Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

by Unknown

Hes weyffe feyr welcomed hem hom,

And to hem gan sche saye :

Seyr, how haffe yow fared yn grene foreyst ?

Haffe ye browt Roben hom ?

“Dam, the deyell spede hem, bothe bodey and bon,

Y haffe hade a foll grete skorne. {95}

Of all the god that y haffe lade to grene wod,

He hayt take het fro me,

All bot this feyr palffrey,

That he hayt sende to the.”