131. He purveyed him an hundred bowes, The stryngës well ydyght, An hundred shefe of arowes gode, The hedys burneshed full bryght; 132. And every arowe an ellë longe, With pecok well idyght, Inocked all with whyte silver; It was a semely syght. 133. He purveyed him an hondreth men, Well harnessed in that stede, And hym selfe in that same sete, And clothed in whyte and rede. 134. He bare a launsgay in his honde, And a man ledde his male, And reden with a lyght songe Unto Bernysdale. 135. But as he went at a brydge ther was a wrastelyng, And there taryed was he, And there was all the best yemen Of all the west countree. 136. A full fayre game there was up set, A whyte bulle up i-pyght, A grete courser, with sadle and brydil, With golde burnyssht full bryght. 137. A payre of gloves, a rede golde rynge, A pype of wyne, in fay; What man that bereth hym best i-wys The pryce shall bere away. 138. There was a yoman in that place, And best worthy was he, And for he was ferre and frembde bested, Slayne he shulde have be. 139. The knight had ruthe of this yoman, In placë where that he stode; He sayde that yoman shulde have no harme, For love of Robyn Hode. 140. The knyght presed in to the place, An hundreth folowed hym [free], With bowes bent and arowes sharpe, For to shende that companye. 141. They shulderd all and made hym rome, To wete what he wolde say; He took the yeman bi the hande, And gave hym al the play. 142. He gave hym five marke for his wyne, There it lay on the molde, And bad it shulde be set a broche, Drynkë who so wolde. 143. Thus longe taried this gentyll knyght, Tyll that play was done; So long abode Robyn fastinge Thre hourës after the none.