He begged that Wâ-te and Fru-te would with them go riding:
This was to them a burden; but yet the worthy knights both did his bidding.
[1656]
With greatest speed they hastened, both by day and night,
Until they found the maiden. Wâ-te they feared would fight,—
’Gainst this did Herwic’s liegemen give their careful heeding.
Soon from her home the lady, with four and twenty maids, the knights were leading.
[1657]
By Wâ-te they were guided from the castle down to the sand:
Two ships they found, with row-boats, lying by the strand;