To be both glad and faine."

15. John bent up a good veiwe bow[24],

And fetteled[25] him to shoote;

The bow was made of a tender boughe,

And fell downe to his foote.

16. "Woe worth[26] thee, wicked wood," sayd Litle John,

"That ere thou grew on a tree!

For this day thou art my bale,

My boote[27] when thou shold bee!"

17. This shoote it was but looselye shott,