The Courtship of Ferb
Conor.
Tell me all the ill that follows;
Give a prophecy that's true!
Cheat me not for fear of danger;
Never Druid spoke like you.
Cathba.
Mani, raised above dishonour,
Son of Croghan's Maev shall fall;
Three times fifty comrades with him,
Wailing shall arise for all.
None escape or find returning
Of the troops from Croghan fair;
Higher shall your fame be burning;
Seek it, guard yourself with care!
"In safety shalt thou return, O king," said he, "with triumph and conquest and fame."
Now it happened that at that time Cathach the cat-headed, Dimor's daughter, had arrived in Eman. A famous warrior was she; and from the land of Spain she had come to Eman for the love that she bore to Cuchulainn, and she joined with Conor for that war.
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