So be I judged, it be not in a corner.
Meanwhile, if I have erred, in my new kingship
In word or deed against thy holy office
Here as a faithful son of holy Church
By that great love I bear for Germany,
By that dread duty I owe my wife and child,
I crave thy pardon and beseech thy blessing.
[Kneels.
Hild. Henry of Germany, thou standest now,
Rebuked of Heaven before the eyes of men.