69 ‘He ys ffoll wellcom,’ seyde Lytyll John, ‘Thes tydyng ys ffoll godde; The screffe had leuer nar a hundred ponde He had [neuer sene Roben Hode.] 70 ‘[Had I] west þ_a_t befforen, At Notynggam when we wer_e_, Thow scholde not com yn ffeyr_e_ fforest Of all thes thowsande eyr_e_.’ 71 ‘That wot y well,’ seyde Roben, ‘Y thanke God that ye be her_e_; Ther_e_ffor_e_ schall ye leffe yowr_e_ hors w_i_t_h_ hos, And all yowr_e_ hother ger_e_.’ 72 ‘That ffend I Godys fforbod,’ kod the screffe, ‘So to lese mey godde; . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ‘Hether ye cam on hors ffoll hey, And hom schall ye go on ffote; And gret well they weyffe at home, The woman ys ffoll godde. 74 ‘Y schall her sende a wheyt palffrey, Het ambellet be mey ffey, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ‘Y schall her sende a wheyt palffrey, Het hambellet as the weynde; Ner_e_ ffor the loffe of yowr_e_ weyffe, Off mor_e_ sorow scholde yow seyng.’ 76 Thes parted Robyn Hode and the screffe; To Notynggam he toke the waye; Hes weyffe ffeyr_e_ welcomed hem hom, And to hem gan sche saye: 77 Seyr, how haffe yow ffared yn grene fforeyst? Haffe ye browt Roben hom? ‘Dam, the deyell spede hem, bothe bodey and bon; Y haffe hade a ffoll gret skorne. 78 ‘Of all the god that y haffe lade to grene wod, He hayt take het ffro me; All bot thes ffeyr_e_ palffrey, That he hayt sende to the.’ 79 W_i_t_h_ þ_a_t sche toke op a lowde lawhyng, And swhar_e_ be hem þ_a_t deyed on tre, ‘Now haffe yow payed ffor all þe pottys That Roben gaffe to me. 80 ‘Now ye be com hom to Notynggam, Ye schall haffe god ynowe;’ Now speke we of Roben Hode, And of the pottyr ondyr the grene bowhe. 81 ‘Pott_er_, what was they pottys worthe To Notynggam þ_a_t y ledde w_i_t_h_ me?’ ‘They wer worthe to nobellys,’ seyde he, ‘So mot y treyffe or the; So cowde y [haffe] had ffor tham, And y had ther_e_ be.’ 82 ‘Thow schalt hafe ten ponde,’ seyde Roben, ‘Of money ffeyre and ffre; And yeuer whan thow comest to grene wod, Wellcom, pott_er_, to me.’ 83 Thes p_ar_tyd Robyn, the screffe, and the pott_er_, Ondernethe the grene-wod tre; God haffe mersey on Roben Hodys solle, And saffe all god yemanrey! * * * * * 2^2. cortessey. 3^4. werschep ye. 4^4. the lefe. 5^1, 6^1. syde. 6^3. Seche iij. 6^4. þey cleffe by my seydys. 7^1, 8^1, 21^1, 43^3. xl s’. 7^3. hys all. 7^4. hem leffe. 11^1. thes iij. 11^4. I peney. 14^2. And teke _at the beginning of the line struck through_. 16^1. thes ij. 17^1. ffelow he seyde. 17^3. a caward. 19^2. onder _or_ ender. 19^4. hels: sclo. 20^1. went yemen.