Queen Katherine answered bold Robin again,[L73] "The king is gone to merry Sherwood: And when he went away, to me he did say, 75 He would go and seek Robin Hood." "Then fare you well, my gracious queen, For to Sherwood I will hye apace; For fain would I see what he would with me, If I could but meet with his grace." 80 But when king Henry he came home, Full weary, and vexed in mind, And that he did hear Robin had been there, He blamed dame Fortune unkind. "You're welcome home," queen Katherin cryed, 85 "Henry, my soveraign liege; Bold Robin Hood, that archer good, Your person hath been to seek." But when king Henry he did hear, That Robin had been there him to seeke, 90 This answer he gave, "He's a cunning knave, For I have sought him this whole three weeks." "A boon! a boon!" queen Katherin cry'd, "I beg it here of your grace;-- To pardon his life, and seek not strife," 95 And so endeth Robin Hoods chase. 5, then did. 52, he ... was. 73, Robin Hood. LITTLE JOHN AND THE FOUR BEGGERS. "From an old black-letter copy in the collection of Anthony à Wood: the full title being, _A new merry song of Robin Hood and Little John, shewing how Little John went a begging, and how he fought with the four beggers_. _The tune is, Robin Hood and the Begger._" RITSON'S _Robin Hood_, ii. 132. All you that delight to spend some time, _With a hey down, down, a down, down_, A merry song for to sing, Unto me draw neer, and you shall hear How Little John went a beggìng. As Robin Hood walked the forest along, 5 And all his yeomandree, Sayes Robin, "Some of you must a begging go, And, Little John, it must be thee." Sayes John, "If I must a begging go, I will have a palmers weed, 10 With a staff and a coat, and bags of all sort, The better then I may speed. "Come, give me now a bag for my bread, And another for my cheese, And one for a peny, whenas I get any, 15 That nothing I may leese." Now Little John he is a begging gone, Seeking for some relief; But of all the beggers he met on the way, Little John he was the chief. 20 But as he was walking himself alone, Four beggers he chanced to spy, Some deaf, and some blind, and some came behind; Says John, "Here's brave company. "Good-morrow," said John, "my brethren dear, 25 Good fortune I had you to see; Which way do you go? pray let me know, For I want some company.