I have spied the king's felon,
Forsooth he is in this town.
"I have spied the false felon,
As he stands at his mass;
It is long of thee," said the monk,
"An ever he fro us pass.
"This traitor's name is Robin Hood;
Under the green wood lind,
He robbed me once of a hundred pound,
It shall never out of my mind."