The Sons of Uisliu went out to hinder their brother. ‘What ails you?’ they said. ‘Let not the Ulstermen slay one another for your crime.’
Then he related to them what had been done to him.
‘Evil will ensue,’ the warriors said. ‘Although there may be [evil resulting therefrom], you shall not be under disgrace as long as we shall be alive. We shall go with her into another land. There is not in Ireland a king who will not give welcome to us.’
That was their decision. They set out that night with their hundred and fifty warriors, women, dogs and servants; and among them was Derdriu mingled in with everybody [else].