I’ll teach you also the use of the bow,
To shoot at the fat fallow-deer.”
“O here is my hand,” the stranger reply’d,
“I’ll serve you with all my whole heart;
My name is John Little, a man of good mettle;
Nere doubt me, for I’ll play my part.”
“His name shall be alterd,” quoth William Stutely,
“And I will his godfather be;
Prepare then a feast, and none of the least,
For we will be merry,” quoth he.