How all Sir Dietrich's Knights were Slain
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On all sides so great sorrow heard ye there around,
That palace and high tower did from the wail resound.
Of Bern a man of Dietrich eke the same did hear,
And speedily he hastened the tidings to his lord to bear.
Spake he unto his master: "Sir Dietrich give me ear.
What yet hath been my fortune, never did I hear
Lamenting past all measure, as at this hour hath been.
Scathe unto King Etzel himself hath happenéd, I ween.
"Else how might they ever all show such dire need?
The king himself or Kriemhild, one of them lieth dead,
By the doughty strangers for sake of vengeance slain.
Unmeasured is the weeping of full many a stately thane."
Then spake of Bern Sir Dietrich: "Ye men to me full dear,
Now haste ye not unduly. The deeds p
