Grudged no toil to help him; and this from that day’s fight one well might gather.
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Now the trustful warders began in truth to mourn,
That they, ’gainst Hilda’s bidding, had their care forborne,—
The hest of the wife of Hettel, the high and worthy lady.
For this their shields were shattered, and many a life was lost, in fight too ready.
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Ludwig now and Hartmut on the field had met,
And, holding speech together, learned that, striving yet,
Queen Hilda’s men were seeking the castle gates to fasten;