Then day and night he’l work my spight,
And hanged I shall be.” {172}
If thou be Robin Hood, said the old wife,
As thou ‘dost’ seem to be,
I’le for thee provide, and thee I will hide,
From the bishop and his company.
For I remember, ‘one’ Saturday night,
Thou brought me both shoos and hose ;
Therefore I’le provide thy person to hide,
And keep thee from thy foes.