Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 391
, promising to help him in time of need.Hrothgar with tears and embraces let him go, givinghim fresh gifts of hoarded jewels. He wept, for heloved Beowulf well, and knew he would never see himany more. The coastguard saw the gallant warriors coming,bade them welcome, and led them to their ship.… … CHAPTER III. THE dragons hoard. N due time Beowulf himself became King,and well he governed the land for fiftyyears. Then trouble came.A slave, fleeing from his master, stum-bled by an evil chance into the den of adragon. There he saw a dazzUng hoard ofgold, guarded by the dragon for three…
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