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Rh the envoys hasted with the tidings, that the Nibelungs were already in the Hunnish land.

“Thou must greet them well, Kriemhild, lady mine. Thy dear brothers be coming in great state to visit thee.”

Within a casement window Lady Kriemhild stood and looked out to see her kin, as friend doth for friend. Many a man she spied from her fatherland. The king, too, learned the tale and laughed for very pleasure. “Now well is me of my joys,” quoth Kriemhild, “my kinsmen bring with them many a brand-new shield and white coat of mail. He who would have gold, let him bethink him of my sorrows, and I’ll ever be his friend.”