Hagen lacked not riches, but yet his thanks he gave them without measure.

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He said: “I thank you kindly, as I of right should do.”

Then he bade that his stewards to see the gifts should go;

And also that the clothing, piece by piece, be shown them.

Glad were they to see them, and wondered greatly as they gazed upon them.

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Then said one of the stewards: “Hear now the truth I tell:

Chests there are of silver, and filled with gold as well,

With many costly jewels, rich and kingly even: