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30.
"Whan I was but a little wee bairn,
 My mither died me frae;
My stepmither sent me awa frae her;
 I turn'd till an Elfin Gray.

31.
"To thy husband I a gift will gie,
 Wi' mickle state and gear,
As mends for Eline his huswife;—
 Thou's be my heartis dear."

32.
"Thou nobil knyght, we thank now God
 That has freed us frae skaith;
Sae wed thou thee a maiden free,
 And joy attend ye baith!

33.
"Sin I to thee na maik can be,
—My dochter may be thine;
And thy gude will right to fulfill,
 Lat this be our propine."

34.
"I thank thee, Eline, thou wise woman;
 My praise thy worth sall hae;
And thy love gin I fail to win,
 Thou here at hame sall stay."

35.
The husbande biggit now on his öe,
 And nae ane wrought him wrang;
is dochter wore crown in Engeland,
 And happy liv'd and lang.

36.
Now Eline the husbande's huswife has
 Cour'd a' her grief and harms;
She's mither to a noble queen
 That sleeps in a kingis arms.