Gregorius | ez | ist | ein | wälhischez | lant | | (there) | is | a | French | land |
178 | Equitâniâ | genant | | Aquitania | called |
| und | lît | dem | mere | unverre | | and | lying | (from) the | sea | not far |
| des | selben | landes | herre | | (of) this | same | land | (the) lord |
181 | gewan | bî | sînem | wîbe | | had | by | his | wife |
| zwei | kint | diu | an | ir | lîbe | | two | children | who | in | their | appearance |
| niht | schœner | mohten | sîn | | not | more beautiful | could | be |
184 | einen | sun | und | ein | tohterlîn | | a | son | and | a | (little) daughter |
| der | kinde | muoter | erstarp | | the | children's | mother | died |
| dô | si | in | daz | leben | vol | erwarp | | when | she | them | _ | life | completely | had given |
187 | dô | diu | kint | wâren | | when | the | children | had |
| komen | ze | zehen | jâren | | reached | (their) | tenth | year |
| do | ergreif | den | vater | ouch | der | tôt | | then | seized | the | father | also | _ | death |
190 | dô | er | im | sîn | kunft | enbôt | | when | he | him | his | coming | made known |
| sô | daz | er | in | geleite | | so | that | he | him | would accompany |
| dâ | er | von | siecheite | | where | he | because of (his) | illness |
193 | sich | des | tôdes | entstuont | | _ | (his) | death | realized |
| dô | tet | er | sam | die | wîsen | tuont | | then | acted | he | as | the | wise | do |
| zehant | er | besande | | immediately | he | sent for |
196 | die | besten | von | dem | lande | | the | best | in | the | land |
| den | er | getrûwen | solde | | whom | he | trust | could |
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