‘I’ve several suits of the gay green silks,

And silken bow-strings two or three.’

4

‘If you have several suits of the gay green silk,

And silken bow-strings two or three,

Then it’s by my body,’ cries Little John,

‘One half your pack shall belong to me.’

5

‘O nay, o nay,’ says the pedlar bold,

‘O nay, o nay, that never can be;