Then did the lords of Denmark
thus answer, out of hand:
“Before we ride hence, homewards
unto our fatherland,
We fain would have a treaty:
of peace we knights have need,
We’ve lost dear friends in plenty
who, through your knights, lie dead.”
Then did the lords of Denmark
thus answer, out of hand:
“Before we ride hence, homewards
unto our fatherland,
We fain would have a treaty:
of peace we knights have need,
We’ve lost dear friends in plenty
who, through your knights, lie dead.”