know with whom should be the victory of the
battle, and till he should see the service they themselves
rendered in the battle.
Then that night they consumed a meal and provision, and
they rise early in the morning, and bind their bodies in their
harness of battle and fighting, and in their equipment of
warfare and combat, and go with the king to the battle and
the camp.
The battle was set in* order and arranged between them
strongly (?),^ and they went towards their mutual beating, and
the places of perfect evenness of conflict, and gave truly
venomous, truly dropping showers, and long, wild, irresistible
acts of strife with their shooting-arms at one another, and then
they gave face to face and front to front, and took to destroying
and confounding, beating and smiting one another without
sparing, so that they were many and numerous — that is
warriors beaten, fighters with mangled bones, soldiers greatly
See c-acxxti"04 in Vocabulary.
I90 oACunA riidc^oirh-An-iotAm
liiotnt)v\ Ann ciii)\p A5 cliftniO|\nA'6 xxguf beoil ^5 blxif CA[AnA\6, 25-
buinn ^5 b^nuj^vt) Ajuf f iiile ^5 fiAbji^xt). *Oo bi "oo t|Miinie
*.\5tif ■D'v\it)t!)eile ^n iti^jAbCA eA.\cof\tA jiija be^A^ n^t fn^rh^i-o-
if n-A cuitAp A|v n^^v fjAuiclmncib pol^ plx^nn|\u*Mt)e "oo t)i 1 ngle-
AAnncxMb Aguf 1 n-iii|\iflib nA mijxx.
m<\|A "DO conn.\i|\c inACAorh-An-1oLAM|A ^gtif 5p^^'<^5*'^^ •^^^ '^^
Oile^m fUM'Oe ^guf fliuAjrh-ApbAt) ^fv rhiiinnci|\ ^105 nA
ScitiA fev\6n6ni An C.xt^, -oo loinneAi!) x\5Uf -oo ItixMtpeAfgA'b
50 mop iv\T) A^uy tu^yAZ awa^ A\y An gcpo CAtA 1 n-^ p^ib |\i
nA So\\dA. l^05<\r -\5wr beApcmje^f, CAf-A|^ -^5"r cpu^t)-
Cfvoite^p rn.\Cv\oTti-An-1ol.\i|A ^n fie^rriAfv-gAt cex.\nn-6|\UAit) *oo o5
bi 1 n-A U\itri ^sup ceApciiijeAf A^uy cux)ti[\omA)-seA\' 1 l^|\
uczA -vVgLif ii|\V)|\iiinne pioj nA So|aCa e, gup Cinp p^T) U\itrie
lAoiC x)o Cionn n^ fteige CAp pAcLAib a •DpomA AmAd fu\|t.
ScAnnpuigeAf Agtif f CAOileAf An c\\6 CAtA -oo bi 'n-A t)m6eAll :
Ajtif -oiteAnnAf TTlACAOfh-An-1olAi|A An pi 1 bpiAt)nAif e a 40
mumncipe pein Aguf TnAi-^eAp a^u\' tnoip-bpipeAf An CAt a\\
6loinn An pioj Aguf Ap 4 rhmnncip.
lAp -DCiiiceAm An pioj pein in^p pin p65]\Ap tTlACAorh-An-
lolAip cope -DO nu\pbAt) An cplUvVig, -A^up p up<dlAp bp^ij-oe *oo
■OeAnAtii -oo tiiAitib n-A pLiiAg pin nA SopCA : Agup 'oo pinne^t) 45
AfhlAit) pin leo. A^up 'OO ^Ab^t) mdippeipe^p m^c piog nA
SopCA leo Agiip CLi5A"6 [1] gcuibpe-AC -Agup 1 gceAnjAl "oo
tTlACAorh-An-1olAip ^A'o, Agup X)o CpumnigteAp nA pliuMj pin
nA SciciA 50 inbuA'6-6opcAipc A-^uy cCrh-nu\oi"6ce 1 T)cim(ieAlt
An pioj Agiip tTlACxioirii-An-1olAip, Agup ^a6 a]\ ^aX)AX)Ai[\ -oo 50
triAitib nA Sop^A tec 1 lAirh. Agiip lAp gcup cpiCe "bCib a\\
An gCAt triAp pin, lAppAp tTlACAorh-An-lolAip a CuApApcAl a\[ An
II0 pv\i"6 An pi pip ''Hi bptiil bpeit "oa ineiT) a beApAip
optn-pA x^gup ingm a^ahi n^C bin!) leAC i, nuMlle pe tno Coil 55
niAit.^^
THE STORY OF EAQLE-BOY 191
mutilated and youths utterly destroyed. Many bodies were
there . . . and mouths smacking the lips, soles whitening, and
eyes turning ghastly. From the weight and immensity of the
slaughter between them the bodies were almost swimming in
the river-pools of gore-red blood that were in the valleys and
the hollows of the plain.
When Eagle- Boy and the Champion of the Island saw the
slaughtering host-slaying on the people of the King of Scythia
throughout the battle, they flamed up and were greatly
enraged, and went for the ring of warriors where was the King
of Sorcha. Eagle- Boy brandishes and wields, twists and
roughly shakes the hard-headed thick javelin that was in his
hand, and he directs and adjusts it straight in the middle of
the breast and very middle of the King of Sorcha, so that he
put the length of a warrior's arm of the head of the spear out
through the spinal ridges of his back. The ring of warriors
that was round him scatters and separates ; and Eagle- Boy
beheads the king in front of his own people, and defeats and
routs the children of the king and his people.
After the king himself fell thus. Eagle- Boy commands
cessation of the slaughtering of the host, and orders hostages
to be made of the nobles of those hosts of Sorcha : and it was
so done by them. And seven sons of the King of Sorcha
were taken by them, and they were brought in fetter and
manacle to Eagle-Boy, and those hosts of Scythia collected
with triumph in victory and mutual joy around the king and
Eagle- Boy, and each one whom they had captured of the
nobles of Sorcha in their hand. And after they had put an
end to the battle thus, Eagle-Boy asks for his wages of the
king.
Said the king to him, " There are no terms, however great,
that thou shalt impose on me and the daughter I have that will
not be thine, with my good will."
192 GACURA r}lACA0iril-vM1-10lA1U
"If leo|\ liom-t^*.\ fin uaic," x\f 1TK\CAorri-xNn-1oLAi|\, " A^tif
AzS fce^l t)e*\5 eile x\5Atn fe n-<\ innfinc ■ouic, a j^ig ^^uf a
|\C-x\t^\i|i," A|\ ]H^. " Oif If tnife ^n rriAC ux) "oo rii^|\fAt) OfC-
f^ 6 6u\tiAib, ^Ajuf if me *oo ]\ii5 ^n c-iolAf leif i n-A 6\\oX)A\X) 60
0 "d' mjin-fe, A^uf if e x^n |\i liT) tuA Sof6A not T)0 tuic tiom
•oo liiAft) tn' ACAif 1 tDfeiLl, -A^iif if ^5 An fij Aficuf 'oo
holiest) me goninge fo."
Cicociaaxc^^u fo mnif [a] eAcr^wx -A^uf imte-A6cA 6 tuf 50
-oeifeAt) -oo 'n fig A^iif X)'a mgin Agtif "Oo ttiAitit) n^ Cfi6e 6 ^»^
fin -ahiaC. ^A\\ n-A Clof fin -oo 6ac 1 gcoitCeAnn, A^uf \a\\
mbfeit UA hA\tne f if innige Aif , if [f JuaiU nA6 X)1(:ua^ax>a\k b^f
-oo 'n lutjAif , -Agtif if be^j n^f plCic^DAf "oo pogxMb e ; xx^uf
bA rtio fo 6..\c lutjAif Au fioj f oiiiie.
T)o Mff A'Dxxf A\nnfin a\\ An in6iffeifeA\f triAC fin ^n fij 'oo 70
rhAfbxxt) 1 n-*oi05A.\iL An t)fOiC5niorhxA do finne a n-Atx\if.
" \h -oeAnAt)," A\\ tn^c-Aorh-An-loLAif, " <3if ni fxMb ctiiT) no
corhxMfle xxg An gcloinn "oo 'n bfeill "oo finne *\ n-AtAif, Aguf
DO ttiic fe fein 1 n-A 'OfoiC-^niorh/'
Ajiif bA lutt;^AifeAC An (ilAnn CfiD fin, A^iif zv^aX) nA 75
niAice A\5Uf mof-UAifle An cfltiAi-;; cu6a do lAtAif, A^iif
fUfAlAf niACAotri-An-1olAif fCAoileAt) do 'n riieiD a bi
ceAn^Ailce do ha fLiiAijib fin iia SofCA. Aguf lAff Af clAnn
^\n ]\n)t, A]\ 5f AfA DO DeAnArii ofCA fein, Aguf 50 tnbeiDif
fo n-A bfeit fein 6 fin ahia^ a\\ feAt!) a f ao^aiI. 5*^^^M^ ^^
niACAom-An-lolAif fin do lAirii, Aguf C151D viile lAf pn 50
DiinAD Aguf 50 DeAj-xXfnf fiog nA SciCia Aguf TTlACAorh-An-
loLAif Agiif 5f"^5^^ ■^^i Oile^Ain 1 n-AOin-feA6c fiu. Cug
6ui5e An beAgAn do bi Aige d' fingeAll An bAlfAim do bAin
DO CLoinn 5^^'t^^ ^^^ "OolAif, Agtif do 6uif 1 gCfeACCAlb Agtlf 85
1 5cneAt)Aib Cloinne fiog nA ScitiA 1, guf eifigeADAf 50
fleAriiAin flAin-6feA(icAC do CmriACCAib "Oe A^uf nA bioc-
flAince pn.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 193
" I think that enough from thee," said Eagle-Boy, " and I
have another little story to tell thee, O king and grandfather,"
said he. " For I am that boy who was asked of thee a while
ago, and it is I whom the eagle took with him in his claws from
thy daughter, and it is yonder King of Sorcha who fell by me,
that slew my father treacherously, and it is with King Arthur
I have been brought up till now."
However, he told his. adventures and progress from begin-
ning to end to the king and to his daughter and to the nobles
of the country thenceforth. When they heard all that in
general, and had passed true recognition upon him, they
all but died of joy, and they almost smothered him with
kisses ; and among all, greatest was the joy of the king over
him.
Then they asked that those seven sons of the king should
be slain in vengeance for the crime that their father did.
" Not so," said Eagle- Boy, " for the children had no share
or counsel in the treachery their father wrought, and he himself
has fallen in his wickedness."
And the children were joyful thereat, and the chiefs and
nobles of the host were brought to their presence, and Eagle
Boy commands all that were bound of those hosts of Sorcha
to be loosened. And the children of the king ask for favour
to be done them, and that they would be subject to him from
that out all their life. Eagle- Boy undertakes that, and they all
come after that to the dwelling and palace of the King of
Scythia, and Eagle-Boy and the Champion of the Island
together with them. He took the little he had of the leavings
of the balsam he had seized from the children of Garbh son
of Dolar, and put it in the wounds and hurts of the children
of the King of Scythia, so that they rose smooth and with
wounds fully healed by the powers of God and that balsam-
healing.
194 GACciiA rhAcAOirh-An-iolAm
Cio'bcfA^Cc no c6mm6\\At> plex\t) A^uy ):e^fCA f6 fiig nA
ScitM t^e lutg^ip sAt neite x)' x\ trotitip-AmAtt ^S^r ^f^ -'^
xMtt)eo'6x\-0 ^ 6loitine. 1 scionn AtA^^6 t>'a eif fin, if i
corh-AitMe A\y A]\ Cinn m-i\Cx^oiri-An-1ot-Aif, a iri^t^iti ^5Uf
A •6eift)fiuf ^5iif 5^C x\|A rhxM|\ "oo fl«A$-Aib n^ SofC-A,
Aguf cl-Ann *Mi f 105 "OO leige^Mi f oirhe "oo 'n cSof C^\ ; ^giif 6
fein x\5Uf 5rw^5^<^ ^^"i Oile^in "oo f1llex^t) a\\ Cionn inline 95
fviog n^ ri1nT)M x^5l1f a luinge 50 liOile^n xmi p ^fxMg. Aguf
5At)xMT) A gce^T) uile A^ x\n |\i$ Aguf a^ mxMtit) ha SciCi-a,
x^guf 111 ho^it|iifce.\f A n-imte^6cA 116 50 fi^ns^-o^f Oile-Ati ^n
pifAij. Aguf u\f leijeAn a fcite Atin T)oit!), cuife^f
tTlx\CAoiri-xMi-1olxMt\ xMi lon^ fin "oo t)i x^5 1x1*01^6 ^n Ciuit Aguf lOO
fvoinn x)'a \\a\X) innce fie ^fUx^g^C An Oile.Ain A^uy le tunjin
|\io$ riA liln-OM fioirhe 50 cfio^Ait) n^ Sof Ca : A^uy ^AX)Ay f^in
A 6eAX) A-^ mA^t1X) Oile^\in An P-AfxMg, A^uy ni fof n6 coitin-Aitx
"OO |\inne no 50 f^Ainij; 50 c^xt^if CAtnU\oi'De tn^f a f^Mb An
fi Afcuf -Aguf Inje^n n^ pAUAt:)f^i5 tUitne xxguf ceA^Ut 105
An t)uifo Cfuinn.
inotA-f^ilcijexif tn^ite ^vgtif m6i\-u-Aifle x\n -oun^it) lACirh
inACc\orii-xin-1oUifi, .Agvif fo j^t) An f\i ^5 fiA):|\ui$ Aguf '
-A5 fo6cxMn fce^lA TDe, Aguf innfe^f ITl^CAom-An-1olAi|\ [a]
e^ccfA Ajuf itnteACcA fein 6 tuf 50 •De1t^eA^■6 t)6 Agiif -o'a iio
oi"De, e^-Oon An Ui'oife'Out) wac tlioj PfAinnce ; Agtif bA fO|\-
f AoilceAC 1AT) uile le clof nA fce^xl fin, A^uf -^aC buAit) "OO
|\ii5-fAn ^ontiige fin.
Adz teAnA 5At)Af a deATt a]\ n-A mt>A\\A6 Aguf fAgbAf
lomComAifc beAtA Aguf fl^ince ^5 An |\i$ Aguf An zeA^lAC 116
tnoif-fciAtriAC "DO rhnAib [^guf] -o' injeAnAib, -oo lAoC^ib
Aguf -DO CujAA-OAit), Aguf fAgbAf An cuffAt ^5 An fi$, Aguf
beifeAf A buime ciCe leif, eAX)6n injeAn lAflA CAftAAi5e An
Scuif, Agtif ni liAitfifceAf a n-imteACcA n6 50 iiAngA-OAji 50
•ounAt) Agtif 50 "oeA^-Aixuf Aguf 50 bAile bunAit) |\io$ nA 120
SofCA ; mA|\ A t)f uAif A rriAtAtf Agiif a •Oeitibfiuf foitrie, Aguf
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 195
However a feast and festival was convened by the King
of Scythia for the joy ot everything we have mentioned and
for the resurrection of his children. At the end of a space
after that this is the resolution that Eagle-Boy made — to let
his mother and sister and those who survived of the hosts of
Sorcha, and the children of the king, precede him to Sorcha,
and himself and the Champion of the Island to return for the
daughter of the King of India and for his ship, to the Island
of the Waste. And they all take their leave of the king and
the nobles of Scythia, and their adventures are not related till
they reached the Island of the Waste. And after laying aside
their weariness there, Eagle- Boy sends the ship that the
Knight of Music had, and part of what was in it, with the
Champion of the Island and with the daughter of the King of
India before him to the lands of Sorcha ; and himself takes
leave of the nobles of the Island of the Waste, and no rest or
stay did he make till he reached the castle of Camelot where
were King Arthur and the Girl of the Grey Palfrey and the
household of the Round Table.
The chiefs and nobles of the dwelling give a hearty
welcome to Eagle- Boy, and the king proceeds to ask and
demand news of him, and Eagle- Boy tells his adventures and
progress from beginning to end to him, and to his tutor, that
is the Black Knight son of the King of France ; and right glad
were they all at hearing that story and every victory he had
gained till then.
However he takes his leave on the morrow, and leaves a
farewell of life and health with the king and the lovely house-
hold of women and girls, of warriors and heroes, and leaves the
canoe with the king ; and he takes his foster-mother with him,
namely the daughter of the lord of Carraig an Scuir, and
their adventures are not related till they reached the dwelling
and palace and family steading of the King of Sorcha ; where
196 GACURA rtlACAOir1l-Atl-10tA1R
e^5l^if nv\ c\\^6e \:a n-A CofiMijA, -J.gup "oo toi|\t)|\e^X)A|\ utle
•oo pOgAiti) triiltfe triio-(ixM|\e e. "Oo Ct\uitmi5ex\T)A|\ m^f\ ^n
gce^'onA f 1^111 1 Agtif fxxoite, fe^n6i|\i'6e eAfpo^A •<^5«f
ollAriiAin xNgiif x\oif 5-a6a ex^l^-OtiA 6 6eit|Ae ti-Ai|\'De ua C|Ai6e 125
50 c6in-ileA.\tA\n Aguf tugiMU 5^if\m R105 "^avi 'Pfex\f^t)|\xi t)6
A'oii5pA'OA|\ ca6 tiile Tt' xMte^fC x.\oinpiti n^|\li) lon^nn
|:x\5.\il 1u^ |\io5x^Cc[x^] fin -oo-f.Nn xxguf T)o'n |\i5 a^ a |\^it)
foitrie fin, exx'oon lliT)ife x\n J^TCi"^- Cio'6cf^Cc ttl5-fx^n 130
cLv\nn RiT)ife An ^Aifcit) 611156 A-^uy tug fOfbA ^\5Uf
fine^6^f 'oCit), -<^5tlf tug inge^n ^A^lA CA^\\A^^e An Scuifi
inA.\f rhn^\oi -oo 'n mAc t)U"6 fine *do 'n Cloinn fin.
A6c Ce-An^A "oo X)^ An fi 65 fin ^gtif m^Mte xx^tif m6f\-
iiAifle cf iCe n^ Sof C^x ^^5 cxMtexMti fleit)e A^uy f^-AfCxx -Agtjf 135
^5 -oex-NnAiri bxMnnfe 1 fiiojA^c nA Sof6A A^uy 1 fCi-tije^fn-Af
x\n fiog 50 ce^nn miof a ; x^5t1f e^fpo^AN, f^oiCe A^uy ffuite
nA So\\6a a^ munAt) Agtif x^5 tnoif-ceA5x\fc tTlACx^Oln^-x^n-
loUAifi tnn 5^6 nitb bwO t)iof xxguf but) "61156 'oo pig A5tif "Oo
tige^fnA -DO "oeANnAtri ff if An \\e fin ; A^uy "oo bi fe fein ^5 uo
fcitifAt) A5iif A5 foll<Mrinu5A'0 tfiCe nA So\\6a X)o |\eif
ceA5Aifc CAic Aif fe fe^t) a fe A5tif [a] Aimfife 6 fin AtnAt.
A5tif fU5 inge^n fiog n<\ liln-oiA cU\nn rh6f rtiAit
rhACAncA rhAifeAt "oo 'n fig 65 fin, A5tif bA tiiAt) bA tioi5fit)e
•oifle •oionsrhAlA Aif fein A5tif Af An rSoytA 50 coitCe^nn 145
6 fin AtriAt 1 n-'oiAi'O a t)Aif .
5ufAt) 1 fin e^CcfA A5Uf imcev\6cA IDACAoitfi-An-lolAif,
A5iif feilleRi'Dife An 5'Airci"^ ■^^f ^^ •OeAfbfACAif fein, 5onui5e
fin.
THE STORY OF EAGLE-BOY 197
he found his mother and his sister before him, and the church
of the country awaiting him, and they all gave him sweet and
friendly kisses. Likewise the clerks and scholars, seniors,
bishops and learned men and people of every kind of know-
ledge from the four quarters of the country far and wide were
collected and gave him the name of King Without Opposition.
They all said with the speech of one man that his getting
that kingdom was not the same as the king's whom they had
before, that is, the Knight of Prowess. However, he brought
the children of the Knight of Prowess to him, and gave them
land and inheritance, and gave the daughter of the Lord of the
Carraig an Scuir as a wife to the eldest of those children.
However, the young king and the chiefs and nobles of the
land of Sorcha were consuming feast and festival, and making
the wedding-feast in the Kingdom of Sorcha and in the lord-
ship of the king to the end of a month ; and the bishops,
sages, and clerks of Sorcha were instructing and teaching
Eagle- Boy in everything that was meet and lawful for a king
and a lord to do during that time ; and he was steering and
governing the land of Sorcha according to the teaching he had
of them all, for his whole life and time thenceforward.
And the daughter of the King of India bore a large, good,
fine, beautiful family to that young king, and they were faith-
ful, fitting heirs to himself and to Sorcha in general thencefor-
ward, after his death.
So that those are the adventures and progress of Eagle-
Boy, and the treachery which the Knight of Prowess wrought
on his own brother, down to that.
[Note — By an oversight not detected till too late, an unfortunate lapsus
calami, ceAtiA for ceAn<?k, has been allowed to stand uncorrected in two or three
places. On p. io6, line 239, for ftiAll read fUAitl, and alter the corresponding
translation to •' there all but came symptoms . . . to the queen." On p, 128,
line 168, for ax; read a^i ; line 172, read UAfAt ajuj^ A.px>-■plA^i ; line 178 read
-fciAtriAc]. • A i^
VOCABULARY
>f words occurring in the foregoing tales not contained in Dinneen's Irish
Dictionary, or having meanings different from those there given.
Acuill, an eagle (Latin aquila).
AjtiAim, to challenge, plead. -
Ai-otTiitleA-o, destruction, ruin.
AijeAt), punishment.
AigneA-o, see Dinneen, s.v. Aisne.
AiljeAn, soft.
^AitteASATi, a plaything, jewel.
-Aimt^ix), barren.
-Ainb|teAC, an unjust sentence.
-Ai|fD-ceATinAc, high-headed.
^itix)-eAccttA, a high or lofty adven-
ture.
^it\-o-eA5lAif,a high church, cathedral.
4i|i-o-leAf U5A-6, lofty education.
^i1iTJ-leAfui?;im, to educate loftily.
^i|A-o-tTieA|iu5AT), high confusion.
-AijAm-jeAjitiA-o, arm [wenpon]-loppiug.
-iftiUfi-o, a veteran.
AifCBAti, labour, trouble.
AicceAX), begging.
■AiteAfC, an answer ; in Eagle-Boy
(Chap. IV, beginning) a gift.
-All ; peAcc n-A, on another occasion.
-AllAn, pains (?).
AllAn, wildness.
AllcAC, strange.
Almf a', see Dinneen s.v. Almf Ain.
Alc-CAom, with fair joints.
AmAf, in prepositional phrase a|i ArriAf
" towards."
AmulcAc, beardless.
Annf A ( = Annf AcC.Dlnneen) a darling.
x3kOir»-beAl. one mouth.
Aoin-lei5eAf, one healing.
Aoin-meinn, one mind.
*\on-t)uille, a single stroke.
<3kon-cotTiAinle, one counsel.
•Aon-jt^AX), an only love.
Aon-TTiAC, an only son.
Aon-mACAOtri, an only child.
■AoncumA-6, marriageable.
Aon-UAij, one common grave.
x3kon-u|tcAit, one shot,
xif bOf, an arbour.
Att-o-ctiAnn, a lofty mast.
-<5|fo-Aip|ieAnn, High Mass.
AjimAp, arms [weapons].
Ajioile, one another, the other
[AjiAile].
.AcAiX), a while.
.AccumAX), confusing.
t)Aill-5eAl, white limbed.
bAin-tijeAjinA, a lady.
t)AnAif, a wedding feast.
bAti-OAlA, women.
bAncttAcc, female company, harim,
bAtiuJAT), act of whitening.
t)A|ttt-cviit)eAf AC, neat-topped.
bAtit^-jeAl, white-topped.
t)Af ctiAfin, a knocker (of a door).
t)eA5-bui-6eAn, a small troop.
t)eAl-co|tcttA, purple-mouthed, red-
lipped.
beAl-pAobjiAc, edge-mouthed. "^
beAlfCAlAn, a booth (in M'Gorman's
MS. always bcAlfCACAn).
beAnsAriAC, branching,
be Ann AC, gabled.
beAtin-cofiti, crooked topped.
beil-if eAl, low mouthed,
beo-f CAtA-6, active pruning,
beo tonnAc, having living waves.
binn-JAbAil, melodiously rendering,
throwing out.
biot-bo|ib, ever rough, violent.
biot-5A|ib, ever rough.
biot-ut'lAtri, ever quick.
blAC-b|iA5Aix)eAC, having a smooth
neck.
blAt-ui|i, the smooth sod.
bo-ob, Bodhbh, the war-goddess.
botib-btii At Aji, a rough word.
bt^Aijijim, I make captive.
btiACATTiAil, doom-like, destructive.
b|teAC-fviinneo5A6, with variegated
windows.
bjieAr, a struggle, effort,
bfeit), a sail.
btiiAtAn-dti"i"", exactly worded.
200
VOCABULARY
buAX)AiTiAit, victorioTis-like.
t)UA-D-cofCAi|tc, victory, triumph,
buAiTi-tioT)lAicteAc [p. <^0]. blow-
giving.
t)vjAin-tiox)lAicteA6 [p. 178]. ever giv-
ing, ever bountiful,
buAti-fCAOileAX), long scattering,
buAnwJAT), act of lengthening.
buin-jeAnmntji-oe, of modest founda-
tion.
buin-leACAn, broad based.
buriAX), origin ; btioix» buriAix), capti-
vity outright.
bun-|iATriA|i, broad, thick based.
CAim-in^neAC, of crooked nails.
CAi|ix)ionAlr:A, belonging to a Car-
dinal.
CAriAT), act of singing, sounding.
CAntiAc, handsome.
CAoitTi-injeAn, a fair girl,
CAOTTi-AtAinr), fair and beautiful,
CAOTii-c|itjtAc, beautiful-formed,
CaotVi-Ia, a fair, beautiful day.
CAfA-oitAT), friendship, amity.
CAf, a cause. riAfi CAf teip, he did
not murmur at.
CAtA|AX)A, civil, CAt c, civil war.*
CeAccAti-OA, each of two,, both,
CeAnn-AtAinr), with beautiful head.
CeAnn-c|tUAix), hard-headed.
CeAnn-JA|ib, rough-headed,
CeAnn-triutlAC, the top of the head,
CeAjic-AJAi'o, the " very face," 1 n-A c.
right against him.
CeAtic-bAttAC, straight-limbed,
CeAtAii-uilleAtiriAc, having four
corners.
CiTin-beA5, with small head.
Cinn-pionn, white-headed.
Cioc-b|tAonnAc, shower-dewy,
CliAC, a battle.
CtifmioiinAX), , , , ?
Cloc-blAir, smooth-stoned.
Cloc-buA-oAc, jewelled.
CltiAip-beA5, with little ears.
Clumuijim, I prune (feathers).
CneAf-Aluinn, of beautiful skin.
Cneip-5eA|ittA-6, skin cutting.
CnuAf, nuts.
CnuAf AC, treasure.
Co5«f, a concavity,
CoigeA-OAl, melody, music.
Coi5itt, a thought, secret.
Coil5-"6i|ieAC, straight bladed
Coinp-cioc, curved breast.
Coip-eAT)cnom, light-footed.
ConiAiT), partnership.
CorricoftriAil, similar.
Compof AX), a truce.
ConijluAiiieAcc, united brightness.
CotrirholAX), act of congratulation.
Corivn-AoinpeAcc, all at one time
together,
ConAc, "so that not" ( = 5onAc),
CoriAij, successful (^see Diuueen, s.v.,
conA-oAc),
ConnAiT)e, crafty.
Co|t-|i-iiiiol,r65, a gnat,
C-pAnnoj;, a mast.
CiiAOf-pofluijte, open -throated, gap-
ing.
C|iob-neAnctriA|t, strong handed.
Ctio-pAijifirij, wide-socketed.
Ciiom-ceAnriAc, crooked-headed.
CtitiAX)-cAfCA, roughly intermingled.
C|itiA-6-corTittAC, a rough battle.
CjiUA-o-cjiotAim, I roughly shake.
CiiuA-6-cviib|ii5ce, in hai-d slavery.
Ci^uATO-ninneAC, with hard point.
C|iuinn-fMublAc, straightly, accurately
walking.
Ciuic-t;|tAnriA, of tigly shape.
CuAjiruJA-o, act of visiting,
Cu-ocjiomAijim, I bias, gravitate.
Cuipp-peAn5, of slender body.
Cul-^ATTiA^i, broad backed, thick
backed,
CuplAO-oAc. provided Avith a cupola.
"DAin^ne, firmness [see Dinneen, s. v.,
■DAinjjneAcc).
"OAt-AlAinn, of beautiful colour,
■OeAJ-Apuf, a good house, palace.
"OeAJ bAile, a good town, steading,
"OeAJ-cnoi-oe, generosity.
'DeAJ-'oeAnmnAC, well-made,
"OeAJ-i^uAJAil, good sewing.
"OeAJ-pvilAtij. good i)atience,
"OeAJ-iniA-o, good and new, fresh (as
e])ithet for an eye).
"OeAj-UAlAc, a good load.
"OeAnb-coTiroAlcA, a foster-brother.
•OeApj-lAftiAC, red flaming.
*OeA|uiiAi|i, excessive,
"Oei-oeAC, submissive,
"Oeif-ipeAc, hasty. Also different (?).
"Oeis-leiseAnn, learning.
* This sense, liowever, will not suit the context of Eagle-Boy, x, 16. The
word here is perhai)8 from caca|i, "strong " (?). See Meyer Contributions .s,v.
VOCABULARY,
201
"Oeij-leim, a good leap.
"Oeij-tTieiTieAriiAit, graceful.
■Oei|ib-fiuti, a sister.
'DiAn--oAf ACCAC, vehement.
"OiAf-pATjA, long-poiiited, furious.
"OiojftAf, difference.
"Oiojt^Aif, excellent.
■OiolAitfiiviJAT), act of destroying
utterly.
"OionstTiAlA, an equal, match (pro-
perly genitive of X)ion5niAil, which
see in Dinneen).
X)io|i, meet, right, proper.
"OiopcAji-flviAJ, rabble.
"Oioc-toclAi-oe, which cannot be dug
down,
"Oijieimte, innumerable.
*Olut-5tAn, close and clear.
"OobAiji-neAlt, an obscure cloud.
*Oo-eolAif, hard to know (properly
gen. of -oo-eolAf, difficult know-
ledge).
"Oo-pAfcuijce, unrestrained.
"Oo-futAnj, insufferable.
"Ooi-pjieAfCAtrA, destructive.
"Ooijiji, flame.
"Donn-btiAonAc, brown-dropped.
"OiieAc-jeAt, of white countenance
"D^eAc-f olAf, of bright face.
■DjtitlineAc, sparkling.
"Ofioc-fmuAineAT), an evil thought.
"Oiioc-tubAifceAc, unlucky.
'0|ioic-t)»A-6AC, ill-nurtured.
"Diioic-biieir, an evil fate, doom.
■Dfoic-inneAtt, bad equipment.
'Otioic-innfcne, evil talk.
"Dtioic-iTieifneAc, want of courage.
X)\\vczmA\\, dewy.
*0|iuin, embroidery.
"OuileAt, elemental.
•OtiriAX), a camp, dwelling.
eA-oA|it)uif eAc, lofty, whirling aloft.
eA-oAfifCAinim, I separate, divide.
^AjcAoineA-o, act of lamenting.
6A5cofc, appearance.
eimeA-o, a cry, call.
eineAiiiAit, bird-like.
eocA|t-5Ai|inieAc, with noisy border.
^ACCAin, act of asking. [pAcc.
])inneen].
■pAtAbjiAi-o, a palfrey.
j:AtcriiA|i, flood-like.
^AttfiAc, a palfrey ( = pAlAt)|iAi-6).
■peA-oJAiti, whistling.
peA-om-tAiToiti, serviceably strong.
peAjtriAf . 1 by., not counting.
i?eA|t-tionriiA|i, full of grass.
■peA|i-TiuACA|i, a husband, spouse.
peA-fi-ostAC, a warrior.
•peitli«5A-6,actof doing treacherously.
^61 1, a calm.
•peol-fCAOileA-o, flesh-cutting.
■piAnn-copcAU, a warrior-battue,
■pionboc, a booth.
pionnf AX), hair ; used of human hair
(contrary to Dinneen, s.v., pionn-
AX)).
•pioH-Aix>beil, truly vast.
p'oti-bjiAonAc, truly dropping.
-pioii-tAi-oiii, truly strong.
p'ofi-lAoccA, truly heroic
j:i|t-eolAc, very learned.
■pi'ti-jeAmriAc, truly gemmed,
pi'ti-pluic, truly wet.
piji-jeAt, truly white.
p'ti-neimneAC, very venomous, sore,
painful.
•piH-teA5Af c, true teaching, directing.
■pi|i, a sage.
■plAnn-tttiAX), sanguinary red.
■p6x)-5lAf , green sodded,
poiit--6eA]ifcnA, very polished.
■pollvtf-slAn, brightly clear.
|:otrio|i, poriiotiAC, a pii-ate.
■poficjiAix), rising.
■potipAoilceAC, right glad [at seeing a
friend],
■poll, upon.
popAC, washing,
pofCAitc, act of opening.
■ptiCAfAbttA, opposition.
Pfii, against, towards,
■ppiitib. 1 bp. nAfio|tmAmeince, " in
the expanse of the Armament "
(I.T.S.. vol. I).
■puAtiAdAti, watchful,
■puinnim, to stop, rest, set [sun].
5ACA troif eAC, straight, directly.
SAifib-beimeAnriAc, rough smiting.
5AitieAccAc, laughing.
gAlAfin, an enemy.
g'eAti-CAOineAT), sharp wailing.
SeAji-coiTiseAllAC, of sharp condition.
geAH-compATiAC, a sharp [steadfast]
companion.
5ein, long ; An 5., while.
geitieAiiAicA, general.
5eitt-eolAC, sharp-knowing.
5eitt-eolAf, sharp knowledge.
j;i«fCAireAC, a justice.
202
VOCABULARY.
glAc-ivM-Din, of stronjr grasp.
5tAn-A5<.\iT), a fair face.
5lAti-AiH5eA-o, clear silver.
5lAn-Al<Mnn, clear and beautiful.
5lAn-loinneAtix)A, clear and glorious.
5lAn-|iAc, clear, good fortune.
J^lAn-folApcA, clearly radiant.
griACAr, experience, custom.
5neA-5tiAtinA, horrible sha])ed.
gniorriAcrAC, active.
gniorii-AUX), of lofty deeds.
gnuif-AlAinn, of fair face.
5tiuir-x)eA]i3, re<l faced.
^nuif-jeAL, white faced.
5ob-cAol, narrow mouthed.
5o|iTn-f uinneojAC, blue windowed.
g-fiAf A, favour {see Dinneen, s.v. 5PAf ).
glieADAc, irritating.
5tieApAcc, inciting; barking (of dogs).
5tiiTinli jim, I take care of, tend (?).
5fOi"o-beimeAnnAc, swiftly smiting.
5|iuAT)-coiictiA, ruddy cheeked.
5uAlAi|te, shoulder piece.
Suc-binn^ of tuneful voice.
lAHAnn-JAtib, rough as iron.
lApcAin, afterwards.
lAfc-ion^AtiCAc, wonderful with fish,
ll-JlieAf , all manner of trappings (of
embroidery, Dinneen).
Im-oeAJAil, protection, guarding.
ItTTOibe, cut, act of cutting.
ImilL-teACAn, broad bordered.
Inceile, marriageable
InjeAu-cpuinn, having round hoofs.
Imp, distress, misery.
1n-|ii, fit to be a king.
lotApAn, an eaglet.
1ol-btiAix), many a victory.
1oI-co5aiii, all kinds of help.
lol-tuAc, every territory.
lomAll-blAit, smooth-bordered.
1om-blAic, very fair.
lomcomAipc, a farewell.
lompAlAc, having protection all roimd.
lomjjiAf A, manifold favour, grace.
lomtAriAX), completion.
loncomoprAf, comparable,
loncumje, marriageal)le.
lonnup, in order that,
lonnuf, mode, manner.
lonclAp, ingenious.
lubpAc, a wooden vessel.
Iacc (?= luce). A family (O'Reilly).
tAin-rheAnmA, cheerfulness.
tAn-AixibpeAC, fully huge.
tAti-coppAc, fully unstable,
tAU-pojlunicA, fully learned
tAn-tAi-oin, full-strong.
tAn-poillpe, full light.
tAn-CApAi-6, fully dexterous,
tAoi-oeAX), act of praising in -^ong,
LcAT), act of beating,
teA-OApcAC, mangling.
teAtn^liom.
teAtAn-tijeApriAf, broad lordship.
Leip-tion6lcA, closely assembled.
LiAc-TTionjAc, grey-haired.
Lij-jeAt, white complexioned.
tioj, handsome, becoming.
toinneACAf, joy, gladness,
toinnim, I flame up.
topj, trace, track ; i I. a cinn, head
first.
topgAipeAccAn, a track.
tuAit-peAp5Aim, to be hastily enraged,
fly into a passion,
tuAc-cu, a swift dog.
tviAc-lonnuijim, to get into a vehe-
ment passion.
tu^A, smaller.
Luib, a kind of game.
-m-, infixed pronoun 1st person singu-
lar ; po-m-teA^Apc, " taught me."
rriAijneAp, a field.
rriAi-oim, I break ; m. a|i, I break [a
battle] upon, defeat.
triAitje, eyelid.
rriAipeAT), verily, in truth.
triAll-popcAc, with modest eye.
triAot-Aimf eAp, " tender time," youth.
triAot-fpoi, fine silk.
tneAX)Ap, merry, delightful.
tneAX)Ap-cAOin, festive.
rneACAcc, weakness.
Tneip-leAbAip, pliant-fingered.
tneifceAC, drunken.
ini-AijneATTi, depression.
inf-tiieAnmA, downheartedness.
tnitv6eAnmAi"6e, of fine materials.
tnin-peACAinc, closely examining.
mio-lAbAipc, evil-speaking.
tnio-lAOcCAcr, cowardice.
mion-blAite, gentle smoothness.
mionn-pAnnpuJAX), act of searching
closely.
tnoip-bpipim, I greatly break, win
(battle),
moip-eA-oAil, great plunder.
moip-eolAc, very learned.
m6ip-eAfbAi-6, a great loss.
moip-peAll, great treachery.
VOCABULARY.
203
m6iti-peAtiSAim, I become {xreatly
enraged.
m6ift-TTiio|tbAil, a great miracle.
tn6iji-fci<Mii^c, great and lovely.
tnoiji-ceAJixxc, a great household.
tlloiti-reAfCAX), greatly hacked.
tn6i|t-ceicex\rri, great flight.
tn6tt-A"6t)At, huge.
fnoti-Ai-obeil, immense.
in6ft-Ai5ne, intellect.
tT>6|i-AnpAX)<\c, very stormy.
tYl6|i-cAi|i-oeATT)Ail, very friendly.
tn6tt-coTTi|iAC, a great battle.
tn6|i-pAitci5im, to greatly welcome
(jioitTi, of person welcomed).
mott-triAiteAf, Aveal, goodness.
m6n-tuifife, great sorrow.
tYl6|i-u<if aI, highly noble.
IDuilceAf, mulct, revenge.
tTluijii-6e, marine.
riAotri-tAlAtii, the vSacred Land
(Heaven).
neAtii-AiiiiAccAc, impotent.
tleAm-tAttriAncA, unearthly.
neitri-cinnce, ungrudging. "
t1eiTri-ioncom6|iCAf, incomparable.
t1eitTi-rhei|tbce, umveakened, unremit-
ting.
t1uAT)-cuin5, a new yoke.
11«Ai-t)-iniirinc, newly telling.
n«Atl-5Ai|i, outcry.
OcAn, alas ! Used in a poetical pas-
sage as a substantive, ''sorrow."
0$-lAr)ATriAin, a young couple.
Oiti-ciUTTipAc, gold hemmed.
OmifeAm, act of stopping.
6|i--6ui|in, golden-hilted Q'fM. of 6p-
Tjopti, a golden hilt).
6\\-yotvAC, golden-haired.
Op-fnAtAC, golden -threaded.
PtteAfAncA, a present.
Pfitii-6eAniipo|tc, a chief man.
PHim-peAfCA, a chief feast.
Ptiiotfi-cotiiAitileAc, a chief counsel-
lor.
Ptiiom-LAOc, a chief warrior, cham-
pion.
PtionriAT), act of consuming.
JlAfin, bright.
Uac, a contract.
UeAniA|t-5At, a thick javelin.
tlei-oeAX), act of reconciling.
tli's-mileAX), a royal hero.
UiojjAn, a queen.
flio5-cui|ic, a royal court.
Rios-jIac, a royal hand, royal grasp.
nionn-jlAn, very clear.
•ri6-Ainb]:eAf AC, very ignorant.
no-Atiti^ccAc, very powerful.
R6-■&tA^\\, a grandfather.
n6-c|iUA-D, very severe,
tloicim, I reach ; |\oicix) teif mo
cofriAtii, he can helj) me.
noi-|iei-6, quite finishe*!.
noifc-leACAr), with wide eyes, large
eyes.
Uo-tTiAifeAc, very beautiful.
Ro-nAitt, a great shame.
SAit, guardianship.
SAimeAc, pleasurable.
SAob-«Aine, a foolish union.
SAH-btiA-oAc, very victorious.
SA|i-cAtTitA, very bent.
Saji-cotjIat), a great sleep.
SA|t-piAX)Ac, a great hunting.
SA|i-iuAr, very swift
ScAic, the finest of the flax (O'lleilly).
SCApAC, squandering, ungrudging. _j
SciomAlcAcc, neatness,
ScuAb-leAbAiji, pliant tailed,
Sein^-tieAfhAfi, slender,
SeAiib-jLAti, rough and clear.
SeAjib-jlAf, bitter and green.
SeAfAim, I stand.
SeAfCAti, a hunter's cry.
SirufceAji, a window.
Si05AiT)eAcr, uncanniness, goblin
nature.
Sioti-A"6bAl, ever immense.
Sioti-AiT)beil, long and rapid.
S^o|i-.5AbAit, ever rendering [psalms].
Sioti-Jt^AX), lasting affection.
Siot-FA-OA, very long.
Siti-x)eoifi-FeAt<CAin, long raining of
tears.
Sit-bionn-jiA-o, the act of continuously
saying tuneful things.
SiteA-6, a bending.
SireAt, a bowl.
Sit-jteAf, long preparing, fashioning.
Sit-jni-oeAcc, doing lasting deeds.
Sit-|ii5itn, ever tough.
SlAin-ctieACCAc, with wounds healed.
Stiof-blAit, smooth sided.
SluAJ-tTiAttbA-o, host-slaying.
SmAil-ireAl, insignificant.
204
VOCABULARY.
SmiojiAgAn, "little man"' (term of
affection to a child).
SriAit-jeAl, white threaded.
So-AijeAncA, of good intellect.
So-t)|i6nAc, pleased.
Soice, 50 f, until.
Soi-irieAnmnAC, high s])irited.
SoIat), profit.
So-lAtiiAC, very dexterous.
SotAf-cAOirii, bright and fair.
So-riAin, noble.
Sp|iuilteAC, fragmentary ci-umbs,
leavings.
Snuic-tiontTiA-ti, full flooded
SceAt), a steed. In Dinneen m. i>ut
here treated as /.
ScuAi-6leAp5, an arched ex]>ause.
Sup. a search, enquiry.
Ca-oaII, act of visiting.
UApAb-oA (cApbT)A) bull-Iikc.
Ceinnui-oe, fiery.
CinceAC, a scabbard. A\- a tincij
bo-obA, (compare intcch Bodba in
Tain Bo Cuaibige and Cath Rviis
na Righ).
CionncAipe, a requisite.
Cipim-glAn, dry and pure.
Ciuj-f obAipc, thick onset.
CocAiteAm,act of spending.
Coin^im, I swear.
CojtcpA. act of slaying.
CpeAbAp-topcAC, strong and fruitful.
CpeAn-bAulAC, a strong, powerful
vagabond,
CpeAn-triAttAccAC, strongly accursed.
CpeAn-cojcA, strongly exalted.
CpeAf, a thirst.
CpeAf-triApcAi-oeAct:, strong riding.
CpeAUAn, the stormy sea ; hence " an
onrush" (compare Tain Bo Cuailnge
ed. Windisch, p. 490).
CpiAtTiuineAc, sorrowful.
Upic-iompuAT), nickering around red.
Cpi-peApf AriAC, having three persons.
CpiteAir)-p«A-6, flickering red.
Cpoim-'oio^AlrAc, heavily vindictive.
Cpoim-neiTTieAlA, heavy sorroAv.
Cuillim, to fit, find room.
CuipnnJe, a servant.
Cui-bopb, sudden and rough.
Cup. a tower.
CupjriATri, pre])aration,
llbAill-meAll, an "apple-knoh,"
mace head.
Ucc-leACAn, broad breasted.
tli]t-cimceAVt, 1 n-A u., all around him.
Up, an edge,
tip-bponn, the very breast, middle of
breast.
llp-pAippifi5. very wide.
APPENDIX.
iCiuing ths originul readings of the McGorman MS. in the principal places
where these have been departed from).
eACctiA AH rhA'OfiA ttu\oii.
I. 2 te King Ajicun [always]; 2, ANTnb)tof ; 3 ttiaj ; 5 f irp6i-oe ;
6 triuincitt; 8 gnioriieAccAC ■; 10 ciao-oacc, bscS-oAcc ; 15 l-[i.e., vel} no
oiiipi"oe; 16 f uigeAX) i -oo f|iiAnAx) An cpeilj ; 17 ■ooijipeAJAib ; 18 pApAi-o;
20 coiltd CAOitiie; 23 tAittiCACA; 25 A|tiATn [always]; 26-29 te [for |ie]
throughout; 29 bpeAttbpiA-OAc, tijCAn ; 31 bA-OAH [always], neoil ;
32 AiTiA'OA|i ; 34 co-otACA ; 35 finn ; 36 AnA'DAjiCA; 42, 44 neijijeAX) ;
44-45 Aije comofA-o ; 48 coittce ;49 beAtfSACAin [always]; 50 -fAobfiAc,
fSeAnA ; 51 t'inn, 53 bAi|i|i, 57 -oeocA ; 62 jeAlcneAf a ; 65 cAnjAc ;
66 tuijiij ; 67 liAf at) ; 71 ctoi-oiotri ; 91 ccleit, AnuAiji te ; 94 niu|i ;
95 io|i5«tA ; 100 triAC. pjiAnc ; 105 Tjib^iice; 106 ci'ofteAC, cctoi-omte ;
108 cftoit t^e CACA ; 110 Ainigix) ; 113 ccopA ; 120 cftiocA ; 123 fmn ;
126 -ooAiume ; 127 su^i ; 129 no mACAm ; 132 -ooitve ; 136 -oun : 151 -oit
jtiAiT) ; 153 |io"DiAn locAin ; 155 -orujtAf a Viahhi i heiT)eA-6 ; 161 e ;
167 -oeAnAiT) ; 177 tTlAJ ; 178 Cojcbup; 182 benrjAnAc ; 188 tioine ;
211 uAt 1 nA AonAjt ; 217 infijeAf; 221 •oitceAnnuJAX) ; 224 hionc
coTri|iAC ; 227 CT)potA, bpAicteAfA ; 233 6t ; 234 noccAi-o ; 237 eAfccA|iAi-o ;
240 5Aifcix)e ; 251 niAi-one mAptAC ; 254 n-oigeotAm ; 255 pitteA-oA|i,
■oiieime [written thnime] ; 261 fosriieAnmnAch ; 279 fUAicnij piubtAC ;
280 A JAOC ; 284 -oitionnA ; 288 cttiocA ; 289 -Ai-obte ; 290 mbtAt miot.
II. 2 noix)ce [written Oce], fiAe ; 4 it) conAttc ; 10 JAinirii-oe ; 20 tAn-
tiiAipeAc, p5AinAiT)ib ; 32 ctoip ; 33 piteA-6 ; 34 cime ; 48 pAgb pe ;
49 ceiceA-6 ; 50 puicpeA-opA; 60 ujitom Ai5e ; 76 cpAoiteA-6 ; 86 -oiiAoi-oeAcc ;
91 teopT)otcAin bi-oe ; 96 huAtricA (but huAitiA elsewhere) ; 101 biAt) ;
lOo -ooitis ; 111 teipci, cjioiteAp ; 115 Abtc ; 116 eijin ; 117 pocteim ;
119 ceAt ; 127 uAmuin ; 131 AbtAC ; 141 pippe.
III. 6 AbtAc ; 7 mbAnccioc toip^e ; 9 -opAoiJAccA ; 10 -oAchAi-o ;
13 npiACA ; 23 x)pAi5beAX)A|i.
IV. 16 im5i-6pi ; 20 Aptjoij pmn ; 21 puijteACACipA muij i bjiAcc
■opAOijeACC ; 24 bei-om ; 34 coiripAC ; 39 Anoitt ; 53 bpjticins.
V. 8 Ci|i ; 13 compAin ; 30 -cpocA; 33 Aige x)AtrA ; 40 AT^oijpib ;
43 oi5tii"6ib ; 44 50 mpcApn 5 ^^ ^o'St^iS'^ ! 49 A15 ; 54 -oo biA-6 te nA mAC
pein no te 5AC ; 60, etc. 5iteu5 ; 75 -rriAipeAC ; 75 ccutAijeACA ;
86 tA ; 88 p|iAnc; 93 pijte ; 94 bpt^Aince ; 95 tAnpotuip; 100 5 ccon
nAtcA ; 101 pAJA; 100 oipbeAttc ; 111 a ninniA; 116 tionpjjAnAitJmAp ;
122 -oeASCAome AnuipeApbhuijte ; 134 eotJAc ; 140 meApccAjiAi-o ;
141 pu^icAcc ; 142 -oeipji-o ; 144 oiticiop; 145 rjiocJAitc ; 146 ruj;Am ;
153 bA-OAp ; 154 popptAX) ; 166 hoimj 1 t>o CvMp-oe. 1 mnip ; 170 imjix) ;
186 1 CAinig ; 188 poipcim ; 193 piceA-6 ; 196 ptoijce ; 211 tAije ;
219 pjjeAtA ; 220 beApuinn -oibpi ; 224 xjoi^che.
VI. 29 bpiopAmpi ; 30 pAcpA ; 36 cpeAxi pAp ; 43 oi-opecc ; 50 eipinn ;
61 beATccpocAc ; 65 pAinic foime ; 74 mAc Apu\m ; 78 a nupcAip, btAJA ;
89 bAitt.
206 APPENDIX.
VII. 3, 10 1AX) ; 26 jAfjuinne ; 32 iroeAn^Mii ; 33 t)Ainip X)A j.
40 VlUATTlCA.
VIII. 4 maeAriArri ; 15 50 crAinroe ; 18 ViAicpifceAX).
IX. 2 ltiin5, ccf AC ; 9 fjcAlA ; 15 ciajait) ; 18 Ati^oleApcA ; 21 AtnocA ;
40 X)obeA|tA ; 44 fnAX)mA-6.
X. 1 jMicce ; 2 i-o cotiAjic ; 6 poj; ; 24 iriAfi ; 27 -JAjiftA ; 30, 32 ; lom-
noccAi-o.
XL 21. neoit.
gaCuua rhACAOitli-An-iolAiti.
I. 23 fi|i-piift ; 28 nocA ; 29 bpofAOif ib ; 31 •oitjteAbAc ; 37 <xopA5Ail
(so frequently) ; 38 x)]iAn [for -611x11115] ; ^^ meAtiAX) ; 47n5oiL; 49 grtim-
eACCAC ; 56 voctiAi-oeAcc ; 57 c^ieAtt ; 90 SjitiAtir ; 92 bnACAtrilA
b. -tio-6tAicceACA 5. -eolACA ; 93 jcteAf a ; 95 ^iojacca ; 103 cIajiia ;
105 -tAoccAc; 106 loncomojtCAp |ie coctTiA|ic ; 125 -triAiteAf; 131 nunjA
fiAict'ij 1 riA-oriAicte ; 14;» a niocorriA|icA ; 175 no cAbAijic ; 181 llo v^illi-o ;
184 cAi|i-oe ; 185 f 0CA15 ; 189 nT)iA|itnAix)ib ; 195 fciomlcACA fiublA^A
f AjiluACA ; 197 fgoimiolrACA ; 201 iriAllTOA; 212 meA-onA; 22') polAib ;
230 fjAjiAX) on cije nolA ; 24S foiticim ; 261 eAjnAtfiA ; 297 j;nAinli05,
II. 11 AmocoeAJAiL ; 17 fjuifieAX); 23 popluicte ; 37 f ujiAlArii ;
43 biot)bA; 55 cjiuto ; 60 -onuine ; 75 lonjioi^; 82 nAomcAltriAncA ;
84 jeobAf ; 87 -ooca, niic: 101 |niAi|tc fAOf, 103 to|iC]iA ; 113 AT)bA|i (/or
a|a) ; 114 AttAm oil; 121 boccA ; 128 oileAT)|ioin ; 141 -jlACAib ;
143 mcAlA c« -oo luj; 149 uijiCAf bA ; 153 miof a ; 157 coiriii-oteAC ;
160hAti"ouj; 170 -oiotiuix) ; 176AtTiLA5; 182 pAsbA'u ; 186 CAlmunA, peu|t ;
188 eAT)V)|ibuAifioc An Aet)eoi|i ; 189 a neAjiCA ; 189, 191 a (for A5);
198 cuipmice ; 201miofA; 203 feitriite p 05|iat) ; 207 nALumn niolcttocAC ;
210 niomblAic mbAillscAl mbuinjieAiriuti ; 225 bpACAix) An a cuill;
227 {as 187); 229 ctiAjAc ; 250 tosbup. cujup ; 252 cAipbeAnAp
■DA-opAinr . . . -ooi-oeAlbtA ; 254 ccujAp; 255 tojtiAp ; 256 leigip An
mAC ; 259 AJAcpA ; 262 -oo beApAX) ; 281 ca nA cpobuib ; 292 cu^ Ap ccup ;
296-7 ^lAnmAOiT) Ap n^nvnpib ; 297-8 50 cci.
III. 2 miopA ; 12 CMir ; 13 poij ; 19 coipci ; 21 lulrriAp ; 24 coniAiple ;
.30 te ; 36 -oaca, puAtrhuil; 41 A5 eipceAcc pip nA b. — b. pin An pis;
47 lomASAtliTiA cAince ; 48 bpuj ; 56 cocpix) : 74 -OAlAp ; 105 -oeipc;
122 lAOi-oe.
IV. 1 lAibeopAm ; 4 ScX)Abi ; 5 cinj A.\pcup .... mic U^t^Aipe mic p ;
12 CAppcAnA ; 15Aip'o; 20 nAOi-oeAn nAtuinn niolcpocAc ; 21 binn bpuic ;
29 n-oeAnATTi ; 49-50 An ttiasa Amuj ; 53 ^up ; 63 An pi^ ; 64 mbun-lcAtnA
mbAppcAol ; 72 5ceAp-oA ; 75 -ppAinc; 76 gpcAj ; 99 t)o chinj A.; 104
il-ocAlbAiT) ; 107 nA inbpiACAp ; 109 cmnCApAC ; 111 cpuAivpi^ne ; 116
bpicpolA, pinipcpib ; 119 bpupupA ; 120 irmJeAJlA ; 141 Aije ; 142 T)eitb
{bis); 143uAill; 147 vo beAppA ; 151 nAonicAlmAn, X)eAnpA ; 152 pAi-ole ;
156 CU1T1A, 5PA-6 ; 159 hmnsill ; 161 An^pA-oAib ; 163 Abi-oi^e Aije -) ;
168 cAitpeACA ; 170 -Ai^trieile ; 194 piop pgeut; 195 Alcpomup, mbAill-j ;
205 -oo nim; 206 beAg.
APPENDIX. 207
V. 1 xXn cuIaix) ; 2 An t^ij ; 4 -mAfiCAiseAcc, tticc ; 7 -Iaoc ; 11 pA-
fAije ; 14 i {for e) ; 35 ceiciotri ; 36, 37 cumAific ; 38 (and elsewhere) 01115 5
39 cufiAi-oib ; 40 CAijipi-oe ; 44-oinnpi; 58 hcAC ; 59 -oeArtA; 64 cuijieAX);
81 hinroeAJAin ; 88 fi'te ; 110 feitiroe; 112 mujiAib, CAicjieACA : 1J3 -oa
mA-6 ; 120 pAit<firineAC ; 131 teAnmAOi-o ; 136 cAitmili5e ; 144 -oaIa ; 147
uJA-o {for UT)); 148 nx)eAnAi|i ; 150t)eAtiA; 157 cojiAijeAcc; 158-b«A-6A;
l62 5no'6u5; 164 buAX)A ; 165 j;u|t (/or 50); 167 piucpAf.
VI. 1 fiAe ; 4 bpACAix), infi ; 6 fteipg; 9 buinne, c.-mllionriAi-o ;
12 coilcio-ouib ; 13 -IviACA ; l7pulcA6; 18 -oeAtirsnAOix) ; 22 poccAin ; 23
innpi^iof ; 26 eu^iA ; 27 ottpA, poTiiO|tiiAC. ; 28 A-OAitiroeoin ; 30 A-opAiXin ;
31 jieepi jup Anioj ; 43 tutJAif, muiftpixnp ; 46 icciop ; 47 unne ; 49 eA-6oi|i ;
50 -oAiTi ; 53 bpAJCAOi ; 56 jiei5 ; 59 conuise, -oiop ; 61 ccfiiAC ; 65 16, jaca :
68 tiAnmonnA ; 69 imle mApA ; 75 cviipeAX)A ; 76 hAriAmuinpi, heAncAi5iop ;
80 puiceib ; 81 bpAice ; 85 njeA-ogpAnriA ; 97 ni a\' Iia no po -oo
beicrriAoip; 101 nAinitiiAn ; 102 momiopcuix) opum ppein : 110 eAn-
CAijiop : 117 ATtiAC -oeASAit ; 120 AiJTheil AtlACA ; 123,4 ceAcCAp ; 127
teitiT)e ; 129 cAigeobAX) ; 134 riACAppAX), AX)peA5m«nrAiT) ; 136 pio ; 147
cnAim, bACAip ; 156 AopA ; 163 cpeAccAib ; 164 cibeAppAin, -be ; 169 ocpup ;
172 A'^AX) ; 175 p5e«lAi5eACC ; 206 hiAppAije ; 214 ah peA-oAin ; 217 piAp.
pAij ; 219 CAip.
VII. 1 innpiop ; 7 cotririAi-o ; 8 bpAicteAp ; 9 teijion ; 10 nieipcne ;
25 pApAij ; 27 lopcAX) ; 28 bxiAijeAnmnij ; 39 in^in-c ; 41 tiijim ; 43 poinn-
tVii-oe ; 46 liAipij, pupAitiop uippe ; 47 pAppui-6 ; 48 coije ; 56 A^opiAJAC ;
57 meACCtiA, moipoisioncA ; 61 mop bpcAip-oe ; QQ gUAtAnriA ; 77 potpoice ;
92 Ai-oeop ; 93 ccoimeotA ; 99 cIusat) ; 102 hAtiTnnAijceAp ; 103 -buic-pi ;
104 ctoi"6e ; 105 iocca ; 113 cin5 ; 114 ximbpop ; 118 imliox), CroipiAn ;
132 rrooitbte nvp. ; 137 "ooiti-be ; 143 ad mAol mop triApA j;up An ccopp
miAlcoig cuipppeAnj ; 148 mbiAi-b ; 154 lonroAij ; 156 poinrpAC ; 158
meiprne ; 160 pee; 164 mite: 165 tisnoite ; 166 -ooit^e ; 170 -otojuitc ;
173 eipje ; 180 -00 cuip via ceAnn ; 181 clAoi"bpion, cpoip ; 182 jcAbApA ;
189 bAinpitjpe ; 194 -oo beAppA.
VIII. 2 Acup ; 4 nAonApAin : 9 -AnpAox)ACA ; 16 ne'ijioncup ; 17 poip-
miotACA ; 19 "oeipije ; 26 eAppAj ; 31 TDiococltiijte ; 48 Ae-oeAp-OA ; 54
ccAnA-6 ; 59 cAipji-o ; 81, 82 poitleim ; 84 AncApgoite ; 127 pomnpeAC ;
142T;Aob; 145 popbAoilceAc.
IX. 3 cutTiAX) ; 5 rA^Ait; 6 pAtcpui-b ; 19 cineoit; 21 pApAije ; 24
AicpCAbA eAtbuix) ; 26 eijme . . , cpuAJA ; 35 meACcnAX) ; 40 AnAitnije ;
58 mic ; 59 Achuitt ; 73 -oa innip ; 74 lomluAijitt ; 77 cumAix); 84 -Deic-
pion ; 87 bpeAtnAi-6, -opocpmuAncix) ; 99 puAjpAp; 117 cuillme; 134
AnAOi-bin big; 136 50 cin^; 146 nAtcumAX) tieApcApAT) ; 157 heAjcopj ;
160 biA-6.
X. 1 poinncA-oAp ; 7 Ann An ; 19 -ooeA-opAn ; 22 C05A1IC ; 23 cupAi-oib ;
24 AT)iotptAir;pio-6 ; 25 blApcApnAix) ; 29 An ttiaja; 31 ptuije ; 36 cwopAm-
Aoip; 37 occA ; 39 pjAnpAop ; 51 cpitce ; 60 cpobAib ox) nnjinpi ; 71
•opocjniom ; 111 popbAoiiceAc ; 122 roipbpio-oAp; 123 miocApptA ; 136 a
pioJAccA . . . A poitijeApnuip ; 142 peijie.
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MacCcllum, Fionan
MacCormack, T. W.
MacCormack,
MacCorniick, Rev. F., f.s.a.
(Scot.) F.R.s.A. (Ireland).
MacDermott, Rev. John, p.p.
MacDermott, E.
MacDonagh, Frank
MacDonagh, Michael
MacDonald, Rev. A. J.
MacDonald. Rev. Thomas . .
MacDowell, T. B.
McDwyer, James
MacEnerney, Rev. Francis . .
MacEnery, J.
MacFarlane, Malcolm
IVIcGinley, Connell
McGinley, Rev. James C. . .
McGinley, P. T.
McGovan. Rev. T.
iNIacGcwan, Rev. E. V.
MacGowan, Rev. Thomas, c.c.
McGroder, John
McGinn, P.
Mclnnernev, Thomas
McKay, A.'j. J., ll.d., Sheriff
of Fife.
Mac Kay, Eric
Mac Kay, Thomas A.
MacKay, William
MacKay, J. G.
MacKenna, Rev. Father
MacKen^ie, Ian
MacKenzie, William
MacKeon, F.
MacKinnon, Prof Donald
Mackintosh, Rev. Alexander
Mackintosn, W. A., m.b.
Maclagan, R. C., m.d.
MacLean,*Rev. Donald
McLees. William H.
MacLennan, Rev. J.
c/o Mrs. Hiney, 12 Mercury Lane, .
Durban, Natal, S. Africa.
Killorglin. Co. Kerry.
Estate Duty Office, Somerset House,
London, W.C.
18 Newington Butts, London, S.E.
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Salop.
Croghan, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
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63 Dagnans Rd., Balham, London, S.W.
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Killearan Manse, R.S.O., Rosshire, N.B.
The Presbytery, Portadown, Co. Armagh,
Ireland.
Secretary's Office, G.P.O., DubUn.
Drumnacross, N. S., Kilrane, Strabane, Co.
Donegal.
47 Westland Row, Dublin.
Public Record Office, Four Courts, Dublin.
I MacFarlane Place, Elderslie, by John-
stone, Glasgow.
Glasheydevitt, Commeen, Cloghan, Co,
Donegal.
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
3 Eastleigh Drive, Strandtown, Belfast. -
St. Patrick's College, Cavan.
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Glenavy, Co. Antrim
Lisdoonan N. S., Carrickmacross, Co.
Monaghan.
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MacKay, Solicitors, Inverness.)
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Catholic Church, vSouthend.
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& China, Hatton Court, Threadaeedle
St., London, E.C.
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University of Edinburgh, or 1 5, Correnine
Gardens, Edinburgh.
The Presbyterv, Fort William, N.B.
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MacLeod, Norman
MacLoughlin, James L.
McMahon, Peter
MacMahon, Alexander
MacManns, M.
MacManus, Miss L.
MacManus, Padraic
MacMuUan, Rev. A., p.p.
MacNaghten, Hon. Helen
MacNamara, Dr. G. U.
MacNeill, John, b.a.
MacNeill, Patrick Charles
MacSuibhne, Padraic
MacSweeney, E. G., m.d.
MacSweeney, J. J.
McSweeney, Timothj''
Madigan, P. M.
Maffett, Rev, Richard, b.i
Magee, John C.
Manchester Free Library
Mahony, T. MacDonagh.
Mahony, W. H.
Mara, B. S.
Martin, Rev. J. J., p.p.
Martyn, Edward
Mathew, Frank
Meadville Theological School,
Library
Meagher, Rev. T., c.c.
Mechanic's Institute.
Melbourne, Victoria, Public
Library.
Merriman, P. J., m.a.
Mescal, Daniel
Mescal, J.
Meyer, Prof. Kuno
Meyrick Lib., Jesus College
Oxford.
Millar. Arthur W. K., m.a.
MilHgan, T.
Mills, James
Milwaukee Library, U.S.A.
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W.
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Scotland.
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Library), King St., Manchester.
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Cuileannach, Lindsay Rd., Glasnevin,.
Dublin.
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The Presbytery, Tarbert, Listowel, Co.
Kerry.
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Kent Cottage, Lyme Regis, Dorset,
per Messrs. Stechert & Co., 2 Star Yard,
Carey Street, London, W.C.
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Francisco, U.S.A.
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General for Victoria, 142 Queen
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Hill, Surrey
La Roche, Park Road, Cater ham-on-the-
Hill, Surrey
57 Hope Street, Liverpool,
per Ernest £. Genner, Librarian.
British Museum, London, W.C,
2 Abyssinia Grove, St. John's Rd., Leeds.
Public Record Office, Four Courts,
DubUn.
per Stechert & Co., Carey Str., Chancery
Lane, London, W.C.
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Milne, Rev. John, d.d.
Mintern, Joseph
Mockler, Rev. T. A.
MoUoy, Wm. R. j.p., m.r.i.a.
Moloney, Francis
Moloney, Rev. J. B.
Moore, Rev H. Kingsraill, d.d.,
M.R.I.A.
Moore, ^Norman, m.d.
Moran, James
Moran, His Em. Cardinal, d.d.
Archbishop of Sydney.
Moran, Rev. J. A., s.m,
Morfitt, Prof. W. R.
Moroney, P. J.
Morris, P.
Morris, Patrick
Mount St. Joseph, Rt. Rev.
Lord Abbot of
Mount Melleray, Rt.Rev. Lord
Abbot of
Moynahan, R., m.d,
Mulhearn, Joseph
Munich Royal Library
Munnelly, Rev. M. J., Adm.,
G.C.
Murphy, Conor
Murphy, J. J. Finton
Murphy, M. J.
Murphy, Rev. D.
Murphy, Rev. P.
Murphy, John F. J.
Murphy, Rev. James E., Prof.
Irish, Trm. Coll., Dublin.
Murphy, Re\ . A. W., p.p.
Murray, Rev. P. J., b.d., b.c.i,.
Murrav, James
Murray, J. H. P.
Nagle. J. J.
National Library of Ireland.
National Literary Society,
Naughton, O.
Neill, Robeit
Newberry Library, Chicago, Ills
Newlands Manse, by W. Linton, Peeble-
shire, :
Passage West, Cork.
St. John's College, Waterford.
78 Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Dublin.
46 Monument Square, Charlestown,
Boston, U.S.A.
56 Mersey Street, Liverpool.
Ch. of Ireland Training College, Kildare
Place, Dublin.
94 Gloucester Place, Portman Sq.,
London, W.
St. Kevin's, Rodenhurst -Rd., Claphara,
London, S.W.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, N.S.W.
St. Mary's College, Dundalk.
4 Clarendon Villas, Oxford.
c/o A. J, Cameron, Worster & Co.,
Station K., Philadelphia.
41 Colville Gardens, Bayswater, London,
W.
Donaghmoyne, Carrickmacross.
Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
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Curates House, Scariff, Co. Clare.
House of Missions, Enniscorthy. Co.
Wexford.
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Rathcore Rectory, Enfield, Co. Meath.
Brosna. Co. Kerry.
Presbytery, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.
Lisdoonan N.S., Carrickmacross.
Chief Judiqifil Officer, Port Moresby,
Papua, British New Guinea,
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Cross Street, Gal way.
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per Messrs. Stevens & Brown, Trafalgar
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Newsom, D. C.
New York Philo-Celtic Society,
Dublin.
New York Public Library.
Nichols, Miss Mary
Nixon, S.
Nixon, William
Nolan, Thomas P.. m.a.
Nolan, Rev. Gerald, m.a. . .
Noonan, J. D.
Northwestern University
Norman, G., f.r.s.a.i.
Norris, Rev. T. F.
Nottingham Free Pub. Library
Nutt, Alfred
O'Brien, J.
O Brien, R. Barry
O'Brien, Edward, m.a.
O'Brien, Michael
O'Brien, Stephen
O'Brien, Thomas
O'Brien, James, b.a., li,.b.
O'Brien, Rev. John C.
O'Byrne, M. A.
O' Byrne, Owen
O'Byrne, Patrick
O'Byrne, Wm.
O'Byrne, Rev. L.
O Callaghan, Joseph P.
O'Callaghan, J. J., Phys. &
Surg.
O'Carroll, J. T. ' .
O'CarroU, Joseph m.d.,
F.R. C.P.I.
O'Carroll, Rev. P.
O'Cieirigh, Tadhg.
O'Connell, Maurice
O'Connell, John A.
O'Connor, John
O'Connor, Miss
O'Connor, Oliver J.
O'Dea, Rev. D., c.c.
O'Doherty, Most Rev. Dr.
Bishop of Derrv.
O'Doherty. P. '
Oueen's College, Cork.
341 West 47th Street, New York, U.S.A.
per Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Square,
London, W.C.
Kilbrack, Doneraile, Co. Cork.
20 Whitehall Gardens, Chiswick, London,
W.
10 Whitehall Street, Dundee.
Tj Waterloo Road, Dublin,
St. Malachy's College, Belfast.
50 Bismarck Road, Highgate Hill, London,
N.
Evanstown, U.S.A. (per G. E. Stechert
& Co., 2 Star Yard, Carey St., Chancery
Lane, London, W.C.)
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Catholic Rectory, Brentwood, Essex.
Boro' Accts. Office, St. Peters, Church
Side, Nottingham.
57-59 JLong Aero, London, W.C.
Ardlas, Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry,
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London, W.
48 Edith Road, Baronscourt, London, W.
N. S. Ballymakeera, Macroom, Co. Cork.
107 Lilley St., Chicago, 111., U.S.A.
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St. Edmund's College, Old Hall, Ware.
370 West ii8th St., New York, U.S.A.
87 Leinster Rd., Rathmines, Dublin,
c/o J[ohn C. Ward, Killybegs,.Co. Donegal.
Druim Aoibhinn, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin.
Avoca, Co. Wicklow.
13 Rossmore Avenue, Belfast.
Dunmanway, Co. Cork.
29 Mount Park Crescent, Eahng, London,
W.
43 Merrion Square, Dublin.
St. Brendan's, Killarney.
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14 Courthorpe Rd., Gospel Oak, London,
N.W.
St. Patrick's Art Works, Lower Road, Cork
H.M. Customs, Liverpool.
126 Lower Baggot Street, DubUn.
37 Victoria Street, Dublin.
The Presbytery, Ennis, Co. Clare.
Derry, Ireland.
District Asylum, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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O'Donnell, Dr. Nicholas M. . .
O'Donnell, F. H.
O'Donnell, Patrick
O'Donnell, Thomas, m.p.
O'Donoghue, D. J.
O'Donoghue, Mortimer
O'Donoghue, Rev. Philip . .
O' Donovan, Rev. J.
O' Donovan, J- J-
O'Dowd, Michael
O'Driscoll, Rev. Denis, c.c.
O'Farrell, P.
O'Farrelly, Miss A., m.a. . .
O'Flanagan, Wm. J., j.p. . .
O'Flannghaile, Tomds
O'Gallagher, M.
O' Gorman. Laurence
O' Gorman, John J.
OHalloran, J.
O'Hanlon, Rev. J.
O'Hanlon, Very Rev. Canon
O'Hegarty, P. S.
O'Hennessy, Bartholomew . .
O'Herlihy, W. J.
O'Hickey, Rev. M., d.d.,
M.R.I. A., F.R.S.A.I.
O'Keane, John
O'Kellv, J. J.
O' Kelly, Thomas
O'KeefEe, J. G.
O'Kierran, Rev. L., c.c.
O'Kiuealy, P.
OLeary, H. J.
O'Leary, Denis Augustine . .
O'Leary, Rev. James M., c.c.
O'Leary, Jeremiah Wm.
O'Leary, John
O'Leary, Rev. P., p.p.
O'Leary, Simon
O'Loghlen, J. A.
O Madigan, Thomas
O'Mahony, Patrick
O'Malley, C.
O'Murray, Brian
O'Ncachtan, John
O'Neill, J. ..
1 60 Victoria Street, North Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia.
13 Milborne Grove, London, S.W.
Newport. Co. Mayo.
Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
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The Presbytery, Loughrea, Co. Galway.
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St. Michael's, Moor Street, Birmingham.
St. Peter's, Bromsgrove.
23 Highbury Terrace, Highbury, London,
N.
Kilkee, Co. Clare.
De La Salle Training College, Waterford.
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
3 Harcourt Street, Belfast.
13 Smythville, Clonturk Park, Dublin.
^6 Machason Road, Hampstead, N.W.
12 Charleville Rd., Rathmines, Dublin..
Drumgirasat, Carrickmacross, Co.
Monaghan.
c/o East India U.S. Club, St. James's
Sq.. London, S.W.
43 Alfred St., Islington, London, N.
Kilbolane Cottage, Charleville, Co. Cork.
Kinsale. Co. Cork.
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Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
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O'Rahilly, T. F.
O'Reilly, George
O'Reilly, Very Rev. Hugh,
M.R.I.A.
O'Reilly, Rev. John M., c.c
O'Reilly, J. J.
O'Riordan, Rev. J.
Orpen, Goddard H.
O'Shea, John
O'Shea, Sergt. J., r.i.c.
O'Shea, Padraig
O'Shea, P. J.
O'Shaughnessy, R.
O'Sullivan, D. K.
O'Sullivan, Rev. A.
O'Sullivan, Daniel
O'SuUivan, Michael
O'Sullivan, Rev. T.
O'Sullivan, S.
O'Sullivan, Michael
O'SulHvan, James
O'Tocle, Edmund
Ottowa, Library of Parliament
Parkinson, Edward
Pearse, P. H.
Pedersen, Dr. Holger
Perry, Rev. J. F.
Philadelphia Free library . .
Plummer, Rev. C,
Phinkett, Thomas
Poole, Prof. Stanley Lane, ll.d
Powel, Thomas (Prof, of Celtic)
Power, Edward J.
Power, Rev. P., m.r.i.a.
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Pratt Institute Free Library . .
Prendeville, Rev. J.
Purcell, Joseph
Purcell, Patrick
Purser, Prof., l.c, f.t.c.d.
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Pres. St. Colman's College, Violet Hill,
Newxy, Armagh.
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Cloyne, Co. Cork.
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Inland Revenue, Convent Rd., Tulla-
more, Ireland.
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Srah, N. S., Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo.
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Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames.
per Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Sq.,
London, W.C.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
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University College, Cardiff.
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John's Hill, Waterford.)
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Cork.
Bandon,
Rahilly, M. J.
Rait, Robt., Fel. of New Coll
Oxon,
Raleigh, Wm.
Raymund, Rev Joseph, c.c,
M.R.I. A.
Rhys, Ernest
Rhys, Prof. Sir John
Rice, Hon, Mary Spring
Rice, Ignatius J.
Richardson, Stephen J.
Riley, Thomas
Ring, Rev. T.
Robertson, Wm. John
Robinson, Prof. F. N.
Rolleston, T. W.
Rooney, T. A.
Royal Irish Academy
Royal Dublin Society
Rushe, Denis Carolan, b.a.,
Solr.
Russell, Edward
Ryan, Mark, m.d.
Ryan, Rev. T. E.
Ryan, W. P.
Ryan, Rev. P. C, c.c.
Ryan, J. P.
Rylands, John, Library
Scanlan, Joseph, m.d.
Scanlan, Rev'. James, c.c.
Schick, Dr. J.
Scully, D. J.
Sephton, Rev. John
Seton, Malcolm C.
Shahan, Very Rev. Thomas J.
D.D.
Sharp, James
Sheehan, Most Rev. R A., d.d
Bishop of Waterford.
Sheehan, John
Sheeran, Rev. Daniel S.
Shekleton, A. Jno.
674 Bourse Buildings,Philadelphia, U.S.A.
New College, Oxford.
735 South Canal St., Chicago, U.S.A.
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Derwen, Hermitage Lane End, West
Hampstead.
Jesus College, Oxford.
Mount Trenchard, Foynes, Co. Limerick.
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Hollies, Northenden, Cheshire.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass..
U.S.A.
Hollywood House, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow.
35 Wellesley Rd., Knaresbrook, London,
N.E.
1 per Messrs. Hodges & Figgis, 104 Grafton
r Street, Dubhn.
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London, W.
St. Charles Church, Woonsocket, N.J.,
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Editor " The Peasant," Dublin.
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13 Leinster Avenue, Belfast.
Manchester (per H. Guppy, Libr.)
511 Duke Street, Glasgow.
Doochary, Co. Donegal.
Professor in the Univ. of Munich,
Turkenster, 93, Munich, Germany.
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U.S.A.
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London, W.
Catholic University, Washington, U.S.A.
24 Cape St., Belfast.
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Sheran, Hugh F.
Sigerson, George, m.d.
Sinton, Rev, Thomas
Smyth, F. Acheson
Sneddcn, Gecrge T. (Solr.)
Speight, E. E., b.a.
Spirgatis, M.
St. Joseph's, Dundalk
Stokes, Whitley, d.c.l.
Strassburg, KaiserUche Univer-
sitats-u-Landes-BibUothek
Sunderland Public Library . .
Sweeney, TL J.
Taggart, W. R.
Taylor Institution, Oxford.
Tempest, W. J., j.p.
Tenison, E. R., m.d.
Thorp, Harold
Thurneysen, Prof. Dr. Rudolf
Tierney. Rev. C.
Tierney, Rev. John, D.Ph. , ,
Todhunter, Dr. John
Toronto Library
Trench, Prof. W. J. F.
Tuam Catholic Temperance
Society
Twigg, John Hill
Twoomey, Jeremiah
Ua Fachtna, William
Ua Rathallaigh, Diarmuid P,
Ua Seochfradna, Padruig
Unthank, H. W.
Vallely, Rev, P. A,, c,c, , ,
Vienna Imperial University
Library
Vienna Imperial Library
Wallace, Colonel, c.B., d.l. . .
Walsh, Edmond, m.d,
Walsh, Rev, Martin, p.p, , ,
Walsh, Most Rev, Wm. J.,
D.D„ Lord Archbishop of
Dublin.
Walshe, M, C, j,p,
Walsh, Rev. R. F., c,c.
Ward, John C.
Ward, James
46 Woodbine St,, Roxburgh, Mass., U.S.A.
3 Clare Street, Dublin,
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