Myght nether other harme done,

The mountnaunce of an owre.

169.

‘I make myn avowe to God,’ sayde Litell Johnn,

‘And by my true lewtë;

Thou art one of the best sworde-men

That ever yit sawe I me.

170.

‘Cowdest thou shote as well in a bowe,

To grene wode thou shuldest with me,