Сильмариллион
Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath
ForithadbeentakenfromAnduinlongeretheysoughtforit,beingfoundbyoneofthesmallfisher-folkthatdweltbytheRiver,eretheKingsfailedinCondor;andbyitsfinderitwasbroughtbeyondsearchintodarkhidingundertherootsofthemountains.Thereitdwelt,untilevenintheyearoftheassaultuponDolGulduritwasfoundagain,byawayfarer,fleeingintothedepthsoftheearthfromthepursuitoftheOrcs,andpassedintoafardistantcountry,eventothelandofthePeriannath,theLittlePeople,theHalflings,whodweltinthewestofEriador.AnderethatdaytheyhadbeenheldofsmallaccountbyElvesandbyMen,andneitherSauronnoranyoftheWisesaveMithrandirhadinalltheircounselsgiventhoughttothem.
NowbyfortuneandhisvigilanceMithrandirfirstlearnedoftheRing,ereSauronhadnewsofit;yethewasdismayedandindoubt.FortoogreatwastheevilpowerofthisthingforanyoftheWisetowield,unlesslikeCurunirhewishedhimselftobecomeatyrantandadarklordinhisturn;butneithercoulditbeconcealedfromSauronforever,norcoulditbeunmadebythecraftoftheElves.ThereforewiththehelpoftheDunedainoftheNorthMithrandirsetawatchuponthelandofthePeriannathandbidedhistime.ButSauronhadmanyears,andsoonheheardrumouroftheOneRing,whichaboveallthingshedesired,andhesentforththeNazgultotakeit.Thenwarwaskindled,andinbattlewithSaurontheThirdAgeendedevenasithadbegun.
