And there they alighted so manfullie.

14

‘Bold Dickie, Bold Dickie,’ poor Archer says he,

‘Look you yonder there and see;

For the high-sheriff he is a coming,

With an hundred men in his companie.’

15

‘Bold Dickie, Bold Dickie,’ High-sheriff said he,

‘You’re the damndest rascal that ever I see!

Go bring me back the iron you’ve stole,