There hee tooke up his inne.

And when he came to Nottingham,

And had tooke up his inne,

He cals for a pottle of Rhenish wine,

And dranke a health to his queene. {237}

There sate a yeoman by his side,

Tell mee, sweet page, said hee,

What is thy businesse and the cause,

So far in the north countrey ?

This is my businesse and the cause,