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So the Dayling warrior lifted up his voice and said:
"O kindreds of the Markmen, hearken the words I say; / / For no chancehap assembly is gathered here today. / / The fire hath gone around us in the hands of our very kin, / / And twice the horn hath sounded, and the Thing is hallowed in. / / Will ye hear or forbear to hearken the tale there is to tell? / / There are many mouths to tell it, and a many know it well. / / And the tale is this, that the foemen against our kindreds fare / / Who eat the meadows desert, and burn the desert bare. "