Robin Hood (Robin Hood and the Friar) (Robin Hood and the Potter) · chunk 3 of 3
Anonymous · published 1590 · first performed or written 1560 (Annals) romance; folk romance unassigned nearest T47 Knaves, thieves and bawds · 507 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T47: knave, rogue, money, knaves, thief, rogues, pray, whore, nichol, book.
Not I master for twenty pound ready told For there is not amongst us all one that dare meddle with that potter man for man I felt his hands not long agone but I had liefer be here by thee, therefore I know what he is Meet him when ye will or meet him when you shall, He is as proper a man as ever you meddled withal I will lay with thee little Iohn xx. pound so red if I with the potter meet I will make him pay passage maugre his head. I consent thereto so I eat bread, If he pay passage maugre his head twenty pound shall ye have for your meed. Out alas that ever I saw this day. For I am clean out of my way: From Nottingham town, If I me hie not the faster Or I come there the market will be done. Let me see are thy pots whole and sound. Yea master but they will not break the ground sake I will them break-for the cuckold thy masters And if they will break the ground thou shalt have three pence for a pound. Out alas what have you done if my master come he will break your crown Why thou whoreson art thou here yet thou shouldest have been at market. I met with Robin hood a good yeoman He hath broken my pots and called you Cuckold by your name. Thou mayst be a gentleman so God me save, but thou seemest a naughty knave: Thou callest me a cuckold by my name. And I swear by God and saint Iohn. Wife had I never none this cannot I deny But if thou be a good fellow I will sell my horse harness, pots & paniers too thou shalt have the one half and I the other if thou be not so content thou shalt have stripes if thou were my brother. Hark potter what I shall say. this 7. year and more thou hast used this way Yet were thou never so courteous to me as one penny passage to pay. Why should I pay passage to thee, For I am Robin hood chief governor under the green-wood tree. This seven year I used this way up and down yet paid I passage to no man, Nor now I will not begin do the worst thou can. Passage shalt thou pay here under the greenwoodtree or else thou shalt leave a wed with me: If thou be a good fellow as men do thee call, lay away thy bow And take thy sword and buckler in thy hand and see what shall befall. Little Iohn where art thou, Here master I make avow I told you master so God me save, that you should find the potter a knave: Hold your buckler fast in your hand, and I will stiffly by you stand, Ready for to fight, Be the knave never so stout I shall rap him on the snout, and put him to flight.
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Not I maiſter for twenty pound ready tolde For there is not amongſt vs all one that dare meddle with that potter man for man I felt his hands not long agon but I had leuer be heere by thee, therefore I know what he is Meete him when ye will or meete him when you ſhall, He is as proper a man as euer you medled withall I will lay with thee little Iohn xx. pound ſo red if I with the potter meet I will make him pay paſſage mauger his hed. I conſent thereto ſo I eat bread, If he pay paſſage mauger his head twenty pound ſhall ye haue for your meed. Out alas that euer I ſaw this day. For I am cleane out of my way: From Nottingham towne, If I me hie not the faſter Or I come there the market will be doon. Let me ſee are thy pots whole and ſound. Yea maiſter but they will not breake ye ground ſake I will them break-for the cuckold thy maſters And if they will break the ground thou ſhalt haue three pence for a pound. Out alas what haue you doon if my maiſter come he will breake your crowne Why thou whorſon art thou heere yet thou ſhouldeſt haue been at market. I met with Robin hood a good yeman He hath broken my pottes and cald you Cuckold by your name. Thou maiſt be a gentleman ſo God me ſaue, but thou ſeemeſt a naughty knaue: Thou calleſt me a cuckold by my name. And I ſwere by God and ſaint Iohn. Wife had I neuer none this cannot I deny But if thou be a good fellow I will ſell my horſe harnes, pots & paniers too thou ſhalt haue the one halfe and I the other if thou be not ſo content thou ſhalt haue ſtripes if thou were my brother. Hark potter what I ſhall ſay. this 7. yeer and more thou haſt vſed this way Yet were thou neuer ſo curteous to me as one peny paſſage to pay. Why ſhould I pay paſſage to thee, For I am Robin hood cheefe gouernour vnder the greene-wood tree. This ſeuen yere I vſed this way vp and down yet payed I paſſage to no man, Nor now I will not begin do the worſt yu can. Paſſage ſhalt thou pay heere vnder the greenwoodtree or els thou ſhalt leaue a wed with me: Yf thou be a good fellow as men doo thee call, laye away thy bowe And take thy ſword and buckler in thy hand and ſee what ſhall befall. Little Iohn where art thou, Here maiſter I make auow I toulde you maiſter ſo God me ſaue, that you ſhould finde the potter a knaue: Holde your buckler faſt in your hand, and I will ſtiffely by you ſtand, Ready for to fight, Be the knaue neuer ſo ſtout I ſhall rap him on the ſnout, and put him to flight.