Note 1-1 — Footnotes.

Laeg came on the track of the host, and he went to the front of the trail and he came on its sides and he went to the back of it. "Thou art confused in thy counting, O Laeg, my master," quoth Cuchulain. "Confused I must be," Laeg replied. 1"It is not confusedly that I should see, if I should go," said Cuchulain.1 "Come into the chariot then, and I will make a reckoning of them." The charioteer mounted the chariot and Cuchulain went on the trail of the hosts and 2after a long while2 he made a reckoning of them. 3"Even thou, it is not easy for thee.3 Thou art perplexed in thy counting, my little Cuchulain," quoth Laeg. "Not perplexed," answered Cuchulain; 4"it is easier for me than for thee.4 5For I have three magical virtues: Gift of sight, gift of understanding, and gift of reckoning.5 For I know the number wherewith the hosts went past us, namely, eighteen cantreds. Nay more: the eighteenth cantred has been distributed among 6the entire host of6 the men of Erin, 7so that their number is not clear, namely, that of the cantred of Leinstermen."7 8This here is the third cunningest 9and most difficult9 reckoning that ever was made in Erin. These were: The reckoning by Cuchulain of the men of Erin on the Táin, the reckoning by Lug Lamfota ('Long-hand') of the host of the Fomorians 10in the Battle of Moytura,10 and the reckoning by Incel of the host in the Hostel of Da Derga.8