"And every holliday through the yeere,

Changed shall thy garment be,

If thou wilt goe to faire Nottingham,

And there remaine with me."

This curtall fryer had kept Fountaines Dale

Seven long yeeres and more,

There was neither knight, lord, nor earle,

Could make him yield before.

THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD'S ENTERTAINMENT
BY ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN,
IN MERRY BARNSDALE.