_K. Edw._ I crave no more.--Now, George-a-Greene, I'll to thy house; and when I have supt, I'll go To ask and see if Jane-a-Barley be so fair As good King James reports her for to be. And for the ancient custom of _Vail staff_, Keep it still, claim privilege from me: If any ask a reason why, or how, Say, English Edward vail'd his staff to you. [_Exeunt omnes._ APPENDIX THE JOLLY PINDER OF WAKEFIELD WITH ROBIN HOOD, SCARLET AND JOHN. In Wakefield there lives a jolly pindèr, in Wakefield all on a green, in Wakefield all on a green; There is neither knight nor squire, said the pindèr, nor baron that is so bold, nor baron that is so bold; Dare make a trespàss to the town of Wakefield, but his pledge goes to the pinfold, &c. All this be heard three witty young men, 'twas Robin Hood, Scarlet and John, &c. With that they espy'd the jolly pindèr, as he sat under a thorn, &c. Now turn again, turn again, said the pindèr, for a wrong way you have gone, &c. For you have forsaken the king's high-way, and made a path over the corn, &c. O that were great shame, said jolly Robin, we being three, and thou but one, &c. The pinder leapt back then thirty good foot, 'twas thirty good foot and one, &c. He leaned his back fast unto a thorn, and his foot against a stone, &c. And there they fought a long summer's day, a summer's day so long, &c. Till that their swords on their broad bucklèrs, were broke fast into their hands, &c. Hold thy hand, hold thy hand, said bold Robin Hood, and my merry men everyone, &c. For this is one of the best pindèrs, that ever I tryed with sword, &c. And wilt thou forsake thy pinder's craft, and live in the green-wood with me? &c. At Michaelmas next my cov'nant comes out, when every man gathers his fee, &c. I'll take my blew blade all in my hand And plod to the green-wood with thee, &c. Hast thou either meat or drink? said Robin Hood, for my merry men and me, &c. I have both bread and beef, said the pindèr, and good ale of the best, &c. And that is meat good enough, said Robin Hood, for such unbidden guest, &c. O wilt thou forsake the pinder his craft, and go to the green-wood with me? &c. Thou shalt have a livery twice in the year, the one green, the other brown, &c. If Michaelmas day was come and gone, and my master had paid me my fee, and my master had paid me my fee, Then would I set as little by him, as my master doth by me, as my master doth by me. NOTES [1] In his _Elizabethan Drama_, ii. 376. [2] As does Ingram in his _Christopher Marlowe and his Associates._