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226 Then they inveighed bitterly against each other; till at last they came to the question of how they should fight. But once more the tenderness of their old friendship overcame Cuchulaind, and he implored Ferdiad to withdraw from the combat:—

"Findabar, the daughter of the king,— The reward which has been proffered thee,— To numbers before thee has been falsely promised, And many like thee has she wounded.