VII. The Dragon

From telling us about the dragon to Beowulf being deadly wounded. The dragon guarded a hoard in the high heath, a stone-barrow; a path ran beneath, unknown to men. Inside a certain man had entered who seized a cup, a treasure plated with gold [this one is plated, not even real gold]; he did not give it back, though he had tricked the sleeping guardian with thievish craft. The king found out that…