Sir, inasmuch as the work is hard,
So much the more is our great reward.

Ich weiʒ wol daʒ er selbe giht,
swer grôʒen dienst leiste,
des lôn sî ouch der meiste.

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Der arme Heinrich (c. 1190s) l. 1162 (tr. D. G. Rossetti)

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