human
God the save, good Robyn Hode, And al this company:
gpt
Welcome be thou, gentyll knyght, And ryght welcome to me.
human
And welcome be thou, gentyl knyght, 245 Why hast thou be so longe?
gpt
For the abbot and the hye justyce Wolde have had my londe.
human
But take not a grefe, I have be so longe;[L253] I came by a wrastelynge, And there I dyd holpe a pore yemàn, 255 With wronge was put behynde.
gpt
Nay, for god, sayd Robyn,
human
Syr knyght, that thanke I the; What man that helpeth a good yemàn, His frende than wyll I be.
gpt
Have here foure hondred pounde, than sayd the knyght,
human
The whiche ye lent to me; And here is also twenty marke For your curteysy.
gpt
And yf I toke it twyse,[L269] A shame it were to me: 270 But trewely, gentyll knyght, Welcom arte thou to me.
human
By my trouthe, then sayd the knyght. 275
gpt
Your money is redy here.
human
But what shall these bowes do? sayd Robyn,
gpt
And these arowes ifedered fre?
human
By god, than sayd the knyght,
gpt
A pore present to the.