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115A.1 I HERDE a carpyng of a clerk, Al at y+oone wodes ende, Of gode Robyn and Gandeleyn; Was ther non other thynge. Robynn lyth in grene wode bowndyn 115A.2 Stronge theuys wern tho chylderin non, But bowmen gode and hende; He wentyn to wode to getyn hem fleych, If God wold it hem sende. 115A.3 Al day wentyn tho chylderin too, And fleych fowndyn he non, Til it were a-geyn euyn; THe chylderin wold gon hom. 115A.4 Half an honderid of fat falyf der He comyn a-y+oon, And alle he wern fayr and fat i-now, But markyd was ther non: ‘Be dere God,’ seyde gode Robyn, ‘Here of we xul haue on.’ 115A.5 Robyn bent his joly bowe, RRther in he set a flo; THe fattest der of alle THe herte he clef a to. 115A.6 He hadde not the der i-flawe, Ne half out of the hyde, There cam a schrewde arwe out of the west, RRthat felde Robertes pryde. 115A.7 Gandeleyn lokyd hym est and west, Be euery syde: ‘Hoo hat myn mayster slayin? Ho hat don this dede? Xal I neuer out of grene wode go Til I se [his] sydis blede.’ 115A.8 Gandeleyn lokyd hym est and lokyd west, And sowt vnder the sunne; He saw a lytil boy He clepyn Wrennok of Donne. 115A.9 A good bowe in his hond, A brod arwe ther ine, And fowre and twenti goode arwys, Trusyd in a thrumme: ‘Be war the, war the, Gandeleyn, Her-of thu xalt han summe. 115A.10 ‘Be war the, war the, Gandeleyn, Her of thu gyst plente:’ ‘Euer on for an other,’ seyde Gandeleyn; ‘Mysaunter haue he xal fle. 115A.11 ‘Qwer-at xal our marke be?’ Seyde Gandeleyn: ‘Eueryche at otheris herte,’ Seyde Wrennok ageyn. 115A.12 Ho xal y+oeue the ferste schote?’ Seyde Gandeleyn: ‘And I xul y+oeue the on be-forn,’ Seyde Wrennok ageyn. 115A.13 Wrennok schette a ful good schote, And he schet not to hye; THrow the sanchothis of his bryk; It towchyd neyther thye. 115A.14 ‘Now hast thu y+oouyn me on be-forn,’ Al thus to Wrennok seyde he, ‘And throw the myy+ot of our lady A bettere I xal y+oeue the.’ 115A.15 Gandeleyn bent his goode bowe, And set ther in a flo; He schet throw his grene certyl, His herte he clef on too. 115A.16 ‘Now xalt thu neuer y+oelpe, Wrennok, At ale ne at wyn, RRthat thu hast slawe goode Robyn, And his knaue Gandeleyn. 115A.17 ‘Now xalt thu neuer y+oelpe, Wrennok, At wyn ne at ale, RRthat thu hast slawe goode Robyn, And Gandeleyn his knaue.’ Robyn lyy+oth in grene wode bowndyn