[{"node":{"title":"Ferg012","Collections":"Conary","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Saturday, March 12, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg012","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Maeve, Ulster, Slew","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg012","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Ferg012_2.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffOf kingly-plighted honour undefiled.\nAbjured his father's councils and his court,\nAnd in the hostile halls of western Maeve\nSpent many a year of heart-corroding care.\nAnd many a man of Ulster, many a man\nOf his own kin, in alien service, slew.\nIf he be there, methinks to-night's assault\nWill leave the stones of some here unremoved.\" \n\nSaid Ingcel, \" I shall know him, when I see\nThat pale remorseful visage by and by.\nAnd that same brooch and sword-hilt shall be mine.\nWhat of the nine ? \" \n\n\" The nine he sat among\nWere men of steadfast looks, that at his word,\nSo seemed it me, would stay not to enquire\nWhose kindred were they he might bid them slay.\"\n\" Knowest thou, oh friend, the serviceable nine ? \" \n\n\" I know them also,\" answered Ferragon.\n\" Of them 'tis said they never slew a man\nFor evil deed, and never spared a man\nFor good deed ; but, as ordered, duteous, slew\nOr slew not. Shun that nine, unless your heads\nBe cased in casquets made of adamant ;\nElse shall the corpse of many a valiant man\nNow present, on Da-Derga's threshold lie.\" \n\n\" Nine for his nine ! \" said Ingcel. \" Think not thou\nBy tongue-drawn dangers and deterrent phrase \n","Type":"Text"}}]