The Velocity foreach element allows you to do looping in Velocity.

The Velocity foreach element can be used to select every XML element of a specified node-set:  See the Apache Velocity Foreach section for details

The  $velocityCount variable can be used to access the current loop counter varialbe for display or you can use the method $foreach.count.

You can also use the #break directive to exit the loop early given that a particular condition is met.

<h2>My CD Collection</h2>
<table style="border: 3px solid #450084">
<tr style="background:#ccc999">
<th style="text-align:left">Title</th>
<th style="text-align:left">Artist</th>
</tr>
##LOOP
#set($cds = $_XPathTool.selectNodes($contentRoot, '//catalog/cd'))
#foreach($cd in $cds)
#set ($artist = $cd.getChild('artist').value)
#set ($title = $cd.getChild('title').value)
<tr>
<td>$title</td>
<td>$artist</td>
</tr>
#end
##END LOOP
</table>