25.
But then bespake him Hobby Noble,
And spake these words unto him;
Says ‘Sleepest thou, wakest thou, John o’ the Side,
Or art thou this castle within?’
26.
‘But who is there,’ quoth John o’ the Side,
‘That knows my name so right and free?’
‘I am a bastard-brother of thine;
This night I am comen for to loose thee.’