Syr, al these ourës thre.’

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‘Who is thy maister?’ sayde the knyght;

Johnn sayde, Robyn Hode;

‘He is [a] gode yoman,’ sayde the knyght,

‘Of hym I haue herde moche gode.

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‘I graunte,’ he sayde, ‘with you to wende,

My bretherne, all in fere;

My purpos was to haue dyned to day