And half of the men of Luachar we killed and the rest fled, and the Lord of Luachar I slew in the doorway of his palace.

We took a great spoil then, O Crimmal--these vessels of bronze and silver, and spears and bows, smoked bacon and skins of Greek wine; and in a great chest of yewwood we found this bag.

All these things shall now remain with you, and my company shall also remain to hunt for you and protect you, for ye shall know want and fear no longer while ye live." And Finn said, "I would fain know if my mother Murna still lives, or if she died by the sons of Morna." Crimmal said, "After thy father's death, Finn, she was wedded to Gleor, Lord of Lamrigh, in the south, and she still lives in honour with him, and the sons of Morna have let her be.

Didst thou never see her since she gave thee, an infant, to the wise women on the day of Cnucha ?" "I remember," said Finn, "when I was, as they tell me, but six years old, there came one day to our shieling in the woods of Slieve Bloom a chariot with bronze-shod wheels and a bronze wolf's head at the end of the pole, and two horsemen riding with it, besides him who drove.

A lady was in it, with a gold frontlet on her brow and her cloak was fastened with a broad golden brooch.