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,