CL
‘Say me, Reynold Greenleaf,
Wilt thou dwell with me?
And every year I will thee give
Twenty mark to thy fee.’—
CLI
‘I have a master,’ said Little John,
‘A courteous knight is he
May ye get leave of him,
The better may it be.’
CLII
The Sheriff got Little John
Twelve months of the Knight,
Therefore he gave him right anon
A good horse and a wight.
CLIII
Now is Little John the Sheriff’s man,
He give us well to speed,
But alway thought Little John
To quit him well his meed[801].
CLIV
‘Now so God me help,’ said Little John,
‘And by my true lewtè[802],
I shall be the worst servant to him
That ever yet had he.’