[{"node":{"title":"Ferg015","Collections":"Conary","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Saturday, March 12, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg015","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Liquor, Duftach, Luignech","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg015","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/Ferg015_2.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffAnd swings the weapon as a man might think\nThe very thing had life, and struggled strong\nTo dash itself at breasts of enemies :\nA cauldron at his feet, big as the vat\nOf a king's kitchen ; in that vat a pool,\nHideous to look upon, of liquor black :\nTherein he dips and cools the blade by times.\"\n\" Resolve us who be these three, Ferragon.\"\n\" Not hard to tell ; though hard, perchance to hear\nFor those who listen, and who now must know\nWhat foes their fortune dooms them cope withal,\nIf this assault be given while these be here.\nThese three are Sencha son of Olioll,\nCalled ' Half-the-battle ' by admiring men ;\nDuftach, for fierceness named the Addercop ;\nAnd Govnan son of Luignech ; and the spear\nIn hands of Duftach is the famous ' lann '\nOf Keltar son of Utechar, which erst\nA wizard of the Tuath De Danaan brought\nTo battle at Moy Tury, and there lost :\nFound after. And these motions of the spear,\nAnd sudden sallies hard to be restrained,\nAffect it, oft as blood of enemies\nIs ripe for spilling ; and a cauldron then\nFull of witch-brewage needs must be at hand,\nTo quench it, when the homicidal act\nIs by its blade expected ; quench it not, \n","Type":"Text"}}]