Unto Gunther then and his liegemen did the watchman tidings bring
Of the coming of stranger heralds; and straightway questioned the King,
And spake the warder of Rhineland: “Who maketh known unto us
From whence these guests and strangers to our land come riding thus?”
But none was able to answer, till Hagen, Troneg’s Lord,
Looked forth and beheld those envoys, and he spake unto Gunther the word:
“This day is a day of tidings: your surety for this am I;
For these be the men of Etzel, and the lords of his minstrelsy.
None other than your sister to the Rhine hath sped their feet.
For the sake of their noble master must we give them welcome meet.”