Or why they called them thither, I have no way of telling:

Full thirty thousand were they whom there they brought, in Norman lands once dwelling.

[1616]

Clothes for all were wanted, but where could these be found?

If e’en the wealth of Araby any there had owned,

I ween he could no better or finer clothes have given

Than now they shared so freely: that this should be, Gu-drun her best had striven.

[1617]

Soon as this lovely maiden by the guests had now her seat,

She sent for her brother Ortwin, and did his coming wait,