FOOTNOTES:
[660] Clym of the Clough = Clement of the Cliff.
[661] Englyshe-wood = Inglewood, near Carlisle.
[662] lith = hearken.
[663] fere = mate.
[664] pryme = six in the morning.
[665] found = provided for.
[666] fayne = rejoiced.
[667] wode = wild, savage.
[668] prece = press, crowd.
[669] dampned = condemned.
[670] teene = sorrow.
[671] borowe = ransom, redeem.
[672] thronge = hastened.
[673] lordane = dolt.
[674] wode = mad.
[675] wende = weened, thought.
[676] round = i. e. not frayed.
[677] stound = time.
[678] swerers = swearers, jurymen.
[679] voyded = gave room, ran off.
[680] out-horne = a horn blown to call citizens to help the law.
[681] stowre = press of fight.
[682] braide = sudden spring.
[683] letteth = hindereth.
[684] lynde = linden.
[685] meynye = company.
[686] trysty tre = trysting tree.
[687] launde = forest-park.
[688] of greece = of grease, fat.
[689] lease = lying.
[690] tow = two.
[691] wightmen = stout fellows.
[692] presyd prestly = pressed quickly.
[693] shent = ruined.
[694] lettyng = delay.
[695] belyfe = straightway.
[696] pay = satisfaction.
[697] lefe = dear.
[698] forthynketh = repenteth.
[699] fosters of the fe = foresters of the lordship.
[700] buttes = targets.
[701] buske them = busked, made them ready.
[702] blyve = belyfe supra, straightway.
[703] prycke = mark.
[704] bearyng arowe = a long arrow, tapered to carry far.
[705] out-met = measured out.
[706] rydère = ranger.
115. A Little Geste of Robin Hood and his Meiny[707]
The First Fytte
How Robin Hood befriended a poor Knight, Sir Richard at the Lee