And a man but heare him speake ;
And it were not for bursting of my bowe,
John, I thy head wold breake.”
As often wordes they breeden bale,
So they parted Robin and John :
And John is gone to Barnesdale ;
The gates he knoweth eche one.
But when he came to Barnesdale,
Great heavinesse there he hadd,
For he found tow of his own fellòwes,