Breathing slaughter on his foes!"

Medb:

"Fergus, should he come 'tween us,

To Cuchulain bear this word:

He were prudent to stay still;

Cruachan holds a check in store."

Fergus:

"Valiant will the slaughter be

Badb's wild daughter[c] gloats upon.

For the Blacksmith's Hound will spill