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Fled Bricrend (Author: Unknown)

section 9

‘Mad lat em cauradmir mo tighisi, bid lat curadmir n-Emna do gres. Is coir cauradmir mo taighi de chosnam’, ol .ví., ‘ni cauradmir tighi meraighi. Atá dabach a tallai triar and di laithib gaili fer n-Ulad ier na línadh di fhín aicinta a tiribh Franc. Atá torc .uíí. mbliadan and; ó robo leo orc mbec, ní dechaid ina beolai acht lichta lemhnochta & menadhuch and erruch & fircroích & firlemnacht a samrud, etne cno & fircruithnecht


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hi foghamur beoil & enbruithi a ngaimrud. Ata botuir ann dinad at lana a .vii. mbliadna; ní dechaid fraech na faigdech ina beola, acht firlemhnacht & luigfer glaisfer & arbur. Atad .u.xx. bairgen cruithnechta and ier na fuine trie mil; .u. meich .xx. tra ised dopronnad frisna .u. fichtiu bairgen sin, & cetri bairgena in cech míach. Issed sin iarom curadmir mo tighe’, or Bricriu. ‘Huair is tusa loech is dech fail la h-Ultu, is det is coir a tabairt & isat donutracarsa. In tan iarom bus erlum taisbenadh na flithi díud lai, erged do arussai suas, & ba do doberthur a cauradmir.’ ‘Betid fir marbhai ann, no dogentar samlaid’, ol Loegairi. Faitbister lasodain, & pa maidh leis a menma.