I am none of them, sayd the knyght,
By god that made me ;
An hondreth wynter here before,
Myne aunsetters knyghtes have be.
But ofte it hath befal, Robyn,
A man hath be dysgrate ;
But god that syteth in heven above
May amend his state. {11}
Within two or thre yere,[127] Robyn, he sayd,
My neyghbores well it ‘kende,’ [128]