Chapter 40 THE MESSENGER OF DEATH.

Wiglaf sends the news of Beowulf's death to liegemen near by.

Then he charged that the battle be announced at the hedge

Up o'er the cliff-edge, where the earl-troopers bided

The whole of the morning, mood-wretched sat them,

Bearers of battle-shields, both things expecting,

5 The end of his lifetime and the coming again of

The lieg