XLI
This curtal friar had kept Fountains Dale
Seven long years or more;
There was neither knight, lord, nor earl
Could make him yield before.
FOOTNOTES:
[1011] raking = advancing.
[1012] whute = whistle.
[119. Robin Hood and the Butcher]
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Come, all you brave gallants, and listen a while,
That are in the bowers within;
For of Robin Hood, that archer good,
A song I intend for to sing.