28.

28.1 ‘Heyt war howt,’ a call to horses while driving, like the modern ‘Gee up.’

‘Heyt war howt,’ said Robin;

‘Fellows, let me alone;

Through the help of Our Lady,

To Nottingham will I gone.’

29.

Robin went to Nottingham,

These pottës for to sell;

The potter abode with Robin’s men,