Which answer best summarizes the events from the poem contained in the following lines?
"this plainly he saw then
who with mirth of mood malice no little
had wrought in the past on the race of the earthmen,
that his body would fail him
but higelac's hardy henchman and kinsman
held him by the hand"

the answer would be: it explains that at least one son must join the church

the expression ''as the tithe of his sons'' indicates how his father intended for at least one of his sons to serve the church. this phrase demonstrates that his father offered him as a last resort since none of his brothers chose to serve the church.

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