Give him the cooking-spit, and tell how thou hast found us after giving our three shouts upon the Hill of Mochaen.

Then beseech him that he yield thee the loan of the pigskin of the King of Greece, for if it be laid upon us while the life is yet in us, we shall recover.

We have won the eric, and it may be that he will not pursue us to our death." Turenn went to Lugh and gave him the spit of the sea-nymphs, and besought him for the lives of his sons.
Lugh was silent for a while, but his countenance did not change, and he said, "Thou, old man, seest nought but the cloud of sorrow wherein thou art encompassed.

But I hear from above it the singing of the Immortal Ones, who tell to one another the story of this land.

Thy sons must die; yet have I shown to them more mercy than they showed to Kian.