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pagan there beside

At once to him replied:

"All thy people we shall slay

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And all who hold with Christ this day, 48 And thyself without delay;

Hence shalt thou not go away."

The king sprang from his steed then,

For surely he had need then,

And with him true knights two

Of men he had too few.

Swords in hand they took

And together struck.

They smote so under shield

That some fell in the field.
The king had all too few
Against this evil crew.
So many might easily
Put to death these three.

The pagans came to land
And seized it in their hand.
The people they did kill
And churches spoil at will.
There none alive might go,
Kinsman no more than foe,
But who his faith forsook
And that of pagan took.
Of all earthly women
Saddest was Godhild then.
For Murry wept she sore
And for Horn yet more.
She went out of the hall,
Leaving her maidens all.
Under a rock of stone
There lived she all alone.
To serve God was she glad,
Though the pagans it forbade;
And there she served Christ too,
And naught the pagans knew.
Ever she prayed for Horn Child
That Jesus Christ be to him mild.

Horn was in pagans' hand
With his fellows of the land.

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Agenes the paynes 31 forbode; 32
Ther he 30 servede Criste,
That no payn hit ne wiste.33
Evere heo bad 34 for Horn Child
That Jesu Crist him beo myld.
Horn was in paynes honde
With his feren 35 of the londe.
Muchel was his fairhede,36
For Jhesu Crist him makede.
Payns him wolde slen 37
Other al quic flen.38

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25 unless they forsook their faith

26 theirs 27 she wept

30 she 31 pagans' companions

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Their lives would soon go out,
All the day and all the night
Till there sprang daylight,
Till Horn saw on the strand
Men walking in the land.
"Comrades," said he, "true,
Good news I tell to you.
I hear the birds a-singing
And the grass a-springing.

Our ship has come to shore."

From the ship they went to land
And set foot upon the strand.
By the water side

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pay for wringing their hands 20 been sad 21 but 22 then See note on l. 16. greater they expected 12 slay companions certainly 24 saw 25 I 26 birds 27 shore 28 did go drown repent

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