I pray thee, palmer old,
Tell me, if that thou rightly ken,
When must Will Stutly die,
Who is one of bold Robin’s men,
And here doth prisoner lie ?
Alack ! alass ! the palmer said,
And for ever wo is me !
Will Stutly hanged must be this day,
On yonder gallows-tree. {257}
O had his noble master known,