<> Deirdre Linen Hall Library 1880 Linen Hall Library Thursday, February 4, 2016 TIFF Ferg048 Manuscript Dunseverick, Brethren, Fergus English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg048 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Ferg048_0.jpg LHL Archive  FERGUS. Mount, daughter Deirdre. Fill the cup again, And fair farewells and healths to all of you. BARACH. Fergus, thou wilt not pass a brother's door ? We wait thee at Dunseverick. Let thy wards Take the protection of thy own good sons. They'll see them safe. To that end Buino Borb Is this same morning from Emania come, And here finds Ulan by a lucky chance Journeying thither with his company. Thy honor shall not suffer in their hands. DEIRDRE. Fergus, thou'rt pledged to us. Say nay to him. BARACH. He shall not say me nay. My board is spread ; The choicest Brethren of the Branch are there, And much would marvel should his place be void. His sons are well-sufficient in his room. What though ye journeyed to the Branch alone, None dare molest you, such a sheltering shield Is the pledged word of Fergus ; and they know, From post to post, 'tis on his guarantee And pass-word that ye travel ; since the king On his assurances has pardoned you. DEIRDRE. Fergus, I put thee under bond and vow, Pledged but to-day, that thou desert us not. BARACH. Fergus, I put thee under bond and vow. Pledged when we made thee Brother of the Branch, Thou pass not further till thou sup with me. FERGUS. I pray thee, Barach, to forbear thy suit. Text