"Unto Ferdiad then I spake,

And to Lugaid generous,

To the son of fair Baetan,[b]

German we would go to meet!

"We came to the battle-rock,

Over Lake Linn Formait's shore.

And four hundred men we brought[c]

From the Isles of the Athissech!

"As I stood and Ferdiad brave

At the gate of German's fort,