They went in to the way, þese ȝemen boþe,

As curtes men and hende;

Þei spyrred tithyngus at þe munke,

As they hade bene his frende.

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‘Ffro whens come ȝe?’ seid Litull Jon,

‘Tel vs tithyngus, I yow pray,

Off a false owtlay, [callid Robyn Hode,]

Was takyn ȝisterday.

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