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The King he has caught the fair mermaid, and deep / ("The mermaid dances the floor upon") / In the dungeon has placed her, to pine and to weep, / Because his will she had not done.
The Queen of the Danes addressed two of her band: / ("The mermaid dances the floor upon") / "To come to my presence the mermaid command, / For my will by her it shall be done."