BP+JennyP

Lines 3110 - 3136

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Then Weohstan's son, loyal until the end, gave orders to the owners of the dwellings, many important people in the land, to search for wood from places far away for the burning of the dear king's dead body. "Now fire will consume our leader in battle, the fire will darken around him who even remained in the battlefields, when the arrows of the battle shot from bowstrings attacked his shield. The spear hit home. Feather-fledged, it encountered the sharp ends of the arrow while flying."

Next the wise son of Weohstan called from among the king's nobles a group of seven: he chose the best and entered with them, the eighth of their number, under the God-cursed roof; one raised a torch on fire and led the way. No lots were cast for people who would steal the valuables because it was obvious to them that every bit of it lay vulnerable within the storage, there for people to take. It was not hard to hurry to work and pull out the priceless storage. They threw the dragon over the clifftop, let the tide's flow and backwash take the treasure-minder. Then coiled gold was loaded on a cart in great amounts, and the gray-haired leader, the prince on his bier, was carried to Hronesness.