And if he still was living when they of late had land and home forsaken.
[683]
Then answered one among them: “We left him sound and well;
But since the day we saw him we know not what befell,
Or how the men of Moorland may his home have wasted:
Mischief they had done him, neither from fire and plunder had they rested.
[684]
“Listen, high-born maiden! my master’s bidding heed:
He and all his warriors are now in sorest need.
To lose both life and honor they are fearing daily;