Meanwhile forth rode the envoys, and afar from the Hunland went
To the folk Burgundian, whither of their lord the King they were sent
Unto those three noble Princes and to all their vassal-array,
To bid them to Etzel’s high-tide; and fast and far rode they.
To the castle of Bechlaren those messengers came with speed:
There blithe was their entertainment; and for this their hosts took heed
That Rüdiger and Gotlind and their daughter sent by these
Unto the knights of Rhineland all loving messages.
They loaded with gifts the envoys or ever they parted thence,
That Etzel’s servants might journey in the more magnificence;