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Mandos spake in prophecy, when the Valar sat in judgement in Valinor, and this rumour of his words was whispered among all the Men of the West.
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Thus spake Mandos in prophecy, when the Valar sat in judgement in Valinor, and this rumour of his words was whispered among all the Men of the West.
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So in this version Mandos
definitely speaks a prophecy; and what follows is
in fact the rumour of his words that is whispered among Men.
What we need is a version where
according to Men Mandos spoke this prophecy.