Let the battle line be formed!

Gather now, ye warriors!

Battle shall be fought

At Garech and Ilgarech

On aftermorrow's morn!"

[4]Or it was Cuscraid Menn ('the Stammerer') of Macha, Conchobar's son, who sang this lay on the night before the battle ...,[b] after the lay 'Arise ye Kings of Macha' which Loegaire Buadach ('the Victorious ') sang.[4]

On that same night Cormac Conlongas, Conchobar's son, spake these words to the men of Erin at Slemain Midè that night:—

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"A wonder of a morning,