And he said: “It grieveth me sorely that thou goest to this high-tide.”
And the name of the thane was Rumold, trusty of heart and hand.
“Whom wilt thou leave as warden,” he said, “of thy folk and thy land?
Alas that none can turn you, O knights, from your enterprise!
Never the message of Kriemhild was good in thy servant’s eyes.”
“Unto thee be the land committed, and also my little son.
To our wives do loyal service: I will that so it be done.
Whomsoever thou seest weeping, speak to them words of cheer.
No hurt shall the wife of Etzel do us; have thou no fear.”
(C) Moreover the King took counsel, or ever they parted thence,