To the uttermost of my power shalt thou have guerdon of me;
And thou shalt have fulfilled my pleasure in faith and in fealty.
I will bid my treasure-keepers freely to give unto thee
Horses and goodly raiment, whatsoever thy need shall be,
That thou and thy journeying-fellows in joyance ever may live.
Yea, as a great king giveth, for thine ambassage so will I give.”
Answered the Lord of the Marches, the mighty Rüdiger:
“If I sought of thee aught of thy bounty, not for mine honour it were:
Blithe will I go unto Rhineland at my good Lord’s command,
Of mine own wealth full-furnished: I received it all of thine hand.”