19. ‘But & you be sicke, my owne wed Lord, Soe sore it greiueth mee, But my 5 maydens & my selfe Will goe & make your bedd, 20. ‘& at the wakening of your first sleepe, You shall haue a hott drinke made, & at the wakening of your next sleepe Your sorrowes will haue a slake.’ 21. He put a silke cote on his backe, Was 13 inches folde, & put a steele cap vpon his head, Was gilded with good red gold; 22. & he layd a bright browne sword by his side & another att his ffeete, & full well knew old Robin then Whether he shold wake or sleepe. 23. & about the middle time of the night Came 24 good knights in, Sir Gyles he was the formost man, Soe well he knew that ginne. 24. Old Robin with a bright browne sword Sir Gyles’ head he did winne, Soe did he all those 24, Neuer a one went quicke out [agen]; 25. None but one litle foot page Crept forth at a window of stone, & he had 2 armes when he came in And [when he went out he had none]. 26. Vpp then came that ladie light With torches burning bright; Shee thought to haue brought Sir Gyles a drinke, But shee found her owne wedd knight; 27. & the first thing that this ladye stumbled vpon, Was of Sir Gyles his ffoote; Sayes, ‘Euer alacke, & woe is me, Heere lyes my sweete hart roote!’ 28. & the 2d. thing that this ladie stumbled on, Was of Sir Gyles his head; Sayes, ‘Euer alacke, & woe is me, Heere lyes my true loue deade!’ 29. Hee cutt the papps beside her brest, & bad her wish her will, & he cutt the eares beside her heade, & bade her wish on still. 30. ‘Mickle is the man’s blood I haue spent To doe thee & me some good’; Sayes, ‘Euer alacke, my fayre Lady, I thinke that I was woode!’ 31. He call’d then vp his litle foote page, & made him heyre of all his land, ... ... ... ... ... ... 32. & he shope the crosse in his right sholder Of the white flesh & the redd, & he went him into the holy land, Wheras Christ was quicke and dead. [Annotations: 2.1: ‘Lin,’ a stock ballad-locality: cp. _Young Bekie_, 5.4. 5.3: ‘vnbethought.’ The same expression occurs in two other places in the Percy Folio, each time apparently in the same sense of ‘bethought [him] of.’ 6.1,3: ‘Four and twenty’: the Folio gives ‘24’ in each case. 8.1: ‘sikt,’ sighed. The Folio reads _sist_. 11.1, 12.1: The Folio reads _bookes man_; but see 15.1. 14.2: ‘thye,’ thrive: the Folio reads _dye_. 19.1: ‘&’ = an, if. 20.3: ‘next’: the Folio reads _first_ again; probably the copyist’s error. 23.4: ‘ginne,’ door-latch. 24.4: ‘quicke,’ alive. The last word was added by Percy in the Folio. 25.4: Added by Hales and Furnivall. 26.1,2: _light_ and _bright_ are interchanged in the Folio. 32.3: ‘went’: the Folio gives _sent_.] LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD