Note 3-3 — Footnotes.

Ferdiad came with them for the sake of his own honour and 3for fear of their bringing shame on him,3 forasmuch as he deemed it better to fall by the shafts of valour and bravery and skill, than to fall by the shafts of satire, abuse and reproach. And when 4Ferdiad4 was come 5into the camp,5 6Medb and Ailill beheld him, and great and most wonderful joy possessed them, and they sent him to where their trusty people were, and 6he was honoured and waited on, and choice, well-flavoured strong liquor was poured out for him till he became drunken and merry. 7Finnabair, daughter of Ailill and Medb, was seated at his side. It was Finnabair that placed her hand on every goblet and cup Ferdiad quaffed. She it was that gave him three kisses with every cup that he took. She it was that passed him sweet-smelling apples over the bosom of her tunic. This is what she ceased not to say, that her darling and her chosen sweetheart of the world's men was Ferdiad.7 8And when Medb got Ferdiad drunken and merry,8 great rewards were promised him if he would make the fight and combat.