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When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of
the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn[2]
in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall
and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleav-
er and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud
in merry tones:
[2] Stand for selling.

‘Now come, ye lasses, and eke ye dames,
And buy your meat from me;
For three pennyworths of meat I sell
For the charge of one penny.

‘Lamb have I that hath fed upon nought
But the dainty dames pied,
And the violet sweet, and the daffodil
That grow fair streams beside.

‘And beef have I from the heathery words,
And mutton from dales all green,
And veal as white as a maiden’s brow,
With its mother’s milk, I ween.

‘Then come, ye lasses, and eke ye dames,
Come, buy your meat from me,
For three pennyworths of meat I sell
For the charge of one penny.’

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood