[1-1]

The title is taken from the colophon at the end of the chapter.

[a]

'Nephew.' Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

Stowe.

Page 214

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe.

Page 215

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

YBL. 2186.

[3-3]

YBL. 2187.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[5-5]

YBL. 2187-2188.

[6-6]

YBL. 2190.

[7-7]

YBL. 2190-2191.

[8-8]

YBL. 2193.

Page 216

[a]

There is a play on words. Glass attempts to pronounce the name 'Fiachu,' but is only able to utter the first syllable of the word which alone means 'debt.'

[1-1]

YBL. 2194-2196.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

YBL. 2198.

[4-4]

YBL. 2198.

[b]

'South,' YBL. 2184.

[c]

See page 208, note a.

[5-5]

YBL. 2196.

[6-6]

Stowe.

[7-7]

YBL. 2196-2197.

Page 217

[1-1]

Stowe and YBL. 2200 and Eg. 106.

[2-2]

Eg. 106.

[a]

See note p. 182.

[3-3]

YBL. 2203.

[4-4]

YBL. 2202.

[5-5]

Eg. 106.

[6-6]

YBL. 2204-2206.

Page 218

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Eg. 106.

[3-3]

YBL. 2208-2209.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[5-5]

Stowe.

[6-6]

Stowe, Eg. 106, Eg. 209.

[a]

Literally, 'the cheek-blisterers.'

[7-7]

YBL. 2213.

[8-8]

YBL. 2214.

Page 219

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

YBL. 2214.

[3-3]

YBL. 2215.

[4-4]

Stowe and Eg. 209.

[5-5]

Stowe and Eg. 209.

[6-6]

Eg. 106.

[7-7]

YBL. 2216-2221.

[8-8]

Eg. 106.

[9-9]

YBL. 2221-2225.

[a]

'Thrice seven,' YBL. 2226, Stowe, and Eg. 209.

Page 220

[1-1]

YBL. 2227.

[2-2]

YBL. 2228.

[3-3]

In LL. this passage is reported in indirect discourse; consequently, instead of 'thy,' LL. has 'his.'

[4-4]

YBL. 2229-2231.

[5-5]

YBL. 2231-2232.

[6-6]

YBL. 2232-2234.

Page 221

[a]

Translating from Stowe.

Page 222

[1-1]

Eg. 106 (Revue Celtique, t. x, page 339). The metre is changed designedly to agree with the original.

[a]

MS. 'ye.'

[b]

Referring to Ferdiad's horn-skin.

[c]

Literally, 'calf.'

[2-2]

Stowe, Add. 18,748 and Eg. 209.

[3-3]

YBL. 2234.

Page 223

[1-1]

Eg. 106, Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Eg. 209.

[a]

The word is illegible in the manuscript.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

Page 224

[1-1]

Eg. 209.

[3-3]

Reading with Eg. 209.

[4-4]

YBL. 2238.

[5-5]

YBL. 2242.

[6-6]

Eg. 106.

[7-7]

Eg. 209.

[8-8]

Eg. 106.

[9-9]

Eg. 106.

[10-10]

YBL. 2244.

[11-11]

YBL. 2247.

[12-12]

YBL. 2248.

Page 225

[1-1]

Stowe and Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Stowe, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

[3-3]

A gloss, in LL.

[4-4]

YBL. fo. 36a, 21-36.

[5-5]

YBL. fo. 36a, 38.

[6-6]

Eg. 209.

[7-7]

YBL. fo. 36a, 39-36b, 15.

Page 226

[1-1]

YBL. 36b, 27-28.

[7-7]

See note 7, page 225.

Page 227

[1-1]

YBL. 36b, 18-24.

[2-2]

Literally, 'I say our confession.'

[3-3]

Stowe, Eg. 209, Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Eg. 106.

[5-5]

Eg. 106.

[6-6]

YBL. fo. 36b, 38.

[7-7]

Eg. 106.

[8-8]

Eg. 106.

[9-9]

Stowe and Eg. 209, and, similarly, YBL. 36b, 37.

[10-10]

Eg. 106.

[11-11]

Eg. 106.

[12-12]

YBL. 36b, 38-43.

Page 228

[a]

Stowe and H. 1. 13: 'before'; YBL. 36b, 24: 'after.'

[b]

'Till Wednesday after Spring,' is the reading of H. 1. 13.

[1-1]

YBL. 36b, 25-26.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[c]

Literally, 'no meagre sail.'

Page 229

[b]

Or, 'which quatrains love (?),' a cheville.

[1-1]

YBL. 37a, 22.

[2-2]

Stowe and H. 1. 13.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[4-4]

YBL. 37a, 29-39, and, similarly, Eg. 106.

[5-5]

Eg. 106.

[6-6]

Eg. 106.

Page 230

[1-1]

Eg. 106.

[2-2]

Eg. 106.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[5-5]

Eg. 106.

[6-6]

LL., with the help of Stowe; LL. being partly illegible here.

[7-7]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209, Eg. 106 and YBL. 37a, 43.

[8-8]

YBL. 37a, 43.

[9-9]

H. 1. 13.

[10-10]

Stowe.

[11-11]

YBL. 37a, 47-37b, 5.

Page 231

[1-1]

Stowe, Eg. 106 and H. 1. 13.

[2-2]

YBL. 37b, 7.

[a]

MSS.: 'ye.'

[3-3]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 106, Eg. 109 and H. 1. 13.

[4-4]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209, Eg. 106 and H. 1. 13.

[5-5]