If to this land she cometh, your life will then be blissful altogether.”

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Then spake the young King Hettel: “I oft have heard it said,

Whoever woos this maiden her father’s wrath must dread.

Many a worthy suitor his life for her has ended;

But none among my vassals must meet his death for having me befriended.”

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Morunc quickly answered: “Then send to Horant’s land,

And bid that he come hither; he well doth understand

The ways and moods of Hagen, for often has he seen them.