So when into many a hostel those guests of a king were brought,
King Etzel’s herald arrayed him in vesture richly wrought,
Even he and all his fellows, and they rode to the palace thus;
And the fashion of their raiment was exceeding glorious.
Then spake the valiant Hagen: “As I call up things long past,—
For in sooth many days have fleeted since I saw yon baron last,—
Such are they in semblance, methinketh, as Rüdiger now might be,
Out of the land of the Hunfolk, in port and in valiancy.”
“Meseems it is past believing,” the King made answer again,
“That unto this far country should journey Bechlaren’s thane!”