445 Whan he came to grenë wode, In a mery mornynge, There he herde the notës small Of byrdës mery syngynge. 446 ‘It is ferre gone,’ sayd Robyn, ‘That I was last here; Me lyste a lytell for to shote At the donnë dere.’ 447 Robyn slewe a full grete harte; His horne than gan he blow, That all the outlawes of that forest That horne coud they knowe, 448 And gadred them togyder, In a lytell throwe. Seuen score of wyght yonge men Came redy on a rowe, 449 And fayre dyde of theyr hodes, And set them on theyr kne: ‘Welcome,’ they sayd, ‘our [derë] mayster, Under this grenë-wode tre.’ 450 Robyn dwelled in grenë wode Twenty yere and two; For all drede of Edwarde our kynge, Agayne wolde he not goo. 451 Yet he was begyled, i-wys, Through a wycked woman, The pryoresse of Kyrkësly, That nye was of hys kynne: 452 For the loue of a knyght, Syr Roger of Donkesly, That was her ownë speciall; Full euyll motë they the! 453 They toke togyder theyr counsell Robyn Hode for to sle, And how they myght best do that dede, His banis for to be. 454 Than bespake good Robyn, In place where as he stode, ‘To morow I muste to Kyrke[s]ly, Craftely to be leten blode.’ 455 Syr Roger of Donkestere, By the pryoresse he lay, And there they betrayed good Robyn Hode, Through theyr falsë playe. 456 Cryst haue mercy on his soule, That dyed on the rode! For he was a good outlawe, And dyde pore men moch god. * * * * * #a.# Here begynneth a gest of Robyn Hode. 1–12. _Printed without division of stanzas or verses._ 2^{2,3}. _Deficiency supplied from_ #b#. 4^1. gooe. 4^2. milsers. 4^3. yuch. 6^4. vnkoutg. 7^1. _lacking in all._ 8^4. .iij. messis. 9^3. The .iij. 9^4. all ther. 13^4. tillet. 15^4. mynge. 18^3. vnknuth. 32^3. ynought. 33^1. felsauntes. 37^1. wened. 38^3. Late _for_ Litell, _which all the others have_. 39^2. of _for_ haue. 39^3. but .xx.: _see_ 42^4. 41^1. nowne. 41^3. .xx. felinges. 46^2. in strocte. 46^3. And. 47^3. And. 47^4. haue bene. 50^{2,3}. _The verses are transposed._ 50^2. God had. 54^2. Vutyll. 66^3. to may. 68^4. Bo .xxviij. 70^4. To helpe: _cf._ 194^4. 77^3. betes. 78^2. clere. 79^3. .xij. 82^1. ou. 82^3. bernedtale. 83^3. for he. 83^4–118^3. _wanting_; _supplied from_ #b#. 119^1. a .M. 120^4. Eue_n_ .cccc. 121^2. thon. 123^4. Bi god ... on tree. _The tops of_ d _and of_ th, _and a part of_ dy, _remain_. 124^1. Sir ... n of lawe. 124^2. _Only the top of_ N _remains_.