And hitt him ore the left syde.
Ah, deere ladye, sayd Robin Hood tho,
Thou art both[273] mother and may,
I think it was never mans destinye
To dye before his day.
Robin thought on our ladye deere,
And soone leapt up againe,
And strait he came with a[n] awkwarde[274] stroke,
And he sir Guy[275] hath slayne.
He took sir Guys head by the hayre,