For I’ll go along with my dear;

Go bid my yeomen kill six brace of bucks,

And meet me to-morrow just here.

41

Before we had ridden five Staffordshire miles,

Eight yeomen, that were too bold,

Bid Robin Hood stand, and deliver his buck;

A truer tale never was told.

42

‘I will not, faith!’ said bold Robin: ‘come, John,