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 Nor son of man. Help the first is called, For that will help thee Against strifes and cares.

For the second I know, What the sons of men require Who will as leeches live.

For the third I know, If I have great need To restrain my foes, The weapon's edge I deaden: Of my adversaries Nor arms nor wiles harm aught.

For the fourth I know, If men place Bonds on my limbs, I so sing That I can walk; The fetter starts from my feet And the manacle from my hands.

For the fifth I know, I see a shot from a hostile hand, A shaft flying amid the host, So swift it cannot fly, That I cannot arrest it, If only I get sight of it.

For the sixth I know, If one wounds me With a green tree's root, Also if a man Declares hatred to me, Harm shall consume them sooner than me.

For the seventh I know, If a lofty house I see