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was no faint splendour swift-passing yonder; father-in-law of Lug with tale of ships, with prowess of feats in war and slaying of foreign foemen. of Britain, of conquering white-clad forces [were] the two wives of Lug,–fruitfulness came to them– Bui of the Brug and modest Nas. claims of right the brow and the beauty [of the spot], since she is gone, with the noise of combat, how should ye know at all the spot where she died? (truth and not folly) death o'erwhelmed her; 'tis from her Nas was named, famous perpetually for stern law. 'tis there the lady was buried; from her it is called with clear certitude: the lore of the ancient hides not this. after the havoc of her shelter and her precinct: not tardily came the death-dirge for the lady; 'tis there Bui abode, and was buried. the pillaging violence of hosts does not wreck it; but 'tis it that, for [repose from] fatigue of fierce deeds, is the lofty hold of the fiery kings. to bewail the women from the Brug; from Tailtiu where he raised a fire whence they came with Lug. for the women free from guilt and guile; the game of wounds was waged by them untimely, in no merry wise. (it is not an empty lamentation with the lips) the assembly of Taltiu with mighty preparations, held by every hero moreover according to custom. happy satisfaction, no small pleasure, the lamentation of the fair-skinned vocal women of Fáil, the keening for the daughters of Ruadri the red. Nas Roncc and Ailestar in the west without respite above troublous Cuan, Taltiu extinguished them for good. a rath of the province of Connacht the excellent; a rath of the province of Leinster without weakness, a site for Nas daughter of Ruad.
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