This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ... time to her father's house, and her father conceiving great grief in her presence, she asked him whence his grief arose. 'My being without lands in exile, ' said he. Messengers afterwards arrived from the king to see the daughter, but she resolved not to go to the king until he should give a good tract of land to her ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ... time to her father's house, and her father conceiving great grief in her presence, she asked him whence his grief arose. 'My being without lands in exile, ' said he. Messengers afterwards arrived from the king to see the daughter, but she resolved not to go to the king until he should give a good tract of land to her father. 'I will give him, ' said Aedh, 'as much of the wooded lands to the west as he can pass round in one day, and St. Caelainn, the pious, shall be given as a guarantee of it.' Coirbri afterwards went round a great extent of that country, according to the mode directed, and finally returned to his house, and settled his people in these lands. The men of Connacht greatly criminated Aedh for the too great extent of land, as they deemed, which he had given away, and said that Coirbri should be killed. 'This cannot be done, ' said Aedh, 'for Caelainn is guarantee for himself and for his land. But, however, let some beer be made by you for bim, and give him a poisonous draught in that beer, that he may die of it.' A feast was, therefore, afterwards prepared. This whnie aflair was revealed by the Lord to St. Caelainn, and she came to the feast. 'Why hast thou violated my guarantee?' said she to Aedh. 'I will violate thee as regards thy kingdom.' 'Accept thy own award in compensation for it, ' said the king. 'I will, ' said Caelainn. 'Pass thy sentence then, ' said the king. 'I will, said she. 'Because it is through the medium of beer thou soughtest to destroy Coirbri, may the king of Connacht meet decline or certain death if ever he drink of the beer of the Ciarraidlii.' Hence it came to pass that the Ciarraidhi never brew any beer for the kings of Connacht. 'Grant land to myself, ' said the nun. 'Choose it, ' said the king. The Tcarmonn Mor was afterwar...
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