Since thou made me sup and dine ?
By the truth of my body, quoth bold Robin Hood,
You could not tell it in better time.
Now Robin Hood is to Nottingham gone,
With a link, a down, and a ‘day,’ [323]
And there he met with a silly old palmer,
Was walking along the highway.
“What news ? what news ? thou silly old man,
What news, I do thee pray ?”
Said he, Three squires in Nottingham town,