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When Hagen of Trony saw them from afar, he spake courteously to his masters, "Arise, ye doughty heroes, and go to meet them that come to welcome you. A company of warriors that I know well draw hither the heroes of the Amelung land. They are men of high courage. Scorn not their service." Then, as was seemly, Dietrich, with many knights and squires, sprang to the ground.
His best knights drew round him, and he said, "Without cause, and with a mighty army, foemen come hither against us into our land." Thereto answered Gernot, a hardy and bold warrior, "We shall hinder that with our swords. They only perish that fate dooms. Let them die. They shall not turn from honour. Our foemen are welcome." Spake Hagen of Trony then, "Methinketh that were unwise.
"Nay now," said Hagen, "I am sore bested. Take, as a keepsake, this goodly gold, and ferry us over with our thousand horses and our many men." But the grim boatman answered, "Never!" Seldom had he of Trony encountered so grim a ferryman. Further, to anger the bold stranger, he brake a boat-pole over his head, for he was a strong man. But he did it to his own hurt.
Sure have we fallen on evil days, said many; but let us all hide this thing, and hold to one tale: that is, that as Siegfried rode alone in the forest he was slain by robbers. But, said Hagen of Trony, I will myself bear him back to Burgundy. It is little concern of mine if Kriemhild weep. Kriemhilds Grief
Said the Margrave of Bavaria, "We seek our foemen and follow on their track. I know not who slew my boatman to-day. He was a valiant knight, and I grieve for his loss." Then said Hagen of Trony, "Was the boatman thine? He would not ferry me over. The blame is mine. I slew him. Certes, I had need. I had nigh met my death at his hand.
They thought not to meet so grim a doom. Merrily they rode into Gunter's land. To all them that were to journey to the Huns horses and apparel were given. The king found many willing. Hagen of Trony bade Dankwart, his brother, lead eighty of their knights to the Rhine. They came in proud array, bringing harness and vesture with them.
So he mused on the good old days, and what had happed long ago, for he had seen Hagen, that did him stark service in his youth. Yet now that he was old, he lost by him many a dear friend. Twenty-Ninth Adventure How Hagen and Folker Sat Before Kriemhild's Hall The two valiant knights, Hagen of Trony and Sir Dietrich, parted, and Gunther's man looked back for a comrade that he soon espied.
So they fell in the strife Gernot and Rudeger slain by each other's hand. Thereat Hagen waxed grimmer than afore. The hero of Trony said, "Great woe is ours. None can ever make good to their folk and their land the loss of these two knights. Rudeger's men shall pay for it." They gave no quarter. Many were struck down unwounded that had come to, but that they were drowned in the blood.
Then said Hagen of Trony to his master, "Thy knights are greatly beholden for what the Margrave hath done for our sake. The husband of fair Gotelind should be well requited." King Gunther said, "I pray thee tell me, for I would know, how it standeth with Etzel and Helca in the land of the Huns." The Margrave answered, "I will tell thee gladly."
"Alack!" cried the king, "The best warrior that ever rode to battle, or bore a shield, hath fallen by the hand of a woman! Albeit I was his foeman, I must grieve." Then said Master Hildebrand, "His death shall not profit her. I care not what come of it. Though I came in scathe by him myself, I will avenge the death of the bold knight of Trony."
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