Where he sat by the Queen, and Etzel delivered to them his word
That he would they should be his heralds unto far Burgundia-land.
And for their arraying in vesture right goodly he gave command.
For good knights four-and-twenty were provided mantle and vest;
For to these withal with the minstrels was given the King’s behest,
Even to bear his bidding unto Gunther and his men.
But the Lady Kriemhild set her to commune with them privily then.
Said the mighty King: “Now hearken, that mine hest ye may so fulfil:
I send unto those our kinsmen all love and all good will,
And I pray them to ride to my country unto them that love them here.