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shall neither tread the loom nor turn the spindle.
- You shall eat all you want, till you're ready to burst.
- I never will drag you about by the hair-
THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
- Nor beat me?
PEER
- No, can you think I would?
- We kings' sons never beat women and such.
THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
- You're a king's son?
PEER
- Yes.
THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
- I'm the Dovre-King's daughter.
PEER
- Are you? See there, now, how well that fits in!
THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
- Deep in the Ronde has father his palace.
PEER
- My mother's is bigger, or much I'm mistaken.
THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
- Do you know my father? His name is King Brose.
PEER
- Do you know my mother? Her name is Queen Ase.
THE GREEN-CLAD ONE
- When my father is angry the mountains are riven.
