Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

Robin Hood and the Potter

   22. cortessey.
34. werschep ye.
44. the lefe.
51, 61. syde.
63. Seche iij.
64. þey cleffe by my seydys.
71, 81, 211, 433. xl s'.
73. hys all.
74. hem leffe.
111. thes iij.
114. I peney.
142. And teke at the beginning of the line struck through.
161. thes ij.
171. ffelow he seyde.
173. a caward.
192. onder or ender.
194. hels: sclo.
201. went yemen.
202. To thes.
213, 563, 571. a c.
25. st. 29 is wrongly put here.
254. yede.
272. ffelow hes.
28. The order of the lines is 3, 2, 1, 4.
303. Heres.
351. pens v.
352. pens iij. d.
362. bot v.
372. Gere amarsey seyde sche than, with a character after sche which is probably an abbreviation for ser, as in 622.
414. to to.
421. methe.
423. ij of.
433. xl s.
453. the pottys.
454. bolt yt.
482. of iij.
483. senyst.
484. A say.
502. And [thow]? The ll in polle is crossed; potte may have been intended by the writer.
524. on iij.
541,2. No blank here, and none at 573, 662,3, 723,4, 743,4.
553,4. Yn mey cart ys the bow þat Robyn gaffe me.
563. A c.
571, 693. a c.
592. & swere: meythey.
594. scoper.
643. he schall.
681. I leyty.
694, 701. He had west pat be fforen.
741,2. Ought perhaps to be dropped. The writer, having got the second verse wrong, may have begun the stanza again.
803. After this line is repeated, Ye schall haffe god ynowhe.
804. bowhes.
813. worthe ij.
816. be there.
82. hafe x li.
Expleycyt Robynhode.
A bowt, a non, be heynde, etc. are joined. And for & throughout. Some terminal curls rendered with e were, perhaps, mere tricks of writing; as marks over final m, n, in cam, on, yemen, etc., crossed double l in all, etc., a curled n in Roben, have been assumed to be.

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