‘And if thou fail any spending,
Come to Robin Hood,
And by my troth thou shalt none fail,
While I have any good.
CCLXXIX
‘And brook well thy four hundred pound,
Which I lent to thee,
And make thyself no more so bare,
By the counsel of me.’
CCLXXX
Thus then holp him good Robin,
The Knight all of his care:
God, that sitt’st in heaven high,
Grant us well to fare!
The Fifth Fytte
How at Archery in Nottingham Robin Hood was treacherously attacked, but escaped into Sir Richard’s Castle
CCLXXXI
Now hath the Knight his leave i-take,
And went him on his way;
Robin Hood and his merry men
Dwelt still full many a day.