But he neuer paid me againe.’

33

‘What and if I did?’ says bold Robin Hood,

‘Of that masse I was full faine;

In recompence, befor king and queene

Take halfe of thy gold againe.’

34

‘I thanke thee for nothing,’ says the bishopp,

‘Thy large gift to well is knowne,

That will borrow a mans mony against his will,