Even though great were this cruelty$$$ oppression$$$ and tyranny$$$ though numerous were the oft-victorious clans of the many-familied Erinn; though numerous their kings$$$ and their royal chiefs$$$ and their princes; though numerous their heroes and champions$$$ and their brave soldiers$$$ their chiefs of valour and renown and deeds of arms; yet not one of them was able to give relief$$$ alleviation$$$ or deliverance from that oppression and tyranny$$$ from the numbers and multitudes$$$ and the cruelty and the wrath of the brutal$$$ ferocious$$$ furious$$$ untamed$$$ implacable hordes by whom that oppression was inflicted$$$ because of the excellence of their polished$$$ ample$$$ treble$$$ heavy$$$ trusty$$$ glittering corslets; and their hard$$$ strong$$$ valiant swords; and their well-riveted long spears$$$ and their ready$$$ brilliant arms of valour besides; and because of the greatness of their achievements and of their deeds$$$ their bravery$$$ and their valour$$$ their strength$$$ and their venom$$$ and their ferocity$$$ and because of the excess of their thirst and their hunger for the brave$$$ fruitful$$$ nobly-inhabited$$$ full of cataracts$$$ rivers$$$ bays$$$ pure$$$ smooth-plained$$$ sweet grassy land of Erinn"(pp. 52-53).
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