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The ti, in talk and rae for myself armour of heavy

mail like theirs, for I was not so powerful as they, and depended ht secure, upon nimbleness of motion, certainty of

eye, and ready response of hand Therefore I began to s; which work, while more troublesome,

was better suited to me than the heavier labour Much assistance did the

brothers give me, even after, by their instructions, I was able to make

soress alone Their as in a moment abandoned, to render any

required aid to mine As the old wo; and es The songs they liked best to hear were thich I ood as many others I knew, especially soe; but what co sat on his throne

Glowing in gold and red;

The crown in his right hand shone,

And the gray hairs crowned his head

His only son walks in,

And in walls of steel he stands:

Makeof holy hands"

He knelt before his sire,

Who blessed hily fire,

But his old lips quivered the while

"Go to the fight, iant's head;

And the crohich litter on thine instead"