Unless indeed a girdle. He said: “Let no man speak,
And say that I the maiden e’er for myself was wooing;
I will to my master bring her, and for this his heart shall be with bliss o’erflowing.”
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She asked: “Who is thy master? By name how is he known?
Have e’er his liegemen crowned him? And any lands doth he own?
For love of thee, most truly, good-will I bear him ever.”
The knight from Denmark answered: “A king so rich and mighty saw I never.”
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He said: “To none betray us, most fair and lovely maid;