68

‘Ye, be mey trowthe, Leyty[ll] John,

Loke thow take no care;

Y haffe browt the screffe of Notynggam,

Ffor all howre chaffare.’

69

‘He ys ffoll wellcom,’ seyde Lytyll John,

‘Thes tydyng ys ffoll godde;

The screffe had leuer nar a hundred ponde

He had [neuer sene Roben Hode.]