Note 9-9 — Footnotes.

9When now Ferdiad was satisfied, happy and joyful, it was that Medb spoke: "Hail now, Ferdiad. Dost know the occasion wherefore thou art summoned to this tent?" "I know not, in truth," Ferdiad replied; "unless it be that the nobles of the men of Erin are here. Why is it less fitting for me to be here than any other good warrior?" "'Tis not that, forsooth," answered Medb: "but to give thee9 a chariot worth foura times seven bondmaids, and the apparel of two men and ten men, of cloth of every colour, W. 3028. and the equivalent 1of the Plain of Murthemne1 of the rich Plain of Ai, 2and that thou shouldst be at all times in Cruachan, and wine be poured out for thee there; the freedom of thy descendants and thy race forever,2 free of tribute, free of rent, without constraint to encamp or take part in our expeditions, *LL. fo. 81b. without duress for 3thy son, or for thy grandson, or for thy great-grandson, till the end of time and existence;3 4this leaf-shaped golden brooch of mine shall be thine, wherein are ten-score ounces, and ten-score half ounces, and ten-score scruples, and ten-score quarters;4 Finnabair, 5my daughter and Ailill's,5 to be thine own one wife, 6and mine own most intimate friendship, if thou exactest that withal." "He needs it not," they cried, one and all; "great are the rewards and gifts!"6