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NOTES TO CANTO FOURTH.
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.
"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."
"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!
"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."
"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."
"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.
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.
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.