234.2 A common form of asseveration = ‘upon my life’; ‘the’ = thrive. Cf. 243.4.
‘Ye be the more welcome,’ sayd Robyn,
‘So ever mote I the!
Fyll of the best wyne,’ sayd Robyn,
‘This monke shall drynke to me.
235.
‘But I have grete mervayle,’ sayd Robyn,
‘Of all this longë day;
I drede Our Lady be wroth with me,
She sent me not my pay.’