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