That boon I’ll not grant thee ;

I never ‘hurt’ [330] woman in all my life,

Nor man in woman’s company.

I never hurt fair maid in all my time,

Nor at my end shall it be ;

But give me my bent bow in my hand,

And a broad arrow I’ll let flee :

And where this arrow is taken up,

There shall my grave digg’d be.

Lay me a green sod under my head,