[{"node":{"title":"Ferg045","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg045","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Chess-board, Levarcam, Nessa","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg045","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/Ferg045_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffFor love, for friendship, and for poesy ;\nNor rules there king in Erin, not himself,\nTh' arch-king of Tara, Conary, glorious son\nOf Ederscal, would venture, or have power,\nTo violate safe-conduct given by him. \n\nFERGUS.\nDaughter, thou art the wife of my good friend ;\nI therefore hear not any word ill-timed,\nIf such were spoken. But beseech you, come\nThe tide now serves us, and the wind sits fair.\nArray ye quick, and let us seek the shore. \n\nNAISI.\nBring forth my chess-board and its furniture,\nMy battle-tackle, and my hunting-gear,\nFor glad I am, and full resolved to go. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nCall me nurse Levarcam, and bring my harp.\nSirs, I am ready. Yes, I knew thy cry,\nFergus, for, I remember, once you rode\nTo hunt with Nessa close beneath my bower :\nAnd I could tell you still what robes ye wore.\nAnd what the several names ye called your hounds.\n'Twas then I heard it, and I know it still,\nBut feigned I knew it not ; and to no end.\nYes, from that turret on my garden wall\nI oft have viewed the Brethren of the Branch,\nAnd learned their cries of combat and of chase ;\nAnd there I oft saw him my eyes preferred,\nAs my heart prizes still above all men.\nAnd where he goes, I go along with him. \n\nFERGUS.\nSee here our galley. Send us forth a plank.\nHold by my hand. Deirdre, I swear to you,\nMy heart is lighter now you are on board ;\nFor a good ending shall our journey have,\nAnd I am sure thou 'It thank me for it yet.\nCast off ! Up sail ! She feels the wind. We fly. \n","Type":"Text"}}]