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 "Maelduin," replied he.

"Then open," said the chief, "for thou art welcome."

Thus they were gladly welcomed, and gifts of new raiment were made them. Then they told of the marvels God had shown them, according to the word of the sacred poet who saith:

Thereafter Maelduin went to his own district, and his tribe and kinsmen joyed greatly at his coming, and Diuran the rhymer took the five half-ounces of silver he had brought from the net and laid them on the altar of Armagh, exulting in the miracles and wonders God had wrought for them. They narrated their adventures from beginning to end, their perils and dangers by sea and land, and Aed the fair, chief poet of Ireland, wrote them down, that the men of Ireland might delight in them forever.