But when they came aland they made their ship fast, and then they
rode awhile on their noble steeds through the murk wild-wood.
And now they behold the king's army, and huge uproar, and the
clatter of weapons they hear from thence; and they see there a
mighty host of men, and the manifold array of them, even as they
wrought there: and all the gates of the burg were full of men.
So they rode up to the burg, and the gates thereof were shut;
then Hogni brake open the gates, and therewith they ride into the
burg.
Then spake Vingi, "Well might ye have left this deed undone; go
to now, bide ye here while I go seek your gallows-tree! Softly
and sweetly I base you hither, but an evil thing abode
thereunder; short while to bide ere ye are tied up to that same
tree!"
Hogni answered, "None the more shall we waver for that cause; for
little methinks have we shrunk aback whenas men fell to fight;
and naught shall it avail thee to make us afeard, -- and for an
ill fate hast thou wrought.
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