Cúchulainn came to the place and saluted them.
‘What is this sorrow or the misery upon you?’ says Cúchulainn.
The damsel answered and this she said: ‘A royal tribute which the tribe of Fomorians carry out of this country every seventh year, namely, the first-born of the king's children. And at this time it has come to me to go as that tribute, for to the king I am the dearest of his children.’
‘What number comes to lift that tribute?’ asks Cúchulainn.
‘Three sons of Alatrom of the Fomorians,’ she answers, ‘and Dub, Mell and Dubros are their names.’