To distribute treasures to retainers and friends,

To give rings of gold. Of gilded cups

And of proud possessions a plenty he has,

And holds his home far hence with strangers,

40 His fertile fields, where follow him many

High-spirited heroes— though here my liege-lord,

Forced by the fates, took flight on a ship

And on the watery waves went forth alone

To fare on the flood-way: fain would he escape,

45 Stir up the sea-streams. By strife thy lord hath