35 ‘A coller! a coller!’ then said the king, ‘a coller!’ then did he cry; Then would he have given a thousand pound he had not been so nigh. 36 ‘A coller? a coller?’ then quoth the tanner, ‘it is a thing which will breed sorrow; For after a coller commeth a halter, and I shall be hanged tomorrow.’ 37 ‘No, do not fear,’ the king did say; ‘for pastime thou hast shown me, No coller nor halter thou shalt have, but I will give thee a fee. 38 ‘For Plompton Park I will give thee, with tenements three beside, Which is worth three hundred pound a year, to maintain thy good cow-hide.’ 39 ‘Godamercy, Godamercy,’ quoth the tanner; ‘for this good deed thou hast done, If ever thou comest to merry Tamworth, thou shalt have clouting-leather for thy shone.’ * * * * * =a, b.= A pleasant new ballad of King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth, as he rode a hunting with his nobles towards (=b=, to) Drayton Bass[et]. To an excellent new tune. =a.= Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson. =b.= London, printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. =c.= A pleasant new ballad betweene King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth, as hee rode upon a time with his nobles on hunting towards Drayton Basset.... London, Printed by A. M. (_probably_ Alexander Milbourne, 1670-97). =a.= 1^1. grow. 1^2. birds sitting. 7^3, 36^1. qd. 8^2, 37^4. the. 13^4. of the. 18^3. no half pence said our king. 20^4. shalt noo. 23^2. guirded. 29^2. in this. 29^4. gould. 30^3. groat. 35^1. A choller, a coller. 35^2, 36^{1, 3}, 37^3. choller. 38^2. besides. 39^4. clout-leather. =b.= 1^1. grow. 1^2. birds were singing. 2^1. he _wanting_. 3^2. to his. 6^4. up on. 7^3. be a: or a. 11^1. said our. 13^4. the wood. 14^2. pray thee: dost thou. 16^2. would. 17^1. if thou. 17^4. have some boot. 18^1. boot will you have. 18^3. nor half pence said the tanner. 19^1. said our. 19^2. see thou. 20^4. not have. 21^2. off. 22^1. Now help me up, quoth. 22^3. For _wanting_. 23^2. guirded. 23^4. I had. 24^1. But _wanting_. 24^2. astonished. 25^2. and before the. 26^1. into. 26^2. an oak. 26^4. almost broke. 28^1. now _wanting_. 28^2. change well now we might. 29^2. on this. 30^1. twenty good. 30^3. groats. 34^3. he gave a. 35^{1, 2}, 36^{1, 3}, 37^3. collar. 36^1. then _wanting_. 36^2. which _wanting_. 38^2. beside. 39^4. clout-leather. =c.= 1^1. grew. 1^2. birds sitting. 2^4. come. 4^1. good my lords. 5^4. pray you shew it to. 6^1. ready _wanting_. 6^2. this way. 6^4. upon the left. 7^2. readiest. 8^3. all _wanting_. 9^3. For wee’l. 9^4. for the. 10^1. quoth the. 11^1. our king. 11^3. said the. 13^2. to you. 13^4. of thy. 14^1. doe you. 16^1. thing of thee I. 16^2. would.