They in this were baffled, and their strength were wasting.
Those who the castle guarded heavy stones from off the wall were casting.
[1455]
They hurled them down so wildly on Wâ-te and his men,
Like hailstones they were falling, with not a stop between.
Wâ-te recked but little how many were dead or living,
Might he the day be gaining; to this alone his thoughts he now was giving.
[1456]
Hartmut saw old Wâ-te before the castle-gate.
He said: “Tho’ from our foemen our gains this day are great,