Then joyful he spake, the heathen, 'Now well shall it be with me, And I thank the gods of my people that Gamuret's son I see. 240 Blest be Juno, the queen of heaven, since, methinks, she hath ruled it so, And Jupiter, by whose virtue and strength I such bliss may know, Gods and goddesses, I will love ye, and worship your strength for aye-- And blest be those shining planets, 'neath the power of whose guiding ray I hither have made my journey--For ventures I here would seek, 245 And found _thee_, brother, sweet and aweful, whose strong hand hath made me weak. And blest be the dew, and the breezes, that this morning my brow have fanned. Ah! thou courteous knight who holdest love's key in thy valiant hand! Ah! happy shall be the woman whose eyes on thy face shall light, Already is bliss her portion who seeth so fair a sight!' 250 'Ye speak well, I would fain speak better of a full heart, had I the skill; Yet alas! for I lack the wisdom, tho' God knoweth, of right goodwill The fame of your worth and valour by my words would I higher raise, And as eye, and as heart should serve me, the twain, they should speak your praise; As your fame and your glory lead them, so behind in your track they fare-- 255 And ne'er from the hand of a foeman such peril hath been my share As the peril your hand hath wrought me! and sooth are these words I say.' In this wise quoth the knight of Kanvoleis; yet Feirefis spake alway; 'With wisdom and skill, I wot well, hath Jupiter fashioned thee, Thou true and gallant hero! Nor thy speech shall thus distant be, 260 For "_ye_" thou shalt no more call me, of one sire did we spring we twain.' And with brotherly love he prayed him he would from such speech refrain And henceforward '_thou_' to call him, yet Parzival deemed it ill, And he spake, 'Now, your riches, brother, shall be e'en as the Baruch's still, And ye of us twain are the elder, my poverty and my youth 265 They forbid me "_thou_" to call ye, or discourteous were I in truth. Then the Prince of Tribalibot, joyful, with many a word would praise His god, Jupiter, and to Juno thanksgiving he fain would raise, Since so well had she ruled the weather, that the port to which he was bound He had safely reached, and had landed, and there had a brother found. 270