These first two cohorts were from out the French

Composed; and after those a third was formed:

The vassals of Baviere—Their numbers mount

To thirty thousand knights who ne'er would blench

Before the foe. Beneath the sky live not

A people dearer to the heart of Carle,

Save those of France, the conquerors of realms.

The Count Ogier de Danemarche, the brave,

Will lead—What beauty sits upon their brows!

Aoi.