‘Goode ffellow, thy shooting is goode;

For an thy hart be as good as thy hands,

Thou were better then Robin Hood.

33

‘Tell me thy name, good ffellow,’ quoth Guy,

‘Vnder the leaues of lyne:’

‘Nay, by my faith,’ quoth good Robin,

‘Till thou haue told me thine.’

34

‘I dwell by dale and downe,’ quoth Guye,