catchpolls, bumbailiffs. fosters, foresters. of the fee, in the pay of the king. yslaw, slain.
The kings bowmen busk them blithe,
And the queen's archers also,
So did these three wight yeomen,
With them they thought to go.
There twice or thrice they shot about,
For to essay their hand;
There was no shot these yeomen shot,
That any prick might them stand.
Then spake William of Cloudeslè,