"Little John has beguiled us both,

And that full well I see,

Or else the sheriff of Nottingham

High hanged should he be.

(kepe I'll be, relations I'll have. lain, deception.)

"I made them yeomen of the crown,

And gave them fee with my hand,

I gave them grith," said our king,

Throughout all merry England.

"I gave them grith," then said our king,