Those who were forgiven she bade stand further back.

Then, in mood unfriendly, the angry Wâ-te spake:

“Where shall I find young Hergart, now of a lord the lady,

Who here within this kingdom to take the love of the king’s great lord was ready?”

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None of them would tell him, but he to her came near,

And said: “Were you the owner of all this kingdom here,

Who could in you be looking to see so proud a bearing?

Ill have you served your lady, here in the land where you her lot were sharing.”

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