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Tell me all the ill that follows; Give a prophecy that's true! Cheat me not for fear of danger; Never Druid spoke like you.

Mani, raised above dishonour, Son of Croghan's Maev shall fall; Three times fifty comrades with him, Wailing shall arise for all.

None escape or find returning Of the troops from Croghan fair; Higher shall your fame be burning; Seek it, guard yourself with care!

"In safety shalt thou return, O king," said he, "with triumph and conquest and fame."

Now it happened that at that time Cathach the cat-headed, Dimor's daughter, had arrived in Eman. A famous warrior was she; and from the land of Spain she had come to Eman for the love that she bore to Cuchulainn, and she joined with Conor for that war.