The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| The Room of the Kitcheners |
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| “I beheld a trio cooking, in short inlaid aprons: a fair grey man, and two youths in his company.” | 1 |
| “I know those,” quoth Fer rogain: “they are the King’s three chief kitcheners, namely, the Dagdae and his two fosterlings, Séig and Segdae, the two sons of Rofer Singlespit. A man will perish by each of them,” etc. | 2 |
| “I beheld another trio there. Three plates of gold over their heads. Three speckled mantles about them: three linen shirts with red insertion: three golden brooches in their mantles: three wooden darts above them on the wall.” | 3 |
| “Those I know,” says Fer rogain: “the three poets of that king: Sui and Rodui and Fordui: three of the same age, three brothers: three sons of Maphar of the Mighty Song. A man will perish for each of them, and every pair will keep between them one man’s victory. Woe to him who shall wreak the Destruction!” etc. | 4 |
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