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Updated: May 23, 2025

Certes, it wondereth me, sith he be thy vassal and thou hast so much power over us twain, why he hath rendered thee no tribute so long a time. By right I should be spared thy overweening pride." "Thou bedrest thee too high," spake the king's wife. "I would fain see whether men will hold thee in such high honor as they do me." The ladies both grew wonderly wroth of mood.

- The Nibelungenlied