Note 1-1 — Footnotes.

Lugaid brought back this word to Ferbaeth. Now inasmuch as Ferbaeth shunned not the parley,4 W. 2183. he by no means waited till morn but he went straightway 1to the glen1 2that night2 to recant his friendship with Cuchulain, 3and Fiachu son of Ferfebè went with him.3 And Cuchulain called to mind the friendship and fellowship and brotherhood 5that had been between them,5 6and Scathach, the nurse of them both;6 and Ferbaeth would not consent to forego the fight.a 7"I must fight," said Ferbaeth. "I have promised it 8to Medb."8 9"Friendship with thee then is at an end,"9 cried Cuchulain,7 and in anger he left him and drove the sole of his foot against a holly-spit 10in the glen,10 so that it pierced through flesh and bone and skin 11and came out by his knee.11 12Thereat Cuchulain became frantic, and he gave a strong tug and12 drew the spit out from its roots, 13from sinew and bone, from flesh and from skin.13 14"Go not, Ferbaeth, till thou seest the find I have made." "Throw it then," cried Ferbaeth.14 And Cuchulain threw the holly-spit over his shoulder after Ferbaeth, and he would as lief that it reached him or that it reached him not. The spit struck Ferbaeth in the nape of the neck,b so that it passed out through his W. 2192. mouth 1in front1 and fell to the ground, and thus Ferbaeth fell 2backward into the glen.2