He prayed them to give their counsel, should he go to the Rhine or forbear:
“Gunther, my fair Queen’s brother, entreateth me to fare
To the land where he and his brethren a mighty feast will array;
And fain would I go, but his kingdom is exceeding far away.
And they make request that Kriemhild shall thitherward fare with me.
Give counsel, friends and kinsmen, shall this her journey be?
Were it but to lead through kingdoms thrice ten a warrior-band,
Glad help and willing service should they have of Siegfried’s hand.”
Unto him did the knights make answer: “If thy will and thy pleasure it is
To journey to this high feast-tide, our rede unto thee is this: