V. 117, To shewe all. Prol. and Mr. W. and Mr. W.

V. 138, and store. Camb. copy.

140

V. 133, I say nat. Prol.

From which to part, it maketh my

As colde as ony stone:

For in my mynde, of all mankynde

I love but you alone."

HE.

"For an outlawe this is the lawe,
That men hym take and bynde,
Without pytè hanged to be,
And waver with the wynde.
If I had nede, (as God forbede!),
What rescous could ye fynde?
Forsoth, I trowe, ye and your bowe
For fere wolde drawe behynde :

And no mervayle; for lytell avayle
Were in your counceyle than;

hart

Wherefore I wyll to the grene wode go
Alone, a banyshed man."

145

150

155

"Yet take good hede; for ever I drede
That ye coude nat sustayne

The thornie wayes, the depe valèies,
The snowe, the frost, the rayne,

V. 150, socours. Prol. and Mr. W. copy.

170

V. 162, and night. Camb.

V. 164, to helpe ye with my myght. Prol. and Mr. W.

V. 172, frost and rayne, Mr. W.

None other house but leves and bowes
To cover your hed and myne.

200

O myne harte swete, this evyll dyète
Sholde make you pale and wan:
Wherfore I wyll to the grene wode go
Alone, a banyshed man."

V. 174, Ye must. Prol.

V. 196, Neyther bere. Prol. and Mr. W.

V. 189, shortley gone. Prol. and Mr. W.
V. 201. Lo myn. Mr. W.

And this same nyght, before day-lyght,

To wode-warde wyll I fle;

In way

of company.

It is sayd of olde, Sone hote, sone colde,

V. 251, For I must to the grene wode go. Prol. and Mr. W.

yet is. Camb. copy: perhaps for yt is.

Editor's MS.

V. 253,

V. 262, dy with him.

1. e. for this cause; though I were to die for having loved you.