That I have served the,

Lete never the proude sheryf

Alyve now fynde me ;

But take out thy browne swerde,

And smyte all of my hede,

And gyve me woundes dede and wyde,

No lyfe on me be lefte.[181]

I wolde not that, sayd Robyn,

Johan, that thou were slawe,

For all the golde in mery Englond,