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<tr><td>[332]</td>

<td>asked of the heroes their home and kin</td></tr>

<tr><td>[333]</td>

<td>"Whence, now, bear ye burnished shields,</td></tr>

<tr><td>[335]</td>

<td>spears in multitude? Messenger, I, Hrothgar's</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[336]</td>

<td>herald! Heroes so many ne'er met I</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[337]</td>

<td>as strangers of mood so strong.</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[338]</td>

<td>'Tis plain that for prowess, not plunged into exile,</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[339]</td>

<td>for high-hearted valor, Hrothgar ye seek!"</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[340]</td>

<td>Him the sturdy-in-war bespake with words,</td></tr>

 

 

<tr><td>[345]</td>

<td>this mission of mine, to thy master-lord,</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[346]</td>

<td>the doughty prince, if he deign at all</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[347]</td>

<td>grace that we greet him, the good one, now."</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[348]</td>

<td>Wulfgar spake, the Wendles' chieftain,</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[349]</td>

<td>whose might of mind to many was known,</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[350]</td>

<td>his courage and counsel: "The king of Danes,</td></tr>

 

 

<tr><td>[352]</td>

<td>the Breaker-of-Rings, as the boon thou askest,</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[353]</td>

<td>the famed prince, of thy faring hither,</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[354]</td>

<td>and, swiftly after, such answer bring</td></tr>

 

<tr><td>[355]</td>

<td>as the doughty monarch may deign to give."</td></tr>

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