And bound him fast to a tree.

20. "Thou shalt be drawen by dale and downe," quoth the sheriffe[28],

"And hanged hye on a hill:"

"But thou may fayle," quoth Litle John

"If it be Christ's owne will."

21. Let us leave talking of Litle John,

For hee is bound fast to a tree,

And talke of Guy and Robin Hood

In the green woode where they bee.

22. How these two yeomen together they mett,