Hettel now was thinking how Wâ-te could be brought to Ireland to be faring.

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Then spake the knightly Hettel: “For this I bade thee come;

Need have I of riders, to send to Hagen’s home.

Truly I know of no one whom I would send the sooner

Than thee, my good friend Wâ-te, or who in this could bring me greater honor.”

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Then said the aged Wâ-te: “Whatever I can do

To show my love and fealty, I’ll gladly do for you.

Herein I may be trusted, to be for you bold-hearted;