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Buile Suibhne (Author: [unknown])
paragraph 56
p.113
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- Woe to those who strike women's fancy,
however excellent their form,
since Suibhne Geilt
has got no sympathy from his first love.
- And woe to him who trusts in women
whether by night or by day,
whatever be in their minds,
after the treachery of Eorann.
- Good was my kindness to the woman—
without guile, without deceit—
she got from me thrice fifty cows
and fifty steeds in one day.
- When I was in the conflict
I would not avoid an armed band;
where there was a fight or a tussle
I was a match for thirty.
- Rightly did Congal ask
of us Ulster warriors:
which of you will repel in battle
Oilill Cedach the combative?
- Wild and angry the man,
huge his shield and his spear,
he stilled for a time the host,
the matchless, huge man.
- Said I at Congal's side—
it was not the response of a timid man—
I will ward off mighty Oilill,
though hard beyond aIl is it to encounter him.
p.115
- Headless I left Oilill,
and right glad was I thereat;
by me also there fell
five sons of the king of Magh Mairge.