Workmen quickly gathered, who nought of toil abated
That fair Gu-drun and Herwic, as them beseemed, should worthily be seated.
[1570]
I cannot tell you truly if aught upon the sea
Of ill had them befallen. Six long weeks it must be
Ere Ortwin’s men saw Matelan at length before them looming.
They brought with them their lady, and many well-bred maids with her were coming.
[1571]
When now they reached their homeland, this for truth we hear,
Their search and strife for the lady had lasted full a year: