And forty foresters of the fee
These outlaws had y-slaw (slain)
“And broke his parks, and slain his deer,
Over all they chose the best;
So perilous outlaws as they were
Walked not by east nor west.
“When as our king this letter had read,
In heart he sighed full sore;
‘Take up the table,’ anon he bade,
‘For now I may eat no more.’”