"Under this trusty tree,

And I will go to yond wight yeoman,

To know his meaning truly."

"Ah! John, by me thou sets no store,

And that's a farley thing:

'How oft send I my men before,

And tarry myself behind?

"It is no cunning a knave to ken,

And a man but hear him speak;

And it were not for bursting of my bow,