Vehemently and stubbornly,

He would not let her whole from his grasp,

Till he showed her before men.

Let me go, said she, and I will give

For loss and damage,

A fold full of speckled cattle,

White-bellied, black, white-headed,

Success on hill and in company

To yourself and your sort after you.

That is mine in spite of you, said he,