asked he . ` The creature who has that chain round his neck , need not fear a hundred enemies , ' answered the armourer . And Manus wound it round him and passed on into the forest . Suddenly there sprang out from the bushes two lions , and a lion cub with them . The fierce beasts bounded towards him , roaring loudly , and would fain have eaten him , but quickly Manus stooped and spread the cloth upon the ground . At that the lions stopped , and bowing their great heads , kissed the back of his wrist and went their ways . But the cub rolled itself up in the cloth ; so Manus picked them both up , and carried them with him to Old Bergen . Another year went by , and then he took the lion cub and set forth to the land of Lochlann . And the wife of Iarlaid came to meet him , and a brown dog , small but full of courage , came with her . When the dog beheld the lion cub he rushed towards him , thinking to eat him ; but the cub caught the dog by the neck , and shook him , and he was dead . And the wife of Iarlaid mourned him sore , and her wrath was kindled , and many times she tried to slay Manus and his cub , but she could not . And at last they two went back to Old Bergen , and the twelve foster brothers went also . ` Let them go , ' said the wife of Iarlaid , when she heard of it . ` My brother the Red Gruagach will take the head off Manus as well in Old Bergen as elsewhere . ' Now these words were carried by a messenger to the wife of Oireal , and she made haste and sent a ship to Old Bergen to bear away her son before the Red Gruagach should take the head off him . And in the ship was a pilot . But the wife of Iarlaid made a thick fog to cover the face of the sea , and the rowers could not row , lest they should drive the ship on to a rock . And when night came , the lion cub , whose eyes were bright and keen , stole up to Manus , and Manus got on his back , and the lion cub sprang ashore and bade Manus rest on the rock and wait for him . So Manus slept , and by-and-by a voice sounded in his ears , saying : ` Arise ! ' And he saw a ship in the water beneath him , and in the ship sat the lion cup in the shape of the pilot .
Then they sailed away through the fog , and none saw them ; and they reached the land of Lochlann , and the lion cub with the chain round his neck sprang XXXXX the ship and Manus followed after .
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