God grant such treachery never may be wrought by man again!
(C) So when these royal hunters had woven the dark death-snare,
Then told they the plot to their fellows. Yet Gernot and Giselher
Would not with the rest go hunting. Wherefore from warning their friend
They hardened their hearts, I know not. Fully paid was the price in the end.
XVI.
How Siegfried was Murdered
Now Gunther the King and Hagen, those knights of high-born blood,
Have contrived with treacherous purpose the hunt through the glades of the wood.
O yea, with their spears keen-whetted will they pierce the forest-bear
And the wild boar and the bison—what sport for the brave more fair?