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  Speaker 1: I hope you enjoy this reading, which comes from a
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  Speaker 1: work in the public domain, Beowulf, by anonymous Beowulf. Prelude
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  Speaker 1: of the founder of the Danish house Low praise of
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  Speaker 1: the prowess of people, kings of spire arm Danes. In
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  Speaker 1: days long sped we have heard, and what honor the
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  Speaker 1: athlings won oft s c y l d the Siafing
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  Speaker 1: from squadron foes from many a tribe. The mead bench tore,
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  Speaker 1: awing the earls. Since erst he lay friendless a foundling,
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  Speaker 1: Fate repaid him, for he waxed under welkin in wealth
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  Speaker 1: he throve till before him the folk, both far and near,
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  Speaker 1: who house by the whale path heard his mandate, gave
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  Speaker 1: him gifts. A good king he to him, and heir
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  Speaker 1: was afterward born a son in his halls, whom Heaven
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  Speaker 1: sent to favor the folk, feeling their woe that Erst
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  Speaker 1: they had lacked an earl for leaders so long a while,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord endowed him the wielder of wonder with world's renown.
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  Speaker 1: Famed was this Beowulf far flew the boast of him
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  Speaker 1: son of s c Yld in the Scandian lands, so
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  Speaker 1: becomes it a youth to quit him well with his
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  Speaker 1: father's friends by fee and gift that to aid him
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  Speaker 1: aged in after days come warriors willing should war draw
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  Speaker 1: nigh liegemen loyal by lauded deeds, shall an earl have
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  Speaker 1: honor in every clan. Forth he fared at the faded moment,
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  Speaker 1: sturdy se yld to the shelter of God. Then they
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  Speaker 1: bore him over to ocean's billow loving clansmen. As late
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  Speaker 1: he charged them, while wielded words. The winsome s c yld.
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  Speaker 1: The leader beloved, who long had ruled in the roadstead
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  Speaker 1: rocked a ring dyke vessel ice flecked outbound Atheling's barge.
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  Speaker 1: There laid they down their darling lord on the breast
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  Speaker 1: of the boat, the breaker of rings by the mast,
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  Speaker 1: the mighty one, many a treasure fetched from far, was
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  Speaker 1: freighted with him. No ship have I known so nobly
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  Speaker 1: dight with weapons of war and weeds of battle, with
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  Speaker 1: breastplate and blade on his bosom, lay a heat toward
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  Speaker 1: that hence should go far o'er the flood with him
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  Speaker 1: floating away. No less these loaded the lordly gifts Fain's
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  Speaker 1: huge treasure than those had done, who in former time
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  Speaker 1: forth had sent him soul on the seas a suckling
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  Speaker 1: child high o'er his head. They hoist the standard a
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  Speaker 1: gold wove banner, let billows take him, gave him to
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  Speaker 1: ocean grave. Were their spirits mournful their mood. No man
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  Speaker 1: is able to say in sooth, no son of the halls,
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  Speaker 1: no hero neath heaven, who harbored that freight. I now
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  Speaker 1: Beowulf bode in the burg of the Sildings, lead her beloved,
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  Speaker 1: and long he ruled in fame with all folk, since
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  Speaker 1: his father had gone away from the world, till awoken
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  Speaker 1: heir haughty, Heilfteene, who held through life sage and sturdy
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  Speaker 1: the Sildings glad. Then one after one there woke to
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  Speaker 1: him to the chieftain of clansmen children four he Oregar
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  Speaker 1: than Hrothgar, than Halgabrave, And I heard that was s
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  Speaker 1: queen the Heathosols helpmate deer to Hrothgar was given such
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  Speaker 1: glory of war, such honor of combat, that all his
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  Speaker 1: kin obeyed him gladly, till great grew his band of
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  Speaker 1: youthful comrades. It came in his mind to bid his henchmen,
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  Speaker 1: a haul uprier, a master meat house, mightier far than
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  Speaker 1: ever was seen by the sons of earth, and within
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  Speaker 1: it then to old and young, he would all allot
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord had sent him, save only the land
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  Speaker 1: and the lives of his men. Wide, I heard was
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  Speaker 1: the work commanded for many a tribe this mid earth,
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  Speaker 1: round to fashion the folkstead. It fell as he ordered,
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  Speaker 1: in rapid achievement. That ready it stood there of halls,
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  Speaker 1: the noblest here at one a he named it, whose
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  Speaker 1: message had might in many a land, not reckless of promise,
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  Speaker 1: the rings he dealt treasure at banquet. There towered the
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  Speaker 1: hall high, gabled wide, the hot surge waiting a furious flame.
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  Speaker 1: One bee n'or far was that day when father and
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  Speaker 1: son in law stood in, viewed for warfare and hatred,
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  Speaker 1: that woke again one sea with envy and anger and
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  Speaker 1: evil spirit endured the dole in his dark abode, that
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  Speaker 1: he heard each day the din of revel. High in
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  Speaker 1: the hall, their harps rang out clear song of the
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  Speaker 1: singer he sang, who knew one d tales of the
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  Speaker 1: early time of man, How the Almighty made the earth
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  Speaker 1: fairest fields enfolded by water set triumphant sun and moon
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  Speaker 1: for a light to lighten the land dwellers, and braided
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  Speaker 1: bright the breast of earth with limbs and leaves, made
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  Speaker 1: life for all of mortal beings that breathe and move.
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  Speaker 1: So lived the clansmen in cheer and revel, a winsome
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  Speaker 1: life till one began to fashion evils that field of
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  Speaker 1: hell Grendel. This monster grim was called march Reaver one
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  Speaker 1: e almighty in Moorland, living in fun and fastness fief
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  Speaker 1: of the giants the hapless white a while had kept
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  Speaker 1: since the Creator his exile doomed on kin of Cain
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  Speaker 1: was the killing avenged by sovereign God for slaughtered able
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  Speaker 1: ill fared his feud, and far was he driven for
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  Speaker 1: the slaughter's sake. From sight of men of Cain awoke
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  Speaker 1: all that woeful breed eatens one g and elves in
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  Speaker 1: evil spirits, as well as the giants that warred with God.
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  Speaker 1: Weary while but their wage was paid them two went
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  Speaker 1: he forth to find a fall of night, that haughty
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  Speaker 1: house and heed wherever the ring danes outtreveled to rest
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  Speaker 1: had gone. Found within it the atheling band asleep after
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  Speaker 1: feasting and fearless of sorrow, of human hardship, unhallowed, white,
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  Speaker 1: grim and greedy, he grasped betimes, wrathful, reckless, from resting places,
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  Speaker 1: thirty of the Thanes. And thence he rushed fain of
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  Speaker 1: his fell, spoil, faring homeward, laden with slaughter his lair
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  Speaker 1: to seek. Then, at the dawning, as day was breaking,
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  Speaker 1: the might of Grendel to men was known. Then after
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  Speaker 1: wassall was wail, uplifted loud moan in the morn the
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  Speaker 1: mighty chief, atheling, excellent, unblithe, sat labored in woe for
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  Speaker 1: the loss of his Thanes. When once had been traced
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  Speaker 1: the trail of the fiend spirit accursed too cruel, that
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  Speaker 1: sorrow too long, too Loathsome not late the respite, With
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  Speaker 1: night returning, a new began ruthless murder. He wrecked no wit,
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  Speaker 1: firm in his guilt of the feud and crime. They
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  Speaker 1: were easy to find, who elsewhere, sought in room remote
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  Speaker 1: their rest at night bed in the bowers too. A
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  Speaker 1: when that bale was shown, was seen in sooth with
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  Speaker 1: surest token the hall Thanes to be hate. Such held
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  Speaker 1: themselves far and fast to the fiend. Ou ran thus
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  Speaker 1: ruled unrighteous and raged. His fill won against all, until
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  Speaker 1: empty stood that lordly building, and long it bode so
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  Speaker 1: twelve years tied the trouble he bore sovereign of sildings,
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  Speaker 1: sorrows in plenty, boundless cares. There came unhidden tidings true
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  Speaker 1: to the tribes of men, in sorrowful songs. How ceaselessly
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  Speaker 1: Grendel harassed Rothgar, What hate he bore him, what murder
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  Speaker 1: and massacre? Many a year feud unfading, refused consent to
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  Speaker 1: deal with any of Danelon's earls, make pact of peace,
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  Speaker 1: or compound for gold. Still less did the wise men
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  Speaker 1: ween to get great fee for the feud from his
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  Speaker 1: fiendish hands. But the evil one ambushed old and young,
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  Speaker 1: death shadow dark and dogged them, still lured or lurked
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  Speaker 1: in the livelong night of misty moorlands. Men may say
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  Speaker 1: not where the haunts of these helroons be such heaping
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  Speaker 1: of horrors, the hater of men, lonely roamor wrought unceasing
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  Speaker 1: harassings heavy o'er hear it, He lorded gold bright hall
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  Speaker 1: in gloomy nights, And ne'er could the prince to dee
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  Speaker 1: approach his throne twas judgment of God, or have joy
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  Speaker 1: in his hall. Sore was the sorrow to Silding's friend,
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  Speaker 1: heart rending misery. Many nobles, sad assembled and searched out counsel.
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  Speaker 1: How it were best for bold hearted men against harassing
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  Speaker 1: terror to try their hand Whilst they vowed in their
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  Speaker 1: heathen fanes altered offerings, asked with words to ee that
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  Speaker 1: the slayer of souls would succor give them for the
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  Speaker 1: pain of their people. There practice this their heat and hope.
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  Speaker 1: Twas hell they thought of in mood of their mind.
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  Speaker 1: Almighty they knew not dunesmen of deeds and dreadful Lord,
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  Speaker 1: nor Heaven's helmet heeded they, ever, wielder of wonder. Woe
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  Speaker 1: for that man who, in harm and hatred hails his
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  Speaker 1: soul to fiery embraces, nor favor nor change awaits he ever,
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  Speaker 1: but well for him that after death day may draw
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  Speaker 1: to his lord and friendship find in the Father's arms free.
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  Speaker 1: Thus see that unceasing the son of healfdene with the
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  Speaker 1: woe of these days, not wisest men assuaged his sorrow too, sore,
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  Speaker 1: the anguish, loathly and long that lay on his folk,
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  Speaker 1: most baneful of burdens and bales of the night. This
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  Speaker 1: heard in his home. Hygelac stain great among Geats of
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  Speaker 1: Grendel's doings. He was the mightiest man of valor in
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  Speaker 1: that same day of this our life. Stalwart and stately,
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  Speaker 1: a stout wave walker, he bade make ready yon battle king,
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  Speaker 1: said he far o'er the swan road. He fain would
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  Speaker 1: seek the noble monarch who needed men. The prince's journey
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  Speaker 1: by prudent folk was little blamed, though they loved him dear.
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  Speaker 1: They wedded the hero and hailed good omens. And now
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  Speaker 1: the bold one from bands of geats comrades chose the
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  Speaker 1: keenest of warriors ere he could find. With fourteen men
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  Speaker 1: the seawood he sought, and sailor proved led them on
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  Speaker 1: to the land's confines. Time had now flown three beat
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  Speaker 1: afloat was the ship boat under bluff. On board they
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  Speaker 1: climbed warriors ready. Waves were churning sea with sand. The
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  Speaker 1: sailors bore on the breast of the bark their bright array,
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  Speaker 1: their mail and weapons. The men pushed off on its
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  Speaker 1: willing way. The well braced craft then moved o'er the waters,
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  Speaker 1: by might of the wind that barked like a bird
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  Speaker 1: with breast of foam, till in season due on the
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  Speaker 1: second day the curved prow such course had run that
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  Speaker 1: sailors now could see the land sea cliffs shining, steep
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  Speaker 1: high hills, headlands broad Their haven was found. Their journey
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  Speaker 1: ended up. Then quickly the Wedgers clansmen climbed ashore, anchored
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  Speaker 1: their sea wood, with armor clashing and gear of battle god.
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  Speaker 1: They thanked or passing in peace o'er the paths of
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  Speaker 1: the sea. Now saw from the cliff a silving clansman,
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  Speaker 1: a warden that watched the water side, how they bore
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  Speaker 1: o'er the gangway, glittering shields war gear. In readiness, wonder
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  Speaker 1: seized him to know what manner of men they were.
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  Speaker 1: Straight to the strand his steed, he rode Prothgar's henchmen
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  Speaker 1: with hand of might. He shook his spear and spake
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  Speaker 1: in parley, who are ye, then ye armed men? Mailed folk,
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  Speaker 1: that yon mighty vessel have urged us over the ocean
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  Speaker 1: ways here o'er the waters. A warden eye sentinel set
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  Speaker 1: o'er the sea march here lest any foe to the
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  Speaker 1: folk of Danes, with harrying fleet should harm the land.
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  Speaker 1: No aliens ever at ease. Thus bore them lynden wielders
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  Speaker 1: three d the yet word of leave. Clearly ye lack
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  Speaker 1: from clansmen. Here my folks agreement. A greater ne'er saw
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  Speaker 1: eye of warriors in world than is one of you,
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  Speaker 1: Yon hero in harness, No henchmen he worthy by weapons,
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  Speaker 1: if witness his features, his peerless presence. I pray you, though,
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  Speaker 1: tell your folk and home, lest hence ye fair suspect
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  Speaker 1: to wander your way as spies in Danish land. Now
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  Speaker 1: dwellers Afar ocean travelers take from me simple advice. The
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  Speaker 1: sooner the better I hear of the country. Whence he
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  Speaker 1: came for to him the stateliest spake in answer, the
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  Speaker 1: warriors leader his word hoard unlocked. We are by kin
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  Speaker 1: of the clan of Geats, and Hygelac's own hearth fellows
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  Speaker 1: we to folk Afar was my father, known noble atheling
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  Speaker 1: echtheo named full of winters. He fared away aged from earth.
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  Speaker 1: He is honored still through width of the world by
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  Speaker 1: wise men, all to thy lord and liege in loyal mood.
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  Speaker 1: We hasten hither to health. Dean's son people protector, be
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  Speaker 1: pleased to advise us to that mighty one. Come we
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  Speaker 1: on mickel errand to the Lord of the Danes, nor
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  Speaker 1: dee my right that ought be hidden. We hear thou
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  Speaker 1: knowest if sooth it is the saying of men that
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  Speaker 1: amid the Silding's, a scathing monster, dark ill doer in
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  Speaker 1: dusky knights, shows terrific his rage, unmatched hatred and murder
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  Speaker 1: to froth gar eye in greatness of soul would succor
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  Speaker 1: bring so the wise and brave for a may worst
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  Speaker 1: his foes. If ever the end of ills is faded
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  Speaker 1: of cruel contest, if cure shall follow and the boiling
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  Speaker 1: care waves cooler grow else ever, afterward anguish days, he
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  Speaker 1: shall suffer in sorrow while stands and place high on
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  Speaker 1: its hill that house unpeered astride his steed the strand
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  Speaker 1: ward answered clansmen, unquailing. The keen souled thane must be
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  Speaker 1: skilled to sever and sunder duly words and works. If
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  Speaker 1: he well intends, I gather this band is graciously be
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  Speaker 1: to the Silding's master. March then, bearing weapons and weeds
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  Speaker 1: the way I show you. I will bid my men
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  Speaker 1: your boat meanwhile to guard for fear lest foemen come
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  Speaker 1: your new tarred ship by shore of ocean, faithfully watching,
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  Speaker 1: till once again it waft o'er the waters. Those well
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  Speaker 1: loved Thanes, winding necked wood to Wedger's bounds. Heroes such
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  Speaker 1: as the hest of fate shall succor and save from
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  Speaker 1: the shock of war. They bent them to march. The
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  Speaker 1: boat lay still fettered by cable and fast at anchor.
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  Speaker 1: Broad bosomed ship then shone the boers for bee over
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  Speaker 1: the cheek guard chased with gold, keen and gleaming, guarded
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  Speaker 1: kept o'er the man of war. As marched along heroes
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  Speaker 1: in haste till the hall they saw, broad of gable
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  Speaker 1: and bright with gold. That was the fairest mid folk
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  Speaker 1: of Earth, of houses neath heaven where Hrothgar lived, and
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  Speaker 1: the gleam of it lightened o'er lands Afar. The sturdy
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  Speaker 1: shields man showed that bright Burg of the buldest bade
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  Speaker 1: them go straightway thither. His steed then turned hardy hero
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  Speaker 1: and hailed them. Thus tis time that I fare from you,
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  Speaker 1: Father Almighty, in grace and mercy, guard you well safe
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  Speaker 1: in your seekings. See ward, I go gainst hostile warriors,
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  Speaker 1: hold my watch v stone bright the street five A.
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  Speaker 1: It showed the way to the crowd of clansmen, corselets glistened,
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  Speaker 1: hand forged hard on their harness. Bright the steel ring
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  Speaker 1: sang as they strode along in mail of battle, and
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  Speaker 1: marched to the hull there, weary of ocean the wall along.
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  Speaker 1: They set their bucklers, their broad shields down, and bowed
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  Speaker 1: them to bench. The breastplates clanged war gear of men,
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  Speaker 1: their weapons stacked, spears of the seafarers stood together, gray
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  Speaker 1: tipped ash. That iron band was worthily weaponed. A warrior
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  Speaker 1: proud asked of the heroes their home and kin. Whence
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  Speaker 1: now bear ye burnished shields, harness, gray and helmets, grim
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  Speaker 1: spears in multitude, Messenger I Rothgar's herald heroes, so many
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  Speaker 1: ne'er met I as strangers of mood, so strong tis
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  Speaker 1: plain that for prowess, not plunged into exile, for high
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  Speaker 1: hearted valor Hrothgar, ye seek him. The sturdy and war
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  Speaker 1: bespake with words, proud earl of the Wedger's answer made
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  Speaker 1: hardy neath helmet hygelax, we fellows at board. I am
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  Speaker 1: Beowulf named I am seeking to say to the son
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  Speaker 1: of health Deene, this mission of mine to thy master lord,
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  Speaker 1: the doughty Prince, if he deign at all grace, that
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  Speaker 1: we greet him the good one. Now Wolfgar spake the
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  Speaker 1: Wendell's chieftain, whose might of mind to many was known
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  Speaker 1: his courage and counsel, the King of Danes, the Silding's friend.
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  Speaker 1: I fain will tell the breaker of rings as the boon.
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  Speaker 1: Thou askest the famed Prince of thy faring hither and
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  Speaker 1: swiftly after such answer, bring as the doughty monarch may
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  Speaker 1: deign to give hide. Then in haste to where Hrothgar sat,
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  Speaker 1: white haired and old his earls about him, till the
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  Speaker 1: stout thane stood at the shoulder there of the Danish
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  Speaker 1: king good courtier. He Wolfgar spake to his winsome lord,
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  Speaker 1: hither have fared to thee far come men o'er the
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  Speaker 1: paths of ocean, people of Geatland, and the stateliest there
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  Speaker 1: by his sturdy band is Beowulf, named this boon. They
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  Speaker 1: seek that they, my master, may with thee have speech
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  Speaker 1: at will, nor spurn their prayer to give them hearing
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  Speaker 1: gracious Rothgar in weeds of the warrior worthy. They methinks
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  Speaker 1: of our liking their leader most surely a hero that
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  Speaker 1: hither his henchmen has led six Rothgar answered, Helmet of Sildings.
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  Speaker 1: I knew him of Yr in his youthful days. His
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  Speaker 1: aged father was Echtheon, named to whom at home gave
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  Speaker 1: Hrethel the geat, his only daughter. Their offspring Bold fares
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  Speaker 1: hither to seek the steadfast friend. And seamen too have
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  Speaker 1: said me this who carried my gifts to the giadish court.
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  Speaker 1: Thitherfore thanks he has thirty men's heft of grasp in
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  Speaker 1: the gripe of his hand. The bold in battle blessed God.
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  Speaker 1: Out of his mercy, this man hath sent to Danes
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  Speaker 1: of the west, as I ween, indeed, against horror of Grendel,
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  Speaker 1: I hope to give the good youth gold for his
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  Speaker 1: gallant thought. Be thou in haste, and bid them, hither
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  Speaker 1: clan of kinsmen, to come before me and add this word.
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  Speaker 1: They are welcome guests to folk of the Danes. Astoris
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  Speaker 1: to the door of the Hull wolfguard went and the
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  Speaker 1: word declared to you. This message my master sends east Danes.
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  Speaker 1: King that your kin he knows hardy heroes, and hails
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  Speaker 1: you all. Welcome hither o'er waves of the sea. Ye
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  Speaker 1: may wend your way in war attire and under Helmut's
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  Speaker 1: rothguard greet. But let here the battle shields bide your
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  Speaker 1: parley and wooden war shafts wait its end. Uprose the
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  Speaker 1: mighty one ringed with his men, brave band of Thanes.
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  Speaker 1: Some bode without battle gear guarding, as bade the chief.
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  Speaker 1: Then hide that troop where the herald led them under
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  Speaker 1: hear its roof astorisk the hero strode plus hardy neath helm,
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  Speaker 1: till the hearth he neared. Beowulf spake his breastplate gleamed,
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  Speaker 1: wore net woven by wit of the smith. Thou Rothgar,
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  Speaker 1: hail higelas eye kinsman and follower fame. O plenty have
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  Speaker 1: I gained in youth these grendel deeds I heard in
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  Speaker 1: my homeland. Heralded clear seafarers say, how stands this hall
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  Speaker 1: of buildings best for your band of Thanes? Empty and
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  Speaker 1: idle when evening sun in the harbor of heaven is
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  Speaker 1: hidden away. So my vassals advised me, well, brave and wise,
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: the best of men O sovereign Rothgar, to seek thee
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: here for my nerve and my might. They knew full
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: well themselves had seen me from slaughter, come, blood flecked
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: from foes where five I bound, and that wild brood
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: worsted I the waves. I slew nykors six a by night,
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: in need and peril, avenging the Wedgers six be o
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: whose woe they sought, crushing the grim ones Grendel. Now
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: monster cruel be mine to quell in single battle. So
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: from thee thou, Sovereign of the Shining Danes, Silding's bulwark
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: a boon I seek, and friend of the folk, refuse it,
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: not o warrior's shield. Now I have wandered far that
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: I alone with my liegemen here this hardy band may
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: hear it purge more, I hear that the monster dire
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: in his wanton mood of weapons rex Not hence shall
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: I scorn so Hygelac stay, king of my kindred kind
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: to me brand or buckler to bear in the fight
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: gold colored tarch. But with gripe alone, must I front
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: the fiend and fight for life foe against foe. Then
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: faith be his in the doom of the Lord whom
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: death shall take fain i ween. If the fight he
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: win in this hall of gold my Giddish band, will
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: he fearless eat as off before my noblest dames. Nor
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: need'st thou then to hide my head sick see for
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: his Shall I be died in gore? If death must
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: take me and my blood covered body, he'll bear as
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: prey ruthless, devour it the roamer lonely with my life
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: blood redden his lair in the fun no further from
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: me NEETs food, prepare to hijlac send. If hilled six
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: d should take me best of war weeds, warding my
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: breast armor excellent heirloom of hrethel and work of Wheland.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: Six e affairs w y r d six f as
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: she must seven Hrothgar spake the Silding's helmet for fight.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Defensive friend, my Beowulf, to succor and save thou hast
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: sought us here by father's combat. Seven A a feud enkindled.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: When hetholoff with hand, he slew among the Wilfings his
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: wedger kin for horror of fighting, fear to hold him fleeing,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: he sought our south Dane folk over surge of ocean,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: the honor Sildings. When first I was ruling, the folk
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: of Danes wielded youthful, this wide spread realm, this horde
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: hold of heroes. He Oregar was dead. My elder brother
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: had breathed his last health Dean's bairn. He was better
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: than I. Straightway the feud with fee seven be I
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: settled to the wilfing scent o'er watery ridges, treasures, olden oths.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: He seven sea swore me. Sore is my soul to
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: say to any of the race of man, what ruth
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: for me? And here it Grendel, with hate hath wrought
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: what sudden harryings haul folk fail me, my warriors wane
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: for w y r d hath swept them into Grendel's grasp.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: But God is able this deadly foe from his deeds
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: to turn boasted full oft as my beer. They drank
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: earls o'er the ale cup, armed men that they would
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: bide in the beer hall. Here Grendel's attack with terror
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: of blades. Then was this meat house. At morning tide
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: died with gore. When the daylight broke, all the boards
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: of the bench's blood besprinkled gory. The hall, I had heroes,
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: the less doughty, dear ones that death had reft. But
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: sit to the banquet, unbind thy words, hardy hero as
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: heart shall prompt. Thee gathered together the Giddish men in
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: the banquet hall, on bench assigned, sturdy spirited, sat them down,
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: hardy hearted. A henchman attended, carried the carven cup in hand,
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: served the clear mead oft minstrels sang blithe in hear it.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: Heroes reveled no dearth of warriors. Wedger and dane ate
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: unfirth spake the son of Eclaf, who sat at the
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: feet of the Silding's lord, unbound the battle rooms eight
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: a Beowulf's quest, sturdy seafarers sorely galled him. Ever, he
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: envied that other men should more achieve in Middle Earth
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: of fame under heaven than he himself. Art thou that
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Beowulf break as rival, whom emulous swam on the open sea,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: when for pride the pair of you proved the floods
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: and wadony dared in waters deep to risk your lives.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: No living man, or leaf or loath from your labor
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: dire could you dissuade from swimming the main ocean tides
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: with your arms ye covered with strenuous hands. The sea
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: streets measured swam o'er the waters. Winter's storm rolled the
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: rough waves in realm of sea us and knight strove
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Ye in swimming he topped thee had more of Maine him.
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: At morning tide billows bore to the battling riamas. Whence
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: he hied to his home. So dear beloved of his liegemen,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: to land of Brondings, fastness fair, where his folk he ruled,
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: town and treasure. In triumph o'er thee, Beanston's barn eight
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: beat his boast achieved, So we nigh for thee a
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: worse adventure, though in buffet of battle, Thou brave hast
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: been in struggle grim if grendels approach thou darst away
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: through the watch of night Beowulf's bake baron of Echtheo.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: What a deal hast uttered, dear my unfirth, drunken with
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: beer of Breca, now told of his triumph. Truth, I
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: claim it that I had more of might in the
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: sea than any man else. More ocean endurance. We twain
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: had talked in time of youth and made our boast.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: We were merely boys, stripling still to stake our lives
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: far at sea, and so we performed it naked swords
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: as we swam along, we held in hand with hope
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: to guard us against the whales. Not a whit for me.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: Could he float afar o'er the flood of waves, haste
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: o'er the billows, nor him I abandoned. Together we twain
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: on the tide's abode five nights full till the flood
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: divided us, churning waves and chillest weather, darkling night, and
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: the northern wind, ruthless, rushed on us. Rough was the surge.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Now the wrath of the sea. Fish rose apace yet
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: meet gainst the monsters. My mailed coat, hard and hand
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: linked help afforded battle. Sark braided my breast to ward,
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: garnished with gold, there grasped me firm and hailed me
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: to bottom the hated foe with grimace gripe twas granted me,
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: though to pierce the monster with point of sword, with
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: blade of battle. Huge beast of the sea was whelmed
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: by the hurry through hand of mine nine me. Thus
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: often the evil monsters, thronging, threatened with thrust of my
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: sword the darling I dealt them due return. No wise
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: had they bliss from their booty, then to devour their victim.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: Vengeful creatures seated to banquet at bottom of sea, but
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: at break of day by my brand, sore hurt on
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: the edge of ocean up they lay put to sleep
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: by the sword. And since by them on the fathomless seaways,
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: sailor folk are never molested. Light from east came bright
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: God's beacon. The billows sank, so that I saw the
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: sea cliffs, high windy walls. For w I r d
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: oft sabbath, earl undoomed, if he doubt he be, And
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: so it came that I killed with my sword nine
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: of the nykors of night fought battles. Ne'er heard I
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: a harder neath Heaven's dome, nor adrift on the deep
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: a more desolate man. Yet I came unharmed from that
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: hostile clutch, though spent with swimming the sea up bore
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: me flood of the tide on finished life the welling waters.
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: No wise of thee have I heard men tell such
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: terror of falchuns, bitter battle break, and ere, yet not
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: one of you pair in the play of war. Such
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: daring deed has done at all with bloody brand. I
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: boast not of it, though thou wast the bane nine
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: a of thy brethren, Dear thy closest kin, whence curse
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: of hell awaits thee well as thy wit may serve.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: For I say in sooth thou, son of Eclaf, never
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: had Grendel these grim deeds wrought monster dire on thy master.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Dear in here at such havoc. If heart of thine
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: were as battle bold as thy boast is loud. But
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: he has found no feud will happen from sword clash
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: dread of your Danish clan. He vaunts him safe from
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: the victor sildings, He forces, pledges, favors none of the
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: land of Dames, but lustily murders, fights and feasts, nor
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: feud he dreads from spear Dane men. But speedily now
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: shall I prove him the prowess and pride of the Geats,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: shall bid him battle blithe to meet, Go he that
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: listeth when light of dawn this morrow morning o'er men
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: of earth, Atherobe's son from the south shall beam joyous.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Then was the jewel giver Hoar haired war, brave help
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: awaited the bright Danes prince from Beowulf, hearing folk's good
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: shepherd such firm resolve, then was laughter of liegemen. Loud,
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: resounding with winsome words. Came Wealthy O, fourth Queen of Hrothgar,
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: heedful of courtesy, gold decked, greeting the guests in hall,
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: and the high born lady handed the cup first to
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: the east Danes Heir and warden bade him be blithe
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: at the Beerkeraus the land's beloved one lustily took he
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: banquet and beaker battle famed king through the hall. Then
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: went the Helming's lady to younger and older everywhere carried
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: the cup till come the moment when the ring raced.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: Queen the Royal hearted to Beowulf bore the beaker of mead.
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: She greeted the geats, Lord God. She thanked in Wisdom's
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: words that her will was granted that of last on
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: a hero her hope could lean for comfort in terrors
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: the cup. He took Hardy in war from Wealthio's hand,
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: and answer uttered the eager for combat. Beowulf spake barn
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: of Echtheo, this was my thought when my Thanes and
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: I bent to the ocean and entered our boat, that
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: I would work the will of your people fully, or
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: fighting fall in death in Fiend's grite fast, I am
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: firm to do an earl's brave deed, or end the
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: days of this life of mine. In the meat hall.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: Here will these words to the woman, seemed Beowulf's battle
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: boast bright with gold. The stately dame by her spouse,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: sat down again as Erst began in hall, warriors wassale
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: and words of power the proud band's revel till presently
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: the son of hif Deen hastened to seek rest for
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: the night. He knew their waited fight for the fiend
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: in that festal hall. When the sheen of the sun
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: they saw no more, and dusk of night sank, darkling nigh,
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: and shadowy shapes came striding on one on welkin. The
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: warriors rose man to man. He made harangue rothguard to Beowulf,
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: bade him hail, let him wield the wine hall, A
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: word he added, never to any man. Erst I trusted,
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: since I could heave up hand and shield this noble
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: Dane hall. Till now to thee have now and hold
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: this house unpeered, Remember thy glory, thy might declare, watch
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: for the foe. No wish shall fail thee if thou
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: bidest the battle with bold, one life extend. Hrothgar went
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: with his hero train defense of Sildings. Forth from hall
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: fain would the war lord wealthy o Sikh couch of
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: his queen, the king of glory, against this Grendel. A
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: guard had set. So heroes heard a hall defender, who
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: warded the monarch and watched for the monster. In truth,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: the geats prince gladly trusted his metal, his might, the
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: mercy of God cast off, then his corselet of iron helmet,
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: from head to his henchmen gave choicest of weapons, the
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: wealth chased sword, bidding him guard the gear of battle spake.
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: Then his vaunt, the valiant man Beowulf geat ere the
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: bed be sought of force in fight. No feebler I
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: count me in grim war deeds than Grendel deems him
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: not with the sword. Then to sleep of death his
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: life will I give, Though it lie in my power.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: No skill is his to strike against me. My shield
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: to Hugh, though he hardy be bold in battle, we
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: both this night shall spurn the sword, if he seek
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: me here unweaponed for war, Let wisest God, Sacred Lord,
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: on which side, soever doom decree as he deemeth right reclined.
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: Then the chieftain and cheek pillows held the head of
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: the Earl, while all about him seamen hardy on hall
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: bed sank. None of them thought that, thence their steps
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: to the folk and fastness that fostered them to the
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: land they loved, would lead them back full well. They
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: wist that on warriors many battle death seized in the
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: banquet hall of Danish clan, but comfort and help warwheel
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: weaving to wedger folk. The Master gave that by might
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: of one over their enemy, all prevailed by single strength
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: in sooth, tis told that highest God o'er humankind hath wielded.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: Ever through one night striding came the walker in shadow.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: Warriors slept, whose hest was to guard the gabled hall,
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: all save one. Twas widely known that against God's wile,
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: the ghostly ravager him Tenney, could not hurl to haunts
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: of darkness. Wakeful ready with warrior's wrath, bold, he bided
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: the battle's issue. Eleven then from the moorland by misty crags.
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: With God's wrath laden Grendel came. The monster was minded
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: of mankind, now sundry, to seize in the stately house
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: under Welkin. He walked till the wine palace. There gold
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: hall of men he gladly discerned, flashing with fretwork. Not
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: first time this that he the home of Hrothgar sought.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: Yet ne'er in his life, day late or early, such
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: hardy heroes such hall Thanes found to the house. The
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: warrior walked apace, parted from peace eleven a. The portal opened, dead,
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: though with forged bolts. Fast when his fists had struck it,
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: and baleful, he burst in his blatant rage the house's
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: mouth all hastily. Then o'er fair paved floor. The fiend
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: trod on ireful. He strode there, streamed from his eyes
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: fearful flashes like flame to see he spied in hall
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: the hero band kin and clansmen clustered asleep. Hardy Liegemen
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: then laughed his heart, for the monster was minded ere
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: morn should dawn savage to sever the soul of each
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: life from body. Since lusty Banquet waited his will. But
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: w I r d forbade him to seize any more
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: of men on earth. After that evening eagerly watched Hygelac's kinsman,
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: his cursed foe, how he would fare in fell attack,
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: Not that the monster was minded to pause straightway. He
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: seized a sleeping warrior for the first and tore him
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: fiercely asunder the bone frame, bit drank blood in streams,
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: swallowed him piecemeal swiftly. Thus the lifeless course was clear,
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: devoured e in feet and hands. Then farther he hied
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: for the hardy hero. With hand he grasped, felt for
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: the foe with fiendish claw, for the hero, reclining, who
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: clutched it boldly, prompt to answer, propped on his arm.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: Soon then saw that shepherd of evils that never he
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: met in this middle world in the ways of earth,
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: another white with heavier hand, gripe at heart. He feared,
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: sorrowed in soul none the sooner escaped. Fain would he
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: flee his fastness, seek the den of devils. No doings
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: now such as oft he had done in days of old.
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Then bethought him the hardy, hijlack fane of his boast.
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: At evening up he bounded grasped firm his foe, whose
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: fingers cracked. The fiend made off, but the earl close followed.
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: The monster meant, if he might at all, to fling
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: himself free and far away, fly to the fens. Knew
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: his finger's power in the gripe of the grim One
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: gruesome marched to hear it. This monster of harm had
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: made Din filled the room. The Danes were bereft, castle
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: dwellers and clansmen. All earls of their ale angry were
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: both those savage hall guards. The house resounded wonder it
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: was the wine hall firm, and the strain of their
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: struggle stood to earth. The fair house fell not too fast.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: It was within and without by its iron bands, craftily clamped,
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: though there crashed from sill. Many a meat bench men
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: have told me gay with gold, where the grim foes
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: wrestled so well had weened the wisest Sildings, that not
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: ever at all might any man that bone decked brave
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: house break asunder crushed by craft, unless clasp of fire
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: in smoke engulfed it again. Uprose Din redoubled. Danes of
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: the North with fear and frenzy were filled. Each one
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: who from the wall wailing, heard God's foe, sounding his
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: grisly song, cry of the conquered, clamorous pain from captive
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: of hell too closely held him. He who of men
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: in might was strongest in that same day of this
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: our life twelve. Not in any wise would the Earl's
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: defense twelve they has suffer that slaughter, a stranger to live, useless,
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: deeming his days and years to men on earth. Now
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: many an earl of Beowulf, brandished blade ancestral, feign the
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: life of their lord to shield their praised prince, if
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: power were theirs. Never they knew. As they neared the foe,
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: hardy hearted heroes of war, aiming their swords on every side,
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: they accursed to kill. No keenest blade, no fairest of
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: faltuns fashioned on earth, could harm or hurt that hideous fiend.
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: He was safe by his spells, from sword of battle,
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: from edge of iron. Yet his end and parting on
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: that same day of this our life wofful should be,
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: and his wandering soul far off flit to the fiend's domain.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: Soon he found who in former days harmful in heart
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: and hated of God. On many a man such murder
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: wrought that the frame of his body failed him. Now
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: for him, the keen souled kinsman of Hygelac, held in
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: hand hateful alive, was each to other. The outlaw dyer
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: took mortal hurt. A mighty wound showed on his shoulder,
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: and sinews cracked, and the bone frame burst to Beowulf.
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: Now the glory was given, and Grendel, thence death, sick
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: his den in the dark moor, sought noisome abode. He
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: knew too well that here was the last of life,
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: an end of his days on earth. To all the Danes,
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: by that bloody battle, the boon had come from ravage,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: had rescued the roving stranger Hrothgar's hall. The hardy and
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: wise one had purged it anew. His night work pleased him,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: his deed and its honor. To eastern Danes. Had the
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: valiant geat his vaunt made good all their sorrow and ills,
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: assuaged their bale of battle born so long, and all
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: the dole they erst endured pain upon plenty twas proof
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  Speaker 1: of this, when the hardy in fight a hand laid
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: down arm and shoulder, all indeed of Grendel's gripe neath
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: the gabled roof thirteen. Many at morning, as men have
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: told me, warriors gathered the Gift hall round folk leaders
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: faring from far and near o'er wide stretched ways the
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: wonder to view, trace of the trader. Not troubles seemed
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: the enemy's end to any man who saw by the
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: gait of the graceless foe, how the weary hearted away
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: from thence baffled in battle, and band his steps death marked,
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: dragged to the devil's mere. Bloody, the billows were boiling there, turbid,
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: the tide of tumbling waves, horribly seething with sword blood
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: hot by that doomed one died, who, in den of
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: the more, laid forlorn his life, adown his heathen soul,
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: and Hell received it home. Then rode the hoary clansmen
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: from that merry journey, and many a youth on horses, white,
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: the hardy warriors back from the mere. Then Beowulf's glory. Eager,
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: they echoes, and all averred that from sea to sea,
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: or south or north, there was no other in Earth's
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: domain under vault of Heaven more valiant found of warriors,
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: none more worthy to rule on their lord beloved. They
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: laid no slight gracious Rothgar, a good king heat. From
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: time to time the tried in battle their gray steeds,
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: set to gallop a main, and ran a race when
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: the road seemed fair. From time to time, a thane
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: of the king, who had made many vaunts and was
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: mindful of verses, stored with sagas and songs of old,
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: bound word to word in well knit rhyme, welded his lay.
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: This warrior, soon of Beowulf's quest right cleverly sang and
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: artfully added an excellent tale in well ranged words of
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: the warlike deeds he had heard in Saga of Sigemund.
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: Strange the story, he said it all the well, Singh's
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: wanderings wide, his struggles, which never were told to tribes
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: of men, the feuds and the frauds, save to Fetella,
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: only when of these doings he deigned to see speak
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: uncle to nephew. As ever, the twain stood side by
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: side in stress of war, and multitude of the monster
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: kind they had felled with their swords of Sigamund grew
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: when he passed from life no little praise for the
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: doughty in combat. A dragon killed that herded the Hoard
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: thirteen a under hoary rock. The atheling dared the deed
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: alone fearful quest. Nor was Fetella there Yet, so it
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: befell His falchion pierced that wondrous worm on the wall.
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: It struck best blade, The dragon died in its blood.
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: Thus had the dread one, by daring, achieved over the
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: ring hoard to rule at will himself. To pleasure a
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: sea boat he loaded and bore on its bosom, the
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: beaming gold Son of Wales. The worm was consumed. He had,
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: of all heroes, the highest renown among races of men,
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: this refuge of warriors for deeds of daring that decked
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: his name. Since the hand and heart of himaud grew
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: slack in battle, he swiftly banished to mingle with monsters
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: at murr se of foes to death was betrayed, for
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: torrents of sorrow had lamed him too long a load
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: of care to earls and afflings. All he proved oft. Indeed,
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: in earlier days for the warrior's wayfaring. Wise men mourned,
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: who had hoped of him help from harm and bail,
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: and had thought their sovereign son would thrive follow his
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: father his folk protect the hoard and the stronghold, Hero's land,
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: home of sildings. But here fame, said the kinsmen of Hygelac.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: Kinder seemed to all the other. Thirteen bee was urged
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: to crime, and afresh to the race. Thirteen sea of
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: the fallow roads. By swift steeds measured the morning sun
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: was climbing higher. Clansmen hastened to the high built hall.
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: Those hardy minded the wonder to witness warden of treasure
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: crowned with glory. The king himself, with stately band from
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: the bride bauer Strode, and with him the queen and
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: her crowd of maidens, measured the path to the meat
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: house fair. Fourteen Hrothgar spake to the hall. He went,
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: stood by the steps the steep roof saw garnished with
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: gold and Grendel's hand for the sight I see to
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: the sovereign ruler, be speedy. Thanks a throng of sorrows
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: I have borne from Grendel. But God still works wonder
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: on wonder the warden of glory. It was, but now
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: that I never more, for woes that weighed on me,
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: waited help long as I lived. When laved in blood
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: stood sword gore stain this stateliest house, widespread woe for
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: wise men, all who had no hope to hinder ever
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: foes infernal in fiendish sprites, from havoc in hull. This
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: hero now, by the Wielder's might, a work has done
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: that not all of us erst could ever do by
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: wile and wisdom. Lo well can she say, whoso of
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: women this warrior bore among sons of men? If still
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: she liveth that the God of the ages was good
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: to her in the birth of her bairn. Now Beowulf,
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: thee of heroes, best I shall heartily love as mine
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: own my son. Preserve thou ever this kinship knew, thou
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: shalt never lack wealth of the world that I wield
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: as mine full oft. For less have I largest showered
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: my precious horde on a poonier man, less stout in struggle.
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: Thyself hast now fulfilled such deeds that thy fame shall
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: endure through all the ages as ever he did. Well,
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: may the wielder reward thee. Still, Beowulf, spake Baron of
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: Echtheo this work of war most willingly. We have fought
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: this fight and fearlessly dared force of the foe fain too,
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: were I hadst thou but seen himself. What time the fiend,
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: in his trappings tottered to fall swiftly? I thought, in
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: strongest gripe on his bed of death, to bind him down,
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: that he, in the hint of this hand of mine,
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: should breathe his last. But he broke away him. I
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: might not. The Maker willed not hinder from flight, and
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: firm enough hold the life destroyer. Too sturdy was he,
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: the ruthless in running for rescue. However he left behind
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: him his hand in pledge, arm and shoulder. Nor ought
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: of help could the cursed one thus procure at all none.
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: The longer liveth he loathsome fiend sunk in his sins,
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: But sorrow holds him tightly, grasped in gripe of anguish,
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: in baleful bonds, whereby he must evil outlaw such awful doom,
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: as the mighty Maker shall meet him out more silent
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: seemed the son of Ecleaf fourteen A, in boastful speech
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: of his battle deeds. Since Athling's all, through the Earl's
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: great prowess beheld that hand on the high roof, gazing
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: Foeman's fingers, the forepart of each of the sturdy nails
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: to steal was likest heathen's hand, spear, hostile warrior's claw,
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: uncanny twas clear they said that him. No blade of
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: the brave could touch, how keen soever, or cut away
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: that battle hand, bloody from baneful foe. Fifteen there was
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: hurry and hest in hear it, now for hands to
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: bedeck it. And dense was the throng of men and
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: women the wine hall to cleanse the guest room, to
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: garnish goldgate, shown the hangings that were wove on the wall,
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: and wonders many to delight each mortal that looks upon them.
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: Though braced within by iron bands, that building bright was
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: broken sorely. Fifteen a rent were its hinges. The roof
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: alone held safe and sound. When seared with crime the
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: fiendish foe, his flight essayed of life, despairing no light
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: thing that the flight for safety essay at who will
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: forced of fate, He shall find his way to the refuge,
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: ready for race of man, for soul, possessors and sons
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: of earth, And there his body, on bed of death
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: shall rest. After revel arrived was the hour when to
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: hall preceded Heilfdene's son, the king himself would sit to banquet.
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: Ne'er heard I of host in haughtier Throng more graciously
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: gathered round, giver of rings, bowed then to bench those
• 44:52
  Speaker 1: bearers of glory fain of the feasting featly received many
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: a mead cup, the mighty in spirit kinsmen who sat
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: in the sumptuous hall Crothgar and Hrotholf. Here it now
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: was filled with friends the folk of Sildings. Ne'er yet
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: had tried the trader's deed to Beowulf gave the baron
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: of heelf Deen a gold wove banner, girdon of triumph,
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: broidered battle flag, breastplate and helmet, and his splendid sword
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: was seen of many born to the brave one. Beowulf
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: took cup and hull fifteen beat afore such costly gifts.
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: He suffered no shame in that soldier Throng, for I
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: heard of few heroes in heartier mood with four such
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: gifts so fashioned with gold on the ale bench honoring others.
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: Thus o'er the roof of the helmet high, a ridge
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: wound with wires kept ward o'er the head lest the
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: relict of piles fifteen sea should fierce invade, sharpen the strife.
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: When that shielded hero should go to grapple against his foes,
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: then the Earl's defense fifteen d on the floor fifteen
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: e bade lead coursers eight with carven head gear, and
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: down the hall one horse was decked with a saddle,
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: all shining and set in jewels, twas the battle seat
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: of the best of kings. When to play of swords,
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: the son of Hilfdene was fain to fare, ne'er failed
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: his valor in the crush of combat, when corpses fell
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: to Beowulf over them. Both then gave the refuge of
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: ing Wine's right and power o'er war steeds and weapons
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: wished him joy of them manfully. Thus the mighty Prince
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: hoard guard for heroes that hard fight, repaid with steeds
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: and treasures contemned by none who is willing to say
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: the sooth a rite sixteen and the Lord of earls
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: to each that came with Beowulf over the briny ways
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: an heirloom there at the ale bench gave precious gift,
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: and the price sixteen eighth bade pay in gold for
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: him whom grendel Erst murdered, and fain of them more
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: had killed, had not wisest God their w i r
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: d averted and the man's sixteen beat brave mood. The
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: Maker then ruled human kind as here and now therefore
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: is insight always best, and forethought of mind, how much
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: awaits him of leaf and of loath, who long time
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: here through days of warfare, this world endures. Then song
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: and music mingled sounds in the presence of Healfdene's head
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: of armies sixteen Sea and harping was heard with the
• 47:17
  Speaker 1: hero a as Trothgar's singer, The Hauljoy woke along the
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: mead seats, making his song of that sudden raid on
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: the sons of finn sixteen d Hilth Diane's hero Nath
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: the Sylding was fated to fall in the Frisian slaughter
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: sixteen E. Hildebur needed not hold in value her enemy's
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: honor sixteen f Innocent. Both were the loved ones she
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: lost at the Linden Play. Bairn and brother. They bowed
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: to fate, stricken by spears twas a sorrowful woman. None
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: doubted why the daughter of Hawk bewailed her doom. When
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: dawning came and under the sky she saw them lying
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: kinsman murdered where most she had ken. Of the sweets
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: of the world by war were swept two Finn's own liegemen,
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: and few were left in the parleying place sixteen g
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: He could ply no longer weapon nor war could he
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: wage on Hengest and rescue his remnant by right of
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: arms from the Prince's dan. A pact he offered another dwelling,
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: the Danes should have hall and high seat, and half
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: the power should fall to them in Frisian land, and
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: at the fee gifts Foll called Sunday by day, the
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: Danes should honor the folk of Hengest favor with rings,
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: even as truly with treasure and jewels, with fretted gold,
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: as his Frisian kin he meant to honor in ill hall.
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: There packed of peace, they plighted further on both sides.
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: Firmly Finn to Hengest with oath upon honor, openly promised
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: that Wafful remnant with wise men's aid, nobly to govern.
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: So none of the Guests, by word or work should
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: warp the treaty sixteen h or with malice of mind
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: bemoan themselves as forced to follow their fe giver's slayer,
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: lordless men, as their lot ordained should Frisian moreover, with
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: Foeman's taunt, that murderous hatred to mind recall, then edge
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: of the sword must seal his doom. Oaths were given,
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: and ancient gold heaped from hoard. The hardy silding battle
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: thane best sixteen eye on his bail fire lay. All
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: on the pyre were plain to see the gory sark,
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: the gilded swine crest, bore of hard iron and athlings.
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: Many slain by the sword. At the slaughter they fell.
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: It was Hildeboro's hest at Nafe's own pyre, the barn
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: of her body on brands to lay his bones to
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: burn on the bale fire placed at his uncle's side.
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: In sorrowful dirges bewept them. The woman great wailing ascended,
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: then wound up to welkin. The wildest of death fires
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: roared o'er the hillock sixteen jay heads All were melted,
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: gashes burst, and blood gushed out from bites. Sixteen k
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: of the body. Bail fire devoured greediest spirit. Those spared
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: not by they wore out of either folk. Their flower
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: was gone. Seventeen then hastened those heroes their home to
• 50:06
  Speaker 1: see friendless, to find the Frisian land houses and high
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: burg henges still through the death dyed winter dwelt with
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: Finn holding packed yet of home, he minded, though powerless
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: his ring decked prow to drive over the waters. Now
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: waves rolled fierce, lashed by the winds, or winter locked
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: them in icy fetters. Then fared another year to men's dwellings,
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: as yet they do the sun bright skies that their season,
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: ever duly await far off. Winter was driven fair lay
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: Earth's breast, and Fain was the rover, the guest to depart,
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: though more gladly. He pondered on wreaking his vengeance than
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: roaming the deep, and how to hasten the hot encounter
• 50:47
  Speaker 1: where sons of the Frisians were sure to be So
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: he escaped not the common doom. When hun with lafing
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: the light of battle best of blades, his bosom pierced,
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: its edge was famed with the Frisian earls on fierce heart.
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: Finn there fell likewise on himself at home, the horrid
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: soreed death for Guth laff and oslov of grim attack
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: had sorrowing told from seaways landed mourning their woes. Seventeen
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: A Finn's wavering spirit bode not in breast. The burg
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: was reddened with blood of foemen, and Finn was slain
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: king amid clansmen. The queen was taken to their ship.
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: The silving warriors bore all the chattels. The chieftain owned
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: whatever they found in Finn's domain of gems and jewels.
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: The gentle wife o'er paths of the deep to the Danes.
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: They bore led to her land. The lay was finished,
• 51:39
  Speaker 1: the Gleamin's song. Then glad rose the revel bench joy
• 51:43
  Speaker 1: brightened bearers draw from their wondervats. Wine comes wealthy o
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: forth under gold crown goes where the good pair sit
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: Uncle and nephew, true each to the other, one kindred
• 51:55
  Speaker 1: in amity unfurth the spokesman at the sylving lord's feet
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: sat men had faith in his spirit, his keenness of courage,
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: though kinsmen had found him unsure. At the sword play,
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: the silding Queen spoke, quaff of this cup, my king
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: and lord, breaker of rings, and blithe be thou gold
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: friend of men to the geats. Here speak such words
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: of mildness as man should use. Be glad with thy
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: geats of those gifts, be mindful or near or far
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: which now thou hast men say to me as son,
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: thou wishest yon hero to hold thy hear it purged, jewel, hall, brightest, enjoy,
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: while thou canst with many a largest and leave to
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: thy kin folk and realm. When forth thou goest to
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: greet thy doom for gracious I deem myhrat hoalf seventeen
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: be willing to hold and rule nobly our youths. If
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: thou yield up first prince of sildings, thy part in
• 52:51
  Speaker 1: the world, I ween with good, he will well requite
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: offspring of ours, when all he minds that for him
• 52:57
  Speaker 1: we did in his helpless days of gift and grace
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: to gain him honor. Then she turned to the seat
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: where her sons were placed, Krethwick and Hrothmond, with heroes, bairns,
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: young men. Together the geat two sat there Beowulf Brave
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: the brothers between eighteen. A cup she gave him, with
• 53:15
  Speaker 1: kindly greeting winsome words of wound and gold. She offered
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: to honor him arm jewels, twain, corselet and rings, and
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: of collars. The noblest that ever I knew the earth
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: around ne'er heard I so mighty neath Heaven's dome a
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: hoard gem of heroes. Since Hama bore to his bright
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: built berg the breezings, necklace, jewel and gem casket. Jealousy
• 53:38
  Speaker 1: fled he e or Menrick's hate chose help eternal hijlac Geat,
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: grandson of Swerting. On the last of his raids, this
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: ring bore with him under his banner the booty, defending
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: the worst boil Warding, but w y r d overwhelmed him.
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: What time in his daring dangers he sought feud with Frisians.
• 53:57
  Speaker 1: Fairest of gems he bore with him over the beaker
• 53:59
  Speaker 1: of waves, sovereign strong under shield, he died, fell the
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: corpse of the king into keeping of Franks, gear of
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: the breast, and that gorgeous ring. Weaker warriors won the
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: spoil after gripe of battle from Geatland's lord, and held
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: the death field. Din rose in hall Wealthio spake amid
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: warriors and said, this jewel and joy in thy jock
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: and youth, beowulf lovd. These battle weeds wear a royal treasure,
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: and richly thrive. Preserve thy strength, and these striplings here
• 54:31
  Speaker 1: counsel in kindness requital be mine. Hast done such deeds
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: that for days to come. Thou art famed among folk,
• 54:39
  Speaker 1: both far and near, so wide as washeth the wave
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: of ocean, his windy walls, through the ways of life.
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: Prosper O Prince, I pray for thee rich possessions. To
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: son of mine, be helpful indeed, and uphold his joys.
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: Here every earl to the other is true mild of
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: mood to the master. Loyal thanes are friendly, the throng
• 55:01
  Speaker 1: obedient liegemen are reveling. List and obey went then to
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: her place that was proudest of feasts. Flowed wine for
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: the warriors w y r d. They knew not destiny dire,
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: and the doom to be seen by many. An earl
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: when eve should come and hrothgar homeward, hasten away royal
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: to rest. The room was guarded by an army of earls.
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: As erst was done, they bared the bench boards. Abroad,
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: they spread beds and bolsters. One beer carouser, in danger
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: of doom, lay down in the hall. At their heads.
• 55:36
  Speaker 1: They set their shields of war buckler's bright on the bench,
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: were there over each atheling easy to see the high
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: battle helmet, the haughty spear, the corselet of rings. Twas
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: their custom, so ever to be for battle prepared at home,
• 55:50
  Speaker 1: or harrying, which it were, even as oft as evil
• 55:53
  Speaker 1: threatened their sovereign king, they were clansmen good. Nineteen then
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: sank they to sleep with sorrow. One bought his rest
• 56:02
  Speaker 1: of the evening as oft time had happened when Grendel
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: guarded that golden hall, evil wrought till his end drew
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: nigh slaughter for sins twas seen and told how an
• 56:12
  Speaker 1: avenger survived the fiend, as was learned afar the livelong
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: time after that grim fight, Grendel's mother, Monster of women,
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: mourned her woe. She was doomed to dwell in the
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: dreary waters cold sea courses. Since Kane cut down with
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: edge of the sword, his only brother, his father's offspring, outlawed,
• 56:31
  Speaker 1: he fled, marked with murder from men's delights warded the
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: wilds there woke from him. Such fate sent ghosts as Grendel,
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: who warwolf horrid. At here had found a warrior watching
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: and waiting the fray with whom the grisly one grappled Amain.
• 56:47
  Speaker 1: But the man remembered his mighty power, the glorious gift
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: that God had sent him in his maker's mercy, put
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: his trust for comfort and help. So he conquered the foe,
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: felled the fiend, who fled abject, reft of joy, to
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: the realms of death Mankind's foe, and his mother, now
• 57:04
  Speaker 1: gloomy and grim, would go that quest of sorrow, the
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: death of her son to avenge to hear it came
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: she where helmeted Danes slept in the hall too soon
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: came back old ills of the earls, whenin she burst
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: the mother of Grendel. Less grim, though that terror e'en
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: as terror of woman in war is less might have
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: made than of men in arms. When hammer forged the
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: falchon hard sword gore stained through swine of the helm,
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: crested with keen blade carves. A mane then was in hall,
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: the hard edge drawn, the swords on the settles nineteen
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: a and shields ameny firm held in hand, nor helmet
• 57:43
  Speaker 1: minded more harness of mail, whom that horror seized. Haste
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: was hers. She would hie afar and save her life.
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: When the liegemen saw her yet a single athling up
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: she seized fast and firm as she fled to the moor.
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: He was for hrothgar of heroes, the dearest of trusty
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: vassals betwixt the seas, whom she killed on his couch,
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: a clansman famous in battle. Brave. Nor was Beowulf there
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: Another house had been held apart, after giving of gold
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: for the geek renowned uproar filled Here it the hand
• 58:16
  Speaker 1: all had viewed, blood flecked, she bore with her bale
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: was returned dull in the dwellings twas dire exchange, where
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: Dane and geat were doomed to give the lives of
• 58:26
  Speaker 1: loved ones long tried. King, the hoary hero at heart,
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: was sad when he knew his noble no more lived
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: and dead. Indeed was his dearest thane to his bower
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: was Beowulf, brought in haste, dauntless victor. As daylight broke,
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: along with his earls, the atheling lord with his clansmen
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: came where the king abode waiting to see if the
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: wielder of all would turn this tale of trouble and woe.
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: Strode o'er floor the famed in strife with his hand companions.
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: The hall resounded, wishing to greet the wise old king
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: Ingwine's lord. He asked if the knight had passed in
• 59:01
  Speaker 1: peace to the prince's mind x ex Frothgar spake Helmatov
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: Sildings ask not of pleasure. Pain is renewed to Danish folk.
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: Dead is as cheer of erminev the elder brother, my sage, adviser,
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: and stay in council, shoulder comrade, in stress of fight,
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: when warriors clashed and we warded our heads, hewed the
• 59:21
  Speaker 1: helmboors hero. Fame should be every earl as his cheer was.
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: But here and here at a hand hath slain him
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: of wandering death. Sprite I what not whither twenty eight
• 59:32
  Speaker 1: Proud of the prey, her path she took, fain of
• 59:35
  Speaker 1: her fill the feud she avenged that yester night unyieldingly,
• 59:40
  Speaker 1: Grendel and Grimace grasp thou killedst seeing how long these
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: liegemen mine he ruined and ravaged, reft of life in arms,
• 59:48
  Speaker 1: he fell. Now another comes keen and cruel her kin
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: to avenge faring far in feud of blood, so that
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: many a fine shall think who e'er sorrows in soul
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: for that sharer of rings. This is hardest of heart bales.
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: The hand lies low that once was willing each wish
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: to please land dwellers. Here twenty b and liegeman mine
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: who house by those parts I have heard relate that
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: such a pair they have sometimes seen, march stalkers, mighty
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: the moorland, haunting, wandering spirits. One of them seemed so
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: far as my folk could fairly judge of womankind, and
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: one accursed in man's guise, trod the misery track of exile,
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: though huger than human bulk Grendeln days long gone, they
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: named him folk of the land. His father. They knew, not,
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 1: nor any brood that was borne to him, of treacherous spirits.
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: Untrod is their home, by wolf cliffs, haunt they and
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: windy headlands fenways fearful, where flows the stream from mountains,
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: gliding to gloom of the rocks underground flood not far
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 1: is it, hence in measure of miles that the mere
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: expands and o'er it. The frost bound forest hanging sturdily
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: rooted shafts. The wave by night is a wonder weird
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: to see fire on the waters. So wise live none
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: of the sons of men to search those depths. Nay,
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: though the heath rover harry by dogs the horn proud heart,
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: this holt should seek long distance, driven his dear life.
• 1:01:18
  Speaker 1: First on the brink he yields ere he braved the
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: plunge to hide his head tis no happy place. Thence
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 1: the welter of waters washes up wand to welkin when
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 1: winds bestir evil storms and air grows dusk and the
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: heavens weep. Now is help once more with thee alone
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 1: the land thou know'st not place of fear, where thou
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: findest out that sinfleck being seek. If thou dare, I
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 1: will reward thee for waging this fight with ancient treasure,
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 1: as Erst I did with winding gold. If thou winnest
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: back twenty one Beowulf's bake barn of echtheo sorrow not sage.
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: It beseems us better friends to avenge than fruitlessly more
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: them each of us all must as end abide in
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: the ways of the world. So win, who may glory
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 1: ere death when his days are told. That is the
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 1: warrior's worthiest doom. Rise o real mortar, ride we anon
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: and mark the trail of the mother of Grendel. No
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 1: harbor shall hide her. Heed my promise in folding a
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: field or forested mountain or floor of the flood. Let
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: her flee where she will. But thou this day endure
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 1: in patience as I ween thou wilt thou woes. Each
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: one leaped up the graybeard God. He thanked Mighty Lord
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: for the man's brave words for Rothgar. Soon a horse
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 1: was saddled wave maine steed. The sovereign wise stately rode
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: on his shield. Armed men followed in force. The footprints
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 1: led along the woodland, widely seen a path o'er the
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 1: plain where she passed and trod the murky moor of
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: men at arms. She bore the bravest and best one dead,
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: him who with Rothgar the homestead had ruled on. Then
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: went the athling born o'er stone cliffs, steep and straight defile,
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 1: narrow passes and unknown ways, headlands, sheer and the haunts
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 1: of the nikors foremost. He twenty one a caffered a
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 1: few at his side of the wiser men the ways
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 1: to scan, till he found in a flash the forested
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 1: hill hanging over the hoary rock a waffle wood. The
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: waves below were dyed in blood. The danish Men had
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: sorrow of soul and for sildings all for many a hero.
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 1: Twas hard to bear ill for earls. When as cheer's
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: head they found by the flood on the foreland there
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 1: waves were welling. The warriors saw hot with blood, but
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: the horns sang off battle song bold. The band sat
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: down and watched on the water wormlike things, sea dragons,
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 1: strange that sounded the deep, and nikors that lay on
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 1: the ledge of the nests, such as oft essay at
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: hour of morn, on the road of sails, their ruthless quest,
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 1: and sea snakes and monsters these started away, swollen and savage.
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: That song to hear that war horns blast the warden
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: of geats with bolt from bow, then balked of life
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: of wave work. One monster amid its heart went the
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: keen war shaft in water. It seemed less doughty in
• 1:04:15
  Speaker 1: swimming whom death had seized swift on the billows with
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: boar spears well hooked and barbed. It was hard, beset,
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: done to death, and dragged on the headland wave roamer.
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: Wondrous warriors viewed the grisly guest, then girt him beowulf
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: in marshall mail, nor mourned for his life. His breastplate
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 1: broad and bright of hues, woven by hand. Should the
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: waters try well, could it ward the warrior's body, that
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 1: battle should break on his breast in vain, nor harm
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: his heart by the hand of a foe, And the
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: helmet white that his head protected was destined to dare
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: the deeps of the flood through wave whirlwind. Twas wound
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: with chains decked with gold as in days of year.
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 1: The weaponsmith worked it wondrously with swine forms. Said it
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 1: that swords nowise brandished in battle could bite that helm.
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 1: Nor was that the meanest of mighty helps which Hrothgar's
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: order offered at need fronting. They named the hilted sword
• 1:05:10
  Speaker 1: of old time heirlooms easily. First iron was its edge
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 1: all etched with poison, with battle blood, hardened, nor blenched
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: it at fight in hero's hand who held it ever
• 1:05:20
  Speaker 1: on paths of peril, prepared to go to Folkstead twenty
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 1: one b of foes, not first time this it was
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 1: destined to do a daring task, for he bore not
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: in mind the Baron of Ecklaft, sturdy and strong that
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: speech he had made drunk with wine. Now this weapon
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: he lent to a stouter swordsman himself, though Durst not
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 1: under welter of waters wager his life as loyal liegemen.
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 1: So lost he his glory, honor of earls with the other,
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 1: not so who girded him now for the grim encounter
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: twenty two Beowulf spake, Baron of ECHTHEO have mind thou,
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: honored offspring of Heilften gold, friend of men. Now I
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 1: go on this quest sovereign wise what once was said,
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 1: if in thy cousin came that I should lose my life,
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: thou wouldst loyal by to me, though fallen in father's place.
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: Be guardian thou to this group of my Thanes, my
• 1:06:15
  Speaker 1: warrior friends. If war should seize me and the goodly
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: gifts thou gavest me croth Gard beloved to Hygelac send
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 1: Geatland's king may ken by the gold Krethel's son see
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 1: when he stares at the treasure, that I got me
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 1: a friend for goodness, famed and joyed, while I could
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: in my jewel bestore and let un firth wield this
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 1: wondrous sword. Earl far honored this heirloom, precious heart of edge,
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: with fronting, I seek doom of glory, or death shall
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 1: take me. After these words, the Wedgergate lord boldly hastened,
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 1: biding never answer at all. The ocean floods closed o'er
• 1:06:49
  Speaker 1: the hero. Long while of the day fled air. He
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 1: felt the floor of the sea. Soon found the fiend
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: who the flood domain's sword. Hungry held these hundred winters,
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 1: greedy and grim that some guest from above, some man
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 1: was raiding her monster elm. She grasped out for him
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: with grisly claws, and the warrior seized, yet scathed. She
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 1: not his body hail the breastplate hindered as she strove
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: to shatter the sark of war the linked harness with
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: loathsome hand then bore this brine wolf. When bottom she touched.
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: The lord of rings to the lair she haunted wiles vainly.
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: He strove, though his valor held weapon to wield against
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: wondrous monsters that sore beset him. Sea beasts many tried
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: with fierce tusks to tear his mail, and swarmed on
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: the stranger. But soon he marked He was now in
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 1: some hall he knew not which where water never could
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: work him harm, nor through the roof could reach him.
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: Ever fangs of the flood firelight he saw beams of
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 1: a blaze that brightly shone. Then the warrior was ware
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 1: of that wolf of the deep, mere wife monstrous for
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 1: mighty stroke. He swung his blade, and the blow withheld
• 1:07:58
  Speaker 1: not thenceang on her head that seemly blade. Its warsaw wild,
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: But the warrior found the light of battle a twenty
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: two A was loath to bite, to harm the heart.
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: Its hard edge failed. The noble, at need yet had
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 1: known of old strife hand to hand, and had helmet's
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 1: cloven doomed men's fighting gear first time. This for the
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 1: gleaming blade that its glory fell firms still stood nor
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 1: failed in valor. Heedful of high deeds, heiglack's kinsmen flung
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: away freteds. Sword featly jeweled the angry earl on earth.
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 1: It lay steel edged and stiff his strength, he trusted
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: hand gripe of might. So man shall do whenever in
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 1: war he weans to earn him lasting fame, nor fears
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 1: for his life. Seized then by shoulder shrank not from combat.
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 1: The Giddish war Prince Grendel's mother flung then the fierce one,
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 1: filled with wrath his deadly foe, that she fell to ground.
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 1: Swift on her part, she paid him back with grit
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: wisley grasp and grappled with him. Spent with struggle, stumbled
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: the warrior, fiercest of fighting men, fell adown on the
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 1: hall guest. She hurled herself hent her short sword, broad
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: and brown edged, twenty two beat the barren to avenge
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 1: the soul born son on his shoulder lay braided breastmail,
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 1: barring death. With standing entrance of edge or blade, life
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: would have ended for Echtheo's son under wide earth, for
• 1:09:27
  Speaker 1: that Earl of Geats, had his armor of war not
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 1: aided him. Battle net hard and Holy God wielded the victory.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: Wisest maker, the Lord of Heaven allowed his cause and
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: easily rose the earl erect twenty three mid the battle
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 1: gear saw he a blade triumphant old sword of Eden's
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: with edge of proof, warrior's heirloom weapon unmatched save only
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 1: twas more than other men to bandy of battle could
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: bear at all, as the giants had wrought it ready
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: and keen seized. Then its chain hilt the Silding's chieftain,
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: old and battle grim brandished the sword reckless of life,
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: and so wrathfully smote that it gripped her neck and
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: grasped her heart, her bone rings, breaking the blade pierced
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 1: through that faded one's flesh to floor. She sank bloody.
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 1: The blade he was, blithe of his deed, then blazed
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: forth light twas bright within as when from the sky
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: there shines unclouded Heaven's candle. The hull he scanned by
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 1: the wall. Then went he his weapon raised high by
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 1: its hilts, the hygelac Thane, angry and eager that edge
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 1: was not useless to the warrior. Now he wished with
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 1: speed Grendel to Girton for grim raids many for the
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 1: war he waged on western Danes, oftener far than an
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: only time, when of Hrothgar's hearth companions he slew in slumber,
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: in sleep devoured fifteen men of the folk of Danes,
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: and as many others outward bore his horrible prey well
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 1: paid for that the wrathful prince for now prone, He
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: saw Grendel stretch, the spent with war, spoiled of life,
• 1:11:02
  Speaker 1: so scathed, had left him here its battle. The body
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: sprang far when after death had endured the blow sword
• 1:11:09
  Speaker 1: stroked savage that severed its head soon twenty three A.
• 1:11:14
  Speaker 1: Then saw the sage companions who waited with Rothgar, watching
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: the flood that the tossing water's turbid grew blood stained.
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: The mere old men, together, hoary haired of the hero,
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: spake the warrior. Would not They weened again, proud of conquest,
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 1: come to seek their mighty master. To many, it seemed
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: the wolf of the waves had won his life. The
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: ninth hour came, The noble Sildings left the headland homeward
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 1: went the gold Friend of men twenty three B. But
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: the guests sat on, stared at the surges, sick in heart,
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 1: and wished, yet weened not their winsome lord again to
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 1: see now that sword began from blood of the fight
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 1: in battle droppings twenty three sea A warblame to Wane
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 1: twas a wondrous thing, that all of it melted as
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 1: ice is wont When Frosty fetters, the father loosens, unwinds
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: the wave bonds, wielding all seasons and times the true God.
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 1: He nor took from that dwelling the Duke of the Geats,
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 1: save only the head and that hilt withal blazoned with jewels.
• 1:12:17
  Speaker 1: The blade had melted, burned was the bright sword. Her
• 1:12:20
  Speaker 1: blood was so hot, so poisoned the helsebright who perished within.
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: There Soon he was swimming, who safe saw in combat
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 1: downfall of demons, up dove through the flood. The clashing
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: waters were cleansed, now waste of waves, where the wandering
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 1: fiend her life days left, and this lapsing world swam
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 1: then to strand, the sailor's refuge, sturdy in spirit of sea, booty,
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 1: glad of burden, brave he bore with him. Went then
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 1: to greet him and God. They thanked the fame, banned
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 1: choice of their chieftain, blithe that safe and sound they
• 1:12:54
  Speaker 1: could see him again soon from the hardy won helmet
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 1: and armor. Deftly they doffed, now drowsed the mere water
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: neath welkin with war blood stained. Forth they fared by
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: the footpaths. Thence merry at heart the highways measured well
• 1:13:09
  Speaker 1: known roads. Courageous men carried the head from the cliff
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 1: by the sea, an arduous task for all the band,
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  Speaker 1: the firm in fight, since four were needed. On the
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 1: shaft of slaughter. Twenty three d strenuously to bear to
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 1: the gold hall Grendel's head, so presently to the palace
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 1: their foemen fearless, fourteen geats marching came their master of
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 1: clan mighty amid them the meadoways trod strode. Then within
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 1: the sovereign fame, fearless in fight of fame, renowned hardy
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 1: hero crothguard to greet, and next by the hair into
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 1: hall was born Grendel's head, where the henchmen were drinking
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 1: and awe to clan and queen alike, a monster of marvel.
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 1: The men looked on twenty four Beowulf spake, Baron of
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: echtheo lo now this sea booty, son of Hilfdene, w
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: word of Sildings, We've lustily brought thee sign of glory.
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: Thou sayest it here? Not lightly did I, with my
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: life escape in war under water? This work I essayed
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 1: with endless effort, and even so my strength had been lost.
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: Had the Lord not shielded me, not a wit could
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 1: I with fronting dew and work of war. Though the
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: weapon is good, yet a sword. The Sovereign of men
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 1: vouchsafed me to spy on the wall there in splendor,
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 1: hanging old, gigantic, how oft he guides the friendless wight,
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: and I fought with that brand, felling in fight, since
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 1: fate was with me. The house's wardens. That war sword
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: then all burned bright blade when the blood gushed o'er
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 1: it battle sweat hot. But the hilt I brought back
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 1: from my foes so avenged I their fiendish deed's death
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: fall of Dames, as was due and right. And this
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 1: is my hest that in here it now safe. Thou
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: canst sleep with thy soldier band, and every thane of
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 1: all thy folk, both old and young. No evil fear
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 1: Silding's lord from that side again aught ill for thy earls,
• 1:15:03
  Speaker 1: as erst thou must. Then the golden hilt for that
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 1: gray haired leader hoary hero in hand was laid giant
• 1:15:10
  Speaker 1: wrought old, so owned and enjoyed it. After downfall of devils,
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 1: the Danish lord Wondersmith's work. Since the world was rid
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 1: of that grim souled fiend, the foe of God murder
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 1: marked and his mother as well. Now it passed into
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 1: power of the people's king. Best of all that the
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 1: oceans bound, who have scattered their gold o'er scandi. As
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 1: isle Hrothgar spake the hilt he viewed her loom old
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: where was etched the rise of that far off fight,
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 1: when the floods o'erwhelmed raging waves, the race of giants
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 1: fearful their fate, a folk estranged from God eternal. Whence
• 1:15:46
  Speaker 1: girden due in that waste of waters, the wielder paid
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 1: them so on the guard of shining gold and runic staves.
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 1: It was rightly said, for whom the serpent traced sword
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 1: was wrought best of blades in bygone days, and the
• 1:15:58
  Speaker 1: hilt well wound. The wise one spake, son of Helfdene
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 1: silent were all lo So may he say, whose sooth
• 1:16:06
  Speaker 1: and right follows mid folk of far times mindful a
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 1: landwart and old twenty four A that this earl belongs
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 1: to the better breed, so borne aloft thy fame must fly,
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  Speaker 1: O friend, my Beowulf far and wide o'er folksteads many firmly.
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: Thou shalt all maintain mighty strength with mood of wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: Love of mine, will I assure thee as awhile ago
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: I promised, thou shalt prove a stay in future, in
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: far off years, to folk of thine, to the heroes,
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 1: a help was not hur maud thus to offspring of Aquila,
• 1:16:41
  Speaker 1: honor sildings, nor grew for their grace, but for grisly slaughter,
• 1:16:45
  Speaker 1: for doom of death. To the Danish men, he slew wrath,
• 1:16:49
  Speaker 1: swollen his shoulder, comrades companions at board. So he passed alone, chieftain,
• 1:16:56
  Speaker 1: haughty from human cheer. Though him the maker with might
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: and mins delights of power and uplifted high above all men,
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: Yet blood fears his mind. His breast. Horde grew no
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 1: bracelets gave he to Danes as was due. He endured
• 1:17:10
  Speaker 1: all joyless strain of struggle and stress of woe, long
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: feud with his folk. Here find thy lesson a virtue
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 1: advised thee. This verse I have said, for thee wise
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 1: from lapsed winters, wondrous seems how to sons of men,
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: Almighty God in the strength of his spirit sendeth wisdom,
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 1: estate high station. He swayeth all things, whiles he letteth
• 1:17:34
  Speaker 1: righte lustily fare The heart of the hero of high
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 1: born race, in seat ancestral assigns him bliss his folk,
• 1:17:40
  Speaker 1: sure fortress, in fee to hold, puts in his power.
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 1: Great parts of the earth empires so ample that end
• 1:17:46
  Speaker 1: of it, this wanter of wisdom weeneth none. So he
• 1:17:49
  Speaker 1: waxes in wealth. No wise can harm him. Illness for age,
• 1:17:53
  Speaker 1: no evil cares shadow his spirit, no sword, hate threatens
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 1: from ever an enemy. All the world wends at his will.
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 1: No worse he knoweth, till all within him obstinate. Pride
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 1: waxes and wakes, while the warden slumbers. The spirit's sentry
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 1: sleep is too fast, which masters his might. And the
• 1:18:10
  Speaker 1: murderer ears stealthily, shooting the shafts from his bow twenty
• 1:18:14
  Speaker 1: five under harness. His heart then is hit, indeed by
• 1:18:17
  Speaker 1: sharpest shafts, and no shelter avails from foul behest of
• 1:18:21
  Speaker 1: the hellish fiend. Twenty five at him seems too little,
• 1:18:25
  Speaker 1: what long he possessed greedy and grim, No golden rings
• 1:18:30
  Speaker 1: he gives for his pride, the promised future forgets he
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 1: and spurns with all God has sent him wunder wielder
• 1:18:36
  Speaker 1: of wealth and fame. Yet in the end it ever
• 1:18:39
  Speaker 1: comes that the frame of the body fragile, yields fated falls,
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 1: and there follows another who joyously the jewels divides the
• 1:18:46
  Speaker 1: royal riches nor wrecks of his forebear ban. Then such
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 1: baleful thoughts Beowulf, dearest best of men, and the better
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 1: part choose profit, eternal and temper thy pride, warrior famous.
• 1:19:01
  Speaker 1: The flower of thy might lasts now awhile, but ere
• 1:19:04
  Speaker 1: long it shall be that sickness or sw'ard thy strength
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 1: shall minish, or fong of fire or flooding billow, or
• 1:19:10
  Speaker 1: bite of blade or brandished spear, or odious age, or
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 1: the eyes clear beam, waxed, dull and darken death. Even
• 1:19:17
  Speaker 1: thee in haste shall o'erwhelm thou, hero of war. So
• 1:19:21
  Speaker 1: the ring Danes these half years a hundred I ruled,
• 1:19:23
  Speaker 1: wielded neath welkin, and warded them bravely from mighty ones,
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 1: many o'er Middle Earth, from spear and sword, till it
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: seemed for me no foe could be found under fold
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 1: of the sky. Lo sudden the shift to me seated
• 1:19:38
  Speaker 1: secure came grief for joy when Grendel began to harry
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: my home, the hellish foe for those ruthless raids. Unresting
• 1:19:45
  Speaker 1: thy suffered heart, sorrow heavy heaven be thanked, Lord eternal,
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 1: for life extended that I on this head, all hewn
• 1:19:52
  Speaker 1: and bloody, after long evil with eyes may gaze go
• 1:19:57
  Speaker 1: to the bench. Now be glad at banks warrior worthy,
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 1: A wealth of treasure at dawn of day be dealt
• 1:20:04
  Speaker 1: between us. Glad was the Geat's lord, going betimes to
• 1:20:08
  Speaker 1: seek his seat, as the Sage commanded afresh as before
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 1: for the feigned in battle. For the band of the
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: hall was a banquet dight nobly anew the night helm
• 1:20:19
  Speaker 1: darkened dusk o'er the drinkers, the doughty ones rose for
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 1: the hoary headed would hasten to rest aged, silding and eager.
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: The Geat shield fighter sturdy for sleeping yearned him wander
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 1: weary warrior guest from far a hall thane heralded forth,
• 1:20:35
  Speaker 1: who by custom courtly cared for all needs of a
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 1: thane as in those old days, warrior wanderers won't have
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: so slumbered. The stout heart stately the hull rows gabled
• 1:20:47
  Speaker 1: in guilt, where the guests slept on till a raven
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: black the rapture of heaven. Twenty five beak blitheart boded,
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: bright came flying shine after shadow. The swordsmen hastened, athlingks
• 1:20:59
  Speaker 1: all were eager homeward forth to fare, and far from
• 1:21:02
  Speaker 1: thence the great hearted guest would guide his keel. Bade
• 1:21:05
  Speaker 1: then the hardy one hunting be brought to the son
• 1:21:08
  Speaker 1: of Eclaf the sword bade him take excellent iron, and
• 1:21:11
  Speaker 1: uttered his thanks for it, quoth that he counted it
• 1:21:14
  Speaker 1: keen in battle, wore friend winsome with words. He slandered
• 1:21:17
  Speaker 1: not edge of the blade, twas a big hearted man,
• 1:21:21
  Speaker 1: now eager for parting and armed at point warriors waited
• 1:21:24
  Speaker 1: while went to his host. That darling of Danes, the
• 1:21:28
  Speaker 1: doughty athling to high seat hastened, and Hrothgar greeted. Twenty
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 1: six Beowulf spake, Baron of echtheo lo we seafarers say,
• 1:21:36
  Speaker 1: our will far come men that we fain would seek hygelac.
• 1:21:40
  Speaker 1: Now we here have found hosts to our heart. Thou
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: hast harbored us well, if ever on earth I am
• 1:21:47
  Speaker 1: able to win me more of thy love, O, Lord
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 1: of men, aught anew than I now have done for
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 1: work of war. I am willing still if it come
• 1:21:56
  Speaker 1: to me ever across the seas that neighbor foemen annoy
• 1:21:59
  Speaker 1: and fright thee, as they that hate the herewhile have
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 1: used thousands, then of Thanes I shall bring heroes to
• 1:22:05
  Speaker 1: help thee of Higlac. I know word of his folk,
• 1:22:09
  Speaker 1: that though few his years, the Lord of the Geats
• 1:22:12
  Speaker 1: will give me aid by word and by work, that
• 1:22:14
  Speaker 1: well I may serve thee wielding the war, would to
• 1:22:17
  Speaker 1: win thy triumph in lending thee might when thou lackest men.
• 1:22:21
  Speaker 1: If thy Heretheric should come to court of Geats, a
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 1: sovereign son, he will surely there find his friends afar
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: off land. Each man should visit who vaunts him, brave him. Then,
• 1:22:31
  Speaker 1: answering Crothgar, spake these words of thine, the wisest God
• 1:22:35
  Speaker 1: sent to thy soul. No sagre counsel from so young
• 1:22:39
  Speaker 1: in year's err Yet have I heard thou art strong
• 1:22:42
  Speaker 1: of main, and in mind art weary art wise in words?
• 1:22:47
  Speaker 1: I ween indeed, if ever it hap that Hrethel's heir
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 1: by spear be seized by sword, grim battle, by illness
• 1:22:53
  Speaker 1: or iron, Thine elder and lord, People's leader and life
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 1: be thine. No seemlier man will the sea Geats find
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 1: it all to choose for their chief and king, for
• 1:23:02
  Speaker 1: hoard guard of heroes. If hold thou wilt thy kinsman's kingdom,
• 1:23:06
  Speaker 1: thy keen mind pleases me, the longer the better Beowulf loved,
• 1:23:11
  Speaker 1: Thou hast brought it about that both our peoples, sons
• 1:23:14
  Speaker 1: of the Geat and spear Dane folk, shall have mutual
• 1:23:16
  Speaker 1: peace and from murderous strife, such as once they waged
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: from war. Refrain, long as I rule this realm so wide,
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: Let our hoards be common. Let heroes with goold each other.
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 1: Greet o'er the gannet's bath, and the ringed prow bear
• 1:23:30
  Speaker 1: o'er rolling waves, tokens of love. I trow my land
• 1:23:34
  Speaker 1: folk towards friend and foe are firmly joined, and honor
• 1:23:37
  Speaker 1: they keep in the olden way to him in the hall.
• 1:23:41
  Speaker 1: Then hilfh Diene's son gave treasures twelve, and the trust
• 1:23:44
  Speaker 1: of Rose bade him fair with the gifts to his folk. Beloved,
• 1:23:48
  Speaker 1: Hail to his home, and in haste return, then kissed
• 1:23:51
  Speaker 1: the King of Kin, renowned Silding's chieftain, that choicest thign,
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 1: and fell on his neck. Fast flowed the tears of
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 1: the hoary headed, heavy with winters. He had chances, twain,
• 1:24:04
  Speaker 1: but he clung to this twenty six, a that each
• 1:24:06
  Speaker 1: should look on the other again, and hear him in hull.
• 1:24:10
  Speaker 1: Was this hero so dear to him his breast's wild
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: billows he banned in vain, safe in his soul, a
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 1: secret longing locked in his mind for that loved man
• 1:24:20
  Speaker 1: burned in his blood. Then Beowulf strode, glad of his
• 1:24:24
  Speaker 1: gold gifts. The grass plot o'er warrior, blithe the wave
• 1:24:29
  Speaker 1: roamer bode, riding at anchor, its owner awaiting. As they
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 1: hastened onward Hrothgar's gift. They lauded at length, twas a
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 1: lord unpeered every way blameless till age had broken it
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 1: spareth no mortal, his splendid might. Twenty seven came now
• 1:24:45
  Speaker 1: to ocean, the ever courageous, hardy henchmen, their harness bearing
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: woven war sarks, the warden marked trusty as ever. The
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 1: Earl's return from the height of the hill, no hostile
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 1: words reached the guests as he rode to Greece them
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 1: but welcome, he called to that Wedger clan as the
• 1:25:03
  Speaker 1: sheen mailed spoilers to ship. Marched on then on the
• 1:25:07
  Speaker 1: strand with steeds and treasure and armor. Their roomy and
• 1:25:10
  Speaker 1: ring dykee ship was heavily laden high. Its mast rose
• 1:25:14
  Speaker 1: over hrothguard's hoarded gems. A sword to the boat guard,
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 1: Beowulf gave mounted with gold on the mead bench, since
• 1:25:21
  Speaker 1: he was better esteemed that blade, possessing heirloom old their
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 1: ocean keel boarding, they drove through the deep and dameland left.
• 1:25:30
  Speaker 1: A sea cloth was set a sail with ropes firm
• 1:25:33
  Speaker 1: to the mast. The flood timbers moaned twenty seven a
• 1:25:37
  Speaker 1: nor did wind over billows that wave swimmer blow across
• 1:25:40
  Speaker 1: from her course. The craft sped on foam necked. It
• 1:25:44
  Speaker 1: floated forth o'er the waves, keel firm bound over briny
• 1:25:47
  Speaker 1: currents till they got them sight of the Giddish cliffs
• 1:25:50
  Speaker 1: home known Headlands High. The boat, stirred by winds on
• 1:25:55
  Speaker 1: the strand, up drove helpful at haven. The harbor guard stood,
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 1: who long off already for loved companions by the water
• 1:26:02
  Speaker 1: had waited and watched afar. He bound to the beach,
• 1:26:05
  Speaker 1: the broad bosomed ship with anchor bands. Lest ocean billows
• 1:26:09
  Speaker 1: that trusty timber should tear away. Then Beowulf bade them
• 1:26:13
  Speaker 1: bear the treasure, gold and jewels. No journey far was it,
• 1:26:16
  Speaker 1: thence to go to the giver of rings hijlak krethling
• 1:26:20
  Speaker 1: at home. He dwelt by the sea wall, clothes himself
• 1:26:22
  Speaker 1: and clan haughty that house a hero, the king high
• 1:26:27
  Speaker 1: the hall, and h y g d twenty seven b right, young,
• 1:26:31
  Speaker 1: wise and wary. Though winter's few in those fortress walls,
• 1:26:35
  Speaker 1: she had found a home Heretha's daughter, nor humble her ways,
• 1:26:39
  Speaker 1: nor grudged, she gifts to the Giddish men of precious treasure.
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: Not t h r y t H's pride showed she
• 1:26:47
  Speaker 1: folk queen famed, or that fell Deceit was none so
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 1: daring that Durst make bold save her lord alone of
• 1:26:54
  Speaker 1: the liegemen, dear that lady full in the face to look,
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 1: but forged fetters he found his lot, bonds of death
• 1:27:01
  Speaker 1: and brief the respite. Soon as they seized him, his
• 1:27:04
  Speaker 1: sword doom was spoken, and the burnished blade a baleful
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 1: murder proclaimed and closed no queenly way for woman to practice.
• 1:27:12
  Speaker 1: Though peerless, she that the weaver of peace twenty seven
• 1:27:16
  Speaker 1: sea from warrior deer by wrath and lying his life,
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: should reave. But Heming's kinsmen hindered this, for over their
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 1: ale men also told that of these folk horrors, fewer
• 1:27:27
  Speaker 1: she wrought onslaughts of evil. After she went gold decked
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: bride to the brave young Prince Atheling, haughty and office
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 1: haul o'er the fallow flood at her father's bidding safely sought,
• 1:27:38
  Speaker 1: where since she prospered royal throned, rich in goods, fain
• 1:27:43
  Speaker 1: of the fair life. Fate had sent her and leal
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 1: in love to the lord of warriors. He of all
• 1:27:49
  Speaker 1: heroes I heard of ever from sea to sea, of
• 1:27:52
  Speaker 1: the sons of Earth, most excellent seemed. Hence Offa was
• 1:27:56
  Speaker 1: praised for his fighting and feeing by far off men.
• 1:27:59
  Speaker 1: The spear old warrior wisely he ruled over his empire.
• 1:28:04
  Speaker 1: Eamer woke to him help of heroes. Hemming's kinsman, grandson
• 1:28:08
  Speaker 1: of Garment grim in War twenty eight, hastened the hardy
• 1:28:12
  Speaker 1: one henchmen with him. Sandy Strand of the sea to
• 1:28:15
  Speaker 1: tread in widespread ways. The world's great candle sun shone
• 1:28:19
  Speaker 1: from south. They strode along with sturdy steps to the
• 1:28:23
  Speaker 1: spot they knew where the battle. King Young his burg
• 1:28:26
  Speaker 1: within slayer of Argenteo shared the rings shelter of heroes
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 1: to Hijlack. Beowulf's coming was quickly told that therein the
• 1:28:35
  Speaker 1: court the clansman's refuge, the shield companion, sound and alive.
• 1:28:39
  Speaker 1: Hail from the hero play homewards strode with haste in
• 1:28:43
  Speaker 1: the hall by highest order. Room for the rovers was
• 1:28:46
  Speaker 1: readily made by his sovereign. He sat, come safe from battle, kinsman,
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 1: by kinsmen, his kindly lord, he first had greeted in
• 1:28:55
  Speaker 1: gracious form with manly words. The mead dispensing came through
• 1:29:00
  Speaker 1: the high hall. Harretha's daughter winsome to warriors. Wine cup
• 1:29:03
  Speaker 1: bore to the hands of the heroes. Hijlac. Then his
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 1: comrade fairly with question, plied in the lofty hall, sore,
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 1: longing to know what manner of sojourn the sea geats made.
• 1:29:14
  Speaker 1: What came of thy quest, my kinsman, Beowulf, when thy
• 1:29:18
  Speaker 1: yearnings suddenly swept thee yonder battle to seek o'er the
• 1:29:20
  Speaker 1: briny sea combat inherit Prothgard couldst thou aid at all
• 1:29:25
  Speaker 1: the honored chief in his wide known woes with waves
• 1:29:29
  Speaker 1: of care. My sad heart seated, I sore mistrusted my
• 1:29:32
  Speaker 1: loved one's venture. Long I begged Thee by no means
• 1:29:35
  Speaker 1: to seek that slaughtering monster. But suffer the south Danes
• 1:29:39
  Speaker 1: to settle their feud themselves with Grendel. Now God be
• 1:29:42
  Speaker 1: thanked that safe and sound I can see thee. Now
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: Beowulf spake the baron of echtheo tis known and unhidden.
• 1:29:49
  Speaker 1: Heiglac lord to many men that meeting of ours struggle
• 1:29:53
  Speaker 1: grim between Grendel and me, which we fought on the
• 1:29:55
  Speaker 1: field where full too many sorrows he wrought for the
• 1:29:58
  Speaker 1: sylthing victors evils unend these all I avenged. No boast
• 1:30:04
  Speaker 1: can be from breed of Grendel any on earth, For
• 1:30:06
  Speaker 1: that uproar at dawn from the longest lived of the
• 1:30:09
  Speaker 1: loathsome race in fleshly fold. But first I went Rothguard
• 1:30:13
  Speaker 1: to greet in the hall of Gifts, where Heilftine's kinsman
• 1:30:16
  Speaker 1: high renowned. Soon as my purpose was plain to him,
• 1:30:19
  Speaker 1: assigned me a seat by his son an heir. The
• 1:30:22
  Speaker 1: liegemen were lusty my life days. Never such merry men
• 1:30:26
  Speaker 1: over mead in hall have I heard under heaven. The
• 1:30:29
  Speaker 1: high born queen People's peace bringer passed through the hall,
• 1:30:33
  Speaker 1: cheered the young clansmen clasps of gold ere. She sought
• 1:30:36
  Speaker 1: her seat to sundry, gave off to the heroes, Rothgar's
• 1:30:41
  Speaker 1: daughter to Earl's. In turn the ale cup tendered she
• 1:30:44
  Speaker 1: whom I heard these hall companions free were in name.
• 1:30:46
  Speaker 1: When fretted gold she proffered. The warriors promised, is she
• 1:30:51
  Speaker 1: gold decked maid to the glad son of Froda sage.
• 1:30:55
  Speaker 1: This seems to the Sylving's friend Kingdom's keeper. He counted
• 1:30:58
  Speaker 1: wise the woman to wear at so and ward off
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  Speaker 1: feud store of slaughter. But seldom ever, when men are
• 1:31:05
  Speaker 1: slain does the murder spear sink but briefest while, though
• 1:31:08
  Speaker 1: the bride be fair twenty eight eight, nor haply will
• 1:31:12
  Speaker 1: like it the heathobard lord, and as little each of
• 1:31:15
  Speaker 1: his liegemen. All when a thigne of the Danes in
• 1:31:18
  Speaker 1: that doughty throng goes with the lady along their hall,
• 1:31:21
  Speaker 1: and on him the old time heirlooms glisten herd and
• 1:31:24
  Speaker 1: ring decked Heathobard's treasure weapons that once they wielded fair
• 1:31:28
  Speaker 1: until they lost at the Linden Play twenty eight beat Bleegeman,
• 1:31:32
  Speaker 1: leel and their lives as well. Then over the ale
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 1: on this heirloom, gazing some ashwield or old who has
• 1:31:39
  Speaker 1: all in mind that spear Death of Men twenty eight sea.
• 1:31:42
  Speaker 1: He is stern of mood, heavy at heart in the
• 1:31:46
  Speaker 1: hero young tests the temper and tries the soul, and
• 1:31:49
  Speaker 1: war hate wakens with words like these, canst thou not, comrade?
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 1: Can that sword which to the fray thy father carried
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: in his final feud meet the fighting mask, dearest of
• 1:31:59
  Speaker 1: blades when the Danish slew him and wielded the war
• 1:32:02
  Speaker 1: place on with their guild's fall after havoc of heroes,
• 1:32:06
  Speaker 1: those hardy Sildings. Now the son of a certain slaughtering dame,
• 1:32:11
  Speaker 1: proud of his treasure, paces this hall, joys in the killing,
• 1:32:15
  Speaker 1: and carries the jewel twenty eight d that rightfully ought
• 1:32:18
  Speaker 1: to be owned by the Underscore. Thus he urges and
• 1:32:22
  Speaker 1: eggs him all the time with keenest words, till occasion
• 1:32:25
  Speaker 1: offers that free were is thane for his father's deed.
• 1:32:28
  Speaker 1: After bite of brand in his blood must slumber, losing
• 1:32:31
  Speaker 1: his life. But that Liegeman flies living away for the
• 1:32:34
  Speaker 1: land he kens, and thus be broken on both their sides.
• 1:32:39
  Speaker 1: Os of the earls. When Injelled's breast wells with war
• 1:32:42
  Speaker 1: hate and wife love. Now after the care, Billow's cooler grows.
• 1:32:46
  Speaker 1: So when he ate e, I hold not high the
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: heathobard's faith due to the Danes or their during love
• 1:32:52
  Speaker 1: and pact of peace. But I pass from that, turning
• 1:32:55
  Speaker 1: to Grendel, o giver of treasure, and saying in full
• 1:32:58
  Speaker 1: how the fight resulted hand fray of heroes. When Heaven's
• 1:33:02
  Speaker 1: jewel had fled o'er far fields, that fierce sprite came
• 1:33:06
  Speaker 1: night foe savage to seek us out where safe and
• 1:33:09
  Speaker 1: sound we centered the hall to Hanseio. Then was that
• 1:33:13
  Speaker 1: harassing deadly? His fall there was faded. He first was slain, brooded.
• 1:33:18
  Speaker 1: Warrior Grendel on him, turned murderous mouth on our mighty kinsmen,
• 1:33:23
  Speaker 1: and all of the brave man's body devoured. Yet none
• 1:33:27
  Speaker 1: the earlier, empty handed would the bloody toothed murderer, mindful
• 1:33:30
  Speaker 1: of bail outward, go from the gold decked hall. But
• 1:33:33
  Speaker 1: me he attacked, in his terror of might. With greedy
• 1:33:36
  Speaker 1: hand grasped me a glove hung by him, twenty eight
• 1:33:40
  Speaker 1: f wide and wondrous, wound with bands and in artful.
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 1: Wise it all was wrought by devilish craft of dragon skins.
• 1:33:49
  Speaker 1: Me therein an innocent man. The fiendish foe was fain
• 1:33:52
  Speaker 1: to thrust with many another he might not sow. When I,
• 1:33:56
  Speaker 1: all angrily upright, stood, twere long to relate, how that
• 1:34:00
  Speaker 1: land destroyer I paid in kind for his cruel deeds.
• 1:34:03
  Speaker 1: Yet there, my prince, this people of thine, got fame
• 1:34:06
  Speaker 1: by my fighting. He fled away, and a little space
• 1:34:10
  Speaker 1: his life preserved. But there stayed behind him. His stronger
• 1:34:13
  Speaker 1: hand left, and hear it heartsick. Thence on the floor
• 1:34:15
  Speaker 1: of the ocean that outcast fell me. For this struggle.
• 1:34:19
  Speaker 1: The Silding's friend paid in plenty, with plates of gold,
• 1:34:22
  Speaker 1: with many a treasure. When morn had come and we
• 1:34:25
  Speaker 1: all at the banquet board sat down, then was song
• 1:34:28
  Speaker 1: in glee. The gray haired Silding, much tested, told of
• 1:34:32
  Speaker 1: the times of yore, whilst the hero, his heart bestirred,
• 1:34:36
  Speaker 1: would of delight. Now lays he chanted of sooth and sadness,
• 1:34:40
  Speaker 1: or set aright legends of wonder the white hearted king,
• 1:34:43
  Speaker 1: Or for years of his youth he would yearn at
• 1:34:45
  Speaker 1: times for strength of old struggles. Now stricken with age,
• 1:34:49
  Speaker 1: hoary hero, his heart surged full when wise with winters
• 1:34:53
  Speaker 1: he wailed their flight. Thus in the hall the whole
• 1:34:56
  Speaker 1: of that day, at ease we feasted, till fell o'er
• 1:34:59
  Speaker 1: earth another night, anon full ready in greed of vengeance.
• 1:35:03
  Speaker 1: Grendel's mother set forth all doleful dead was her son
• 1:35:08
  Speaker 1: through war, hate of wedgers, Now woman monstrous with fury
• 1:35:11
  Speaker 1: fell a foemen. She slew avenged her offspring from as
• 1:35:16
  Speaker 1: cheer old loyal counselor life was gone, Nor might they e'en.
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 1: When morning broke, those Danish people their death done. Comrade
• 1:35:24
  Speaker 1: burned with brands on bale fire lay the man they
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 1: mourned under mountain streams. She had carried the corpse with
• 1:35:30
  Speaker 1: cruel hands for frothgar. That was the heaviest sorrow of
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 1: all that had laden the lord of his folk, the leader.
• 1:35:38
  Speaker 1: Then by thy life besought me sad was his soul
• 1:35:41
  Speaker 1: in the sea waves coil to play the hero and
• 1:35:44
  Speaker 1: hazard my being for glory of prowess my girden. He
• 1:35:47
  Speaker 1: pledged I then in the waters tis widely known that
• 1:35:51
  Speaker 1: Seafloor guardian Savage found hand to hand there a while
• 1:35:55
  Speaker 1: we struggled Billow's welled blood in the briny hall her head.
• 1:35:59
  Speaker 1: I hewed with a hearty blade from Grendel's mother and
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 1: gained my life, though not without danger. My doom was
• 1:36:05
  Speaker 1: not yet Then the haven of heroes. Hilftine's son gave
• 1:36:10
  Speaker 1: me in good and great gifts of price twenty nine.
• 1:36:14
  Speaker 1: So held this king to the customs, old that I
• 1:36:16
  Speaker 1: wanted for not in the wage I gained the meat
• 1:36:18
  Speaker 1: of my might. He made me gifts Hilftine's heir for
• 1:36:22
  Speaker 1: my own disposal. Now to thee, my prince, I proffer
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 1: them all gladly give them thy grace alone can find
• 1:36:30
  Speaker 1: me favor. Few indeed have I of kinsmen, save Heiglach thee.
• 1:36:37
  Speaker 1: Then he bade them bear him the boehead standard, the
• 1:36:40
  Speaker 1: battle helm high, and breastplate gray, the splendid sword. Then
• 1:36:44
  Speaker 1: spake in form me this wardeer, the wise old Prince
• 1:36:47
  Speaker 1: Hrothgar gave and his hest He added that its story
• 1:36:50
  Speaker 1: be straightway, said to thee awhile It was held by
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 1: Hirogar king for long time, lord of the land of Sildings,
• 1:36:58
  Speaker 1: yet not to his son. The sovereign left it to
• 1:37:00
  Speaker 1: daring hero weird dear as he was to him his
• 1:37:03
  Speaker 1: harness of battle. Well hold thou at all, and I
• 1:37:07
  Speaker 1: heard that soon passed o'er the path of this treasure,
• 1:37:10
  Speaker 1: all apple fallow for good steeds, each like the others
• 1:37:14
  Speaker 1: arms and horses he gave to the king. So should
• 1:37:17
  Speaker 1: kinsman be not we've won another the net of wiles
• 1:37:20
  Speaker 1: or with deep his treachery death contrived for neighbor and comrade.
• 1:37:24
  Speaker 1: His nephew was ever by hardy Hygelac held full dear,
• 1:37:28
  Speaker 1: and each kept watch o'er the other's wheel. I heard
• 1:37:32
  Speaker 1: too the necklace to h y g d he presented
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 1: wonder wrought treasure which Wealthio gave him Sovereign's daughter. Three
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 1: steeds he added slender and saddle gay. Since such gift
• 1:37:43
  Speaker 1: the gem gleamed bright on the breast of the queen.
• 1:37:46
  Speaker 1: Thus showed his strain. The son of Echtheo, as a man,
• 1:37:49
  Speaker 1: remarked for mighty deeds and acts of honor at ale.
• 1:37:53
  Speaker 1: He slew not comrade or kin, nor cruel. His mood,
• 1:37:56
  Speaker 1: though of sons of earth, his strength was greatest, a
• 1:37:59
  Speaker 1: glorious gift that God had sent the splendid leader. Long
• 1:38:03
  Speaker 1: was he spurned and worthless by Giddish warriors held him
• 1:38:06
  Speaker 1: at mead. The master of clans failed full oft to
• 1:38:09
  Speaker 1: favor at all, slack and shiftless. The strong men deemed
• 1:38:13
  Speaker 1: him profitless prince. But payment came to the warrior honored
• 1:38:18
  Speaker 1: for all his woes. Then the bulwark of earls twenty
• 1:38:22
  Speaker 1: nine A bade bring within hardy chieftain Crethel's heirloom, garnished
• 1:38:26
  Speaker 1: with gold no geet Air knew in shape of a sword,
• 1:38:29
  Speaker 1: a statelier prize. The brand he laid in Beowulf's lap
• 1:38:34
  Speaker 1: and of hides assigned him seven thousand, twenty nine B.
• 1:38:37
  Speaker 1: With house and high seat they held in common land
• 1:38:41
  Speaker 1: alike by their line of birth, inheritance home, but hire
• 1:38:45
  Speaker 1: the king because of his rule o'er the realm itself.
• 1:38:49
  Speaker 1: Now further it fell with the flight of years, with
• 1:38:51
  Speaker 1: harryings hoarded that Higlak perished twenty nine sea, and heard
• 1:38:56
  Speaker 1: read too by hewing of swords under the shield wall
• 1:38:59
  Speaker 1: slaughtered lay when him at the van of his victor
• 1:39:01
  Speaker 1: folk sought hardy heroes, heathosylphings in arms o'erwhelming heroic's nephew.
• 1:39:08
  Speaker 1: Then Beowulf came as king this broad realm to wield,
• 1:39:11
  Speaker 1: and he ruled it well. Fifty winters twenty nine d.
• 1:39:14
  Speaker 1: A wise old prince warding his land, until one began,
• 1:39:17
  Speaker 1: in the dark of night a dragon to rage in
• 1:39:21
  Speaker 1: the grave on the hill a horde it guarded in
• 1:39:23
  Speaker 1: the stone barrow steep a straight path reached it, unknown
• 1:39:28
  Speaker 1: to mortals. Some man, however, came by chance that cave
• 1:39:32
  Speaker 1: within to the heathen horde twenty nine e. In hand,
• 1:39:36
  Speaker 1: he took a golden goblet, nor gave he it back,
• 1:39:39
  Speaker 1: stole with it away, while the watcher slept by thievish wiles.
• 1:39:43
  Speaker 1: For the warden's wrath, Prince and people must pay betimes
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 1: triple x. That way he went with no will of
• 1:39:49
  Speaker 1: his own, in danger of life, to the dragon's hoard.
• 1:39:52
  Speaker 1: But for pressure of peril some princes thane. He fled
• 1:39:56
  Speaker 1: in fear the fatal scourge, seeking shelter as tinful man,
• 1:40:00
  Speaker 1: and entered in at the awful sight, tottered that guest
• 1:40:04
  Speaker 1: and terror seized him. Yet the wretched fugitive rallied Anon
• 1:40:08
  Speaker 1: from fright and fear. Ere he fled away and took
• 1:40:11
  Speaker 1: the cup from that treasure, hoard of such. Besides, there
• 1:40:14
  Speaker 1: was store enough heirlooms old the earth below which some
• 1:40:18
  Speaker 1: earl forgotten in ancient years. Left the last of his
• 1:40:21
  Speaker 1: lofty race heedfully there had hidden away dearest treasure, for
• 1:40:26
  Speaker 1: death of your had hurried all hence, and he alone
• 1:40:29
  Speaker 1: left to live the last of the clan. Weeping his friends,
• 1:40:32
  Speaker 1: yet wished to bide, warding the treasure his one delight,
• 1:40:35
  Speaker 1: though brief his respite. The barrow new, ready to strand
• 1:40:40
  Speaker 1: and sea waves stood anear hard by the headland, hidden
• 1:40:43
  Speaker 1: and closed. There laid within it his lordly heirlooms, and
• 1:40:46
  Speaker 1: heaped hoard of heavy gold, that warden of rings. Few
• 1:40:50
  Speaker 1: words he spake, Now hold thou earth, since heroes may
• 1:40:53
  Speaker 1: not what earls have owned. Lo burst from thee brave
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 1: men brought it. But battle, death, seized and cruel killing
• 1:41:02
  Speaker 1: my clansmen all robbed them of life and a liegeman's joys.
• 1:41:06
  Speaker 1: None have I left to lift the sword or to
• 1:41:08
  Speaker 1: cleanse the carven cup of price beaker bright, my brave
• 1:41:12
  Speaker 1: are gone, and the helmet hard all haughty with gold
• 1:41:17
  Speaker 1: shall part from its plating. Polisher's sleep, who could brighten
• 1:41:21
  Speaker 1: and burnish the battle mask? And those weeds of war
• 1:41:23
  Speaker 1: that were wont a brave over bicker of shields, the
• 1:41:26
  Speaker 1: bite of steel rust with their bearer, the ringed male
• 1:41:29
  Speaker 1: fares not far with famous chieftain at side of hero.
• 1:41:33
  Speaker 1: No harp's delight, no glee, wood's gladness. No good hawk
• 1:41:38
  Speaker 1: now flies through the hall, nor horses fleet stamp in
• 1:41:42
  Speaker 1: the burgstead. Battle and death, the flower of my race
• 1:41:46
  Speaker 1: have reft away, mournful of mood. Thus he moaned his
• 1:41:49
  Speaker 1: woe alone for them all, and unblithe wept by day
• 1:41:53
  Speaker 1: and by night, till death's fell wave overwhelmed his heart.
• 1:41:57
  Speaker 1: His horde of bliss, that old ill doer open found
• 1:42:00
  Speaker 1: who blazing at twilight the barrows haunteth naked faux dragon
• 1:42:04
  Speaker 1: flying by night, folded in fire. The folk of Earth
• 1:42:07
  Speaker 1: dread him. Sore tis his doom to seek hord in
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 1: the graves and heathen gold, to watch many wintered nor wins.
• 1:42:14
  Speaker 1: He thereby powerful This plague of the people thus held
• 1:42:18
  Speaker 1: the house of the Horde in Earth three hundred winters
• 1:42:21
  Speaker 1: till one aroused wrath in his breast to the ruler,
• 1:42:24
  Speaker 1: bearing that costly cup, and the king implored for bond
• 1:42:27
  Speaker 1: of peace. So the barrow was plundered, borne off was booty.
• 1:42:32
  Speaker 1: His boon was granted. That wretched man and his ruler
• 1:42:35
  Speaker 1: saw first time what was fashioned in far off days.
• 1:42:39
  Speaker 1: When the dragon awoke, new woe was kindled o'er the
• 1:42:43
  Speaker 1: stone he snuffed the star cart found footprint of Foe,
• 1:42:47
  Speaker 1: who so far had gone in his hidden craft by
• 1:42:49
  Speaker 1: the creature's head. So may the undoomed easily flee evils
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: in exile, if only he gained the grace of the wielder,
• 1:42:57
  Speaker 1: that warden of gold. O'er the ground went seeking, greedy
• 1:43:00
  Speaker 1: to find the man who wrought him such wrong. In sleep,
• 1:43:04
  Speaker 1: savage and burning the barrow he circled all without nor
• 1:43:08
  Speaker 1: was any there none in the waste. Yet war he desired,
• 1:43:12
  Speaker 1: was eager for battle. The barrow he entered, sought the cup,
• 1:43:16
  Speaker 1: and discovered soon that some one of mortals had searched
• 1:43:19
  Speaker 1: his treasure. His lordly Gold. The guardian waited ill, and
• 1:43:23
  Speaker 1: during till evening came boiling with wrath, was the barrow's keeper,
• 1:43:27
  Speaker 1: and fain with flame. The foe to pay for the
• 1:43:29
  Speaker 1: deer Cup's loss. Now day was fled as the worm
• 1:43:33
  Speaker 1: had wished by its wall. No more was it glad
• 1:43:36
  Speaker 1: to bide, But burning flew, folded in flame, a fearful
• 1:43:40
  Speaker 1: beginning for sons of the soil, And soon it came
• 1:43:43
  Speaker 1: in the doom of their lord, to a dreadful end.
• 1:43:46
  Speaker 1: Thirty one Then the baleful fiend, its fire belched out,
• 1:43:49
  Speaker 1: and bright homes burned. The blaze stood high all landsfolk frighting.
• 1:43:55
  Speaker 1: No living thing would that loathly one leave. As aloft
• 1:43:58
  Speaker 1: it flew wide was the the dragon's warring scene, its
• 1:44:01
  Speaker 1: fiendish fury, far and near as the grim destroyer those
• 1:44:05
  Speaker 1: Giddish people hated and hounded to hidden lair to its
• 1:44:09
  Speaker 1: hoard had hastened at hint of dawn, folk of the land.
• 1:44:12
  Speaker 1: It had lapped in flame, with bale and brand in
• 1:44:16
  Speaker 1: its barrow. It trusted, its battling and bulwarks. That boast
• 1:44:20
  Speaker 1: was vain to beowulf. Then the bale was told quickly
• 1:44:24
  Speaker 1: and truly the king's own home of buildings. The best
• 1:44:27
  Speaker 1: in brand waves melted that gift throne of geats to
• 1:44:31
  Speaker 1: the good old man. Sad in heart, twas heaviest sorrow.
• 1:44:36
  Speaker 1: The sage assumed that his sovereign god he had angered,
• 1:44:39
  Speaker 1: breaking ancient law, and embittered the lord. His breast within
• 1:44:43
  Speaker 1: with black thoughts welled as his wont was never the
• 1:44:47
  Speaker 1: folk's own fastness. That fiery dragon with flame had destroyed,
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 1: and the stronghold all washed by waves. But the warlike king,
• 1:44:55
  Speaker 1: Prince of the Wedgers, plotted vengeance. Warrior's bulwark, he bare
• 1:45:00
  Speaker 1: made them work, all of iron, the Earl's commander, a
• 1:45:02
  Speaker 1: warshield wondrous, while he knew that forest wood against fire
• 1:45:06
  Speaker 1: were worthless. Lyndon could aid not atheling brave, he was
• 1:45:10
  Speaker 1: fated to finish this fleeting life thirty one a his
• 1:45:13
  Speaker 1: days on earth, and the dragon with him. Though long
• 1:45:16
  Speaker 1: it had watched o'er the wealth of the Horde, shame
• 1:45:20
  Speaker 1: he reckoned it share of rings to follow the flier
• 1:45:23
  Speaker 1: afar with a host a broad flung band. Nor the
• 1:45:26
  Speaker 1: battle feared he nor deemed he dreadful. The dragon's warring,
• 1:45:29
  Speaker 1: its vigor and valor ventures. Desperate, he had passed a
• 1:45:33
  Speaker 1: plenty and perils of war, contest, crash. Since conqueror proud
• 1:45:37
  Speaker 1: Crothgar's hall, he had wholly purged, and in grapple had
• 1:45:42
  Speaker 1: killed the kin of Grendel loathsome breed. Not least was
• 1:45:46
  Speaker 1: that of hand to hand fights, where Hygelac fell, when
• 1:45:48
  Speaker 1: the ruler of Geats in rush of battle, lord of
• 1:45:51
  Speaker 1: his folk in the Frisian land, son of Herethel by
• 1:45:54
  Speaker 1: sword Droft's dide by Brand's downbeaten. Thence Beowulf fled through
• 1:45:59
  Speaker 1: strength of himself and his swimming power, though alone, and
• 1:46:02
  Speaker 1: his arms were laden with thirty coats of mail when
• 1:46:05
  Speaker 1: he came to the sea. Nor yet might hetwaras thirty
• 1:46:09
  Speaker 1: one be the haughtily boast their craft of contest, who
• 1:46:12
  Speaker 1: carried against him shields to the fight. But few escaped
• 1:46:15
  Speaker 1: from strife with the hero to seek their homes. Then
• 1:46:19
  Speaker 1: swam over ocean Echthio's son, lonely and sorrowful, seeking his land,
• 1:46:23
  Speaker 1: where h y g D made him offer of hoard
• 1:46:26
  Speaker 1: and realm rings and royal seat, reckoning not the strength
• 1:46:29
  Speaker 1: of her son to save their kingdom from hostile hordes.
• 1:46:32
  Speaker 1: After Hayglak's death, No sooner for this could the stricken
• 1:46:36
  Speaker 1: ones in any wise move that Athlings mind over young
• 1:46:39
  Speaker 1: Hardred's head as lord and ruler of all the realm
• 1:46:41
  Speaker 1: to be. Yet the hero upheld him with helpful words,
• 1:46:44
  Speaker 1: aided in honor till older grown he wielded the wedger gates.
• 1:46:49
  Speaker 1: Wandering exiles sought him overseas, the sons of Odora, who
• 1:46:53
  Speaker 1: had spurned the sway of the Sylphing's helmet, the bravest
• 1:46:56
  Speaker 1: and best that broke the rings in Swedish land of
• 1:47:00
  Speaker 1: the sea, King's line, haughty hero thirty one sea, hence
• 1:47:04
  Speaker 1: Hardred's end for shelter he gave them sword. Death came
• 1:47:08
  Speaker 1: the blades fell blow to barn of Heiglac, But the
• 1:47:12
  Speaker 1: son of Angentheo sought again house and home. When herdread fell,
• 1:47:15
  Speaker 1: leaving Beowulf, lord of geats and gift seats master a
• 1:47:19
  Speaker 1: good king. He thirty two. The fall of his lord
• 1:47:23
  Speaker 1: he was fain to requite in after days, and to
• 1:47:25
  Speaker 1: Edgeles he proved friend to the friendless, and forces sent
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 1: over the sea to the son of Odra, weapons and
• 1:47:31
  Speaker 1: warriors well repaid he those care paths cold when the
• 1:47:34
  Speaker 1: king he slew thirty two, a thus save through struggles
• 1:47:39
  Speaker 1: the son of Echtheo had passed a plenty through peril's
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 1: dire with daring deeds till this day was come that
• 1:47:45
  Speaker 1: doomed him. Now with the dragon to strive with comrades eleven,
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 1: the Lord of Geats, swollen in rage, went seeking the
• 1:47:51
  Speaker 1: dragon he had heard. Whence all the harm arose, and
• 1:47:55
  Speaker 1: the killing of clansmen, that cup of price on the
• 1:47:58
  Speaker 1: lap of the lord had been laid by the fire
• 1:48:01
  Speaker 1: in the throng was this one thirteenth man, starter of
• 1:48:04
  Speaker 1: all the strife and ill, care laden, captive, cringing, thence
• 1:48:08
  Speaker 1: forced and reluctant, he led them on till he came
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  Speaker 1: in ken of that cavern hall. The barrow delve near
• 1:48:13
  Speaker 1: Billowy surges, flood of ocean within twas full of wire,
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  Speaker 1: gold and jewels. A jealous warden warrior, trusty the treasures
• 1:48:22
  Speaker 1: held lurked in his lair, not light the task of
• 1:48:25
  Speaker 1: entrance for any of earth born men. Sat on the headland.
• 1:48:29
  Speaker 1: The hero king spake words of hail to his hearth
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 1: companions gold, friend of Geats, all gloomy, his soul wavering,
• 1:48:37
  Speaker 1: death bound, w y r d ful nigh stood ready
• 1:48:41
  Speaker 1: to greet the gray haired man, to seize his soul.
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  Speaker 1: Hoard sunder apart, life and body not long would be
• 1:48:47
  Speaker 1: the warrior's spirit and wound with flesh. Beowulf spake the
• 1:48:52
  Speaker 1: bern of Echtheo through store of struggles, I strove in
• 1:48:55
  Speaker 1: youth mighty feuds. I mind them all. I was seven
• 1:48:59
  Speaker 1: years old, and the sovereign of Rings, friend of his
• 1:49:01
  Speaker 1: folk for my father took me, had me and held
• 1:49:05
  Speaker 1: me Hrethel, the king with food and fee, faithful in
• 1:49:08
  Speaker 1: kinship ne'er while I lived there, he loathlier found me
• 1:49:13
  Speaker 1: barn in the burg than his birthright sons. Here Beald
• 1:49:16
  Speaker 1: and Hasten in higelack mine for the eldest of these,
• 1:49:21
  Speaker 1: by unmeet chance, by kinsman's deed. Was the death bed
• 1:49:24
  Speaker 1: strewn when Haysen killed him with horny bow. His own
• 1:49:28
  Speaker 1: dear Liege laid low with an arrow, missed the mark,
• 1:49:31
  Speaker 1: and his mate shot down one brother the other with
• 1:49:33
  Speaker 1: bloody shaft. A feeless fight thirty two be and a
• 1:49:38
  Speaker 1: fearful sin horror to Hrethel. Yet hard as it was unavenged,
• 1:49:42
  Speaker 1: must the atheling die too awful? It is for an
• 1:49:45
  Speaker 1: aged man to bide and bear that his barn so young,
• 1:49:49
  Speaker 1: rides on the gallows. A rhyme he makes sorrow song
• 1:49:53
  Speaker 1: for his son. There hanging as rapture of ravens. No
• 1:49:56
  Speaker 1: rescue now can come from the old disabled man. Still
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: is he minded? As morning breaks of the heir gone
• 1:50:03
  Speaker 1: elsewhere thirty two see another, he hopes not. He will
• 1:50:06
  Speaker 1: bide to see his burg within as ward for his wealth.
• 1:50:09
  Speaker 1: Now the one has found doom of death that the
• 1:50:11
  Speaker 1: deed incurred. Forlorn, he looks on the lodge of his son, winehall, waste,
• 1:50:16
  Speaker 1: and windswept chambers, reft of revel. The writer sleepeth, the
• 1:50:21
  Speaker 1: hero far hidden thirty two d And no harp resounds
• 1:50:25
  Speaker 1: in the courts, no watle as once was heard. Thirty three.
• 1:50:29
  Speaker 1: Then he goes to his chamber, a grief song, chance
• 1:50:32
  Speaker 1: alone for his lost two large all seams homestead and house.
• 1:50:38
  Speaker 1: So the helmet of wedgers hid in his heart, for
• 1:50:40
  Speaker 1: here beald waves of woe. No way could he take
• 1:50:43
  Speaker 1: to avenge on the slayer's slaughter, so foul, nor ian
• 1:50:46
  Speaker 1: could he harass that hero at all with loathing deed,
• 1:50:49
  Speaker 1: though he loved him not, And so for the sorrow
• 1:50:53
  Speaker 1: his soul endured men's gladness. He gave up in God's light,
• 1:50:56
  Speaker 1: chose lands and cities. He left his son as the
• 1:51:00
  Speaker 1: wealthy do. When he went from earth, there was strife
• 1:51:04
  Speaker 1: and struggle TwixT Swede and Geat O'er the width of waters.
• 1:51:08
  Speaker 1: War arose hard, battle horror. When Hrethel died and Ongentheo's
• 1:51:12
  Speaker 1: offspring grew strife, keen bold nor brooked o'er. The seas
• 1:51:16
  Speaker 1: packed of peace, but pushed their hosts to harass in
• 1:51:19
  Speaker 1: hatred by friasnavir men of my folk for that feud
• 1:51:23
  Speaker 1: had vengeance for wofful war tis widely known, though one
• 1:51:26
  Speaker 1: of them bought it with blood of his heart, A
• 1:51:29
  Speaker 1: bargain hard for Hatson proved fatal. That fray for the
• 1:51:32
  Speaker 1: first of Geats at morn I heard was the murderer
• 1:51:36
  Speaker 1: killed by kinsmen for kinsmen thirty three a with clash
• 1:51:40
  Speaker 1: of sword when Argentheo met eofor there wide split the
• 1:51:45
  Speaker 1: war helm one he fell hoary sylphing. The hand that
• 1:51:48
  Speaker 1: smote him of feud was mindful, nor flinched from the
• 1:51:51
  Speaker 1: death blow. For all that he thirty three b gave
• 1:51:55
  Speaker 1: me my gleaming sword repaid him at war such power
• 1:51:58
  Speaker 1: I wielded for lordly treasure. With land he entrusted me,
• 1:52:02
  Speaker 1: homestead and house he had no need from Swedish realm,
• 1:52:07
  Speaker 1: or from spear Dane folk, or from men of the
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 1: gifts to get him help some warrior worse for wage
• 1:52:12
  Speaker 1: to buy. Ever, I fought in the front of all
• 1:52:16
  Speaker 1: soul to the fore, and so shall I fight while
• 1:52:18
  Speaker 1: I bide in life, and this blade shall last. That
• 1:52:20
  Speaker 1: early and late hath loyal proved, since for my doubtiness
• 1:52:23
  Speaker 1: day Greffen fell slain by my hand. The Hugus champion
• 1:52:28
  Speaker 1: nor fared. He thence to the Frisian king with the
• 1:52:30
  Speaker 1: booty back and breast adornments, but slain in struggle. That
• 1:52:34
  Speaker 1: standard bearer fell athling brave. Not with blade was he slain,
• 1:52:39
  Speaker 1: but his bones were broken by brawnygripe, his heart waves stilled.
• 1:52:44
  Speaker 1: The sword edge now hard blade, and my hand for
• 1:52:47
  Speaker 1: the hoard shall strive. Beowulf spake, and a battle vow
• 1:52:51
  Speaker 1: made his last of all. I have lived through many
• 1:52:54
  Speaker 1: wars in my youth. Now once again, old folk defender feud,
• 1:52:58
  Speaker 1: will I seek do doughty deeds. If the dark destroyer
• 1:53:01
  Speaker 1: forth from his cavern come to fight me, Then hailed
• 1:53:04
  Speaker 1: ye the helmeted heroes, all for the last time, greeting
• 1:53:07
  Speaker 1: his liegemen dear comrades of war, I should carry no weapon,
• 1:53:11
  Speaker 1: no sword to the serpent. If sure I knew how
• 1:53:14
  Speaker 1: with such enemy, else my vows I could gain as
• 1:53:17
  Speaker 1: I did in Grendel's day. But fire in this fight.
• 1:53:20
  Speaker 1: I must fear me now and poisonous breath. So I
• 1:53:23
  Speaker 1: bring with me breastplate and board thirty three see from
• 1:53:27
  Speaker 1: the barrow's keeper, no foot breadth flee iye, one fight
• 1:53:30
  Speaker 1: shall end our war by the wall as w y
• 1:53:33
  Speaker 1: r dallot's all mankind's master. My mood is bold, but
• 1:53:37
  Speaker 1: forbears to boast o'er this battling flyer. Now abide by
• 1:53:41
  Speaker 1: the barrow, ye breastplate mailed, Ye, heroes in harness, which
• 1:53:45
  Speaker 1: of us twain better from battle? Rush? Bear his wounds,
• 1:53:49
  Speaker 1: wake ye the finish. The fight is not yours, nor
• 1:53:53
  Speaker 1: meet for any but me alone. To measure might with
• 1:53:55
  Speaker 1: this monster here and play the hero heartily, I shall
• 1:53:59
  Speaker 1: win that wealth or war shall seize cruel killing your
• 1:54:02
  Speaker 1: king and lord up. Stood then with shield, the sturdy
• 1:54:05
  Speaker 1: champion stayed by the strength of his single manhood and heart.
• 1:54:09
  Speaker 1: Eat neath helmet, his harness, bore under cleft of the cliffs.
• 1:54:12
  Speaker 1: No coward's path soon spied by the wall, that warrior,
• 1:54:17
  Speaker 1: chief survivor of many a victory field where foemen fought
• 1:54:20
  Speaker 1: with furious clashings an arch of stone, and within a
• 1:54:24
  Speaker 1: stream that broke from the barrel. The brooklet's wave was
• 1:54:28
  Speaker 1: hot with fire. The horde that way. He never could hope, unharmed,
• 1:54:32
  Speaker 1: to near or endure those deeps. Thirty three d for
• 1:54:35
  Speaker 1: the dragon's flame then let from his breast, for he
• 1:54:39
  Speaker 1: burst with rage the wedger geek prince a word outgo
• 1:54:42
  Speaker 1: stormed the star cart stern went ringing and clear his
• 1:54:45
  Speaker 1: cry Neath the cliff rocks gray, the hoard guard heard
• 1:54:49
  Speaker 1: a human voice. His rage was enkindled. No respite now
• 1:54:53
  Speaker 1: for pact of peace. The poisoned breath of that foul
• 1:54:57
  Speaker 1: worm first came forth from the cave hot rea fight.
• 1:55:00
  Speaker 1: The rocks resounded. Stout by the stone way. His shield
• 1:55:04
  Speaker 1: he raised lord of the geats against the loath one,
• 1:55:07
  Speaker 1: while with courage keen, that coiled foe came seeking strife.
• 1:55:12
  Speaker 1: The sturdy king had drawn his sword, not dull of edge,
• 1:55:15
  Speaker 1: heirloom mold, and each of the two felt fear of
• 1:55:18
  Speaker 1: his foe. Though fierce their mood, stoutly stood with his
• 1:55:22
  Speaker 1: shield high, raised the warrior king as the worm now
• 1:55:25
  Speaker 1: coiled together a main, the mailed one waited, now spire
• 1:55:29
  Speaker 1: by spire, fast sped and glided that blazing serpent. The
• 1:55:34
  Speaker 1: shield protected soul and body asshorter. While for the hero
• 1:55:37
  Speaker 1: king than his heart desired, could his will have wielded
• 1:55:40
  Speaker 1: the welcome respite but once in his life. But w
• 1:55:44
  Speaker 1: y r D denied it, and victory's honors his arm
• 1:55:48
  Speaker 1: he lifted, Lord of the Geats, the grim foe smote
• 1:55:51
  Speaker 1: with atheling's heirloom. Its edge was turned brown, blade on
• 1:55:55
  Speaker 1: the bone, and bit more feebly than its noble master
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 1: had need of. Then in his baleful strength, then the
• 1:56:01
  Speaker 1: barrow's keeper waxed full wild, For that weighty blow cast
• 1:56:05
  Speaker 1: deadly flames wide, drove and far those vicious fires no
• 1:56:10
  Speaker 1: victor's glory. The Geats lord boasted his brand had failed,
• 1:56:13
  Speaker 1: naked in battle, as never it should excellent iron. Twas
• 1:56:18
  Speaker 1: no easy path that Echthio's honored air must tread over
• 1:56:21
  Speaker 1: the plain to the place of the foe, For against
• 1:56:23
  Speaker 1: his will he must win a home elsewhere, far as
• 1:56:26
  Speaker 1: must all men leaving this lapsing life. Not long it
• 1:56:30
  Speaker 1: was ere those champions grimly closed again. The hoard guard
• 1:56:34
  Speaker 1: was heartened high heaved his breast once more, and by
• 1:56:37
  Speaker 1: peril was pressed again, enfolded in flames. The foe commander
• 1:56:42
  Speaker 1: nor yet about him. His band of comrades, sons of
• 1:56:44
  Speaker 1: athlinks arms, stood with warlike front to the woods. They
• 1:56:48
  Speaker 1: bent them their lives to save, but the soul of
• 1:56:52
  Speaker 1: one with care was cumbered. Kinship true can never be
• 1:56:56
  Speaker 1: marred in a noble mind. Thirty four Wiglaf. His name
• 1:57:00
  Speaker 1: was Weistan's son, Lynden Thane loved the Lord of Sylphings
• 1:57:04
  Speaker 1: Elfhir's kinsman, his king. He now saw with heat under helmet,
• 1:57:09
  Speaker 1: heart oppressed, he minded the prizes his prince had given him.
• 1:57:13
  Speaker 1: Wealthy seat of the wag Mounding line, and folk writes
• 1:57:16
  Speaker 1: that his father owned not long. He lingered the Linden
• 1:57:20
  Speaker 1: yellow his shield. He seized the old sword he drew
• 1:57:24
  Speaker 1: as heirloom of Emond. Earth dwellers knew it. Who was
• 1:57:27
  Speaker 1: slain by the sword edge son of Odra, friendless exile,
• 1:57:30
  Speaker 1: burst in fray, killed by Weistan, who won for his kin, brown,
• 1:57:34
  Speaker 1: bright helmet, breastplate, ringed old sword of Eden's Onela's gift
• 1:57:38
  Speaker 1: weeds of war of the warrior thane battle gear brave.
• 1:57:42
  Speaker 1: Though a brother's child had been felled, the feud was
• 1:57:45
  Speaker 1: unfelt by Onela thirty four A. Afore winters this wardir
• 1:57:50
  Speaker 1: Weistan kept breastplate and board till his baron had grown
• 1:57:53
  Speaker 1: earlship to earn as the old sire did. Then he
• 1:57:56
  Speaker 1: gave him mid geats the gear of battle portion hu Uge.
• 1:58:00
  Speaker 1: When he passed from life, fared aged fourth for the
• 1:58:04
  Speaker 1: first time. Now with his leader Lord the Liegeman Young
• 1:58:07
  Speaker 1: was bidden to share the shock of battle. Neither softened
• 1:58:10
  Speaker 1: his soul nor the sire's bequest weakened in war thirty
• 1:58:15
  Speaker 1: four B. So the worm found out when once in
• 1:58:17
  Speaker 1: fight the foes had met Wig Laugh spake, and his
• 1:58:21
  Speaker 1: words were sage sad in spirit. He said to his comrades,
• 1:58:25
  Speaker 1: I remember the time when bede we took what promise
• 1:58:28
  Speaker 1: we made to this prince of ours in the banquet hall,
• 1:58:31
  Speaker 1: to our breaker of rings for gear of combat, to
• 1:58:33
  Speaker 1: give him requital for hard sword and helmet. If hap
• 1:58:36
  Speaker 1: should bring strets of this sort. Himself, who chose us
• 1:58:40
  Speaker 1: from all his army to aid him, now urged us
• 1:58:43
  Speaker 1: to glory and gave these treasures because he counted us
• 1:58:46
  Speaker 1: keen with the spear and hearty neath helm. Though this
• 1:58:49
  Speaker 1: hero work our leader hoped, unhelped and alone to finish
• 1:58:52
  Speaker 1: for us folk defender, who hath got him glory greater
• 1:58:55
  Speaker 1: than all men for daring deeds. Now the day is
• 1:58:58
  Speaker 1: come that our noble master has need of the might
• 1:59:00
  Speaker 1: of warriors. Stout. Let us stride along the hero to help,
• 1:59:04
  Speaker 1: while the heat is about him, glowing and grim. For
• 1:59:08
  Speaker 1: God is my witness. I am far more fain the
• 1:59:10
  Speaker 1: fire should seize along with my lord these limbs of
• 1:59:13
  Speaker 1: mine thirty four see unsuiting. It seems our shields to
• 1:59:17
  Speaker 1: bear homeward. Hence save here we essay to fell the
• 1:59:20
  Speaker 1: foe and defend the life of the Wedger's lord. I
• 1:59:24
  Speaker 1: what twere shame on the law of our land if
• 1:59:26
  Speaker 1: alone the king out of Giddish warriors woe endured and
• 1:59:29
  Speaker 1: sank in the struggle. My sword and helmet, breastplate and
• 1:59:33
  Speaker 1: board for us both shall serve true Slaughteric strode he
• 1:59:38
  Speaker 1: to succor his chieftain, his battle helm bore and brief
• 1:59:41
  Speaker 1: words spake Beowulf dearest, do all bravely as in youthful
• 1:59:46
  Speaker 1: days of your thou voust, that while life should last,
• 1:59:48
  Speaker 1: thou wouldst let no wise thy glory droop. Now great indeeds,
• 1:59:53
  Speaker 1: afling steadfast with all thy strength, shield thy life, I
• 1:59:57
  Speaker 1: will stand to help thee At the words, the war
• 2:00:00
  Speaker 1: came once again, murderous monster mad with rage, with fire
• 2:00:03
  Speaker 1: billows flaming its foes to seek the hated men in
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 1: heat waves burned that bored thirty four D to the boss,
• 2:00:12
  Speaker 1: and the breastplate failed to shelter at all. The spear Thane, young,
• 2:00:16
  Speaker 1: yet quickly under his kinsman's shield, went eager the earl,
• 2:00:19
  Speaker 1: since his own was now all burned by the blaze.
• 2:00:23
  Speaker 1: The bold king again had mind of his glory. With might,
• 2:00:26
  Speaker 1: his glave was driven into the dragon's head, blown nerve
• 2:00:29
  Speaker 1: by hate, but nagling thirty four E was shivered broken
• 2:00:34
  Speaker 1: in battle. Was Beowulf's sword old and gray, twas granted him.
• 2:00:38
  Speaker 1: Not that ever the edge of iron, that all could
• 2:00:41
  Speaker 1: help him at strife. Too strong was his hand, so
• 2:00:44
  Speaker 1: the tale is told, and he tried too far with
• 2:00:46
  Speaker 1: strength of stroke, all swords he wielded, though sturdy their steel,
• 2:00:50
  Speaker 1: they stead him. Not then, for the third time, thought
• 2:00:53
  Speaker 1: on its feud that folk destroyer fire dread dragon, and
• 2:00:57
  Speaker 1: rushed on the hero where room aloud, battle grim burning,
• 2:01:01
  Speaker 1: its bitter teeth closed on his neck and covered him
• 2:01:04
  Speaker 1: with waves of blood from his breast that welled thirty
• 2:01:08
  Speaker 1: five twas now men say in his sovereign's need, that
• 2:01:11
  Speaker 1: the Earl made known his noble strain craft, in keenness
• 2:01:14
  Speaker 1: and courage, enduring, heedless of harm. Though his hand was burned,
• 2:01:19
  Speaker 1: hardy hearted, he helped his kinsmen a little lower the
• 2:01:23
  Speaker 1: loathsome beast he smote with sword. His steel drove in
• 2:01:26
  Speaker 1: bright and burnished. That blaze began to lose and lessen.
• 2:01:30
  Speaker 1: At last the king wielded his wits again. War knife,
• 2:01:33
  Speaker 1: drew a biting blade by his breastplate hanging, and the
• 2:01:37
  Speaker 1: wedger's helm smote that worm asunder fell The foe flung
• 2:01:40
  Speaker 1: forth its life, so had they killed it. Kinsmen both
• 2:01:45
  Speaker 1: Athling's twain. Thus an earl should be in danger's day
• 2:01:49
  Speaker 1: of deeds of valor. This conqueror's hour of the king
• 2:01:52
  Speaker 1: was last of his work in the world. The wound began,
• 2:01:55
  Speaker 1: which that dragon of Earth had erst inflicted, to swell
• 2:01:58
  Speaker 1: and smart, and soon he found in his breast was boiling,
• 2:02:02
  Speaker 1: baleful and deep pain of poison. The prince walked on
• 2:02:06
  Speaker 1: wise in his thought to the wall of rock, then
• 2:02:09
  Speaker 1: sat and stared at the structure of giants, where arch
• 2:02:12
  Speaker 1: of stone and steadfast column upheld forever that hall in earth.
• 2:02:17
  Speaker 1: Yet here must the hand of the henchman, peerless slave
• 2:02:19
  Speaker 1: with water, his winsome lord, the king and conqueror, covered
• 2:02:23
  Speaker 1: with blood, with struggle spent and unspan his helmet. Beowulf
• 2:02:28
  Speaker 1: spake in spite of his hurt, his mortal wound full well.
• 2:02:31
  Speaker 1: He knew his portion now was past and gone of
• 2:02:33
  Speaker 1: earthly bliss, and all had fled of his file of days,
• 2:02:36
  Speaker 1: and death was near. I would fain bestow on son
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 1: of mine this gear of war were given me, now
• 2:02:42
  Speaker 1: that any heir should after me come of my proper blood.
• 2:02:45
  Speaker 1: This people I ruled fifty winters, No folk king was
• 2:02:50
  Speaker 1: there none at all of the neighboring clans who war
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 1: would wage me with warriors friends thirty five a and
• 2:02:56
  Speaker 1: threat me with horrors at home. I bided what fate
• 2:03:00
  Speaker 1: might come, and I cared for mine own feuds. I
• 2:03:02
  Speaker 1: sought not nor falsely swore ever on oath for all
• 2:03:07
  Speaker 1: these things, though fatally wounded. Fain am I from the
• 2:03:11
  Speaker 1: ruler of man. No wrath shall seize me when life
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 1: for my frame must flee away for killing of kinsmen.
• 2:03:18
  Speaker 1: Now quickly go and gaze on that horde neath the
• 2:03:21
  Speaker 1: hoary rock, wiglaf loved. Now the worm lies low, sleeps,
• 2:03:25
  Speaker 1: heart sore of his spoil, bereaved and fair in haste,
• 2:03:30
  Speaker 1: I would fain behold the gorgeous heirlooms, golden store, have
• 2:03:34
  Speaker 1: joy in the jewels and gems, lay down softlier for
• 2:03:37
  Speaker 1: sight of this splendid hoard my life and the lordship
• 2:03:40
  Speaker 1: I long have held. Thirty six. I have heard that
• 2:03:43
  Speaker 1: swiftly the son of Weistan had wish and word of
• 2:03:46
  Speaker 1: his wounded king, warsick warrior, woven mail coat, battle sark
• 2:03:50
  Speaker 1: board neath the barrow's roof. Then the clansmen keen of conquest,
• 2:03:55
  Speaker 1: proud passing the seat thirty six a sauce store of
• 2:03:59
  Speaker 1: jewels in glistening gold. The ground. Along by the wall
• 2:04:02
  Speaker 1: were marvels and many a vessel. In the den of
• 2:04:04
  Speaker 1: the dragon. The dawn flier, old, unburnished bowls of bygone men,
• 2:04:08
  Speaker 1: reft of richness, rusty helms of the olden age and
• 2:04:12
  Speaker 1: arm rings, many wondrously woven. Such wealth of gold booty
• 2:04:17
  Speaker 1: from barrow can burden with pride each human wight let
• 2:04:20
  Speaker 1: him hide it who will? His glance too, fell on
• 2:04:23
  Speaker 1: a gold wove banner high o'er the Horde of handiwork noblest,
• 2:04:27
  Speaker 1: brilliantly broidered, so bright its gleam all the earth floor.
• 2:04:31
  Speaker 1: He easily saw and viewed all these vessels. No vestige
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 1: now was seen of the serpent. The sword had tain him.
• 2:04:39
  Speaker 1: Then I heard the hill of its hord was reft
• 2:04:42
  Speaker 1: old work of giants by one alone. He burdened his
• 2:04:45
  Speaker 1: bosom with beakers and plait at his own good will,
• 2:04:48
  Speaker 1: and the ensign took brightest of beacons. The blade of
• 2:04:52
  Speaker 1: his lord, its edge was iron, had injured deep one
• 2:04:55
  Speaker 1: that guarded the golden Horde many a year, and its
• 2:04:57
  Speaker 1: murder fire spread hot round the barrow in horror billows
• 2:05:00
  Speaker 1: at midnight hour, till it met its doom. Hasted the
• 2:05:04
  Speaker 1: herald the horde so spurred him his track to retrace.
• 2:05:08
  Speaker 1: He was troubled by doubt. High so old hero, if
• 2:05:10
  Speaker 1: haply he'd find alive where he left him, The lord
• 2:05:14
  Speaker 1: of wedgers, weakening fast by the wall of the cave.
• 2:05:18
  Speaker 1: So he carried the load his lord and king. He
• 2:05:21
  Speaker 1: found all bleeding famous chief at the lapse of life.
• 2:05:25
  Speaker 1: The liegeman again plashed him with water, till point of
• 2:05:28
  Speaker 1: word broke through the breast Horde. Beowulf spake sage and
• 2:05:32
  Speaker 1: sad as he stared at the gold, for the gold
• 2:05:36
  Speaker 1: and treasure, to God, my thanks to the wielder of wonders,
• 2:05:39
  Speaker 1: with words I say for what I behold, to Heaven's Lord,
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 1: for the grace that I give such gifts to my folk,
• 2:05:46
  Speaker 1: or ever the day of my death be run. Now
• 2:05:49
  Speaker 1: I've bartered here for booty of treasure, the last of
• 2:05:51
  Speaker 1: my life. So look ye well to the needs of
• 2:05:53
  Speaker 1: my land. No longer I tarry a bear. O bid
• 2:05:58
  Speaker 1: ye the battle fanned. Raise from my ashes, twill shine
• 2:06:02
  Speaker 1: by the shore of the flood to folk of mine.
• 2:06:04
  Speaker 1: Memorial fare on Ron's headland high uplifted that ocean wanderers
• 2:06:08
  Speaker 1: oft may hail Beowulf's barrow, as back from far they
• 2:06:12
  Speaker 1: drive their keels o'er the darkling wave. From his neck,
• 2:06:15
  Speaker 1: he unclasped the collar of gold valorous King to his vassal,
• 2:06:19
  Speaker 1: gave it with bright gold helmet, breastplate, and ring to
• 2:06:23
  Speaker 1: the youthful Thane bade him use them in joy. Thou
• 2:06:26
  Speaker 1: art end and remnant of all our race. The wag
• 2:06:29
  Speaker 1: mounding name for w y r d hath swept them
• 2:06:32
  Speaker 1: all my line to the land of doom burls in
• 2:06:35
  Speaker 1: their glory, I after them go. This word was the
• 2:06:39
  Speaker 1: last which the wise old man harbored in heart, air
• 2:06:42
  Speaker 1: hot death, waves of bale fire he chose from his bosom,
• 2:06:46
  Speaker 1: fled his soul to seek the saint's reward. Thirty seven.
• 2:06:50
  Speaker 1: It was heavy hap for that hero, young on his
• 2:06:52
  Speaker 1: lord beloved to look and find him lying on earth,
• 2:06:54
  Speaker 1: with life at end sorrowful sight. But the slayer too
• 2:06:59
  Speaker 1: awful earth t dragon, empty of breath, lay felt in fight,
• 2:07:03
  Speaker 1: nor fain of its treasure. Could the writhing monster rule
• 2:07:06
  Speaker 1: it more. For edges of iron had ended its days
• 2:07:10
  Speaker 1: hard and battle sharp hammers, leaving thirty seven A and
• 2:07:13
  Speaker 1: that flier Afar had fallen to ground, hushed by its hurt,
• 2:07:16
  Speaker 1: its hoard all near no longer lusty, aloft to whirl
• 2:07:20
  Speaker 1: at midnight, making its merriment seen, proud of its prizes, prone,
• 2:07:24
  Speaker 1: It sank by the handiwork of the hero king forsooth
• 2:07:27
  Speaker 1: among folk, but few achieve, though sturdy and strong as
• 2:07:31
  Speaker 1: stories tell me, and never so daring indeed a valor
• 2:07:34
  Speaker 1: the perilous breath of a poisoned foe to brave and
• 2:07:37
  Speaker 1: to rush on the ringboard haul whenever his watch the
• 2:07:40
  Speaker 1: warden keeps bold in the barrel. Beowulf paid the price
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 1: of death for that precious horde, and each of the
• 2:07:47
  Speaker 1: foes had found the end of this fleeting life. Befell
• 2:07:50
  Speaker 1: ere long that the laggards in wore the wood had
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 1: left trothbreakers cowards, ten together, fearing before to flourish a
• 2:07:57
  Speaker 1: spear in the sore distress of their sovereign lord. Now
• 2:08:01
  Speaker 1: in their shame their shields they carried armour of fight.
• 2:08:04
  Speaker 1: Where the old man lay, and they gazed on whig
• 2:08:06
  Speaker 1: laugh wearied, he sat at his sovereign's shoulder, shields man
• 2:08:11
  Speaker 1: good to wake him with water thirty seven b nowise
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 1: it availed, though well he wished it in world. No
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 1: more could he burier life for that leader of battles,
• 2:08:21
  Speaker 1: nor baffle the will of all wielding God. Doom of
• 2:08:25
  Speaker 1: the Lord was law o'er the deeds of every man,
• 2:08:27
  Speaker 1: as it is today, grim was the answer easy to
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 1: get from the youth. For those that had yielded to
• 2:08:33
  Speaker 1: fear wig. Laugh, spake the son of Weistan, mournful. He
• 2:08:38
  Speaker 1: looked on those men unloved, whose sooth will speak, can
• 2:08:41
  Speaker 1: say indeed that the ruler who gave you golden rings
• 2:08:44
  Speaker 1: and the harness of war in which he stand for
• 2:08:47
  Speaker 1: he at ale bench oftentimes bestowed on halfolk helm and
• 2:08:50
  Speaker 1: breastplate lord to Liegemen. The likeliest gear which nearer afar
• 2:08:55
  Speaker 1: he could find to give, threw away and wasted these
• 2:08:57
  Speaker 1: weeds of battle on men who failed when the foemen came.
• 2:09:02
  Speaker 1: Not at all could the king of his comrades in
• 2:09:04
  Speaker 1: arms venture to vaunt, though the victory wielder God gave
• 2:09:08
  Speaker 1: him grace that he got revenge soul with his sword
• 2:09:10
  Speaker 1: in stress and need to rescue his life. Twas little
• 2:09:14
  Speaker 1: that I could serve him in struggle. Yet shift I
• 2:09:16
  Speaker 1: made hopeless it seemed to help my kinsmen. Its strength
• 2:09:21
  Speaker 1: ever waned when with weapon I struck that fatal foe,
• 2:09:24
  Speaker 1: and the fire less strongly flowed from its head. Too
• 2:09:28
  Speaker 1: few the heroes in throe of contest that thronged to
• 2:09:31
  Speaker 1: our king. Now gift of treasure and girding of sword,
• 2:09:35
  Speaker 1: joy of the house and home, delight shall fail your
• 2:09:37
  Speaker 1: folk his freehold land. Every clansman within your kin shall
• 2:09:41
  Speaker 1: lose and leave when Lord's high born here afar of
• 2:09:43
  Speaker 1: that flight of yours a fameless deed, yea death is
• 2:09:47
  Speaker 1: better for liegemen all than a life of shame. Thirty
• 2:09:51
  Speaker 1: eight that battle toil bade he at Burg to announce
• 2:09:54
  Speaker 1: at the fort on the cliff, where full of sorrow,
• 2:09:57
  Speaker 1: all the morning earls had sat daring shield men in
• 2:10:00
  Speaker 1: doubt of twain. Would they wail as dead or welcome
• 2:10:03
  Speaker 1: home their lord beloved little thirty eight A A kept
• 2:10:08
  Speaker 1: back of the tidings new, but told them all the
• 2:10:11
  Speaker 1: herald that up the headland road now the willing giver
• 2:10:15
  Speaker 1: to wedger folk. In death bed lies the lord of
• 2:10:17
  Speaker 1: Geats on the slaughter bed, sleeps by the serpent's deed,
• 2:10:21
  Speaker 1: and beside him is stretched that slayer of men with
• 2:10:24
  Speaker 1: knife wounds sick thirty eight b. And no sword availed
• 2:10:27
  Speaker 1: on the awesome thing in any wise to work a wound.
• 2:10:31
  Speaker 1: Their wig laugh sitteth we as ends Baren by Beowulf's side,
• 2:10:35
  Speaker 1: the living earl by the other dead, and heavy of heart,
• 2:10:38
  Speaker 1: a head watch thirty eight sea keeps o'er friend and foe.
• 2:10:42
  Speaker 1: Now our folk may look for waging of war when,
• 2:10:44
  Speaker 1: once unhidden to Frisian and Frank, the fall of the
• 2:10:47
  Speaker 1: king is spread afar. The strife began when hot on
• 2:10:51
  Speaker 1: the Hugos thirty eight d the Hijlac fell and fared
• 2:10:54
  Speaker 1: with his fleet to the Frisian land him. There the
• 2:10:57
  Speaker 1: head were as humbled in war, plied with such prowessed,
• 2:11:00
  Speaker 1: their power overwhelming that the bold in battle bowed beneath
• 2:11:03
  Speaker 1: it and fell in fight to his friends. No wise
• 2:11:07
  Speaker 1: could that earl give treasure. And ever since the Marrowing's
• 2:11:11
  Speaker 1: favor has failed us holy nor ought expect eye of
• 2:11:14
  Speaker 1: peace and faith from Swedish folk. Twas spread afar how
• 2:11:18
  Speaker 1: angentio reft at ravenswood hates and hrefling of hope and life.
• 2:11:23
  Speaker 1: When the folk of Geats for the first time sought
• 2:11:25
  Speaker 1: in wanton pride the warlike sylphings. Soon the sage old
• 2:11:29
  Speaker 1: Sire thirty eight E of Odra, ancient and awful, gave
• 2:11:33
  Speaker 1: answering blow the Sea King thirty eight f. He slew
• 2:11:37
  Speaker 1: and his spows redeemed his good wife rescued, though robbed
• 2:11:41
  Speaker 1: of her gold, mother of Odra and Onela. Then he
• 2:11:44
  Speaker 1: followed his foes, who fled before him, sore beset, and
• 2:11:47
  Speaker 1: stole their way, bereft of a ruler, to Ravenswood. With
• 2:11:52
  Speaker 1: his host, he besieged there what swords had left. The
• 2:11:55
  Speaker 1: weary and wounded was. He threatened the whole night through
• 2:11:58
  Speaker 1: to that hard pressed throng. Some the morrow his sword
• 2:12:01
  Speaker 1: should kill, some should go to the gallows tree for
• 2:12:03
  Speaker 1: rapture of ravens. But rescue came with dawn of day
• 2:12:07
  Speaker 1: for those desperate men, when they heard the horn of
• 2:12:09
  Speaker 1: Hijlac sound tones of his trumpet. The trusty king had
• 2:12:13
  Speaker 1: followed their trail with faithful band thirty nine. The bloody
• 2:12:17
  Speaker 1: swathe of Swedes and geats and the storm of their
• 2:12:20
  Speaker 1: strife were seen afar. How folk against folk, the fight
• 2:12:23
  Speaker 1: had wakened. The ancient king, with his atheling band, sought
• 2:12:27
  Speaker 1: his citadel. Sorrowing much a gentheo Earl went up to
• 2:12:31
  Speaker 1: his burg. He had tested Hijlac's hardihood. The proud one's
• 2:12:35
  Speaker 1: prowess would prove it no longer defied. No more of
• 2:12:38
  Speaker 1: those fighting wanderers, nor hope from the seamen to save
• 2:12:41
  Speaker 1: his hoard, his bairn, and his bride. So he bent
• 2:12:44
  Speaker 1: him again old to his earth walls. Yet after him
• 2:12:49
  Speaker 1: came with slaughter for swedes the standards of Hijlac o'er
• 2:12:52
  Speaker 1: peaceful plains in pride, advancing till frethlings fought in the
• 2:12:55
  Speaker 1: fence town thirty nine, a then ongentheo with edge of
• 2:12:59
  Speaker 1: sword the hoary bearded was held at bay, and the
• 2:13:03
  Speaker 1: folk king there was forced to suffer Eophor's anger in
• 2:13:06
  Speaker 1: ire at the king, wolf wandering with weapons struck, and
• 2:13:10
  Speaker 1: the chieftain's blood for that blow in streams flowed neath
• 2:13:13
  Speaker 1: his hair. No fear felt he stout old sylphing, but
• 2:13:18
  Speaker 1: straightway repaid in better bargain that bitter stroke, and faced
• 2:13:21
  Speaker 1: his foe with fell intent. Nor swift enough was the
• 2:13:25
  Speaker 1: son of one red answer to render the aged chief
• 2:13:28
  Speaker 1: too soon on his head the helm was cloven, blood bedecked.
• 2:13:31
  Speaker 1: He bowed to earth and fell adown. Not doomed was
• 2:13:34
  Speaker 1: he yet, and well he waxed, though the wound was sore.
• 2:13:38
  Speaker 1: Then the hardy Hijlac Thane thirty nine beat when his
• 2:13:41
  Speaker 1: brother fell with broad brand smote Giant's sword, crashing through
• 2:13:45
  Speaker 1: Giant's helm across the shield wall, sank the king, his
• 2:13:49
  Speaker 1: folk's old herdsman fatally hurt. There were many to bind
• 2:13:53
  Speaker 1: the brother's wounds and lift him fast, as fate allowed
• 2:13:56
  Speaker 1: his people to wield the place of war. But Eophor
• 2:13:59
  Speaker 1: took from agenteo gurl from mother the iron breastplate, hard sword,
• 2:14:04
  Speaker 1: hilted and helmet too, and the hort chief's harness to
• 2:14:07
  Speaker 1: Hygelac carried, who took the trappings and truly promised rich
• 2:14:11
  Speaker 1: feet mid folk, and fulfilled it. So for that grim
• 2:14:15
  Speaker 1: strife gave the Giddish lord Frethel's offspring. When home he
• 2:14:18
  Speaker 1: came to Eophor in wolful wealth of treasure. Each of
• 2:14:22
  Speaker 1: them had a hundred thousand thirty nine sea in land
• 2:14:25
  Speaker 1: and linked rings, nor at less price reckonmit earth men
• 2:14:28
  Speaker 1: such mighty deeds, and to Eophor he gave his only daughter,
• 2:14:32
  Speaker 1: in pledge of grace, the pride of his home. Such
• 2:14:36
  Speaker 1: is the feud, the foeman's rage, death, hate of men.
• 2:14:39
  Speaker 1: So I deem it sure that the Swedish folk will
• 2:14:41
  Speaker 1: seek us home for this fall of their friends. The
• 2:14:44
  Speaker 1: fighting Sylphings. When once they learned that our warrior leader
• 2:14:47
  Speaker 1: lifeless lies who land and hoard ever defended from all
• 2:14:50
  Speaker 1: his foes, furthered his folk's wheel, finished his course a
• 2:14:54
  Speaker 1: hardy hero. Now haste is best that we go to
• 2:14:57
  Speaker 1: gaze on our Giddish lord, and bear the bountiful breaker
• 2:15:00
  Speaker 1: of rings to the funeral pyre. No fragments merely shall
• 2:15:04
  Speaker 1: burn with the warrior wealth of jewels, gold untold and
• 2:15:09
  Speaker 1: gained in terror treasure. At last, with his life obtained,
• 2:15:12
  Speaker 1: all of that booty the brands shall take, fire shall
• 2:15:15
  Speaker 1: eat it. No earl must carry memorial jewel. No maiden
• 2:15:20
  Speaker 1: fairs shall wreathe her neck with noble ring. Nay sad
• 2:15:23
  Speaker 1: in spirit and shorn of her gold oft shall she
• 2:15:26
  Speaker 1: pass over paths of exile. Now, our Lord, all laughter
• 2:15:29
  Speaker 1: has laid aside, all mirth and revel many a spear
• 2:15:33
  Speaker 1: morning cold shall be clasped to maine, lifted aloft, Nor
• 2:15:37
  Speaker 1: shall lilt of harp those warriors wake, But the wan
• 2:15:39
  Speaker 1: hued raven fain o'er the fallen his feast shall praise
• 2:15:43
  Speaker 1: and boast to the eagle, how bravely he ate when
• 2:15:45
  Speaker 1: he and the wolf were wasting the slain so he
• 2:15:49
  Speaker 1: told his sorrowful tidings, and little thirty nine d he
• 2:15:52
  Speaker 1: lied the loyal man of word or of work. The
• 2:15:56
  Speaker 1: warriors rose sad. They climbed to the cliff of eagles,
• 2:16:00
  Speaker 1: went welling with tears the wonder to view found on
• 2:16:04
  Speaker 1: the sand There stretched at rest their lifeless lord, who
• 2:16:08
  Speaker 1: had lavished rings of old upon them, ending they had
• 2:16:11
  Speaker 1: dawned on the doughty one death had seized and woful
• 2:16:14
  Speaker 1: slaughter the Wedger's king. There saw they, besides the strangest,
• 2:16:19
  Speaker 1: being loathsome lying their leader near prone on the field.
• 2:16:24
  Speaker 1: The fiery dragon, fearful fiend with flame, was scorched, reckoned
• 2:16:29
  Speaker 1: by feet. It was fifty measures in length as it
• 2:16:32
  Speaker 1: lay aloft air, while it had reveled by night and
• 2:16:35
  Speaker 1: anon come back seeking its den. Now in death sure clutch,
• 2:16:39
  Speaker 1: it had come to the end of its earth hall
• 2:16:41
  Speaker 1: joys by it. There stood the stoops and jars dishes
• 2:16:45
  Speaker 1: lay there, and dear decked swords eaten with rust as
• 2:16:48
  Speaker 1: on Earth's lap, resting a thousand winters. They waited there
• 2:16:53
  Speaker 1: for all that heritage huge, that gold of bygone men,
• 2:16:56
  Speaker 1: was bound by a spell thirty nine e. So the
• 2:16:59
  Speaker 1: treasure hall could be touched by none of human kind,
• 2:17:02
  Speaker 1: save that Heaven's king, God himself might give whom he
• 2:17:05
  Speaker 1: would helper of heroes the hoard to open, even such
• 2:17:09
  Speaker 1: a man as seemed to him meet excel a perilous path.
• 2:17:13
  Speaker 1: It proved Heath forty a trod, who heinously hid that
• 2:17:17
  Speaker 1: hall within wealth under wall. Its watcher had killed one
• 2:17:21
  Speaker 1: of a few forty b and the feud was avenged
• 2:17:24
  Speaker 1: in wafful fashion. Wondrous seems it what manner a man
• 2:17:28
  Speaker 1: of might and valor oft ends his life when the
• 2:17:31
  Speaker 1: earl no longer in meat hall may live with loving friends.
• 2:17:36
  Speaker 1: So Beowulf, when that barrow's warden he sought, and the
• 2:17:39
  Speaker 1: struggle himself knew not in what wise he should wend
• 2:17:42
  Speaker 1: from the world. At last, for forty c. Prince's podent,
• 2:17:46
  Speaker 1: who placed the gold with a curse to doomsday, covered
• 2:17:49
  Speaker 1: it deep, so that marked with sin, the man should
• 2:17:52
  Speaker 1: be hedged with horrors in hell. Bond's fast racked with plagues,
• 2:17:56
  Speaker 1: who should rob their hoard? Yet no greed for gold,
• 2:18:00
  Speaker 1: but the grace of Heaven. Ever the king had kept
• 2:18:03
  Speaker 1: in view. Forty d Wiglaf spake, the son of Weistan
• 2:18:08
  Speaker 1: at the mandate of one oft warriors. Many sorrow must suffer,
• 2:18:12
  Speaker 1: and so must we the people. Shepherd showed not aught
• 2:18:15
  Speaker 1: of care for our counsel. King beloved that guardian of
• 2:18:20
  Speaker 1: gold he should grapple, not urged we, but let him
• 2:18:23
  Speaker 1: lie where he long had been, in his earth hall,
• 2:18:25
  Speaker 1: waiting the end of the world, the hest of heaven.
• 2:18:28
  Speaker 1: This horde is ours, but grievously gotten too grim the
• 2:18:32
  Speaker 1: fate which thither carried our King and Lord. I was
• 2:18:36
  Speaker 1: within there, and all I viewed the chamber treasure when
• 2:18:39
  Speaker 1: chance allowed me, and my path was made in no
• 2:18:42
  Speaker 1: pleasant wise under the earth wall. Eager I seized such
• 2:18:46
  Speaker 1: heap from the hoard as hands could bear, and hurriedly
• 2:18:49
  Speaker 1: carried it hither back to my liege and Lord alive.
• 2:18:52
  Speaker 1: Was he still still wielding his wits. The wise old
• 2:18:56
  Speaker 1: man spake much in his sorrow, and sent you greetings,
• 2:18:59
  Speaker 1: and bade that ye build. When he breathed no more
• 2:19:02
  Speaker 1: on the place of his bail fire a barrow high memorial,
• 2:19:05
  Speaker 1: mighty of men, was he worthiest warrior wide earth o'er
• 2:19:09
  Speaker 1: the while he had joy of his jewels and burgh.
• 2:19:13
  Speaker 1: Let us set out in haste. Now the second time
• 2:19:15
  Speaker 1: to see and search this store of treasure. These wall
• 2:19:18
  Speaker 1: had wonders the way I show you where gathered near,
• 2:19:22
  Speaker 1: ye may gaze your fill at broad gold and rings.
• 2:19:25
  Speaker 1: Let the bier soon made be all in order. When
• 2:19:28
  Speaker 1: out we come our king and captain, to carry thither
• 2:19:31
  Speaker 1: man beloved, where long he shall bide safe in the
• 2:19:34
  Speaker 1: shelter of sovereign God. Then the Baron of Weistan bade
• 2:19:38
  Speaker 1: command hearty chief to heroes many that owned their homesteads
• 2:19:42
  Speaker 1: hither to bring firewood from far o'er the folk they
• 2:19:45
  Speaker 1: ruled for the famed one's funeral, fire shall devour and
• 2:19:49
  Speaker 1: wan flame's feet on the fearless warrior who oft stood
• 2:19:52
  Speaker 1: stout in the iron shower. When sped from the string,
• 2:19:56
  Speaker 1: a storm of arrows shot o'er the shield wall. The
• 2:19:59
  Speaker 1: shaft held firm feetly feathered. Followed the barb and now
• 2:20:03
  Speaker 1: the sage young son of Weistan seven chose of the
• 2:20:06
  Speaker 1: chieftain's thains the best he found that banned within, and
• 2:20:09
  Speaker 1: went with these warriors. One of eight, under hostile roof
• 2:20:14
  Speaker 1: in hand, one bore a lighted torch and led the way.
• 2:20:17
  Speaker 1: No lots they cast for keeping the hoard. When once
• 2:20:20
  Speaker 1: the warriors saw it in hall, all together without a guardian,
• 2:20:24
  Speaker 1: lying their lost and little they mourned. When they had
• 2:20:27
  Speaker 1: hastily hailed it out, dear bought treasure the dragon. They
• 2:20:31
  Speaker 1: cast the worm o'er the wall for the wave to take,
• 2:20:34
  Speaker 1: and surges swallowed that shepherd of gems. Then the woven
• 2:20:38
  Speaker 1: gold on a wain was laden countless quite, and the
• 2:20:42
  Speaker 1: king was born hoary hero to Ron's nests sly then
• 2:20:47
  Speaker 1: fashioned for him the folk of geats firm on the
• 2:20:49
  Speaker 1: earth of funeral pile, and hung it with helmets and
• 2:20:52
  Speaker 1: harness of war, and breastplates bright as the boon. He asked,
• 2:20:55
  Speaker 1: and they laid amid it, the mighty chieftain heroes, mourning
• 2:20:59
  Speaker 1: their mass deer. Then on the hill that hugest of
• 2:21:03
  Speaker 1: bale fires, the warriors wakened. Wood smoke rose black over blaze,
• 2:21:08
  Speaker 1: and blent was the roar of flame, with weeping. The
• 2:21:11
  Speaker 1: wind was still till the fire had broken the frame
• 2:21:13
  Speaker 1: of bones. Hot at the heart. In heavy mood, their
• 2:21:17
  Speaker 1: misery moaned day their master's death, wailing her woe. The
• 2:21:22
  Speaker 1: widow forty one a old, her hair upbound for Beowulf's death,
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  Speaker 1: sung in her sorrow, and said full off. She dreaded
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  Speaker 1: the doleful days to come. Death's a ow and doom
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  Speaker 1: of battle and shame. The smoke by the sky was devoured.
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  Speaker 1: The folk of the Wedgers fashioned there on the headland
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  Speaker 1: a barrow, broad and high by ocean farers far descried.
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  Speaker 1: In ten days time their toil had raised it. The
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  Speaker 1: battle braves beacon round brands of the pyre wall. They
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  Speaker 1: built the worthiest ever that which could prompt in their
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  Speaker 1: wisest men. They placed in the barrow that precious booty,
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  Speaker 1: the rounds and the rings they had reft erewhile hardy
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  Speaker 1: heroes from hoard in cave, trusting the ground with treasure
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  Speaker 1: of earls, gold in the earth wherever it lies useless
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  Speaker 1: to men as of year. It was then about that
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  Speaker 1: barrow the battle keen road Athling borne a band of
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  Speaker 1: twelve lament to make to mourn their king, chant, their dirge,
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  Speaker 1: and their chieftain honor. They praised his earlship, his acts
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  Speaker 1: of prowess worthily witnessed, and well it is that men
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  Speaker 1: their master friend mightily laud heartily love, when hence he
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  Speaker 1: goes from life in the body forlorn away. Thus made
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  Speaker 1: their mourning, the men of Geatland for their heroes passing
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  Speaker 1: his hearth. Companions quoth that of all the kings of Earth,
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  Speaker 1: of men, he was mildest and most beloved to his kin,
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  Speaker 1: the kindest, keenest for praise the end. Thanks for listening,