Andeksen. — Metre. 469 



(8.) 



Have here j foure h6n|dred pounde, then j sayd the knyght, | the which | ye 



lent | to me ; | 

 And here | is al|so twenty marke | for | your our|teysv.| 



(Page 161, line 261.) 

 (9.) 



When they | had shote | about, I these ar chours fayre j and good,! 

 Ev|ermore | was the best | for | soth, R6[byn Hood. 



(Page 165, line 53.) 

 (10.) 



R6|byn, sayd | our kynge | now | pray 1 1 the,| 



To sell j me some | of that | cloth | to me | and mv | meyne. | 



(Page 188, line 5.) 

 (11.) 

 And yf 1 1 toke | it twyse, | a shame j it were | to me ;| 

 And trewjlv, gen|tyll knvght, | welcome | arte thou | to me.| 



(Page 162, line 269.) 

 (12.) 



Sty 11 1 stode | the proud j shervf, | a so|ry man j was he :| 



Wo worthe j the, Rayjnolde Grenjelefe 1 1 thou hast now | betray |ed me.| 



(Page 147, line 181.) 

 (13.) 



Theyr bowjes bent | and forth | they went | shojtynge all [ in fere,| 

 Toward | the towne | of Notjyngham, | outjlawes as | they were.| 



(Page 189, line 21.) 

 (14.) 



When | he came | to grene | wode, | in | a mer|y morn|ynge, 

 There | he herde | the notes | small | of byrdes | mer|y syngjynge. 



(Page 193, Hne 109. The only feminine rimes in the whole 

 geste of 8 fytte.) 



(15.) 



Alas 1 1 then sayd | good R6|byn, alas | and well | a woo 1! 



Yf 1 1 dwele len|ger with | the kynge, | sorjowe wt 11 1 me sloo.| 



(Page 191, line 81.) 



Later Ballads. 

 (16.) 



Altho' | good R6|bin would j full fain | of his wrath | aven|ged be,| 

 He smil'd j to see | his mer|ry young men | had got|ten a taste | of the tree. | 



(Page 226, line 249.) 

 (17.) 



Good mor|rowe, good feljlowe, said R6|byn so fayre, | good morjrowe, good 



f el Howe quo' he;| 

 Methinks j by this bowe | thou bears | in thy hand, | a gOod | archere th6u | 



shouldst be. | (Page 231, line 97.) 



(18.) 



And somejtimes, when j the high|way fail'd, | then he | his cou|rage rou|ses, 

 He | and his men | have 6ft | assailed | such rich j men in | their hous|es. 



(Page 246, line 209.) 



