{"id":1664,"date":"2019-07-11T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T11:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/epcc-britlit1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1664"},"modified":"2019-07-15T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T17:19:44","slug":"beowulf-7","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/epcc-britlit1\/chapter\/beowulf-7\/","title":{"raw":"Beowulf 7:  Beowulf returns to Geat-land.","rendered":"Beowulf 7:  Beowulf returns to Geat-land."},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"XXVIII\" class=\"fit\">\r\n<h2 class=\"num\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/16328\/16328-h\/16328-h.htm#C.XXVIII\">XXVIII.<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h2>THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY.<\/h2>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.1\" class=\"l\">Then the band of very valiant retainers<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.2\" class=\"l\">Came to the current; they were clad all in armor,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[The coast-guard again.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.3\" class=\"l\">In link-woven burnies. The land-warder noticed<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.4\" class=\"l\">The return of the earlmen, as he erstwhile had seen them;<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">5<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.5\" class=\"l\">Nowise with insult he greeted the strangers<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.6\" class=\"l\">From the naze of the cliff, but rode on to meet them;<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.7\" class=\"l\">Said the bright-armored visitors vesselward traveled<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.8\" class=\"l\">Welcome to Weders. The wide-bosomed craft then<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.9\" class=\"l\">Lay on the sand, laden with armor,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">10<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.10\" class=\"l\">With horses and jewels, the ring-stemm\u00e8d sailer:<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.11\" class=\"l\">The mast uptowered o\u2019er the treasure of Hrothgar.<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Beowulf gives the guard a handsome sword.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.12\" class=\"l\">To the boat-ward a gold-bound brand he presented,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.13\" class=\"l\">That he was afterwards honored on the ale-bench more highly<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.14\" class=\"l\">As the heirloom\u2019s owner. Set he out on his vessel,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">15<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.15\" class=\"l\">To drive on the deep, Dane-country left he.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.16\" class=\"l\">Along by the mast then a sea-garment fluttered,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.17\" class=\"l\">A rope-fastened sail. The sea-boat resounded,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.18\" class=\"l\">The wind o\u2019er the waters the wave-floater nowise<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.19\" class=\"l\">Kept from its journey; the sea-goer traveled,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">20<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.20\" class=\"l\">The foamy-necked floated forth o\u2019er the currents,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.21\" class=\"l\">The well-fashioned vessel o\u2019er the ways of the ocean,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[The Geats see their own land again.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.22\" class=\"l\">Till they came within sight of the cliffs of the Geatmen,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.23\" class=\"l\">The well-known headlands. The wave-goer hastened<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.24\" class=\"l\">Driven by breezes, stood on the shore.<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\">The port-warden is anxiously looking for them.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">25<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.25\" class=\"l\">Prompt at the ocean, the port-ward was ready,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.26\" class=\"l\">Who long in the past outlooked in the distance,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.27\" class=\"l\">At water\u2019s-edge waiting well-lov\u00e8d heroes;<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.28\" class=\"l\">He bound to the bank then the broad-bosomed vessel<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.29\" class=\"l\">Fast in its fetters, lest the force of the waters<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">30<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.30\" class=\"l\">Should be able to injure the ocean-wood winsome.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.31\" class=\"l\">Bade he up then take the treasure of princes,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.32\" class=\"l\">Plate-gold and fretwork; not far was it thence<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.33\" class=\"l\">To go off in search of the giver of jewels:<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.34\" class=\"l\">Hrethel\u2019s son Higelac at home there remaineth,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">35<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.35\" class=\"l\">Himself with his comrades close to the sea-coast.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.36\" class=\"l\">The building was splendid, the king heroic,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.37\" class=\"l\">Great in his hall, Hygd very young was,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Hygd, the noble queen of Higelac, lavish of gifts.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.38\" class=\"l\">Fine-mooded, clever, though few were the winters<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.39\" class=\"l\">That the daughter of H\u00e6reth had dwelt in the borough;<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">40<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.40\" class=\"l\">But she nowise was cringing nor niggard of presents,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.41\" class=\"l\">Of ornaments rare, to the race of the Geatmen.<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Offa\u2019s consort, Thrytho, is contrasted with Hygd, reduced].<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"XXX\" class=\"fit\">\r\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<div id=\"XXX.FNDEF.2\" class=\"footnote\"><span style=\"color: #077fab;font-size: 1.15em;font-weight: 600\">GIFT-GIVING IS MUTUAL.<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"XXXI\" class=\"fit\">\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.1\" class=\"l\">\u201cSo the belov\u00e8d land-prince lived in decorum;<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.2\" class=\"l\">I had missed no rewards, no meeds of my prowess,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.3\" class=\"l\">But he gave me jewels, regarding my wishes,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.4\" class=\"l\">Healfdene his bairn; I\u2019ll bring them to thee, then,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[All my gifts I lay at thy feet.]<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">5<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.5\" class=\"l\">Atheling of earlmen, offer them gladly.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.6\" class=\"l\">And still unto thee is all my affection:<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.7\" class=\"l\">But few of my folk-kin find I surviving<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.8\" class=\"l\">But thee, dear Higelac!\u201d Bade he in then to carry<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.9\" class=\"l\">The boar-image, banner, battle-high helmet,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">10<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.20\" class=\"l\">Dappled and yellow; he granted him usance<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.21\" class=\"l\">Of horses and treasures. So a kinsman should bear him,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.22\" class=\"l\">No web of treachery weave for another,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.23\" class=\"l\">Nor by cunning craftiness cause the destruction<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Higelac loves his nephew Beowulf.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.24\" class=\"l\">Of trusty companion. Most precious to Higelac,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">25<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.25\" class=\"l\">The bold one in battle, was the bairn of his sister,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.26\" class=\"l\">And each unto other mindful of favors.<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Beowulf gives Hygd the necklace that Wealhtheow had given him.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.27\" class=\"l\">I am told that to Hygd he proffered the necklace,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.28\" class=\"l\">Wonder-gem rare that Wealhtheow gave him,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.29\" class=\"l\">The troop-leader\u2019s daughter, a trio of horses<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">30<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.30\" class=\"l\">Slender and saddle-bright; soon did the jewel<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.31\" class=\"l\">Embellish her bosom, when the beer-feast was over.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.32\" class=\"l\">So Ecgtheow\u2019s bairn brave did prove him,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Beowulf is famous.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.33\" class=\"l\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">War-famous man, by deeds that were valiant,<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.34\" class=\"l\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">He lived in honor, belov\u00e8d companions<\/span><\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">35<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.35\" class=\"l\">Slew not carousing; his mood was not cruel,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.36\" class=\"l\">But by hand-strength hugest of heroes then living<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.37\" class=\"l\">The brave one retained the bountiful gift that<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.38\" class=\"l\">The Lord had allowed him. Long was he wretched,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.39\" class=\"l\">So that sons of the Geatmen accounted him worthless,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">40<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.40\" class=\"l\">And the lord of the liegemen loth was to do him<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.41\" class=\"l\">Mickle of honor, when mead-cups were passing;<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.42\" class=\"l\">They fully believed him idle and sluggish,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[He is requited for the slights suffered in earlier days.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.43\" class=\"l\">An indolent atheling: to the honor-blest man there<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.44\" class=\"l\">Came requital for the cuts he had suffered.<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">45<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.45\" class=\"l\">The folk-troop\u2019s defender bade fetch to the building<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.46\" class=\"l\">The heirloom of Hrethel, embellished with gold,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Higelac overwhelms the conqueror with gifts.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.47\" class=\"l\">So the brave one enjoined it; there was jewel no richer<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.48\" class=\"l\">In the form of a weapon \u2019mong Geats of that era;<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.49\" class=\"l\">In Beowulf\u2019s keeping he placed it and gave him<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">50<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.50\" class=\"l\">Seven of thousands, manor and lordship.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.51\" class=\"l\">Common to both was land \u2019mong the people,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.52\" class=\"l\">Estate and inherited rights and possessions,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.53\" class=\"l\">To the second one specially spacious dominions,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.54\" class=\"l\">To the one who was better. It afterward happened<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">55<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.55\" class=\"l\">In days that followed, befell the battle-thanes,<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[After Heardred\u2019s death, Beowulf becomes king.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.56\" class=\"l\">After Higelac\u2019s death, and when Heardred was murdered<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.57\" class=\"l\">With weapons of warfare \u2019neath well-covered targets,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.58\" class=\"l\">When valiant battlemen in victor-band sought him,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.59\" class=\"l\">War-Scylfing heroes harassed the nephew<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">60<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.60\" class=\"l\">Of Hereric in battle. To Beowulf\u2019s keeping<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.61\" class=\"l\">Turned there in time extensive dominions:<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[He rules the Geats fifty years.]<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.62\" class=\"l\">He fittingly ruled them a fifty of winters<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.63\" class=\"l\">(He a man-ruler wise was, manor-ward old) till<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.64\" class=\"l\">A certain one \u2019gan, on gloom-darkening nights, a<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"l\"><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[The fire-drake]<\/span><\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">65<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.65\" class=\"l\">Dragon, to govern, who guarded a treasure,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.66\" class=\"l\">A high-rising stone-cliff, on heath that was grayish:<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.67\" class=\"l\">A path \u2019neath it lay, unknown unto mortals.<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.68\" class=\"l\">Some one of earthmen entered the mountain,<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.69\" class=\"l\">The heathenish hoard laid hold of with ardor;<\/div>\r\n<span class=\"linenum\">70<\/span>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.70\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.71\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.72\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.73\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.74\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\r\n<div>[fire damaged portion of text]<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"footnotes\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"XXXII\" class=\"fit\">\r\n<h2 class=\"num\"><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"XXVIII\" class=\"fit\">\n<h2 class=\"num\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/16328\/16328-h\/16328-h.htm#C.XXVIII\">XXVIII.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.1\" class=\"l\">Then the band of very valiant retainers<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.2\" class=\"l\">Came to the current; they were clad all in armor,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[The coast-guard again.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.3\" class=\"l\">In link-woven burnies. The land-warder noticed<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.4\" class=\"l\">The return of the earlmen, as he erstwhile had seen them;<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.5\" class=\"l\">Nowise with insult he greeted the strangers<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.6\" class=\"l\">From the naze of the cliff, but rode on to meet them;<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.7\" class=\"l\">Said the bright-armored visitors vesselward traveled<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.8\" class=\"l\">Welcome to Weders. The wide-bosomed craft then<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.9\" class=\"l\">Lay on the sand, laden with armor,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">10<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.10\" class=\"l\">With horses and jewels, the ring-stemm\u00e8d sailer:<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.11\" class=\"l\">The mast uptowered o\u2019er the treasure of Hrothgar.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Beowulf gives the guard a handsome sword.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.12\" class=\"l\">To the boat-ward a gold-bound brand he presented,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.13\" class=\"l\">That he was afterwards honored on the ale-bench more highly<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.14\" class=\"l\">As the heirloom\u2019s owner. Set he out on his vessel,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">15<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.15\" class=\"l\">To drive on the deep, Dane-country left he.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.16\" class=\"l\">Along by the mast then a sea-garment fluttered,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.17\" class=\"l\">A rope-fastened sail. The sea-boat resounded,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.18\" class=\"l\">The wind o\u2019er the waters the wave-floater nowise<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.19\" class=\"l\">Kept from its journey; the sea-goer traveled,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">20<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.20\" class=\"l\">The foamy-necked floated forth o\u2019er the currents,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.21\" class=\"l\">The well-fashioned vessel o\u2019er the ways of the ocean,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[The Geats see their own land again.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.22\" class=\"l\">Till they came within sight of the cliffs of the Geatmen,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.23\" class=\"l\">The well-known headlands. The wave-goer hastened<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.24\" class=\"l\">Driven by breezes, stood on the shore.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\">The port-warden is anxiously looking for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">25<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.25\" class=\"l\">Prompt at the ocean, the port-ward was ready,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.26\" class=\"l\">Who long in the past outlooked in the distance,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.27\" class=\"l\">At water\u2019s-edge waiting well-lov\u00e8d heroes;<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.28\" class=\"l\">He bound to the bank then the broad-bosomed vessel<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.29\" class=\"l\">Fast in its fetters, lest the force of the waters<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">30<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.30\" class=\"l\">Should be able to injure the ocean-wood winsome.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.31\" class=\"l\">Bade he up then take the treasure of princes,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.32\" class=\"l\">Plate-gold and fretwork; not far was it thence<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.33\" class=\"l\">To go off in search of the giver of jewels:<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.34\" class=\"l\">Hrethel\u2019s son Higelac at home there remaineth,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">35<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.35\" class=\"l\">Himself with his comrades close to the sea-coast.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.36\" class=\"l\">The building was splendid, the king heroic,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.37\" class=\"l\">Great in his hall, Hygd very young was,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Hygd, the noble queen of Higelac, lavish of gifts.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.38\" class=\"l\">Fine-mooded, clever, though few were the winters<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.39\" class=\"l\">That the daughter of H\u00e6reth had dwelt in the borough;<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">40<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.40\" class=\"l\">But she nowise was cringing nor niggard of presents,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXVIII.41\" class=\"l\">Of ornaments rare, to the race of the Geatmen.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Offa\u2019s consort, Thrytho, is contrasted with Hygd, reduced].<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"XXX\" class=\"fit\">\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div id=\"XXX.FNDEF.2\" class=\"footnote\"><span style=\"color: #077fab;font-size: 1.15em;font-weight: 600\">GIFT-GIVING IS MUTUAL.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"XXXI\" class=\"fit\">\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.1\" class=\"l\">\u201cSo the belov\u00e8d land-prince lived in decorum;<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.2\" class=\"l\">I had missed no rewards, no meeds of my prowess,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.3\" class=\"l\">But he gave me jewels, regarding my wishes,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.4\" class=\"l\">Healfdene his bairn; I\u2019ll bring them to thee, then,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[All my gifts I lay at thy feet.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.5\" class=\"l\">Atheling of earlmen, offer them gladly.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.6\" class=\"l\">And still unto thee is all my affection:<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.7\" class=\"l\">But few of my folk-kin find I surviving<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.8\" class=\"l\">But thee, dear Higelac!\u201d Bade he in then to carry<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.9\" class=\"l\">The boar-image, banner, battle-high helmet,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.20\" class=\"l\">Dappled and yellow; he granted him usance<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.21\" class=\"l\">Of horses and treasures. So a kinsman should bear him,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.22\" class=\"l\">No web of treachery weave for another,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.23\" class=\"l\">Nor by cunning craftiness cause the destruction<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Higelac loves his nephew Beowulf.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.24\" class=\"l\">Of trusty companion. Most precious to Higelac,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">25<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.25\" class=\"l\">The bold one in battle, was the bairn of his sister,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.26\" class=\"l\">And each unto other mindful of favors.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Beowulf gives Hygd the necklace that Wealhtheow had given him.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.27\" class=\"l\">I am told that to Hygd he proffered the necklace,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.28\" class=\"l\">Wonder-gem rare that Wealhtheow gave him,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.29\" class=\"l\">The troop-leader\u2019s daughter, a trio of horses<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">30<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.30\" class=\"l\">Slender and saddle-bright; soon did the jewel<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.31\" class=\"l\">Embellish her bosom, when the beer-feast was over.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.32\" class=\"l\">So Ecgtheow\u2019s bairn brave did prove him,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Beowulf is famous.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.33\" class=\"l\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">War-famous man, by deeds that were valiant,<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.34\" class=\"l\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">He lived in honor, belov\u00e8d companions<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">35<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.35\" class=\"l\">Slew not carousing; his mood was not cruel,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.36\" class=\"l\">But by hand-strength hugest of heroes then living<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.37\" class=\"l\">The brave one retained the bountiful gift that<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.38\" class=\"l\">The Lord had allowed him. Long was he wretched,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.39\" class=\"l\">So that sons of the Geatmen accounted him worthless,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">40<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.40\" class=\"l\">And the lord of the liegemen loth was to do him<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.41\" class=\"l\">Mickle of honor, when mead-cups were passing;<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.42\" class=\"l\">They fully believed him idle and sluggish,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[He is requited for the slights suffered in earlier days.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.43\" class=\"l\">An indolent atheling: to the honor-blest man there<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.44\" class=\"l\">Came requital for the cuts he had suffered.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">45<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.45\" class=\"l\">The folk-troop\u2019s defender bade fetch to the building<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.46\" class=\"l\">The heirloom of Hrethel, embellished with gold,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[Higelac overwhelms the conqueror with gifts.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.47\" class=\"l\">So the brave one enjoined it; there was jewel no richer<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.48\" class=\"l\">In the form of a weapon \u2019mong Geats of that era;<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.49\" class=\"l\">In Beowulf\u2019s keeping he placed it and gave him<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">50<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.50\" class=\"l\">Seven of thousands, manor and lordship.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.51\" class=\"l\">Common to both was land \u2019mong the people,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.52\" class=\"l\">Estate and inherited rights and possessions,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.53\" class=\"l\">To the second one specially spacious dominions,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.54\" class=\"l\">To the one who was better. It afterward happened<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">55<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.55\" class=\"l\">In days that followed, befell the battle-thanes,<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[After Heardred\u2019s death, Beowulf becomes king.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.56\" class=\"l\">After Higelac\u2019s death, and when Heardred was murdered<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.57\" class=\"l\">With weapons of warfare \u2019neath well-covered targets,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.58\" class=\"l\">When valiant battlemen in victor-band sought him,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.59\" class=\"l\">War-Scylfing heroes harassed the nephew<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">60<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.60\" class=\"l\">Of Hereric in battle. To Beowulf\u2019s keeping<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.61\" class=\"l\">Turned there in time extensive dominions:<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[He rules the Geats fifty years.]<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.62\" class=\"l\">He fittingly ruled them a fifty of winters<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.63\" class=\"l\">(He a man-ruler wise was, manor-ward old) till<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.64\" class=\"l\">A certain one \u2019gan, on gloom-darkening nights, a<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"l\"><span class=\"sidenote\" style=\"color: #800000\">[The fire-drake]<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">65<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.65\" class=\"l\">Dragon, to govern, who guarded a treasure,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.66\" class=\"l\">A high-rising stone-cliff, on heath that was grayish:<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.67\" class=\"l\">A path \u2019neath it lay, unknown unto mortals.<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.68\" class=\"l\">Some one of earthmen entered the mountain,<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.69\" class=\"l\">The heathenish hoard laid hold of with ardor;<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"linenum\">70<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.70\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.71\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.72\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.73\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*<\/div>\n<div id=\"L.XXXI.74\" class=\"l\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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