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Oscar. " O woman % that waflieft thofe garments, foretell 

 " us truly what is to happen ; fhall any of our foes fell by us, 

 " or fliall we all fall unrevenged ? 



Maid. " You (hall flay five hundred, and wound the king 

 " himfejf, together with him who is next to him in dignity : but 

 " all your lives ^ have come." 



Oscar. " Let not Rofg-Mac-Ruo hear you, nor any of our 

 " enemy ; let not the Fians hear you to-night, left we fliould be 

 " all difpirited." 



When we came to a narrow pafs in a narrow vale, there was 

 the valiant Cairbre with his hoft coming to oipofe us. Five fcore 

 brave Scots'', that came over the rocky rough fea, fell on the 

 oppofite fide by Ofcar, as he rufhed on toward the king of Ireland. 

 Five fcore heroes with blue fwords, who never before moved one 

 ftep backward, fell on the oppofite fide by Ofcar, as he rufiied 

 on toward the king of Ireland. Five fcore heroes armed with 

 bows, who came to the afliftancc of Cairbre, fell on the oppofite 

 fide by Ofcar, as he rufhed on toward the king of Ireland. 



' Ofcar is here fuppofed, whilft marching off with his booty, to meet a young 

 •woman early in the morning, whom he conceives endued with the gift of prophefy. 

 It is an opinion ftil! prevailing in Ireland, that the firft woman you meet with in the 

 morning is a witch. 



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