CCCXXXI
Ever he waited that gentle Knight,
Sir Richard at the Lee,
As he went hawking by the river side,
And let his hawkès flee.
CCCXXXII
Took he there this gentle Knight,
With men of armès strong,
And led him to Nottingham-ward,
Bound both foot and hond.
CCCXXXIII
The Sheriff swore a full great oath,
By Him that died on a tree,
He had liefer than an hundred pound,
That Robin Hood had he.
CCCXXXIV
This heard the Knightès wife,
A fair lady and a free;
She set her on a good palfrey,
To green-wood anon rode she.
CCCXXXV
When she came in the forèst,
Under the green-wood tree,
Found she there Robin Hood
And all his fair meinèe.