3. "Me thought they did mee beate and binde, And tooke my bowe mee froe; 4. "Sweavens11 are swift, master," quoth John, "As the wind that blowes ore a hill; Ffor if itt be never soe lowde this night, To-morrow it may be still." 5. "Buske12 yee, bowne13 yee, my merry men all, Ffor John shall goe with mee; 9. "A, John, by me thou setts noe store, 10. "It is noe cunning a knave to ken, And a man but heare him speake; And itt were not for bursting of my bowe, John, I wold thy head breake." II. But often words they breeden bale;17 The gates18 he knowes eche one. 10 avenged. 13 dress yourselves. 22. How these two yeomen together they 30. The first good shoot that Robin ledd, mett, Did not shoote an inch the pricke ffroe; Guy was an archer good enoughe, But he cold neere shoote soe. 31. The second shoote Sir Guy shott, He shott within the garlande; But Robin Hoode shott it better than hee, For he clove the good prickewande. ' dealing. |