To blow the witches out. Considering
That the wild will of man could be oath-bound,
But that a woman’s could not, they bid us sing
Against the will of woman at its wildest
In the shape-changers that run upon the wind.
[CONCHUBAR has gone on to his throne.]
THE WOMEN.
[They sing in a very low voice after the first few words so that the others all but drown their words.
May this fire have driven out
The shape-changers that can put