The abb-ot loathl-y on him gan look, And villainousl-y gan call; "Out," he said, "thou fals-e knight! Speed thee out of my hall!" "Thou liest," then said the gentle knight, "Abbot in thy hall; Fals-e knight was I nev-er, By him that made us all." Up then stood that gentle knight, To the abb-ot said he, "To suffer a knight to kneel so long, Thou canst no courtes-y. In joust-es and in tournem-ent Full far then have I be, And put myself as far in press As any that e'er I see." "What will ye give more?" said the just-ice, "And the knight shall make a release; And ell-es dare I safely swear Ye hold never your land in peace." "An hundred pound," said the abb-ot. The justice said, "Give him two." "Na-y, by God," said the knight, "Yet get ye it not so: Though ye would give a thousand more, Yet were thou never the nere; Shall there never be mine heir, Abb-ot, just-ice, ne frere." He stert him to a board anon, To a table round, And there he shook out of a bag Even fo-ur hundred pound. "Have here thy gold, sir abb-ot," said the knight, "Which that thou lentest me; Haddest thou been curteys at my com-ing, Rewarded shouldst thou have be." The abb-ot sat still, and ate no more. For all his royal cheer, He cast his hood on his should-er, And fast began to stare. "Take me my gold again," said the abb-ot, "Sir just-ice, that I took thee." "Not a penny," said the just-ice, "By him that died on a tree." "Sir abbot, and ye men of law, Now have I held my day, Now shall I have my land again, For aught that you can say." The knight stert out of the door, Away was all his care, And on he put his good cloth-ing, The other he left there. He went him forth full merry sing-ing, As men have told in tale, His lady met him at the gate, At home in Uterysdale. "Welc-ome, my lord," said his lady; "Sir, lost is all your good?" "Be merry, dam-e," said the knight, "And pray for Robin Hood, That ever his soul-e be in bliss, He holp me out of my tene; Ne had not be his kind-enesse, Beggars had we been. The abb-ot and I accorded ben, He is served of his pay, The good yeoman lent it me, As I came by the way."