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  4 
  Hail, 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  Even 
  now 
  

  

  That 
  has 
  # 
  become 
  old 
  which 
  you 
  established, 
  

   The 
  Great 
  League. 
  Ye 
  have 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  pillow 
  

   In 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  together 
  ye 
  are 
  laid, 
  

   This 
  Great 
  League 
  which 
  you 
  established, 
  

  

  5 
  Though 
  you 
  said 
  in 
  far 
  future 
  times 
  

   This 
  Great 
  League 
  would 
  endure. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  way 
  an 
  end 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  here, 
  and 
  the 
  hymn 
  is 
  

   sung 
  again, 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  will 
  finish 
  the 
  hymn, 
  ;and 
  then 
  

   he 
  is 
  to 
  go 
  on 
  again, 
  walking 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  saying 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

   I' 
  flail, 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  Now 
  listen 
  and 
  hear 
  

   Therefore 
  now 
  what 
  they 
  did, 
  — 
  

   All 
  the 
  rules 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  agreed. 
  

   Those 
  they 
  chose 
  to 
  strengthen 
  the 
  House. 
  

  

  2 
  Hail, 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  This 
  they 
  said 
  : 
  

   Now 
  then 
  we 
  have 
  finished; 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  performed 
  the 
  rites 
  ; 
  

   We 
  have 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  horns. 
  

  

  3 
  -Now 
  again 
  another 
  thing 
  they 
  considered, 
  

  

  And 
  this 
  they 
  said 
  : 
  Thus 
  it 
  may 
  happen 
  ; 
  

   We 
  may 
  have 
  scarcely 
  reached 
  home 
  

   When 
  another 
  loss 
  may 
  come. 
  They 
  said 
  : 
  

   This 
  then 
  shall 
  be 
  done. 
  

   As 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  chief 
  is 
  dead, 
  

   Even 
  then 
  shall 
  the 
  horns 
  be 
  taken 
  off. 
  

   For 
  if 
  invested 
  with 
  horns 
  

   He 
  is 
  borne 
  away 
  to 
  the 
  grave. 
  

  

  4 
  O, 
  my 
  grandsires! 
  This 
  they 
  said: 
  

   We 
  might 
  all 
  die, 
  if 
  invested 
  with 
  horns 
  

   He 
  is 
  borne 
  away 
  to 
  the 
  grave. 
  

  

  5 
  Then 
  again 
  another 
  thing 
  they 
  determined. 
  

  

  6 
  Hail 
  my 
  grandsires 
  ! 
  They 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  This 
  will 
  strengthen 
  the 
  House. 
  They 
  said: 
  

   If 
  any 
  one 
  should 
  be 
  secretly 
  killed, 
  

   And 
  hidden 
  away 
  among 
  fallen 
  trees, 
  

   Because 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  being 
  white, 
  

  

  