‘Syr, the hyë selerer.’

234

‘Ye be the more welcome,’ sayd Robyn,

‘So euer mote I the;

Fyll of the best wyne,’ sayd Robyn,

‘This monke shall drynke to me.

235

‘But I haue grete meruayle,’ sayd Robyn,

‘Of all this longë day;

I drede Our Lady be wroth with me,