Ready and true the service / to her was offered there.
The queen dealt out in plenty / gold and raiment rare,
Silver eke and jewels. / What over Rhine she brought
With her unto Hunland, / soon thereof retained she naught.
Eke in faithful service / she to herself did win
All the king's warriors / and all his royal kin,
—So that ne'er did Lady Helke / so mighty power wield
As until death to Kriemhild / such host did willing service yield.
Thus stood so high in honor / the court and country round,
That there at every season / was pleasant pastime found
By each, whithersoever / his heart's desire might stand:
That wrought the monarch's favor / and the queen's full bounteous hand.
[TWENTY]-THIRD ADVENTURE
How Kriemhild thought to avenge her Wrong