<> Deirdre Linen Hall Library 1880 Linen Hall Library Thursday, February 4, 2016 TIFF Ferg063 Manuscript Private, Betray, Poisoned English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg063 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Ferg063_0.jpg LHL Archive And we, as sons and lawful deputies Of his great surety, Fergus son of Roy, Are answerable for him. PURSUIVANT. Yield him up. BUINO. We will not yield him. There I plant the spear Of Fergus. Pass it, and I strike thee dead. PURSUIVANT. Buino, a message for thy private ear BUINO. Deliver it without. I follow thee. DEIRDRE. It is the confirmation of the grant That bribes him to betray us. ILLAN. Oh, no, no ! If that were possible, I'd die of shame. NAISI. Await him : he'll return. DEIRDRE. Oh trustful breast, Incapable of comprehending guile. As is the goblet of true crystal stone To hold the poisoned draught that shivers it. Would I could bear thy heart-break, now at hand 1 AINLE. He comes not back. Sir, shall we take our arms ? NAISI. What, Ulan, wouldst thou that we deem ourselves Discharged the duty to rely on thee ? ILLAN. Not while I live, and these, my father's men, Are here to make the pledge of Fergus good. NAISI. The move is with thee, Ardan. Play again. Text