Note 9 — Chapter IX

Observe the exquisite and complicated metre of this in the original, a proof, I think, that the lines are not very ancient. It has been edited from the Book of Leinster, Book of Ballymote, Book of Lecan, and Rennes MS., at vol. i. p. 301 of Mr. Nutt's "Voyage of Bran," by Dr. Kuno Meyer—

"Ba hé a nDia In Cromm Crín co n-immud cia In lucht ro Craith ós each Cúan In flaithius Búan nochos Bia."