[{"node":{"title":"Ferg042","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg042","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Truants, Irish, Fergus","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg042","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/Ferg042_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffOf pardon and safe-conduct both for her\nAnd him, and them, and all their company,\nAnd, ere this present rounding moon come full,\nI'll fetch the troop of truants back again.\"\n\" Ah, ha,\" said he, \" thou knowest then where they\nhide ? \"\n\" Well do I know,\" I answered, \" but not tell,\nTill first in open court thou'st said me yea.\" \n\nNAISI.\nWhat said he then to that ? \n\nFERGUS.\nHe sat awhile,\nRevolving in his mind I know not what,\nAnd something whispered Barach sitting by.\n\" Say yea,\" said Conall. Said Cuchullin, \" king\nSay yea, and we will be their sureties.\"\n\" Yea then,\" said Conor, and the thing was done ;\nAnd here am I ; and there my galley rides\nWill land us safely this same afternoon\nAt Bon-a-Margy, upon Irish ground. \n\nNAISI.\nOh noble Fergus, let me kiss thy hand 1 \n\nAINLE.\nOur dear befriender and deliverer 1 \n\nARDAN.\nIn whose safe-conduct we do all confide. \n\nFERGUS.\nWhat say'st thou, daughter Deirdre, shall we go ? \n\nDEIRDRE.\nAh me, among you all what voice have I ?\nYe leap like fishes to the baited hook\nAnd like young salmon will be drawn to land.\nI knew 'twas Fergus ere I saw his face,\nAnd knew he came a messenger of ill ;\nFor I am daughter of a seer sire,\nAnd prescience of disaster came on me\nWith first announcement of his sail on shore. \n\nNAISI.\nSay not disaster ; Fergus brings a boon ;\nEven when, unpardoned, I\u2019d have risked return,\nOur pardon, on condition of return. \n","Type":"Text"}}]