[{"node":{"title":"Ferg059","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg059","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Red Branch, Spirit, Supper","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg059","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/Ferg059_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffDo love him better, were that possible\nWhere love was always best, than e'er before. \n\nLEVARCAM.\nMy pet, my precious one, we know not yet\nBut that the king may treat us honestly.\nIf to the Red Branch lodging we be sent,\nMistrust him : but, elsewhere, set face to face,\nAnd other champions of the province by,\nHe durst not venture such a villany\nAs thy dark-omening spirit shudders at.\nBut, see, we near the town. The sun sets red.\nAnd turns the low-hung awning of the clouds\nInto a lowering, crimson canopy. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nBlood-red it hangs. I know the augury\nBut knowledge and forewarning now come late. \n\nNAISI.\nWe near the palace. See, a steward comes\nTo lead us to our lodging. Sir, precede :\nWe follow. 'Tis the Red Branch, as I see,\nWe are assigned to. Often in this hall\nHave I been merry, and will be again.\nHere's supper laid. Beseech you sit ye down\nAnd let's refresh ourselves, \n\nDEIRDRE.\nI cannot eat. \n\nNAISI.\nNor I, in truth. I have been somewhat chafed.\nGive me some wine ; and set the chess-tables.\nArdan will play with me, to pass the time,\nTill haply Conor send us his commands.\nAnd, Ainle, thou be umpire of the game. \n","Type":"Text"}}]