And thy mouth of words full wise.

[a]15]. “Now fare on the way | where danger waits,

Let evils not lessen thy love!

I have stood at the door | of the earth-fixed stones,

The while I chanted thee charms.

[16]. “Bear hence, my son, | what thy mother hath said,

And let it live in thy breast;

Thine ever shall be | the best of fortune,

So long as my words shall last.”

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