11 ‘The king will give a hundred pound That hee could but him see; And if wee can but now him get, It will serve you and mee.’ 12 ‘Let me see that warrant,’ said Robin Hood; ‘I’le see if it bee right; And I will do the best I can For to take him this night.’ 13 ‘That will I not,’ the Tinker said; ‘None with it I will trust; And where hee is if you’l not tell, Take him by force I must.’ 14 But Robin Hood perceiving well How then the game would go, ‘If you will go to Nottingham, Wee shall find him I know.’ 15 The Tinker had a crab-tree staff, Which was both good and strong; Robin hee had a good strong blade, So they went both along. 16 And when they came to Nottingham, There they both tooke one inn; And they calld for ale and wine, To drink it was no sin. 17 But ale and wine they drank so fast That the Tinker hee forgot What thing he was about to do; It fell so to his lot 18 That while the Tinker fell asleep, Hee made then haste away, And left the Tinker in the lurch, For the great shot to pay. 19 But when the Tinker wakened, And saw that he was gone, He calld then even for his host, And thus hee made his moan. 20 ‘I had a warrant from the king, Which might have done me good, That is to take a bold outlaw, Some call him Robin Hood. 21 ‘But now my warrant and mony’s gone, Nothing I have to pay; And he that promisd to be my friend, He is gone and fled away.’ 22 ‘That friend you tell on,’ said the host, ‘They call him Robin Hood; And when that first hee met with you, He ment you little good.’ 23 ‘Had I known it had been hee, When that I had him here, Th’ one of us should have tri’d our strength Which should have paid full dear. 24 ‘In the mean time I must away; No longer here I’le bide; But I will go and seek him out, What ever do me betide. 25 ‘But one thing I would gladly know, What here I have to pay;’ ‘Ten shillings just,’ then said the host; ‘I’le pay without delay. 26 ‘Or elce take here my working-bag, And my good hammer too; And if that I light but on the knave, I will then soon pay you.’ 27 ‘The onely way,’ then said the host, ‘And not to stand in fear, Is to seek him among the parks, Killing of the kings deer.’ 28 The Tinker hee then went with speed, And made then no delay, Till he had found then Robin Hood, That they might have a fray. 29 At last hee spy’d him in a park, Hunting then of the deer; ‘What knave is that,’ quoth Robin Hood, ‘That doth come mee so near?’ 30 ‘No knave, no knave,’ the Tinker said, ‘And that you soon shall know; Whether of us hath done most wrong, My crab-tree staff shall show.’ 31 Then Robin drew his gallant blade, Made then of trusty steel; But the Tinker laid on him so fast That he made Robin reel.