Anonymous

“ Soon granted, soon granted says the master sheriff,
Soon granted unto thee,
And you shall have their gay clothing,
And all their white money.
I'll have none of their gay clothing,
Nor none of their white money,
But I'd have three blasts of my bugle horn
As their souls into heaven may flee. ”

“ Or with other men's wives have they lain
No church have they robbed, the lady replied
Nor no parish priest have they slain,
No maid have they forced against her own will,
Or with other men's wives have they lain. ”

“ Whose men are all these said the master sheriff,
I pray thee come tell unto me,
Why they are all mine, and none of them thine.
For they are come for the squires all three.
Go take them, go take them says the master sheriff,
Go take them along with thee,
There's never a man in fair Nottingham
Shall borrow three more of me.
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Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court
7 Dials.
Battledores, Pruners, &c., Sold very Cheap. ”