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THE FOURTH FYTTE.
The sheryf dwelled in Notynghame,
He was fayne that he was gone,
And Robyn and his mery men
Went to wode anone.
"Go we to dyner," sayd Lytell Johan;5
Robyn Hode sayd, "Nay;
For I drede our lady be wroth with me,
For she sent me not my pay."
"Have no dout, mayster," sayd Lytell Johan,
"Yet is not the sonne at rest;10
For I dare saye, and saufly swere,
The knyght is trewe and trust."
"Take thy bowe in thy hande," sayd Robyn,
"Let Moche wende with the,
And so shall Wyllyam Scathelock,15
And no man abyde with me.
"And walk up into the Sayles,
And to Watlynge-strete,
And wayte after [some] unketh gest;
Up-chaunce ye may them mete.20
"Whether he be messengere,
Or a man that myrthes can,
Or yf he be a pore man,
Of my good he shall have some."