[1]Gēbadsa na rātha
do thobairt frim lāma,
⁊ gēbad ēcnairc
ō Choinculaind chrūaid.
Is tusu in cor codnach
datibēr delc dromlach,
rotfīa ūaim fa domnach,
nība dāl bu[s] sīa.
A lāich blatnig bladmair,
cech sēt cǣm ar talmain
dobērthar daid amlaid,
is uili rodfīa.
Findabair na ferga,
rīgan īarthair Elga,
ar ndīth Con na cerda,
a Fir Diad, rotfīa." R.
Robāi lǣch amra do Ultaib hi fīadhnaisi[2] na cōraiderchta sin, ⁊ rob ēiside Fergus mac Rōig. Tāinic Fergus co a[3] pupall. "Trūag limsa in gnīm dognīther isin maidinsea imbārach," or Fergus. "Cia gnīm andsin?" for lucht na pupla. "Mo degdaltān Cūchulaind do marbad." "Maith aile! cia nadmāidenn ōn?" "Nī anse; a chomalta dil dīchra fodeisin .i. Fer Diadh[3] mac Damāin. Cid nā berid mo bendachtain?" ar Fergus, "⁊ tǣt nech ūaib co robud ⁊ co nairchisecht do Choinchulaind, dūs in fācbad in nāth isin maitin imbārach." "Dar ar cubus," forsiad,
"cid tusu fēn nobeith for āth in chomlaind, nocho ricfamis dot insaigid conici." "Maith a gilla," for Fergus, "geib dūn ar neocha ⁊ indill in carpat." Atracht in gilla ⁊ rogab na heocho ⁊ roindill in carpat.
Tāngadar rempo co hāth in c[h]omlaind, āit imbāi Cūchulaind. "Ōenchairpat chucaind sunn a C[h]ucacān,"[4] or Lōegh. (Dāig is amlaid bāi in gilla ⁊ a druim fria[5] thigerna; dobered leth brand-
