The Nibelungenlied
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Round and about were standing

his friends, in sullen mood;

The lord of Metz, Sir Ortwein,

among the others stood;

He spake: “This friendly parley

doth vex me sore, as knight⁠—

Stout Siegfried unprovoked hath

here challenged you to fight.