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