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And when the came to Englyshe wode, under the trusty tre,
There the found bowes good, and arrowes ful great
plentye.
So God me help, sayd Adam Bell, and Clym of the Clough so
free,
I would we were in mery Carleyl before that fayre meyne.
They sat them downe and made good chere, and eat and drank
full well:
A second FYT of the weyghty yemen, another I will you
tell.
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PART THIRD.
AS they sat in Englyshe wode under the grene-wode tre,
They thought they heard a woman wepe, but her they mought
not se.
Sore then syghed the fayre Alyce that ever I saw this
day!
For nowe is my dere husband slayne, alas! and wel-a-day!
Myght I have spoke with his dere brethren, or wyth either of
them twaine,
To shew to them what him befel my heart were out of
payne.
Cloudesle walked a lytle besyde, look under the green wood
binde,
He was ware of his wife and children three full wo in harte
and minde.
"Welcome wife," then said Wyllyam, "under this trusti
tre;
"I wende yesterday by swete Saynt John, thou shuld me never
have se;
"Now well is me that ye be here my harte is out of wo."
Dame, he sayde, be mery and glad, and thanke my brethren
two;
Hereof to speake, said Adam Bell, I wis it is no bote,
The meat that we must sup withal it runneth yet fast on
fote.
Then went they downe into a bounde, these noble archers
thre,
Eche of them slew a harte of Greece, the best that they cold
se.
Have here the best, Alyce my wyfe, said Wyllyam of
Cloudesle,
Bycause ye so bouldly stode by me, when I was slayne ful
nye.
Then went they to suppere with such meat as they had,
And thenked God for ther fortune, the were both mery and
glad.
And when they had supped well, certaine withouten lease,
Cloudesle said, We wyll to our Kyng and get us a charter of
peace.
Alyce shall be at our sojourning in a nunnery here
besyde;
My two sonnes shall with her go, and there they shall
abyde.
Myne eldest son shall go with me, for hym have you no
care;
And he shall bring you word againe how that we do fare.
Thus be these yemen to London gone as fast as they might
he,
Tyll they came to the King's pallace where they needs would
be.
And when they came to the Kinge's court, unto the pallace
gate,
Of no man wold they ask leave, but boldly went in
thereat.
The boldly preced into the hall, of no man had the drede;
The porter came after and did them call, and with them gan
to chide.
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