‘That gold is thine, the land is mine,
And heir of Linne again I will be.’
29.
‘Now welladay!’ said John o’ the Scales’ wife,
‘Welladay, and woe is me!
Yesterday I was the lady of Linne,
And now I am but John o’ the Scales’ wife!’
30.
Says ‘Have thou here, thou good fellow,
Forty pence thou did lend me,