Властелин колец: Две башни
The Window on the West
AndtheymadeatrucewiththeproudpeoplesoftheNorth,whooftenhadassailedus,menoffiercevalour,butourkinfromafaroff,unlikethewildEasterlingsorthecruelHaradrim.
’SoitcametopassinthedaysofCiriontheTwelfthSteward(andmyfatheristhesitandtwentieth)thattheyrodetoouraidandatthegreatFieldofCelebranttheydestroyedourenemiesthathadseizedournorthernprovinces.ThesearetheRohirrim,aswenamethem,mastersofhorses,andwecededtothemthefieldsofCalenardhonthataresincecalledRohan;forthatprovincehadlongbeensparselypeopled.Andtheybecameourallies,andhaveeverprovedtruetous,aidingusatneed,andguardingournorthernmarchesandtheGapofRohan.
`Ofourloreandmannerstheyhavelearnedwhattheywould,andtheirlordsspeakourspeechatneed;yetforthemostparttheyholdbythewaysoftheirownfathersandtotheirownmemories,andtheyspeakamongthemselvestheirownNorthtongue.Andwelovethem:tallmenandfairwomen,valiantbothalike,golden-haired,bright-eyed,andstrong;theyremindusoftheyouthofMen,astheywereintheElderDays.Indeeditissaidbyourlore-mastersthattheyhavefromofoldthisaffinitywithusthattheyarecomefromthosesameThreeHousesofMenasweretheNúmenoreansintheirbeginningnotfromHadortheGoldenhaired,theElf-friend,maybe,yetfromsuchofhissonsandpeopleaswentnotoverSeaintotheWest,refusingthecall.
