‘Or I be here another nyght,’ sayde the sherif,

‘Robyn, nowe pray I the,

Smyte of mijn hede rather to-morowe,

And I forgyue it the.

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‘Lat me go,’ than sayde the sherif,

‘For sayntë charitë,

And I woll be the best[ë] frende

That euer yet had ye.’

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