Note a — Footnotes.

And deep distressa possessed Cuchulain that day 2more than any other day2 for his being all alone on the Táin, 3confronting four of the five grand provinces of Erin,3 4and he sank into swoons and faints.4 Thereupon Cuchulain enjoined upon Laeg his charioteer to go to the men of Ulster, that they should come to defend their drove. 5And, on rising, this is what he said:5 6"Good, O Laeg, get thee to Emain to the Ulstermen, and bid them come henceforward to look after their drove for I can defend their fords no longer. For surely it is not fair fight nor equal contest for any man for the Morrigan to oppose and overpower him and Loch to wound and pierce him."6 And weariness of heart and weakness overcame him, and he gave utterance to a lay:—