And two times in the yere thy clothinge

Chaunged shuldë be;

171.

‘And every yere of Robyn Hode

Twenty merke to thy fe.’

‘Put up thy swerde,’ saide the coke,

‘And felowes woll we be.’

172.

172.2 ‘nowmbles,’ entrails: cf. 32.4.

Thanne he fet to Lytell Johnn