Ferdiad, red-faced Daman's son!"

Cuchulain:

"Here am I—no easy task—[c]

Holding Erin's men at bay;

Foot I've never turned in flight

In my fight with single foe!"

Fergus:

"Dour the man when anger moves,

Owing to his gore-red glaive;

Ferdiad wears a skin of horn,