‘Take thy good bow,’ said Robin Hood,
‘Let Much wend with thee,
And so shall William Scathèlock,
And no man abide with me;
XVIII
‘And walk ye up unto the Sayles[722],
And so to Watling Street[723],
And wait after some uncouth guest;
Upchance[724] ye may them meet.
XIX
‘Be he an earl, or any baron,
Abbot, or any knight,
Bring ye him to lodge with me;
His dinner shall be dight[725].’
XX
Then went they up unto the Sayles,
Those yeoman allè three;
They lookèd east, they lookèd west,
They mightè no man see.
XXI
But as they looked in Barnèsdale,
By a dernè[726] street[727],
Then came a knight a-riding up;
Full soon they gan him meet.