O? Connor's Chronictes of Eri. 
while before he ceased, he did eal me 
to him, andvhe:saidy: efasy 
offilaet, Marcad lead they Gael- ti. the 
land of woods, .thebservants: willl) be 
helping unto them to-win the Jabdi, Let 
not |.Baal jin: his: next) day’s) rest} look 
down on the griefs of Iberim Gael-ag.” 
-And | these-were:the) last words of Ith 
the son of Bille; othe: brether of Go-lam 
the renowned, himself renowned:also. 
>And whén: duugad) had ymadean end, 
all repeated their oath to have venge- 
ance, for Ith’s; blood,’ and all besought 
Maread to speed their departure. 
») New) preparations are;made through 
Gael-ag, ands what :time Baal entered 
the! threshold -of the mansion of his 
blessed fire, behold on’ shipboard. the 
clann .of; Breo-ccean Gaal of ‘Sciot, of 
Iber, Nomades,,Ogeageis, the memorial 
of our race, of}\thosé who had escaped 
dhe eaptivity,of Sruj:and- the wrath of 
aal taking theirdeparturefrom Gacl-ag 
perhaps forever, having: sojourned here, 
four hundred;-and four ‘score and four 
rings precisely. 
_» (Baal, was favourable until: the host 
came within sight of the land of their 
vengeanee,| «Then | did) he send forth his 
messengers: of air;,and they brake the 
vessels, and; scattered) them, on. every 
side:, twelve ships did the servants of 
ihe, angerof» Baal bury beneath the 
wayes ofthe vast deep. 
9 Qn, that day was Colba overborne at 
the mouth-of,a river of the land. 
.4On. that, day, perished, Cier within the 
jaws of aniniet.of the sea at the extre- 
mity, of the, world of-land. 
_Howbeit..the, remainder of the host 
with difficulty reached the shore, with 
Maread;) Tolar, and. Blat, sons of the 
bero, and Lugad the son of Ith, and the 
children of Maread and Tolar, and Er 
son of. Cier, he| would abide with: the 
sons of Marcad, -bis);companions -in 
Gaelag. ; 
» And, Maread. bad, “Let three men 
abide, wit cach ship, and et) allsdhe 
women farry) with «them, whiles etheir 
brethren go to, take vengeance for Tith’s 
blood, and|wiu the land; and thencloth 
Was,spread to; take the lots of ties to 
glay behind. ruler 
/ When ally the men, audi tl: thie, Wo- 
men,oried, aloud, ‘ Let none Ke deft plet 
all die together; or all have glory of those 
who, shed, Ith’s; blood!” They mdnld 
not be iatreated, 
And the Gaal were abide td. 
gether, and dhe) men \of)the | land) as- 
sembled, moresin guinber than the Gaal, 
ove score for one. 
653: 
And they battle, endured not Jong, 
when bands of the servants passed over 
unto us, andthe masters fled. 
»And on the nextday the battle was 
renewed; andthe men of ithe land were 
overthrown: the clubs availed not; the 
servants stung the masters sorely: 
And on theethird day, theochiefs: of 
the’ land ‘did «send «messengers unto 
Marcad; and the messengers lradi their 
clubs behind them,:and boththeir arms 
on their breasts, token of peace. 
Now it happed that.men of the Gaal, 
in a ship of Feneid, on their way from 
Breotan: to Gaclag, driven from its 
course, was broken here eight: rings 
gone by; these did know the speech of 
the Danan. 
These did the Danan bring before 
Maread; and when their joy hadsabated 
in some sort, for seeing the face of their 
brethren, they did speak inthe ‘speech 
now of one, now of another; and‘ after 
this manner was ‘the coyenants\made 
sure between the chiefs of Iberj and/the 
chiefs of the land aforetimes® 002919 
And the chiefs of the land:said) <©Ye 
be mightier than we«through’ the: false- 
hood of Cloden, the Danan will:not’be 
in subjection nor yet under tribute: to 
thee. We will move to the) farside of 
the old river, and dwelk between» the 
waters thereof, and the: waves: of the 
vast sea. We will notpass overdo 
this side of the river to thy people, nor 
must thy people'passioveritowus. :More- 
over Clodenis in thy:hand; do unto-them 
as scemeth good ytoy thee; \if.ye deal 
kindly by them, sand oput thy: trust ip 
them, look to it: 
On that day, the: second day: fuse 
Baal had entered into the:second' cham. 
ber of his house Seth was: sithe conenarit 
made. 7 
And the Danan did ket af Fg begga 
stone. on (he spot;owhere. the; covenant 
was made; and I Ordachave set down 
words onthe chronicles) ofthe pad to 
remaim for ever. 24 
And) Marcad said,:\ Let this: ihibe he 
called «Mag: conan Em A and) alli said, 
sc nad ” fy F r 
oNow peace abideth. The. ‘Diavaniare 
in motion towards :the\:country: of the 
covenant.| Lingueat iaenl around (the 
Ganalail! diiw , 
bo The tents oft Marend arciraiseds up on 
Magmirtionnas andi the tents,of [ber 
stand about: the ‘tents! of the: chief; for 
Mareud saith, “f?Cwere well:that the 
Gaalrest together; till the Danan pass 
the waters.” 
Virgneat aye helping unto us in all 
things; 
mig 
