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 the dawn,

And folded Dectara in a sudden fire.

FOURTH YOUNG KING. And yet the mother's half might well grow weary,

And it new come from labours over sea.

THIRD YOUNG KING. He has been on islands walled about with silver,

And fought with giants.

(They gather about the ale vat and begin to drink.)

CUCHULLAIN. Who was it that went out?

THIRD YOUNG KING. As we came in?

CUCHULLAIN. Yes.

THIRD YOUNG KING. Barach and blind Fintain.

CUCHULLAIN. They always flock together; the blind man

Has need of the fool's eyesight and strong body,

While the poor fool has need of the other's wit,

And night and day is up to his ears in mischief

That the blind man imagines. There's no hen-yard

But clucks and cackles when he passes by

As if he'd been a fox. If I'd that ball

That's in your hair and the big stone again,

I'd keep them tossing, though the one is heavy 36