Mighty withal and noble, valiant and comely to see.
If I live, I will make him ruler of lordships twelve in my land:
So service fair shall be rendered to you of Ortlieb’s hand.
Therefore I fain would pray you, belovèd kinsmen mine,
Whensoe’er again ye be riding homeward unto the Rhine,
That ye take him, the child of your sister, in that day home with you,
And show all lovingkindness to my son as kinsmen true.
Train him in ways of honour, till unto man he shall grow;
Then, if to your land a mischief be done of any foe,
And he to his strength be waxen, his aid unto you shall he bring.”