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Cuculain answered, "I swear by my gods that Dun-Mic-Nectan is the only dun in all Meath which shall hear my warlike challenge this day. Descend the hill now, for verily thither shalt thou fare, and that whether thou art willing or unwilling." Now, for the first time, his valour and his destructive wrath were kindled in the soul of Dethcaen's nursling.
Close all gates, shoot every bar. For Dethcaen's nursling, Sualtam's son, draweth nigh. Verily he is not hurt, but he hath wounded. Champions the mightiest he hath victoriously overthrown. Though he come swiftly it is not in flight. Take good heed now while there is time.
It was Dethcaen's nursling, the ex-pupil of Fergus Mac Roy, the little boy Setanta grown into a terrible and irresistible hero. It was by his defence of Ulster on that occasion against Fergus and Meave and the four provinces, that Cuculain acquired his deathless glory and became the chief hero of the north-west of the world.
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