Note 6-6 — Footnotes.

Cuchulain raised his head and drew breath and gave a sigh of weariness and perceived who it was that had come to his aid. "A ready relief, O foster-brother, 6what thou hast done,"6 said Cuchulain. "Although for thee a ready relief," said Fiachu, "yet is it not so for us. Even though we are the best division of three thousand of the Clann Rudraige in the camp and station of the men of Erin, 7nevertheless this small thing is a breach of covenant in us men of Ulster. If one of Calatin's children reaches the camp,7 we shall all be brought under the mouth of spear and of sword, however feeble thou mayst deem the blow I struck, if this treason be found in us." "I give my word," quoth Cuchulain; "so soon as I raise my head and draw breath, 8not a man of them shall reach the camp alive,8 and unless thou thyself tellest the tale not one of these ever will tell it!"