And when that he came to fair Kirkley-hall,

He knock’d all at the ring,

But none was so ready as his cousin herself

For to let bold Robin in.

Will you please to sit down, cousin Robin, she said,

And drink some beer with me ?

“No, I will neither eat nor drink,

Till I am blooded by thee.” [327]

Well, I have a room, cousin Robin, she said,

Which you did never see,