this sentence is a rewriting of the text , which had originally : `` nay then , know ye not that this gold belongs to the kindred of the elves , who won it from the earth long time ago , and no one among men has claim ... '' the remainder of this scene , ending with the slaughter of urin 's band , was rewritten at many points , with the same object as in the passage just cited -- to convert urin 's band from men to elves , as was done also at the end of eltas ' t ale ( see p. 118 note 33 ) .