They now lay down to slumber, with hearts all free from care.
They knew to them were speeding knights full brave to dare,
Who erelong would help them, and their woes would lighten.
To see them they were hoping, soon as to-morrow’s sun the day should brighten.
Tale the Twenty-Sixth.
HOW THE HEGELINGS LANDED NEAR LUDWIG’S CASTLE.
[1335]
We ask you now to listen to a tale as yet untold:
Ortwin still and Herwic their way did onward hold
Until they found their followers on the seashore standing.