Gu-drun’s young brother is he; fair women’s smiles he’s seeking:

Ere he shall cool his anger, beneath his blows will helmets yet be breaking.

[1461]

“Now see I, too, brave Herwic, before the third gate there;

With him seven thousand followers upon the field are near.

He comes in guise most knightly, to win his own heart’s lady;

On him are gazing gladly the fair Gu-drun, and many maids already.

[1462]

“To hasten back to my castle, the thought too late has come.

I know not where, with my warriors, now to seek a home.