And when those hosts had arrived at one place, this is what
Theseus said to them : " Men," said he, " fortify your hearts, and
hasten unto Thebes without delay by day or by night, till ye
arrive at it." Then arose that great army, so that the earth
shook from the madness of the stallions under the soldiers, and
from the tempestuous temper of the powerful heroes hastening
unto the battle, so that every level very green plain over which
that host might go became a very durable road of kneaded
blood-red clay, and the sides of the mountains past which they

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E. 54^ 9 TOGAIL NA TEBE Eg. 25 la 24

sleibteg^ secha tigdis re taitnem na n-arm loindreach^ lasamain ^^^ '

4820 badar uastu, -j ba hadbal a fogar' bres isinn a6r uastu, [re Eg.]
cn'thgair* a n-arm n-examZa n-umochta^ ag buain r6 aroili. Et
robai comtniith mor acco ag cosnam thosaig do rochtain dochuvi
na Teibi da togail. Ba suaithnigta^ an rl romor gasta' roalaiwd
'ma roibi an shocAraidi sin .i. Teis, mac Eig'- Uair is arniaid

4825 robdi "I dealba na n-iwdsed [fair Eg.] 1 na n-oilen 1 na' cathrach
rochosaiw, 1 dealb an muntuirc no an miKituir^" ramarb i n-inis 668
Creid arna rindad a slesaib an sceith chuan(£a chobradaig rabai
air, coT-hi^^ buaidred da bidbadaib antan concingead cath^^
sillead for an sciath n-ilbrec n-exa,mail^^ sin; -j tangadar rompo

4830 fam samla sin dochum na Teibi can anad.
