He said: “By the battle-prowess of Gernot the strong was it done,
And death in the selfsame moment of Rüdiger’s hands he won.”
Unto Hildebrand spake Dietrich: “Say to my liegemen thou
To array them in armour straightway. Myself will go forth now.
Let them bring me my shining harness withal: do thou so command.
Myself am minded to question the knights of Burgundia-land.”
But Master Hildebrand answered: “Who shall go forth with thee?
Thine only living liegeman in thy presence now dost thou see,
Even me, and there is none other. The rest, they be all dead men.”
Dismayed was he at the tidings—well might he be anguished then,