Nor felt they now uneasy lest to their hidden dwelling

Wâ-te them should follow, and never harm from him were they foretelling.

[853]

Now saw King Ludwig’s sailors, tossing on the wave,

A ship with sails the richest. To the king they warning gave;

But when ’twas seen by Hartmut, and others with him standing,

That on the sails were crosses, they said these must be pilgrims, bent on landing.

[854]

On the waters floating three good ships were seen,

With new and well-made flatboats; they bore across the main