You have great sin if you would slay
A silly poor beggàr.
Thou lies, false lown, they said again,
For all that may be sworn ;
Thou hast ‘near’ slain the gentlest man
Of one that e’er was born ; {108}
And back again thou shall be led,
And fast bound shalt thou be,
To see if he will have thee slain,
Or hanged on a tree.