The curtall fryer in Fountaines-Abbey

Well can a strong bow draw,

He will beat you and your yeomèn,

Set them all on a row.”

Robin Hood he tooke a solemne oath,

It was by Mary free,

That he would neither eate nor drinke,

Till the fryer he did see.

Robin Hood put on his harnesse good,

On his head a cap of steel,