Then the landsmen all,
325 Famous of family, for a full month's time,
The proud curly-locked ones, carried and led
To their glorious city, gleaming Bethulia,
Helms and hip-knives, hoary burnies,
Men's garments of war, with gold adorned,
330 With more of jewels than men of judgment,
Keen in cunning might count or estimate;
So much success the soldier-troop won,
Bold under banners and in battle-strife
Through the counsel of the clever Judith,
335 Maiden high-minded. As meed for her bravery,
From the field of battle, the bold-hearted earls
Brought in as her earnings the arms of Holofernes,
His broad sword and bloody helmet, likewise his breast-armor
large,
Chased with choice red gold, all that the chief of the
warriors,
340 The betrayer, possessed of treasure, of beautiful trinkets and
heirlooms,
Bracelets and brilliant gems. All these to the bright maid they
gave
As a gift to her, ready in judgment.