Note 7-7 — Footnotes.

Then came 7unto them7 the Crutti Cainbili ('the Tuneful Harpers'), from Ess Ruaid in the north to amuse them, 8out of friendship for Ailill and Medb.8 They opined it was to spy upon them 9they were come9 from Ulster. 10When they came within sight of the camp of the men of Erin, fear, terror, and dread possessed them,10 and the hosts pursued W. 1450. them as never men pursued, far and wide, till they escaped them in the shapes of deer near the standing stones at Lia Mor ('Great Stone') 1in the north.1 For though they were known as the 'Mellifluous Harpers' they were 2druids,2 men of great cunning and great power of augury and magic.