And he thought on their weird foreknowledge, on the eyes that pierce the To Be;
The gladlier therefore he trusted that their lips the truth would show;
And answer they made, when he questioned of the thing that he fain would know.
For Hadburg said: “Ye may safely to the land of Etzel ride.
I pledge thee my faith in surety for that I have prophesied.
Never hath journey of heroes to an alien land been crowned
With such high honour and worship. True shall my words be found.”
Welcome and heart-uplifting did the word unto Hagen come:
He restored unto them their raiment, and tarried no more therefrom.
But when they had donned the vesture of the wondrous cloudy fold,