Cath. Nay, spurn me not, she is my only daughter,

I pray thee help her, ’tis a little thing,

For thee who hath so much of worldly power,

To lift thy hand and by a single word

Restore her happiness.

Hild. O Woman, what would’st thou ask?

Cath. She is our daughter, awful Hildebrand,

Married short time unto that goodly priest

Gerbhert, of St. Amercia, at Milan.

Hild. O, God! O, God!