And he spake: “O knights true-hearted, I would say unto you this thing:
Ye must take rich raiment for wearing in the presence of Queen and King;
For there shall ye look upon many a maiden fair to see:
Therefore ye needs must adorn you with seemly bravery.”
(C) Now perchance might a simple-one chide me—“Not sooth is this thy song!
How might in the castle be gathered so vast a knightly throng?
Wherewithal should all these be nourished, and whence purvey them attire?
Though realms he had thirty, never had he brought to pass his desire.”
(C) Tush!—surely ye know this—Siegfried was a passing-wealthy lord:
He had that realm in possession, and his was the Niblung Hoard.