333

The sheref sware a full grete othe,

Bi hy_m_ th_a_t dyed on rode,

He had leuer tha_n_ an hundred pound

That he had Roby_n_ Hode.

334

This harde the knyghtës wyfe,

A fayr lady and a free;

She set hir on a gode palfrey,

To grenë wode anone rode she.

335

Wha_n_ne she ca_m_ in the forest,

Vnd_er_ the grenë-wode tree,

Fonde she there Roby_n_ Hode,

And al his fayre menë.

336

‘God the sauë, godë Robyn,

And all thy company;

For Our derë Ladyes sake,

A bonë graunte thou me.

337

‘Late neuer my wedded lorde

Shamefully slayne be;

He is fast bowne to Notingham warde,

For the loue of the.’

338

Anone than saide goode Robyn

To that lady so fre,

What man hath your lorde [i-]take?

. . . . . .

339

. . . . . .

‘For soth as I the say;

He is nat yet thre mylës

Passed on his way.’

340

Vp than sterte gode Robyn,

As man that had ben wode:

‘Buske you, my mery men,

For hym that dyed on rode.

341

‘And he that this sorowe forsaketh,

By hym that dyed on tre,

Shall he neuer in grenë wode

No lenger dwel with me.’

342

Sone there were gode bowës bent,

Mo than seuen score;

Hedge ne dyche spared they none

That was them before.

343

‘I make myn auowe to God,’ sayde Robyn,

‘The sherif wolde I fayne see;

And if I may hy_m_ take,

I-quyte shall it be.’

344

And whan they came to Notingham,

They walked i_n_ the strete;

And w_i_t_h_ the proudë sherif i-wys

Sonë can they mete.

345

‘Abyde, thou proudë sherif,’ he sayde,

‘Abyde, and speke with me;

Of some tidi_n_ges of oure kinge

I wolde fayne here of the.

346

‘This seuen yere, by dere worthy God,

Ne yede I this fast on fote;

I make myn auowe to God, thou proudë sherif,

It is nat for thy gode.’

347

Robyn bent a full goode bowe,

An arrowe he drowe at wyll;

He hit so the proudë sherife

Vpon the grounde he lay full still.

348

And or he myght vp aryse,

On his fete to stonde,

He smote of the sherifs hede

With his bright[ë] bronde.

349

‘Lye thou there, thou proudë sherife,

Euyll mote thou cheue!

There myght no man to the truste

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The whyles thou were a lyue.’

350

His men drewe out theyr bryght swerdes,

That were so sharpe and kene,

And layde on the sheryues men,

And dryued them downe bydene.

351

Robyn stert to that knyght,

And cut a two his bonde,

And toke hym in his hand a bowe,

And bad hym by hym stonde.

352

‘Leue thy hors the behynde,

And lerne for to renne;

Thou shalt with me to grenë wode,

Through myrë, mosse, and fenne.

353

‘Thou shalt with me to grenë wode,

Without ony leasynge,

Tyll that I haue gete vs grace

Of Edwarde, our comly kynge.’

THE VII. FYTTE.

354

The kynge came to Notynghame,

With knyghtës in grete araye,

For to take that gentyll knyght

And Robyn Hode, and yf he may.

355

He asked men of that countrë

After Robyn Hode,

And after that gentyll knyght,

That was so bolde and stout.

356

Whan they had tolde hym the case

Our kynge vnderstode ther tale,

And seased in his honde

The knyghtës londës all.

357

All the passe of Lancasshyre

He went both ferre and nere,

Tyll he came to Plomton Parke;

He faylyd many of his dere.

358

There our kynge was wont to se

Herdës many one,

He coud vnneth fynde one dere,

That bare ony good horne.

359

The kynge was wonder wroth withall,

And swore by the Trynytë,

‘I wolde I had Robyn Hode,

With eyen I myght hym se.

360

‘And he that wolde smyte of the knyghtës hede,

And brynge it to me,

He shall haue the knyghtës londes,

Syr Rycharde at the Le.

361

‘I gyue it hym with my charter,

And sele it [with] my honde,

To haue and holde for euer more,

In all mery Englonde.’

362

Than bespake a fayre olde knyght,

That was treue in his fay:

A, my leegë lorde the kynge,

One worde I shall you say.

363

There is no man in this countrë

May haue the knyghtës londes,

Whyle Robyn Hode may ryde or gone,

And bere a bowe in his hondes,

364

That he ne shall lese his hede,

That is the best ball in his hode:

Giue it no man, my lorde the kynge,

That ye wyll any good.

365

Half a yere dwelled our comly kynge

In Notyngham, and well more;

Coude he not here of Robyn Hode,

In what countrë that he were.

366

But alway went good Robyn

By halke and eke by hyll,

And alway slewe the kyngës dere,

And welt them at his wyll.

367

Than bespake a proude fostere,

That stode by our kyngës kne:

Yf ye wyll se good Robyn,

Ye must do after me.

368

Take fyue of the best knyghtës

That be in your lede,

And walke downe by yon abbay,

And gete you monkës wede.

369

And I wyll be your ledës-man,

And lede you the way,

And or ye come to Notyngham,

Myn hede then dare I lay,

370

That ye shall mete with good Robyn,

On lyue yf that he be;

Or ye come to Notyngham,

With eyen ye shall hym se.

371

Full hast[ë]ly our kynge was dyght,

So were his knyghtës fyue,

Euerych of them in monkës wede,

And hasted them thyder blyve.

372

Our kynge was grete aboue his cole,

A brode hat on his crowne,

Ryght as he were abbot-lyke,

They rode up in-to the towne.

373

Styf botës our kynge had on,

Forsoth as I you say;

He rode syngynge to grenë wode,

The couent was clothed in graye.

374

His male-hors and his gretë somers

Folowed our kynge behynde,

Tyll they came to grenë wode,

A myle vnder the lynde.

375

There they met with good Robyn,

Stondynge on the waye,

And so dyde many a bolde archere,

For soth as I you say.

376

Robyn toke the kyngës hors,

Hastëly in that stede,

And sayd, Syr abbot, by your leue,

A whyle ye must abyde.

377

‘We be yemen of this foreste,

Vnder the grenë-wode tre;

We lyue by our kyngës dere,

[Other shyft haue not wee.]

378

‘And ye haue chyrches and rentës both,

And gold full grete plentë;

Gyue vs some of your spendynge,

For saynt[ë] charytë.’

379

Than bespake our cumly kynge,

Anone than sayd he;

I brought no more to grenë wode

But forty pounde with me.

380

I haue layne at Notyngham

This fourtynyght with our kynge,

And spent I haue full moche good,

On many a grete lordynge.

381

And I haue but forty pounde,

No more than haue I me;

But yf I had an hondred pounde,

I wolde vouch it safe on the.

382

Robyn toke the forty pounde,

And departed it in two partye;

Halfendell he gaue his mery men,

And bad them mery to be.

383

Full curteysly Roby_n_ gan say;

Syr, haue this for your spendyng;

We shall mete another day;

‘Gramercy,’ than sayd our kynge.

384

‘But well the greteth Edwarde, our kynge,

And sent to the his seale,

And byddeth the com to Notyngham,

Both to mete and mele.’

385

He toke out the brodë targe,

And sone he lete hym se;

Robyn coud his courteysy,

And set hym on his kne.

386

‘I loue no man in all the worlde

So well as I do my kynge;

Welcome is my lordës seale;

And, monke, for thy tydynge,

387

‘Syr abbot, for thy tydynges,

To day thou shalt dyne with me,

For the loue of my kynge,

Under my trystell-tre.’

388

Forth he lad our comly kynge,

Full fayre by the honde;

Many a dere there was slayne,

And full fast dyghtande.

389

Robyn toke a full grete horne,

And loude he gan blowe;

Seuen score of wyght yonge men

Came redy on a rowe.

390

All they kneled on theyr kne,

Full fayre before Robyn:

The kynge sayd hym selfe vntyll,

And swore by Saynt Austyn,

391

‘Here is a wonder semely syght;

Me thynketh, by Goddës pyne,

His men are more at his byddynge

Then my men be at myn.’

392

Full hast[ë]ly was theyr dyner idyght,

And therto gan they gone;

They serued our kynge with al theyr myght,

Both Robyn and Lytell Johan.

393

Anone before our kynge was set

The fattë venyson,

The good whyte brede, the good rede wyne,

And therto the fyne ale and browne.

394

‘Make good chere,’ said Robyn,

‘Abbot, for charytë;

And for this ylkë tydynge,

Blyssed mote thou be.

395

‘Now shalte thou se what lyfe we lede,

Or thou hens wende;

Than thou may enfourme our kynge,

Whan ye togyder lende.’

396

Up they stertë all in hast,

Theyr bowës were smartly bent;

Our kynge was neuer so sore agast,

He wende to haue be shente.

397

Two yerdës there were vp set,

Thereto gan they gange;

By fyfty pase, our kynge sayd,

The merkës were to longe.

398

On euery syde a rose-garlonde,

They shot vnder the lyne:

‘Who so fayleth of the rose-garlonde,’ sayd Robyn,

‘His takyll he shall tyne,

399

‘And yelde it to his mayster,

Be it neuer so fyne;

For no man wyll I spare,

So drynke I ale or wyne:

400

‘And bere a buffet on his hede,

I-wys ryght all bare:’

And all that fell in Robyns lote,

He smote them wonder sare.

401

Twyse Robyn shot aboute,

And euer he cleued the wande,

And so dyde good Gylberte

With the Whytë Hande.

402

Lytell Johan and good Scathelocke,

For nothynge wolde they spare;

When they fayled of the garlonde,

Robyn smote them full sore.

403

At the last shot that Robyn shot,

For all his frendës fare,

Yet he fayled of the garlonde

Thre fyngers and mare.

404

Than bespake good Gylberte,

And thus he gan say;

‘Mayster,’ he sayd, ‘your takyll is lost,

Stande forth and take your pay.’

405

‘If it be so,’ sayd Robyn,

‘That may no better be,

Syr abbot, I delyuer the myn arowe,

I pray the, syr, serue thou me.’

406

‘It falleth not for myn ordre,’ sayd our kynge,

‘Robyn, by thy leue,

For to smyte no good yeman,

For doute I sholde hym greue.’

407

‘Smyte on boldely,’ sayd Robyn,

‘I giue the largë leue:’

Anone our kynge, with that worde,

He folde vp his sleue,

408

And sych a buffet he gaue Robyn,

To grounde he yede full nere:

‘I make myn avowe to God,’ sayd Robyn,

‘Thou arte a stalworthe frere.

409

‘There is pith in thyn arme,’ sayd Robyn,

‘I trowe thou canst well shete:’

Thus our kynge and Robyn Hode

Togeder gan they mete.

410

Robyn behelde our comly kynge

Wystly in the face,

So dyde Syr Rycharde at the Le,

And kneled downe in that place.

411

And so dyde all the wylde outlawes,

Whan they se them knele:

‘My lorde the kynge of Englonde,

Now I knowe you well.

412

‘Mercy then, Robyn,’ sayd our kynge,

‘Vnder your trystyll-tre,

Of thy goodnesse and thy grace,

For my men and me!’

413

‘Yes, for God,’ sayd Robyn,

‘And also God me saue,

I askë mercy, my lorde the kynge,

And for my men I craue.’

414

‘Yes, for God,’ than sayd our kynge,

‘And therto sent I me.

With that thou leue the grenë wode,

And all thy company;

415

‘And come home, syr, to my courte,

And there dwell with me.’

‘I make myn avowe to God,’ sayd Robyn,

‘And ryght so shall it be.

416

‘I wyll come to your courte,

Your seruyse for to se,

And brynge with me of my men

Seuen score and thre.

417

‘But me lykë well your seruyse,

I [wyll] come agayne full soone,

And shote at the donnë dere,

As I am wonte to done.’

THE VIII. FYTTE.

418

‘Haste thou ony grenë cloth,’ sayd our kynge,

‘That thou wylte sell nowe to me?’

‘Ye, for God,’ sayd Robyn,

‘Thyrty yerdës and thre.’

419

‘Robyn,’ sayd our kynge,

‘Now pray I the,

Sell me some of that cloth,

To me and my meynë.’

420

‘Yes, for God,’ then sayd Robyn,

‘Or elles I were a fole;

Another day ye wyll me clothe,

I trowe, ayenst the Yole.’

421

The kynge kest of his colë then,

A grene garment he dyde on,

And euery knyght also, i-wys,

Another had full sone.

422

Whan they were clothed in Lyncolne grene,

They keste away theyr graye;

‘Now we shall to Notyngham,’

All thus our kynge gan say.

423

They bente theyr bowes, and forth they went,

Shotynge all in-fere,

Towarde the towne of Notyngham,

Outlawes as they were.

424

Our kynge and Robyn rode togyder,

For soth as I you say,

And they shote plucke-buffet,

As they went by the way.

425

And many a buffet our kynge wan

Of Robyn Hode that day,

And nothynge spared good Robyn

Our kynge in his pay.

426

‘So God me helpë,’ sayd our kynge,

‘Thy game is nought to lere;

I sholde not get a shote of the,

Though I shote all this yere.’

427

All the people of Notyngham

They stode and behelde;

They sawe nothynge but mantels of grene

That couered all the felde.

428

Than euery man to other gan say,

‘I drede our kynge be slone;

Comë Robyn Hode to the towne, i-wys

On lyue he lefte neuer one.’

429

Full hast[ë]ly they began to fle,

Both yemen and knaues,

And olde wyues that myght euyll goo,

They hypped on theyr staues.

430

The kynge l[o]ughe full fast,

And commaunded theym agayue;

When they se our comly kynge,

I-wys they were full fayne.

431

They ete and dranke, and made them glad,

And sange with notës hye;

Than bespake our comly kynge

To Syr Rycharde at the Lee.

432

He gaue hym there his londe agayne,

A good man he bad hym be;

Robyn thanked our comly kynge,

And set hym on his kne.

433

Had Robyn dwelled in the kyngës courte

But twelue monethes and thre,

That [he had] spent an hondred pounde,

And all his mennes fe.

434

In euery place where Robyn came

Euer more he layde downe,

Both for knyghtës and for squyres,

To gete hym grete renowne.

435

By than the yere was all agone

He had no man but twayne,

Lytell Johan and good Scathelocke,

With hym all for to gone.

436

Robyn sawe yonge men shote

Full fayre vpon a day;

‘Alas!’ than sayd good Robyn,

‘My welthe is went away.

437

‘Somtyme I was an archere good,

A styffe and eke a stronge;

I was compted the best archere

That was in mery Englonde.

438

‘Alas!’ then sayd good Robyn,

‘Alas and well a woo!

Yf I dwele lenger with the kynge,

Sorowe wyll me sloo.’

439

Forth than went Robyn Hode

Tyll he came to our kynge:

‘My lorde the kynge of Englonde,

Graunte me myn askynge.

440

‘I made a chapell in Bernysdale,

That semely is to se,

It is of Mary Magdaleyne,

And thereto wolde I be.

441

‘I myght neuer in this seuen nyght

No tyme to slepe ne wynke,

Nother all these seuen dayes

Nother ete ne drynke.

442

‘Me longeth sore to Bernysdale,

I may not be therfro;

Barefote and wolwarde I haue hyght

Thyder for to go.’

443

‘Yf it be so,’ than sayd our kynge,

‘It may no better be,

Seuen nyght I gyue the leue,

No lengre, to dwell fro me.’

444

‘Gramercy, lorde,’ then sayd Robyn,

And set hym on his kne;

He toke his leuë full courteysly,

To grenë wode then went he.

445

Whan he came to grenë wode,

In a mery mornynge,

There he herde the notës small

Of byrdës mery syngynge.

446

‘It is ferre gone,’ sayd Robyn,

‘That I was last here;

Me lyste a lytell for to shote

At the donnë dere.’

447

Robyn slewe a full grete harte;

His horne than gan he blow,

That all the outlawes of that forest

That horne coud they knowe,

448

And gadred them togyder,

In a lytell throwe.

Seuen score of wyght yonge men

Came redy on a rowe,

449

And fayre dyde of theyr hodes,

And set them on theyr kne:

‘Welcome,’ they sayd, ‘our [derë] mayster,

Under this grenë-wode tre.’

450

Robyn dwelled in grenë wode

Twenty yere and two;

For all drede of Edwarde our kynge,

Agayne wolde he not goo.

451

Yet he was begyled, i-wys,

Through a wycked woman,

The pryoresse of Kyrkësly,

That nye was of hys kynne:

452

For the loue of a knyght,

Syr Roger of Donkesly,

That was her ownë speciall;

Full euyll motë they the!

453

They toke togyder theyr counsell

Robyn Hode for to sle,

And how they myght best do that dede,

His banis for to be.

454

Than bespake good Robyn,

In place where as he stode,

‘To morow I muste to Kyrke[s]ly,

Craftely to be leten blode.’

455

Syr Roger of Donkestere,

By the pryoresse he lay,

And there they betrayed good Robyn Hode,

Through theyr falsë playe.

456

Cryst haue mercy on his soule,

That dyed on the rode!

For he was a good outlawe,

And dyde pore men moch god.

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Here begynneth a gest of Robyn Hode.

1–12. _Printed without division of stanzas or verses._

2^{2,3}. _Deficiency supplied from_ #b#.

4^1. gooe.

4^2. milsers.

4^3. yuch.

6^4. vnkoutg.

7^1. _lacking in all._

8^4. .iij. messis.

9^3. The .iij.

9^4. all ther.

13^4. tillet.

15^4. mynge.

18^3. vnknuth.

32^3. ynought.

33^1. felsauntes.

37^1. wened.

38^3. Late _for_ Litell, _which all the others have_.

39^2. of _for_ haue.

39^3. but .xx.: _see_ 42^4.

41^1. nowne.

41^3. .xx. felinges.

46^2. in strocte.

46^3. And.

47^3. And.

47^4. haue bene.

50^{2,3}. _The verses are transposed._

50^2. God had.

54^2. Vutyll.

66^3. to may.

68^4. Bo .xxviij.

70^4. To helpe: _cf._ 194^4.

77^3. betes.

78^2. clere.

79^3. .xij.

82^1. ou.

82^3. bernedtale.

83^3. for he.

83^4–118^3. _wanting_; _supplied from_ #b#.

119^1. a .M.

120^4. Eue_n_ .cccc.

121^2. thon.

123^4. Bi god ... on tree. _The tops of_ d _and of_ th, _and a

part of_ dy, _remain_.

124^1. Sir ... n of lawe.

124^2. _Only the top of_ N _remains_.

124^2–127^3. _wanting_, _being torn away_; _supplied from_ #b#.

128^2. Ha.

130^3. .cccc. li.

131^{1,3}. an .C.

131^3. aros we.

132^1. an ille.

132^3. Worked all.

133^{1,2}. He purneyed hym an. _Only a part of_ n _in the last

word remains_. Well harness. _Only a part of_ n _and the tops

of_ ess _remaining_.

133^3–136^3. _wanting; supplied from_ #b#.

138^2. Bnd.

143^1. louge.

143^2. doue.

150^4. tho thy.

160^3. Thougt: an C.

160^4. he be go.

161^3. And therfore.

162^2. gyne.

163^2. he wol be.

164^2. _read_ hyne?

165^3. anowe.

168^4. mountnauuce.

175^3. wasars.

179^2. sende the. _Perhaps_ sent the, _as in_ 384^2 (#b#).

180^1. abowe.

181^3. v myle.

182^2. Hnntynge.

183^3. Rrynolde.

185^3. vij. score.

187^1. shyrel.

199^1. this xij.

201^3. thy best.

202^3. scade.

206^1. Johū.

206^4. pray.

208^4–314^1. _wanting; supplied from_ #b#.

315^3. These xl.: with men.

321^3. welle.

330^1. fayles.

331^3. ryner.

333^3. an C. li.

339^3. myeles.

349^3. to thy.

_From_ 349^4 _wanting; supplied from_ #b#.

#b.# _Title-page_: Here begynneth a lytell geste of Robyn hode. _At the

head of the poem_: Here begynneth a lytell geste of Robyn hode

and his meyne, And of the proude Sheryfe of Notyngham.

2^4. y-founde.

3^3. Iohan: _and always_.

4^1. Scathelock.

4^3. no.

5^1. be spake hym.

5^3. yf ye.

6^1. hym _wanting_.

6^2. I haue.

6^3. that _wanting_.

6^4. vnketh.

7^1. _wanting._

7^3. knygot or some squyere.

8^4. Thre.

9^2. The other.

9^3. was of.

9^4. all other moste.

11^3. that _wanting_: gone.

11^4. that _wanting_.

13^1. than _wanting_.

13^4. tylleth.

14^4. wolde.

15^4. ye _wanting_.

16^1. beholde: Ihoan.

16^2. shall we.

17^1. Robyn.

17^3. Scathelocke.

18^3. vnketh.

20. vnto.

20^2. yemen.

21^1. to _wanting_.

21^3. came there.

22^1. then was all his semblaunte.

23^1. hangynge ouer.

23^4. somers.

24^1. full _wanting_.

24^4. you.

26^1. is your.

26^3. is a.

27^2. all thre.

28^1. went that.

29^1. vnto.

29^2. gan hym.

30^2. thou arte.

30^3. abyde.

32^2. set tyll.

32^3. right _wanting_.

33^3. neuer so.

35^4. that _wanting_.

36^2. whan I haue.

38^3. Lytell Iohan: Robyn hode.

39^1. than _wanting_.

39^2. god haue.

39^3, 41^3. but .x. s.

40^1. thou haue.

40^4. len.

41^4. Not one.

42^4. halfe a.

43^2. full lowe.

43^3. tydynge.

43^4. inough.

44^4. clothynge: thynne.

45^1. one worde.

45^3. thou were.

46^2. in stroke.

46^4. hast thou.

47^1. of them.

47^3. An .C. wynter.

47^4. haue be.

49^1. within two or thre.

49^3. hondreth.

50^{2,3}. _The verses are transposed._

50^2. hath shapen.

51^1. than _wanting_.

53^1. of Lancastshyre.

53^4. both.

54^1. beth.

56^2. What shall.

57^4. may not.

58^3. frendes.

59^2. knowe me.

60^4. had _wanting_.

61^2. Scathelocke and Much also.

62^1. frendes.

62^2. borowes that wyll.

62^4. on a.

63^1. waye: than _wanting_.

63^3. I wyll.

64^3. me _wanting_.

67^4. loke that it well tolde.

68^2, 74^1, 77^3, 83^2. Scathelocke.

68^4. By eyghtene.

69^1. lytell Much.

69^2. greueth.

70^4. To helpe.

71^2. many a.

72^2. it well mete it be.

73^1. And of.

73^2. lept ouer.

73^3. deuylkyns.

73^4. for _wanting_.

74^3. hym the better.

74^4. Bygod it cost him.

75^1. than _wanting_.

75^2. All vnto Robyn.

75^3. an hors.

75^4. al th_is_.

76^4. God leue.

78^2. clere.

80^3. Without.

81^1. lene.

82^1. went on.

82^2. he thought.

83^1. bethought.

87^1. _wanting._

88^3. hondrde.

89^2. he is ryght.

98^1. _wanting._

113^2. gan loke.

118^4. grete ye.

119^2. were thou.

121^4. Rewarde.

123^4. By god that dyed on a tree.

124^1. Syr abbot, and ye men of lawe.

128^2. of my.

128^3. not be.

130^3. got foure hondreth.

131^2. dyght.

132^3. I nocked.

133^{1,2}.

purueyed hym an hondreth men

Well harneysed in that stede.

135^1. _Qy?_ But at Wentbrydge ther was.

136^2. bulle I vp pyght.

137^2. in good fay.

137^3. that _wanting_.

138^3. frend bestad.

138^4. I-slayne.

139^2. where that.

140^2. hondred: fere _for_ free.

145^2. shote.

146^1. shot.

146^2. sleste.

146^4. gan.

147^4. euer _wanting_: I me.

148^4. wan.

149^1. sir _wanting_: bore.

150^2. Wolte.

151^3. gete leue.

153^2. Ge gyue.

155^1. befell.

156^3. to _wanting_.

156^4. me to dyne.

157^2. so longe to be.

157^3. sir _wanting_.

157^4. gyue thou.

159^3. the _wanting_.

160^1. a rap.

160^2. yede nygh on two.

160^3. an .c. wynter.

160^4. wors he sholde go.

161^2. we_n_t vp.

161^3. there: made a.

161^4. and wyne.

163^1. _second_ John _wanting_.

163^2. whyle he.

164^3. an householde to.

165^3. to God _wanting_.

165^4. lyketh: me _wanting_.

166^1. and an.

167^1. ful _wanting_.

168^2. well _wanting_.

169^4. I me.

170^4. I-chaunged.

173^4. same day.

174^3. of full _wanting_.

175^3. and spones.

175^4. they none.

176^1. they toke.

176^3. dyde hym.

176^4. wode tre.

178^1. And also.

179^2. sende the: _cf._ 384^2.

181^1. hym there.

181^2. whyle.

181^4. at his.

182^2. hounde.

182^3. coud his.

184^3. syght.

185^1. I se.

185^3. an herde.

186^1. His tynde.

188^3. afore.

188^4. sir _wanting_.

189^4. now be trayed.

191^2. well _wanting_.

191^3. se his.

192^1. Make good.

192^4. lyfe is graunted.

193^2. a gone.

193^3. commaunded.

194^1. cote a pye.

194^2. well fyne.

194^3. toke.

195^3. They shall lay: sote.

196^1. laye that.

196^4. sydes do smerte.

199^1. All these.

200^1. Or I here a nother nyght sayd.

200^2. I praye.

200^3. to-morne.

201^3. the best.

201^4. That yet had the.

202^3. Thou shalt neuer a wayte me scathe.

203^2. or by.

204^1. haue: I-swore.

205^2. that he was gone.

205^3. had his.

206^4. pay.

207^4. trusty.

208^3. Scathelock.

209^3. after such.

210^{3,4}.

Or yf he be a pore man

Of my good he shall haue some.

214^4. these _wanting_.

215^2. frese our: leese your? dress your?

216^1. .lii.: men _wanting_.

218^2. you _for_ yon.

224^1. .lii.

231^4. serued them.

240^3. ryghtwysman.

240^4. his name.

242^1. art nade.

243^4. Also.

245^1. more sayd _wanting_.

247^4. hondred _wanting_.

267^1. gayne.

272^1. I toke it I twyse: _the second_ I _is probably a misprint_.

279^1. thy .cccc. li.

280^2. all of this.

283^3. all ther best.

284^1. all theyre best.

292^2. they slist.

293^2. acchers.

299^1. beut.

305^3. dede, _second_ d _inverted_.

314^4. walle.

315^3. These twelue: with me.

316^1. were _wanting_.

316^4. gan they.

317^2. vnto.

319^3. enemye.

319^4. Agayne the lawes.

320^2. dedes thou.

321^2. doth.

322^3. yode.

323^1. tolde.

323^4. That noble were.

324^1. He wolde: had.

324^3. He wolde.

325^1. woll: sayd the.

326^1. nowe _wanting_: thou proud sheryf: sayde our kynge

_wanting_.

326^2. the bydde.

329^4. Therfore.

330^1. fayled.

330^4. and by.

331^1. a wayted that.

331^4. let his.

332^3. hym home.

332^4. honde and fote.

333^2. on a tre.

334^1. harde _wanting_: This the lady, the.

334^2. and fre.

335^1. to the.

335^2. tre tre.

336^1. God the good: saue _wanting_.

336^3. lady loue.

337^1. Late thou neuer.

337^2. Shamly I slayne be.

337^3. fast I-bounde.

338^2. lady fre.

338^3. I take.

338^4, 339^1. _wanting._

339^4. on your.

340^2. As a: be.

340^3. yonge men.

340^4. on a.

341^2. on a.

341^3. wode be.

341^1. Nor.

342^1. i bent.

342^3. spare.

343^2. The knyght.

343^4. I-quyt than.

344^4. gan.

346^2. so fast.

346^4. At is.

347^1. full _wanting_.

347^2. at his.

349^2. thou thryue.

349^3. to the.

351^2. his hoode.

356^2. vnder-stonde.

363^2. hane.

368^3. walked; _qy?_ walketh: by your.

371^4. blyth.

377^4. _repeats verse_ 2: Other shyft haue not we, _Copland and

Ed. White’s copies_.

381^4. I vouch it halfe on the. #f# _and_ #g#: I would geue it to

thee.

385^1. brode tarpe. _Copland and Ed. White’s copies_: seale _for_

tarpe.

400^2. A wys.

401^4. the good whyte.

402^4. sore.

409^2. shote.

409^4. than they met. #f#, they gan: #g#, gan they mete.

412^{1,2}. _Copland and Ed. White_: sayd Robyn to our king, Vnder

this.

417^2. _Copland and Ed. White_: I wyll come.

421^3. had so I wys: _so Copland and Ed. White_.

423^1. Theyr bowes bente: _cf._ #f#, #g#.

433^2. .xii.

433^3. he had _in Copland and Ed. White_.

436^2. ferre: fayre _in_ #c#, _Copland and Ed. White_.

437^3. was commytted. _Copland and Ed. White_: was commended for.

440^1. bernysdade.

441^2. _Qy?_ No tymë slepe.

443^1. he so.

449^3. our dere _in_ #e#.

454^2. places.

Explycit. kynge Edwarde and Robyn hode and Lytell Johan Enprented

at London in fletestrete at the sygne of the sone By Wynken de

Worde.

a bode, a gast, a gone, a nother, a vowe, be fore, be gan, be

spake, for gone, i brought, launs gay, out lawes, to gyder,

vnder take, _etc., etc., are printed_ abode, etc., etc.; I wys,

i-wys; & and.

_It will be understood that not all probable cases of ë have been

indicated._

#c.#

26^4. myche.

28^4. ere _for_ lere.

29^2. hym gan, _as in_ #a#.

29^3. he _wanting_.

30^3. a byde.

30^4. oures.

32^1. wesshe.

32^2. sat tyll.

32^3. ryght inough, _as in_ #a#.

33^3. non so lytell, _as in_ #a#.

34^2. Garmercy.

34^4. all this.