Alike they all were thinking, both lords and all their men:
“Since now we have the castle,— the stronghold Kassiane,—
Of the land are we the masters, and everything is ours.”
Soon bade the aged Wâ-te that men should burn with fire the palace with its towers.
[1535]
The Danish Fru-te answered: “That may never be;
In this my queenly lady to live must now be free.
Bid that from out the castle men the dead shall carry;
Then ’twill be the better for all our knights who in the land shall tarry.
[1536]