Whan he came to grene wode, In a mery mornynge, 110 There he herde the notes small Of byrdes mery syngynge. "It is ferre gone," sayd Robyn, "That I was last here; Me lyste a lytell for to shote 115 At the donne dere." Robyn slewe a full grete harte, His horne than gan he blow, That all the outlawes of that forèst, That horne coud they knowe 120 And gadred them togyder, In a lytell throwe; Seven score of wight yonge men Came redy on a rowe, And fayre dyde of theyr hodes, 125 And set them on theyr kne: "Welcome," they sayd, "our maystèr, Under this grene wode tre." Robyn dwelled in grene wode Twenty yere and two; 130 For all drede of Edwarde our kynge, Agayne wolde he not goo. Yet he was begyled, i-wys, Through a wycked womàn, The pryoresse of Kyrkesly,[L135] 135 That nye was of hys kynne; For the love of a knyght, Syr Roger of Donkestèr,[L138] That was her owne speciall, Full evyll mote they fare.[L140] 140 They toke togyder theyr counsell Robyn Hode for to sle, And how they myght best do that dede, His banis for to be. Than bespake good Robyn, 145 In place where as he stode, "Tomorow I muste to Kyrkesley, Craftely to be leten blode." Syr Roger of Donkestere, By the pryoresse he lay, 150 And there they betrayed good Robyn Hode, Through theyr false playe. Cryst have mercy on his soule, That dyed on the rode! For he was a good outlawe, 155 And dyde pore men moch god. 9, good, OCC. 11, 12. "This alludes to the usual issue of winter robes from the king's wardrobe to the officers of his household." HUNTER. 15, had, Ritson. 16. Another had full sone, W. 44. Lefte never one, W. 49, lughe, W. 74, ferre, W. 75, commended for, C. 135. The little convent of Kirklees lay between Wakefield and Halifax. HUNTER. 138, donkesley, W. 140, the, OCC. ADAM BEL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGHE, AND WYLLYAM OF CLOUDESLÈ. This favorite and delightful ballad was printed by William Copland, without date, but probably not far from 1550. Only a single copy of this edition is known to be preserved. There is another edition by James Roberts, printed in 1605, with a second part entitled _Young Cloudeslee_, "a very inferior and servile production," says Ritson. Mr. Payne Collier has recently recovered a fragment of an excellent edition considerably older than Copland's.