Note 9-9 — Footnotes.

Etarcumul returned 9from Methè and Cethè,9 and began to talk with his driver. "I must needs fight with Cuchulain to-morrow, gilla," said Etarcumul, 10"for I gave my word to go."10 "'Tis true, thou didst," quoth the charioteer. *LL. fo. 72a. "Howbeit, I know not wilt thou fulfil it." "But what is better 11for us,11 to fulfil it to-morrow or forthwith to-night?" "To our thinking," said the gilla, "albeit no victory is to be won by fighting to-morrow, there is still less to be gained by fighting to-night, for thy combat 12and hurt12 is the nearer." "13Be that as it may," said he13; "turn the 14horses and14 chariot back again 15from the hill15 for us, gilla, 16till we go to the ford of combat,16 for I swear by the gods whom I worship, I will not return 17to the camp17 till the end of life and time, till I bring with me the head of that young wildling, 18even18 the head of Cuchulain, for a trophy!"