"Beowulf, you've fought against evil for us, and you have not won if this is the way that you will be rewarded ..."
"You are generous and good, Gunnar: to believe that if it was not my choice that I would stay here as a prisoner of your father?"
Beowulf flexes his muscles:
The chains that bind him are destroyed!
"Free! You are free Uberto! Ah, flee cousin!"
Gunnar rejoices.
"I am a prisoner of my honor and my Lord. And he who guides my steps ..."
The executioner and the torturer appear in the doorway. . .
"I'll die with you!"
On the great square of the city: the stake rises like a tower, and at the top is Beowulf. . .
The escorting barons surround the base of the pyre. Ermanic cries:
"Prince, you were too confident!"
Beowulf admonishes him from above:
"No man should doubt of another man!"
From the royal stage, Rogar hands the torch to the Minister of Torture. . .
. . . the torch goes from the Minister of Torture to the Minister of Justice. . .
. . . from the Minister of Justice to the executioner. . . Gunnar rushes in. . .
"Father, mercy!"
Rogar orders:
"Light!"
Gunnar climbs over the fence.
The executioner approaches the pile with the flame. . .
The fire blazes and Beowulf prays:
"Christ almighty, lord of the sky, I give you my soul and mind; I pray to you that you forgive those before as they know not what they do ..."
Gunnar appears in the middle of the square. He cries:
"Kill me, Ring Danes! I offer my life for his!"
"You are generous and good, Gunnar: to believe that if it was not my choice that I would stay here as a prisoner of your father?"
Beowulf flexes his muscles:
The chains that bind him are destroyed!
"Free! You are free Uberto! Ah, flee cousin!"
Gunnar rejoices.
"I am a prisoner of my honor and my Lord. And he who guides my steps ..."
The executioner and the torturer appear in the doorway. . .
"I'll die with you!"
On the great square of the city: the stake rises like a tower, and at the top is Beowulf. . .
The escorting barons surround the base of the pyre. Ermanic cries:
"Prince, you were too confident!"
Beowulf admonishes him from above:
"No man should doubt of another man!"
From the royal stage, Rogar hands the torch to the Minister of Torture. . .
. . . the torch goes from the Minister of Torture to the Minister of Justice. . .
. . . from the Minister of Justice to the executioner. . . Gunnar rushes in. . .
"Father, mercy!"
Rogar orders:
"Light!"
Gunnar climbs over the fence.
The executioner approaches the pile with the flame. . .
The fire blazes and Beowulf prays:
"Christ almighty, lord of the sky, I give you my soul and mind; I pray to you that you forgive those before as they know not what they do ..."
Gunnar appears in the middle of the square. He cries:
"Kill me, Ring Danes! I offer my life for his!"