Then he stept to those brethren three,

And away he has them tane ;

The sheriffe was crost, and many a man lost,

That dead lay on the plain.

And away they went into the merry green wood,

And sung with a merry glee ;

And Robin Hood took these brethren good

To be of his yeomandrie.

XIX. LITTLE JOHN AND THE FOUR BEGGARS.