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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. 


printp:d  by 

sealy,  bryers  and  walker, 

middle  abbey  street, 

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. 


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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. 


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"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. 


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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. 


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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. 


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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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Fish,  F.  P. 

Fitzgerald,  M.  J. 
Fitzmaurice,  Rev.  E.  B.,  o.s.F, 
Flannagan,  W.  J.  M. 
Flower,  R. 

Folev,  Rev.  M,,  c.c. 

Foley,  P.  J. 

Foreman,  W.  H. 

Foster,  Miss  A. 

Franciscan  Monastery,  Anna- 
down,  Drumgriffin,  Co. 
Galway. 

Eraser,  James,  c.e. 

Frost,  James,  m.r.i.a. 

Fvnes-Clinton,  O.  H. 


Gaelic  League,  Forest  Gate 
Gaelic  League,  Galway 
Gaelic  League,  London. 
Gaelic  League,  Clare. 
Gaelic  League,  Cork. 
Gaelic  League,  Glasgow. 
Gaehc  League,  Manchester, 

Gaelic  League,  Coventry. 


Gaelic  League,  Inchigeela,  Co. 

Cork. 
Gaelic  Society  of  Inverness 
Gaelic  Society,  Brockton      .. 

Gaelic  Society,  New  York 


G.  St.  Colman's,  Gort,  Co.  Galway. 
Inland  Revenue,  Caledonian  Distillery, 

Edinburgh. 
Merrion,  Thornford  Rd.,  Le  wish  am  Pk., 

London,  S.  E, 
Kilbeggan,  N.  S.,  Co.  Westmeath. 
598  Washington  Avenue,  Chelsea,   Mass. 

U.S.A. 
Notre  Dame,  Indiana,  U.S.A. 
c/o  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  254  Washington 

St.,  Boston,  U.S.A. 
18  King  St.,  Snow  Hill,  London,  E.C. 
Franciscan  Convent,  Drogheda. 
9  Tnver  Avenue,  Cavehill  Rd.,  Belfast. 
MSS.  Dept.,  British  Museum,  London, 

W.C. 
Ballymacally,  Co.  Clare. 
The  Grange,  Lewisham  Pk.,  S.E. 
8  East  Bank.  Stamford  Hill,  London,  N. 
29  Rathgar  Avenue,  Dublin, 
per  Br.  Brendan  Buckley,  o.s.F. 


Inverness. 

54  George  Street,  Limerick. 
Weirglodd     Wen,    Upper     Garth    Road, 
Bangor,  N.  Wales. 

London,  E. 

per  John  Naughton,  Hon.  Treas. 

^-j  Fleet  Street,  London,  E.C. 

Kilmihil,  Co.  Clare. 

41   South  Mall,  Cork,  (per  D.  A.  O'Shea.) 

S^i  Victoria  Road,  Crosshill,  Glasgow. 

per  J.  Keogh,  10  Gartside  St.,  Man- 
chester. 

c/o  Manus  O'Donnell,  Secretary,  5, 
Clifton  ter.,  Kenilworth,  Coventry. 

per  J.  Cotter. 

Inverness,  N.B. 

per    S.  G.  MacSwcenev,  Brockton,  Mass. 

U.S.A. 
per  Henry  McGee,  47  West  42nd  Screct, 

New  York,  U.S.A. 


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Gaffey,  W.  V. 
Gaffney,  T.  St.  John 

Gaffnev.  J.  S.,  b.a. 
Gahagan,  F.  Evett 

Gaidoz,  Henri 


Gallagher,  Rev.  J.  S. 

Gallogly,  Rev.  M.  J.,  b.a.    . 
Gallwev,  Col.  Sir  Thomas,  k.c. 


Galwa}^  Queen's  College. 

Gannon,  John  Pk. 
Garnett.  Edward 
Geoghegan,  Rich.  H. 
Gibson,  Hon.  Wm. 
Gill,  Henrv  J.,  J.p. 
Gill,  T.  P."^ 

Glasgow,  IMitchell  Library,    . . 

Gleeson,  Miss  Evelyn 
Glynn,  Rev.  P.,  p.p. 
Glynn,  John 
Glynn,  J.  A.,  b.a. 
Glynn,  Thomas 
Goffey,  John  T. 
Gogarty,  Rev.  Thomas 
Gollancz,  L 
Gomme,  A.   Allan 

Gordon,  Principal 
Grainger,  Wm.  H.,  m.d. 

Graves,  A.  Percival,  m.a. 
Green,  J.  S.,  Lieut-. Col.,  r.a.m.C; 

M.R.I. A. 

Green,  Mrs.  J.  R. 

Greene,  Percy  J. 
Greene,  George  A.,  m.a. 

Greene,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Gregory,  Lady 
Gregg,  Michael 
Griffin,  H.  F. 

Griffin,  M. 

Griffin.  Miss  G.' Leake 


Groder,  John  M. 


505  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  U.S.A. 
American  Consul    General,  Hotel    Savoy, 

Dresden,  Saxony. 
S6  O'Connell  St.,  Limerick. 
42  Famley  Rd.,  South  Norwood,  London 

S.E. 

22  Rue     Servandoni,     Paris.       or     c/o 
Llywarch       Reynolds,       Old        Church 

Place,  Merthyr-Tydvil. 
St.      Patrick's       Church,     Amboy,    Ills., 

U.S.A. 
Corry's  Square,  Newry,  Ireland. 
Junior     United     Service    Club,     London, 

S.W.,    or     per     Messrs.    Holt    &    Co., 

2  Whitehall  Place,  London,  S.W. 
per  Hodges,  Figgis  &  Co.,  Grafton  St., 

Dublin. 
Laragh,  Maynooth. 

The  Cearne,  Kent  Hatch,  Nr.  Eden  bridge. 
East  Sound,  Washington,  U.S.A. 
Moorhurst,  Holmwood,  Surrey. 
Roebuck  House,  Clonskeagh,  Co.  Dublin. 
Department  of  Agriculture  &  Technical 

Instruction,  Dublin. 
21    Miller    St.,  Glasgow,  (J.    J.    Barrett, 

Libr.) 
Dun  Emer,  Dundrum,  Co.  Dublin. 
Carrigaholt,  Co.  Cbre. 
Town  Clerk,  Tuam,  Co.  Galway. 
(Solicitor)  Tuam,  Co.  Galway.' 
Gort,  Co.  Galway. 

Santa  Monica,  Los  Angelos  Co.,  Cal  .U.S.A. 
Termonfeckin,  Drogheda,  Ireland. 
54  Sidney  St.,  Cambridge. 
10  Great  Ormond  St.,  Bloomsbury, 

London,  W.C. 
Victoria  Park,  Manchester. 
408  Meridian  St.,iE.  Boston,  Mass., 

U.S.A. 
Red  Branch  House,  Wimbledon. 
Air  Hill,  Glanworth,  Co.  Cork. 

^6  Grosvenor  Road,  Westminster,  London, 

S.W\ 
60  Grove  Lane,  Dulwich,  London,  S.E. 

23  Pembroke       Gardens,     Kensington, 
London.  W. 

McHenry  &  Co.  (Hartland,  Ills.,  U.S.A.) 
Coole  Park,  Gort,  Co.  Galway. 
Local  Government  Board,  Dublin. 
190    Summer    St.,    Buffalo,    New     York, 

U.S.A. 
Kildysart,  Co.  Clare. 
15     Milton     Chambers,      Cheyne     Walk, 

Chelsea. 
Lisdoonan,  N.  S.,  Carrickmacross. 


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GroSvenor  Public  Library    . 

Gwynn,  Stephen,  m.p. 
Gwynn,  Ed.  J.,  m-a.,  t.c.d. 

Hackett,  J.  D. 
Hagerty,  Patrick 
Hamel,  A.  G.  Van 
Hamilton,  Gustavus 
Hamilton,  G.  L. 
Hannay,  Rev.  J.  O. 
Hanly,  P.  J. 
Hartland,  E.  Sidney 
Harvard,  CollegS  Library 

Hayde,  Rev.  John 

Hayes,  Revd.  Michael,  c.c. 

Hayes,  James 

Hayes,  Rev.  Daniel 

Healy,  Maurice 

Healy,  Most  Rev.  John,  d.d. 

Bishop  of  Clonfert. 
Heam,  J.  (Jun.) 
Henderson,  Rev.  Geo.,  m.a., 

Ph.D. 
Henry,  Augustine,  m.a.,  f.l.s 

Henry,  John,  m.d. 

Henry,  Robert  Mitchell,  m.a. 

Herlihy,  W. 

Hickey,  Rev.  B. 

Hodgson,  CM. 

Hogan,  Jchn 

Hogan,  Rev.  D.  A.,  c.c. 

Hogan,  Rev.  Martin. 

Hogarty,  Thomas 

Holland,  W. 

Holvoke  Philo-Celtic  Soc.      . 

Hooper,  P.  J. 

Hcrsford,  Miss  Cornelia 

Houlihan,  Michael  J. 
Hull,  Miss  Eleanor 

Hurley,  D.  B. 
Hutton,  Mrs.  A.  W. 
Hyde,  Douglas,  ll.d. 
Hyland,  John 
Hynes,  Rev.  John,  d.d. 

Ingram,   J.  Kells 

Irving,  Daniel 

Iveagh,  Rt.  Hon.  Lord,  k.p. 


per  Stevens  &  Brown,  4  Trafalgar  Sq., 

London,  S.W. 
Raheny  Park,  Raheny,  Co.  Dublin. 
34  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 

20  Patrick  St.,  Kilkenny. 

386  Armory  St.,  Springfield,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 

48  Rie  Witsenkade,  Amsterdam. 

Ballinteer  Lodge,  Dundrum,  Co.  Dublin. 

103  St  Clair  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  U.S.A. 

The  Rectory,  Westport,  Co.  Mayo. 

Cartron  Hall,  Longford.  Ireland. 

High,  Garth,  Gloucester. 

c/o  Kegan,  Paul,  Trench  &  Co.,  Charing 

Cross  Rd.,  London,  W.C. 
St.  Albans,  Cardiff. 
St.  Munchin's,  Limerick. 
Church  Street,  Ennis,  Co.  Clare. 
Cross,  Co.  Clare,  Ireland. 
Ashton  Lawn,  Cork. 
Mt.  St.  Bernard,  Ballinasloe,  Ireland. 

61  Doughty  St.,  London,  W. 

The       Manse,     Scourie,    Sutherlandshire. 

N.B. 
Reader  in  Forestry,  University  of   Cam- 
bridge 
32  Lower  Leeson  St.,  Dublin. 
61  University  Road,  Belfast. 
National  Teacher,  Ballygraddy,  Kanturk, 

Co.  Cork 
St.  Augustine's,  Granby  Row,  Manchester, 
c/o  Messrs.  Cook  &  Son,  Bombay. 

I  Upper  Merrion  Street,  Dublin. 
Kilkee,  Co.  Clare. 

Drumbeg,  Co.  Clare. 

745  Myrtle  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 

St.  Margaret's,  Dumfermline,    Fife. 

per  T.  J.  Ashe  (Sec  )  Mass.,  U.S.A. 

The  "Freeman's  Journal,"   211    Strand, 

London,  W.C. 
Sylvester    Manor,    Shelter    Island,    New 

York,  U.S.A, 

II  St.  Lawrence  Rd.,  Clontarf,    Dublin. 
14      Stanley      Gardens,     Netting      Hill, 

London,  W. 
Upper  Beach  Farm,  nt .  Newcastle,  Staffs, 
Tullyroe,  Deramore  Park,  Belfast. 
Frenchpark,  Co.  Roscommon. 
27  Lower  O'Connell  St.,  Dublin. 
Summerhill  College,  SHgo. 

Tullyherron.  Howth  Rd.,  Clontarf,  Dublin. 
Cooraclare,  Co.  Clare, 
per    C.    H.     Bland,    (Sec),    5    Grosvcnor 
Place,  London,  S.W. 


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Jack,  John 

Jackson,  R.  . . 

James,  W.  P. 

Jennings,  H.  B. 

John       Hopkins,     University 

Library.  Baltimore,    Mary- 

%nd,  "U.S.A. 
Johnston,  J.  P.,  Sc.d. 
Jones, Capt.  Bryan  J.,  Leinster 

Regiment 
Jones,  H.  F.  Harvard 
Joyce,  P.  W.,  LL.D. 

Joyce,  Wm.  B.,  b.a. 
Joynt,  Miss  Maud 
Joynt,  Ernest  E. 


Wilson  College,  Bombay,  India. 
Bookseller,   i6  Commercial  St.,  Leeds. 
The  Lindens,  Romilly  Crescent,  Cardiff". 
Layham  House,  Layham,  Suffolk, 
c/o   Mr.    E.    J.     Allen,     14     Grape    St.. 
Shaftesbury    Ave.,    London,    W.C. 

Churchtcwn  Park,  Dundrum,  Co.  Dublin. 
Lisnawilly,  Dundalk. 

ro6  Chesterton  Road,  Cambridge. 

Lyre  na  Grena,  70  Leinster  Rd.,  Rath- 
mines,  Dublin, 

Leamy's  Endowed  Schools,  Limerick. 

21    Annesley    Park,  Rathmines,    Dublin. 

Rushall,  50  Haroldville  Terrace,  S.  C.  Rd., 
Dublin. 


Keating,  Miss  Geraldine 
Keating,  M. 
Keawell,  P.  J. 
Kelly;  Luke 
Kelly,  John  F.,  Ph.D. 

Kelly,   John  M. 
Kelly,  Thos.  Aliaga 
Kelly,  W.  E.,  j.p. 
Kelly,  Thomas 


Kemp,  A.  Gordon. 
Keily,  Miss  Barbara 
Kett,  Joseph  J. 
Kerr,  Rev.  Hugh,  p.p. 

Ker,  Prof.  W.  P. 
Kiely,  Japies  P. 
Kiely,  John 
Kiely,  John  M. 
KilgalUn,  C.  J. 

King's    Inn,    Dublin,    Hon. 

Society  of 
King,  Miss  Kate 

Kissock,  Miss  S,  Shaw 
Knox.  H.  T. 


Cannon  Mill  Cottage,  Chesham,  Bucks. 

Feakle,  N.  S.,  Co.  Clare. 

6  Victoria  Road,  Rathgar,  Dublin. 

San  Pedro,  Los  Angelos,  California,  U.S.A. 

284  W.  Housatonia  St.,  Pittsfield,  Mass.» 

U.S.A. 
20  Cheapside,  London,  E.C. 
I   Mountjoy  Square,  Dublin. 
St.  Helen's,  Westport,  Co.  Mayo. 
Temple  Court,  Beekman  St.,  New  York, 

U.S.A.      (or    Orleans    Club,   King    St., 

St.  James's,  London,  S.W.) 
Westview,  Station  Road,  Harrow. 
35  Catherine  Street,  Water  ford. 
Farrihy,  Kilkee,  Co.  Clare. 
The    Parochial    House,    Termon,    Letter- 

kenny,  Co.  Donegal. 
95  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 
3  McDonald  St.,  New  London,  Conn.  U.S.A. 
Kilmihil,  Co.  Clare. 
The  Cott.,  Cullin,  Millstreet,  Co.  Cork. 
135  Park  Road,  Regent's  Park,  London, 

N.W. 
per  Hodges,  Figgis  &  Co.,  Grafton  Street, 

Dublin. 
Knocknagashel,     via  Abbey feale,     Co. 

Kerry,  Ireland. 
9  Upper  Gilmour  Place,  Edinburgh. 
Westover  House,  Bitton,  Bristol. 


Lally,  Francis 

Lambe,  Edward 
Lane,  J.  O'Neill 
Larkin,  James 


161    Saratoga    St.,    E.    Boston,    Mass., 

U.S.A. 
St.  Peter's,  Drogheda. 
Tournafulla,  Co.  Limerick. 
St.    Kevins    N.    S.,    Glendalough.    Co. 

Wicklow. 


LliJvT  OF   MEMBERS 


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La  Touche,  Sir  J.  Digges 

Laverty,  Charles 

Law,  Hugh  A.,  m.p. 

Lawless,  Mrs.  A.  E.  £. 

Lawlor,  Rev.  H,  J.,  d.d. 

Lawson,  T.  Dillon, 

Ivecky,  Mrs.  E. 

Leeds,  Central  Public  Library 

Lefroy,  B.  St.  G. 

Lehane,  D. 

Lehane,  John  D. 

Leipzig,  University,  Library  of 

Letts,  Charles 

Lewis,  Sir  Wm.  J.,  Bart. 

Lillis,  J.  T. 

Limerick,  Free  Library 

Limerick  &  Ardfert,  Rt.  Rev 

Bishop  of 
Liverpool  Public  Library 
Lloyd,  J.  H. 

London    Library,    (per  C.    J. 

Hagbert  Wright,  Libr. ) 
Long  worth-Dames,  M.,  Esq.  .. 


Lot,  Mons.  Ferdinand 
Loughran,  Owen 

Loughran,  Rev.  Dr.,  c.c. 
Lynch,  Rev.  Brother  Fideli 

Lynch,  D.,  m.d. 
Lynch,  P.  J.,  f.r.s.a.i. 
Lynch,  Timothy 
Lynch,  Rev.  J.  F. 

Lynch,  Very  Rev.  Dean 
Lyons,  Very  Rev.  J.  Canon,  p 
Lysaght,  S.  R. 

McAdam,  E. 

MacAllister,  R.  A.  S.,  m.a. 
MacAuliffe,  M.  Dor6 
MacAuliffe.  J.  J. 
McBride,  A.,  m.d. 
MacBride,  Joseph  M. 
McCaffely,  G. 

McCall,  P.  J, 
McCarthy,  Charles  J. 
McCarthy,  Michael  J. 
McCarthy,  John 

McClintock,  H.  F. 


14  Gledhow  Gardens.  London,  S.W. 

Castleblayney,  Co.  Monaghan. 

Marble  Hill,  Ballymore,  Co.,  Donegal. 

287  East  35th  Street,  Chicago. 

64  Palmerston  Road,  Dublin. 

Bank  of  Ireland,  Galway. 

38  Onslow  Gardens,  London,  S.W, 

per  T.  W,  Hand,  Librarian. 

Derrycashel,  Clondra,  Longford, 

Boyle,  Co,  Roscommon. 

St,  Manchin's,  Ballycumber,  King's  Co. 

c/o    Otto  Harrassowitz,  Leipzig 

8  Bartletts  Buildings,  Holborn  Circus, 

London,  E,C, 
Aberdare,  S.  Wales. 
Inverin,  N.  S.,  Kilrush,  Co.  Clare, 
c/o  Messrs.  Ledger  &  Son,  Booksellers, 

27  George  Street,  Limerick. 
The  Palace,  Henry  Street,  Limerick. 

per  C.  Cowell,  Librarian. 

Ed.    Gaelic     Journal,    Buail    na    Gr^ine, 

Stillorgan  Park,  Co.    Dublin. 
St.  James's  Square,  London,  S.W. 

c/o  Messrs.   King  &    Co.,  45    Pall   Mall, 

S.W. 
8  Grande  Rue.  Bellevue,  Paris. 
Inland  Revenue,  4  Asylum  Rd.,  Derry, 

Ireland. 
Dromintee  House.  Newry. 
Franciscan  Monastery,  Roundstone,  Co. 

Galway. 
Ballyvourney,  Co.  Cork. 
8  Upper  Mallow  Street,  Limerick. 
Hill  Terrace,  Bandon,  Co.  Cork. 
Cahirconlish  Rectory,  Pallas  Green, 

Ireland. 
St.  Wilfred's,  Hulme,  Manchester. 
Monkstown,  Co.  Cork. 
Backwell  Down,  Flax  Bourton,  Somerset. 

Fairbanks,  Alaska,  Canada. 

Torrisdale,  Cambridge. 

60  Grosvenor  Square,  Rathmines,  Dublin. 

New  Park,  Ennis,  Co.  Clare. 

Infirmary  House,  Castlebar,  Co.  Mayo. 

Westport,  Co.  Mayo. 

19  Wentwortn    Mansions,     Hampstead 

Heath,  London. 
25  Patrick  Street,  Dublin. 
II   Upper  Leeson  Street.  Dublin, 
Abbeyside,  N.  S..  Dungarvan.Co,  Wat'ford 
468     Benefit     St,,      Providence.      Rhode 

Island,  U.S,A. 
16  Queensberry  Place,  London,  S.W. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS 


MacCochlain,  L.  Angus 

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. 
Wrockwardine  Wood  Rectory,  Wellington, 

Salop. 
Croghan,  Boyle,  Co.  Roscommon. 
27  Westmoreland  Road,  London,  W. 
63  Dagnans  Rd.,  Balham,  London,  S.W. 
T49  Abbeville  Rd.,  Clapham  London,  S.W. 
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. 
Adm.  Rathlin   Island,  Co.  Antrim. 
Glenavy,  Co.  Antrim 
Lisdoonan  N.  S.,  Carrickmacross,  Co. 

Monaghan. 
42  Grosvenor  Place,  London,  S.W. 
c/o  Clery  &  Co.,  Upr  O'Connell  St.,  Dublin. 
7  Albyn  Place,  Edinburgh. 

7  Royal  Exchange,  London,  E.C. 
9  St.  Vincent  Street,  Edinburgh. 
Craigmonie  ,  Inverness,    (or  c/o    Innes  & 

MacKay,    Solicitors,    Inverness.) 
20  Highbury  Grange,  London,  N. 
Catholic  Church,  vSouthend. 
c/o   Chartered    Bank   of   India,  Australia 

&  China,  Hatton  Court,  Threadaeedle 

St.,  London,  E.C. 
14  Westhali  Gardens,  Edinburgh. 
Room  1 14,  vSomerset  House,  Loxidon,  W.C. 
University  of  Edinburgh,  or  1 5,  Correnine 

Gardens,  Edinburgh. 
The  Presbyterv,  Fort  William,  N.B. 
3  Park  Terrace,  Stirling,  N.B. 
5  Coates  Crescent,   Edinburgh. 
The  Manse.  Dungevan,  Skye,  N.B. 
306  .\rlington  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.Y., 

U.S.A. 
The   Manse,   Waifin,    North   Auckland, 

New  Zealand. 


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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. 


25  George  4tb  Bridge,  Edinburgh. 

36  Westland  avenue,  Derry. 

19  Leinster  Square,  Bays  water,  London, 

W. 
Castle  F'ark,  Ballynacally,  Co.  Clare 
670  Washington  St.,  Boston,  Mass.  U.S.A. 
Killeaden  House,  Kiltimagh,  Co.  Mayo. 
Mount  Charles,  Co.  Donegal,  or  Estafeta 

Tuillal  Arguen,  F.  C.  S    Argentina. 
Ballymena,  Co.  Antrim. 
Runkerry,  Bushmills,  Co.  Antrim. 
Bankyle  House,  Corofin,  Co.  Clare. 
Hazlebrook,  Malahide,  Co.  Dublin. 
(Inland  Revenue),    Glenlivet,    Banffshire 

Scotland. 

13  Cork  Hill,  Fermoy,  Co.  Cork. 

481  Main  St.,  Brockcon,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 
479  Chestnut  St.,  Lynn,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 
107    Upton    Park    Rd.,    Forest    Gate. 

London,  E. 
45  Henry  Street,  Dublin. 
17  Herbert  Rd.,  Sandymount,  Dublin. 
182  Summer  St.,  E.  Boston,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 
per    C.    W.    Sutton,    Libr.,    (Reference 

Library),   King  St.,  Manchester. 
Castlequin,    Cahirciveen,    Co.    Kerry,    or 

Cuileannach,  Lindsay    Rd.,    Glasnevin,. 

Dublin. 
844  Eighth  Avenue,  New  York,  U.S.A. 

14  Clarinda  Park,  Kingstown. 

The  Presbytery,  Tarbert,  Listowel,  Co. 

Kerry. 
TuUyra  Castle,  Ardrahan,  Co.  Galway, 
Kent  Cottage,  Lyme  Regis,  Dorset, 
per  Messrs.  Stechert  &  Co.,  2  Star  Yard, 

Carey  Street,  London,  W.C. 
Corof&n,  Co.  Clare. 
99   Grove   St.,    (Corner   Polk   St.,)   San 

Francisco,  U.S.A. 
(E.    C.    Armstrong,    Libr.)     c/o    Agent 

General     for     Victoria,     142     Queen 

Victoria    St.,    London,    E.G. 
24  Mountjoy  Street,  Dublin. 
La  Roche,  Park   Road,  Caterham-on-the 

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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LIST   OF   MEMBERS 


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. 

Cappoquin,  Co.  Waterford. 

Kilrush,  Co.  Clare. 

3518,  66th  Street,  Chicago,  U.S.A. 

c/o    Kegan,  Paul  &  Co.,  43  Gerrard    St., 

London,  W, 
Ballycastle,  Co.  Mayo. 

Porta  Costa,.  .California,  U.S.A. 
12  Effra  Rd.,  Brixton,  London,  S.W. 
Milford,  Charleville,  Co.  Cork. 
Curates  House,  Scariff,  Co.  Clare. 
House    of    Missions,    Enniscorthy.    Co. 

Wexford. 
34  Upper  Beersbddge  Road,  Belfast. 
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, 

25  North  Earl  Street.  Dublin. 

c/o    Hodges,  Figgis  &  Co.,  Grafton  St., 

Dublin. 
6  St.  Stephen's  Green,  Dublin. 
Cross  Street,  Gal  way. 

57  Buckingham  Street,  Aylesbury. 
per  Messrs.  Stevens  &  Brown,  Trafalgar 

Square,  London. 


LIST   OF   MEMBERS 


XXV 


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.) 

12  Brock  Street,  Bath. 

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, 

Birkenhead. 
100    Sinclair      Rd.,    West    Kensington, 

London,  W. 
48  Edith  Road,  Baronscourt,  London,  W. 
N.  S.  Ballymakeera,  Macroom,  Co.  Cork. 
107  Lilley  St.,  Chicago,  111.,  U.S.A. 
200  East  88th  St.,  New  York  City,  U.S.A. 
26  Marlboro'  Street,  Derry, 
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. 
26  Alfred  St.,  North  Melbourne,  Australia. 

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. 


XXVI 


LIST   OF   MEMBERS 


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. 
41    Kildare  Street,  Dublin, 
c/o  John  O'Donoghue,  Drumkerry  (Water- 

ville  P.  O.)  Co.  Kerry. 
P.  O.  Box  474,  Jefferson,  Texas,  U.S.A. 
The  Presbytery,  Loughrea,  Co.  Galway. 

2  Clare  View  Terrace,  Limerick. 

922  Elm  St.,  Manchester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, U.S.A. 

Bantry,  Co.  Cork. 

90  Skipton  St.,  Ballarat,  Victoria, 
AustraUa. 

3  Holies  Street,  Dublin. 

Toneen  Lodge,  Granard,  Co.  Longford. 
38  South  George's  Road,  Forest  Gate,  E. 
1027    East    76th    Street,    Chicago,     111., 

U.S.A. 
Ch.       Schools,       Carrick-on- Suir,      Co. 

Tipperary. 
459  McLaren  Street,  Ottawa,  Canada. 
2,7  Larkhall  Rise,  Clapham,  London,  S.W. 
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. 

45   Derby  St.,  Moss  Side,  Manchester. 
Cashel,  Co.  Tipperary. 
Castlelyons.  Co.  Cork. 
74  North  Parade,  Belfast. 
8  Grov^e  Park,  Rathmines,  Dublin. 
Arthurs  Row,  Ennis,  Co.  Clare. 
4201  Wentworth  Av.,  Chicago    U.S.A. 
Silver  St.,  Randolph,  Ma-s.,  U.S.A. 
5    Marguerite    Terrace,    Ormeau    Rd., 

Belfast. 
Gaelic  League,  Galway. 
Cornamona,  Clonlew,  Co.  Galway. 


LIST  OF   MEMBERS 


XXVll 


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. 


Power,  Wm,  Aloysius  Lucas 
Pratt  Institute  Free  Library . . 


Prendeville,  Rev.   J. 
Purcell,  Joseph 
Purcell,  Patrick 

Purser,  Prof.,  l.c,  f.t.c.d. 


66  Botanic  Road,  Glasnevin,  Dublin. 

26  Trinity  Street,  Drogheda. 

Pres.  St.  Colman's  College,  Violet  Hill, 

Newxy,  Armagh. 
Carna,  Connemara,  Co.  Galway. 
9  Upper  Mayor  St.,  North  Wall,  Dublin. 
Cloyne,  Co.  Cork. 

Monksgrange,  Enniscorthy,  Co.  Wexford. 
Derrincorrin,    N.     S.,   Adrigole,     Bantry, 

Co.  Cork. 
Milford,  Charleville,  Co.  Cork. 
Glengariff,  Co.  Cork. 
18  Brisbane  Road,  Ilford,  Essex. 
3  Wilton  Place,  Dubhn. 
I  Annamore  Terrace,  Inchicore,  Dublin 
St.  Brendan's,  Killarney,  Co.  Kerry, 
Caherdaniel,  N.  S.,  Co.  Kerry. 
Inland   Revenue,   Convent   Rd.,   Tulla- 

more,  Ireland. 
The  Presbytery,  Harwich,  Essex 
Srah,  N.  S.,  Ballinrobe,  Co.  Mayo. 
124  Drumcondra  Road,  Dubhn. 
Rockfield,  N.  S.,  Beaufort,  Co.   Kerry. 
High  St.,  Carrickmacross,  Co.  Monaghan 
per  E.  O.  Allen,  14  Grape  St.,  Shaftesbury 

Ave.,  London,  W.C. 

The  Mall,  Downpatrick. 

Liosan,  Sandymount,  Dublin. 

Ingemanns  Ve j  1 1 ,  Copenhagen,  Denmark. 

Stonor  Park,  Henley-on-Thames. 

per    Stevens    &  Brown,  4  Trafalgar  Sq., 

London,  W.C. 
Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford. 
Enniskillen,  Co.  Fermanagh. 
Dunganstown  Castle,  Wicklow. 
University  College,  Cardiff. 
3  Church  Ave.,  Rathmines,  Dublin. 
De  La  Salle  Training  College,  Waterford. 

(or     c/o    Waterford    Arch,      Journal, 

John's  Hill,  Waterford.) 
15  Peter  Street,  Waterford. 
(W.     W.     Plummer,     Libr.,      Brooklyn. 

New  York,  U.S. A,)  per  G.  E.  Stechert, 

2  Star  Yard,  Carey  St.,  London,  W.C. 
70  Fountains  Road,  Liverpool. 
6  Ellen  Street,  Limerick. 
6   Mt.    Harold   Terrace,   Leinster   Road, 

Dubhn. 
35  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 


Queen's  College,  Library.  Belfast  University  Road,  Belfast. 

(per  W.  Wylie,  Bursar) 
Quiggin,    Prof.    E.    C,    f.g.c.     Gonville  and  Caius  College,  Cambridge. 

Coll.,  Camb. 
'Quinn,  John  . .      120  Broadway,  New  York,  U.S.A. 

d 


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LIST   OF    MEMBERS 


QuinUvan,  P.,  Fel.  of  G.  &  C 
Coll.  Camb. 


Inland  Revenue,  Shannon  St. 
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. 
St.  Mary's,  Clontibret,    Co.  Monaghan. 

Derwen,     Hermitage     Lane     End,     West 

Hampstead. 
Jesus  College,  Oxford. 
Mount  Trenchard,  Foynes,  Co.  Limerick. 
Roselawn,  Ballybrack,    Co.,  Dublin. 
1785  Madison  Avenue,  New  York,U.S.A. 
300  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  U.S.A. 
St.  Mary's,  Commercial  Rd.,  London,  E. 
14    Bridge    Street,    Manchester,    or     The 

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. 
Far-Meehul,  Monaghan. 

21  Elms  Road,  Clapham,  London,  S.W. 
53  Pembridge  Villas,  Netting  Hill  Gate, 

London,  W. 
St.    Charles   Church,   Woonsocket,    N.J., 

U.S.A. 
Editor  "  The  Peasant,"  Dublin. 
John  St.,  Cashel,  Co.  Tipperary,  Ireland. 
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. 
i3qo  N.  Strieker  St.  Baltimore,  Maryland, 

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I.  510^^'A  -AD  fiugxx  [The  Lad  of  the  Ferule]. 

G-ACcfAj^  Ctoinne  "Rig  wa   n-lo|\uAn:)e    [Adventures  of  the 
Children  of  the  King  of  Norway]. 

(i6th  and  17th  century  texts.) 

Edited  by  DOUGLAS    HYDE,    LL.D. 


(Issued  i8gg.     Out  of  print  J) 

2.  pieT)  DpicjAent)  [The  Feast  of  Bricriu]. 

(From  Leabhar  ha  h-Uidhre,  with  conclusion  from  Gaelic 
MS.  XL.  Advocates'  Lib.,  and  variants  from  B.  M.  Egerton, 
93  ;  T.C.D.  H.  3.  17  ;  Leyden  Univ.,  Is  Vossii  lat.  4*.  7.) 

Edited  by  GEORGE   HENDERSON,   M.A.,  Ph.D. 


{Issued  igoo.     Out  of  print.) 

3.  D^nc-A   Ao-oti^s^in  tli    "RACliAiUe    [The    Poems    of  Egan 
O'Rahilly].     Complete  Edition. 

Edited,  chiefly  from  MSS.  in  Maynooth  College,  by 
Rev.  p.  S.  DINNEEN,  M.A. 

(A  New  Edition  of  this  Volume  will  shortly  be  issued). 


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4.   potu\r    'pex\tvA    A^    6i|iinn     [History    of    Ireland].       .  By 
Geoffrey  Keating. 

Edited  by  DAVID  COMYN,  Esq.,  M.R.I.A. 


(Issued  1^04.) 

5.  CxMtpeirh  Cong^Ml  Cl^viiAinjni^,  preserved  in  a  paper  MS. 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  in  the  Royal  Irish  Academy 
(23  H.  I.  C). 

Edited  by  PATRICK  M.  MacSWEENEY,  M.A, 


{Issued  igoj.) 

6.  The   Irish  Version  of  Virgil's   ^neid  from   the  Book  of 
Bally^mote. 

Edited  by  Kev.  GEORGE  CALDER,  B.D. 


{Issued  igoS.) 

y.  T)tiAn^i[Ae  pinti  [Ossianic  Poems  from   the  Library  of  the 
Franciscan  Monastery,  Dublin]. 

Edited  by  JOHN  MacNEILL,  B.A. 


{issued  igo8.) 

8  and  9.  Vols.  II  and  III  of  Keating's  History  of  Ireland. 
Edited   by  REV.   P.  S.  DINNEEN,  M.A. 


{IssHca  igo8^ 

10.  Two  Arthurian  Romances  [exiCcjiA  mACx\oirli  m-\  1oIai|\  t 
6x^Ccf<^  aw  TtlxJ-OfA  thAoil]. 

Edited  by  R.   A.  S.  MACALISTER,  M.A. 


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(  Volnmes  in  preparation^, 

II.  Poems  of  David  O'Bruadar. 

Edited  by  Rev.  J.  MacERLEAN    S.J. 


12.  "Ou-An^ii^e  Aot>A   rhic   SeAin  Vli  t3rit\oin   [The  Poembook 
of  Hugh  mac  Shane  O'Byrne]. 

Edited,  from  the  le^b^ii  btiAriAc  or  Book  of  the  O'Byrnes,. 
by  JOSEPPl  H.  LLOYD,  Gen.  Editor  to  the  Gaehc 
League. 


1 3.  Life  of  St.  Declan,  from  a  manuscript  in  the  Burgundian« 
Library,  Brussels. 

Edited  by  Rev.  P.  POWER,   F.R.S.A.    (Ireland). 


14.  The  Flight  of  the  Earls.  By  Teigue  O'Keenan 
(1607).  Preserved  in  the  Franciscan  Monastery. 
Dublin, 

Edited  by  MISS  AGNES  O'FARRELLY,  M.A. 


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