Tohrwulf I, fair of feature, strong in arm and deft to wield the franca in battle. I hail from Vastergotland; of the West Geats I; and come I hither in service of the aetheling Wistan Wulfinga. I am not god-born, as an aetheling is, but my father and his fathers before him are men to make the gods proud; and I will not shame them. I am young with much to learn; but I will rejoice in the learning and if I fall before the learning is done I will fall bravely and with a life full as I can live it. Do not mourn me, but rejoice.