“Had I west[252] that beforen,

At Notynggam when we wer,

Thow scholde not com yn feyr forest

Of all thes thowsande eyr.” {94}

That wot y well, seyde Roben,

Y thanke god that y be[253] her ;

Therfor schall ye leffe yowr horse with hos,

And all your hother ger.

That fend I godys forbode, kod the screffe,

So to lese mey godde.