Fro whens come ze, seid litul Johne,
Tel vs tithyngus I yow pray
Off a false owtlay [called Robyn Hode]
Was takyn zisturday.
He robbyt me and my felowes bothe
Of xx marke in serten ;
If that false owtlay be takyn,
For sothe we wolde be fayne.
So did he me, seid the munke,
Of a C pound and more ;