And to Uta and to her children this greeting did Rüdiger send,
That never was living Margrave unto them so true a friend.
They commended also to Brunhild their service and ready will,
And in steadfast faith they pledged them her pleasure to fulfil.
So when they had heard that message, onward the envoys would ride.
Then prayed the Margravine Gotlind that God would guard them and guide.
Or ever the messengers wholly had traversed Bavarian ground,
Werbel the eager minstrel the holy bishop found.
What greetings he sent to his kinsmen, the dwellers beside the Rhine,
This have the old bards told not; but of ruddy gold and fine