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80 "It cam' to me frae the far countrie Wi' its silken string and a'; But it wasna prepaid," said that high-born maid, "Sae I gar'd them tak' it awa'."

"O ever alack that ye sent it back, It was written sae clerkly and well! Now the message it brought, and the boon that it sought, I must even say it mysel'."

Then up and spake the popinjay, Sae wisely counselled he: "Now say it in the proper way, Gae doon upon thy knee I"

The lover he turned baith red and pale, Gaed doon upon his knee: "O ladye, hear the waesome tale I have to tell to thee!