[174] Thi trusty. C. [175] This care. W. [176] Syt. W. [177] And that shoteth al ther best. W. And they that shote al of the best. C. [178] Al theyre. W. al of the. C. [179] They slist. W. he clefte. C. [180] Belyve. C. [181] That I after eate no bread. C. [182] Thou. W. [183] The bydde. OCC. [184] Honde and fote. W. foote and hande. C. [185] That he had Robyn Hode. W. [186] God the good Robyn. W. [187] Lady. W. [188] Late. [189] Shamly I slayne be. W. [190] For soth as I the say. W. [191] Your. W. You may them over take. C. [192] Shall he never in grene wode be Nor longer dwell with me. W. [193] It. W. [194] At. W. That. C.—good] boote. Wh. [195] Hoode. W. bande. C. [196] And yf. W. [197] Your. OCC. [198] Under the grene wode tre. W. [199] This saint is also mentioned by Chaucer in the Sompnour’s tale; by Spenser, in his 5th eclogue; in the Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington, 1601; and in one of Ophelia’s songs in Hamlet. (See a note upon this last passage in the edition of 1793, vol. xv. p. 163.) Mr. Steevens’s assertion that “Saint Charity is a known saint among the Roman Catholics,” may be supported by infallible authority. “We read,” says Dr. Douglas, “in the Martyrology on the first of August—Romæ passio sanctarum virginum, Fidei, Spei, et Charitatis, quæ sub Hadriano principe martyris coronam adeptæ sunt” (Criterion, p. 68). Pierre Nadal, commonly called Petrus de Natalibus, in his Catalogus Sanctorum, has given the history of the saints Faith, Hope, and Charity, the daughters of St. Sophia (or Wisdom). Nothing can be too absurd for superstition. [200] I vouche it halfe on the. W. [201] Seale. C. [202] And browne. W. [203] A wys, W. For that shall be his fyne. C. [204] Good whyte. W. lilly white. C. [205] And therto sent I me. W. [206] Good. OCC. [207] Another had full sone. W. [208] Lefte never one. W. [209] Lughe. W. [210] Ferre. W. [211] Commended for. C. [212] Donkesley. W. [213] The. OCC. [214] Ye. [215] Lefe. [216] Syde. [217] Syde. [218] Hys. [219] Leffe. [220] A bad hem stond stell. [221] The potter. [222] Leppyd. [223] Felow he. [224] A. [225] Seyde hels. [226] Went yemen. [227] Thes. [228] Lytl. [229] Yemerey. [230] Grat. [231] Yede. [232] This stanza is misplaced in the MS., coming after the first verse at top of page. [233] Say. [234] Seyde sche s’ than. [235] The. [236] He. [237] Loseth. [238] To. [239] These two lines are transposed in the MS. [240] Pottys the. [241] Bolt yt. [242] Senyst. [243] Goe. [244] That Robyng gaffe me. [245] Mey they. [246] Se. [247] He. [248] Her. [249] For. [250] How haffe. [251] I leyty. [252] He had west. [253] That ye be. [254] y. [255] The MS. repeats this line after the following: Het ambellet be mey sey. [256] Bowhes.