In seven days thereafter unto Etzel’s land afar:
So, if any mean us a mischief, the better forearmed we are.
Then also shall Lady Kriemhild have scant time so to plot
That by her devising shall mischief to any of us be wrought;
Or, if she should haply essay it, evilly shall she speed:
So many chosen warriors to the land of the Huns do we lead.”
The saddles and the war-shields, and all the goodly gear
Wherewithal in the land of King Etzel they purposed to appear,
By this were fully ready for many a valiant thane.
Then at last to the presence of Gunther they summoned the minstrels twain.