And they governed their kingdoms as they would , and in a few years they became grown men with beards on their chins ; and Iarlaid married the daughter of the king of Greece , and Oireal the daughter of the king of Orkney . The next year sons were born to Oireal and Iarlaid ; and the son of Oireal was big and strong , but the son of Iarlaid was little and weak , and each had six foster brothers who went everywhere with the princes . One day Manus , son of Oireal , and his cousin , the son of Iarlaid , called to their foster brothers , and bade them come and play a game at shinny in the great field near the school where they were taught all that princes and nobles should know . Long they played , and swiftly did the ball pass from one to another , when Manus drove the ball at his cousin , the son of Iarlaid . The boy , who was not used to be roughly handled , even in jest , cried out that he was sorely hurt , and went home with his foster brothers and told his tale to his mother . The wife of Iarlaid grew white and angry as she listened , and thrusting her son aside , sought the council hall where Iarlaid was sitting . ` Manus has driven a ball at my son , and fain would have slain him , ' said she . ` Let an end be put to him and his ill deeds . ' But Iarlaid answered : ` Nay , I will not slay the son of my brother . ' ` And he shall not slay my son , ' said the queen . And calling to her chamberlain she ordered him to lead the prince to the four brown boundaries of the world , and to leave him there with a wise man , who would care for him , and let no harm befall him . And the wise man set the boy on the top of a hill where the sun always shone , and he could see every man , but no man could see him . Then she summoned Manus to the castle , and for a whole year she kept him fast , and his own mother could not get speech of him . But in the end , when the wife of Oireal fell sick , Manus fled from the tower which was his prison , and stole back to his on home . For a few years he stayed there in peace , and then the wife of Iarlaid his uncle sent for him . ` It is time that you were married , ' she said , when she saw that Manus had grown tall and strong like unto Iarlaid . ` Tall and strong you are , and comely of face . I know a bride that will suit you well , and that is the daughter of the mighty earl of Finghaidh , that does homage for his lands to me . I myself will go with a great following to his house , and you shall go with me . ' Thus it was done ; and though the earl 's wife was eager to keep her daughter with her yet a while , she was fain to yield , as the wife of Iarlaid vowed that not a rood of land should the earl have , unless he did her bidding .
But if he would give his daughter to Manus , she would bestow XXXXX him the third part of her own kingdom , with much treasure beside .
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