‘You shall be sworn,’ said Robin Hood,
‘Upon this holy grass,
That you will never tell lies again,
Which way soever you pass.
XXII
‘The second oath that you here must take,
All the days of your lives
You never shall tempt maids to sin,
Nor covet other men’s wives.
XXIII
‘The last oath you shall take, it is this,
Be charitable to the poor;
Say you have met with a holy friar,
And I desire no more.’
XXIV
He set them upon their horses again,
And away then they did ride;
And he return’d to the merry green-wood,
With great joy, mirth and pride.