He promised him that if he did so he should possess the gold which he had himself received from Hlenne.

And to enrage his heart more vehemently against him, he is said to have harangued him as follows: "Moreover, Hather, I robbed thee of thy father Hlenne; requite me this, I pray, and strike down the old man who longs to die; aim at my throat with the avenging steel.

For my soul chooses the service of a noble smiter, and shrinks to ask its doom at a coward's hand.

Righteously may a man choose to forstall the ordinance of doom.

What cannot be escaped it will be lawful also to anticipate.