But slyly made them ready their homeward way to take.

This they told the warriors on board their ship there lying;

Not loth were they to hear it, for now to sail the weary men were sighing.

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They quickly brought together such goods as they did own;

Then, in stillness whispered, their hidden thought made known.

Later, throughout Ireland, it was mourned, with bitter wailing;

Though woe it brought to Hagen, the Hegeling’s greatness would it soon be telling.

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Upon the fourth day’s morning to court they bravely rode,