The arrowe flew in vaine,

And it mett one of the sheriffe's men;

Good William a Trent was slaine.

18. It had beene better for William a Trent

To hange upon a gallowe

Then for to lye in the greenwoode,

There slaine with an arrowe.

19. And it is sayed, when men be mett,

Six can doe more than three:

And they have tane Litle John,