the third of the music has been named.

Boand awoke afterwards out of the sleep. "I accept," she says, "thy
three sons O Uaithne of full ardour, since there is Suan-traide and
Gen-traide, and Gol-traide on cows and women who shall fall by Medb and
Ailill, men who shall perish by the hearing of art from them."

They cease from playing after that in the palace: "It is stately it has
come," says Fergus. "Divide ye to us," says Fraech to his people,
"the food, bring ye it into the house." Lothur went on the floor of
the house: he divides to them the food. On his haunches he used to
divide each joint with his sword, and he used not to touch the food
part: since he commenced dividing, he never hacked the meat beneath his
hand.

They were three days and three nights at the playing of the chess on
account of the abundance of the precious stones in the household of
Fraech. After that Fraech addressed Medb. "It is well I have played
against thee (i.e. have beaten thee)," he says, "I take not away thy
stake from the chess-board that there be not a decay of hospitality for
thee in it."

"Since I have been in this dun this is the day which I deem longest in
it ever," says Medb. "This is reasonable," says Fraech, "they are
three days and three nights in it." At this Medb starts up. It was a
shame with her that the warriors were without food. She goes to
Ailill: she tells it to him. "A great deed we have done," said she,
"the stranger men who have come to us to be without food." "Dearer to
thee is playing of the chess," says Ailill. "It hinders not the
distribution to his suite throughout the house. They have been three