Then wild Hagen’s daughter we shall the easier win by craft and daring.

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“Also my nephew Horant, who is shrewd and wise,

Must go with us as a shopman; (I grudge him not his guise)

There must he to the ladies be clasps and arm-bands selling,

With gold and costly jewels; thus greater trust in us will they be feeling.

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“For sale we also must carry weapons and clothing, too;

And since wild Hagen’s daughter it is such risk to woo,

That only now by fighting one can hope to wed her,