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52 to pass.” Full ready they were for whatever he bade them vow, nor because of pride did any one abstain. They promised what he would; wherefrom they all fared well, when King Gunther saw fair Brunhild.

“Forsooth I vow it less for thy sake than for thy sister’s, the comely maid, who is to me as mine own soul and body. Gladly will I bring it to pass, that she become my wife.”