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Rh To this Folker, the full dapper knight, made answer: “This is not true, alas, most noble queen. Durst I give the he to such a high-born dame, then had ye most foully lied against Rüdeger. He and his champions be cozened in this peace. So eagerly he did what the king commanded, that he and all his fellowship lie here in death. Now look around you, Kriemhild, to see whom ye may now command. The good Knight Rüdeger hath served you to his end. And ye will not believe the tale, we’ll let you see.”

To their great grief ’t was done; they bare the slain hero to where the king might see him. Never had there happed to Etzel’s men a grief so great. When they saw the margrave borne forth dead, no scribe might write or tell the frantic grief of men and women, which there gan show itself from dole of heart. King Etzel’s sorrow waxed so great that the mighty king did voice his woe of heart, as with a lion’s roar. Likewise did his queen. Beyond all measure they bewailed the good Knight Rüdeger’s death.