Gifts so rich and worthy have ne’er before by guests to me been given.”

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Then spake the knightly Horant: “This shall you know full well;

My lord, now hear us kindly while we our sorrows tell.

Outlawed wanderers are we, and from our homes were driven;

A king most rich and mighty, to wreak his anger, woe to us hath given.”

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Then spake again wild Hagen: “What may be his name,

From whose rich kingdom driven, outcasts you became?

You of wealth are owners, and, if not by his wits forsaken,