And happede that he say bifore him ryde saw A gay yeman under a forest syde.
Illustration] A YEMAN had he, and servantes nomoo no more At that tyme, for him luste ryde soo; it pleased him And he was clad in coote and hood of grene.
Right[123] in this menewhile This yeman gan a litel for to smyle.
Mannys fourme is disfigured with euery degre As Knyght Squyer yeman Jentilman and knaue, For al in theyr goynge vngoodely them behaue The tyme hath ben, nat longe before our dayes Whan men with honest ray coude holde them self content.
And soon after was Chatterley, yeman of the Crown, maymed, notwithstondyng he was takyn at Derby with money making and ladde to London.
XXI There they besette that good yeman Round about on every syde: Wyllyam hearde great noyse of folkes, That thither-ward fast hyed.
XCIV Thus be these good yeman gon to the wode As lyghtly as lefe on lynde[684]; They laughe and be mery in theyr mode, Theyr enemyes were farre behynd.
XC The Mayre smot at Cloudesley with his byll, Hys buckler he brast in two, Full many a yeman with great yll, ‘Alas!
XCIII He threw theyr keys there at theyr hedes, And bad them well to thryve, And all that letteth[683] any good yeman To come and comfort his wyfe.
Then spake the good yeman Clym of the Clough, And swore by Mary fre, "And if that we stande longe wythout, 35 Lyke a thefe hanged shalt thou be.
The screffe commandyd a yeman that stod hem bey Affter bowhes to wende; The best bow that theyeman browthe 195 Roben set on a stryng.
The abbot and I acordyd ben, He is served of his pay, 190 The good yeman lent it me, As I came by the way.
Ther thes money they leyde, They toke het a yeman to kepe; Roben befor the potter he breyde, 35 And bad hem stond stell.
There was a yeman in that place, 225 And best worthy was he, And for he was ferre and frend bestad, Islayne he sholde have be.
They sholdred all, and made hym rome, To wete what he wolde say; He toke the yeman by the honde, And gave hym all the playe.
There they besette that good yeman Round about on every syde: Wyllyam hearde great noyse of folkes, That heyther-ward they hyed.
Robyn stode in Bernesdale, And lenyd hym to a tre; And bi him stode Litell Johnn, A gode yeman was he.
They shulderd all and made hym rome, To wete what he wolde say; He took the yeman bi the hande, And gave hym al the play.
No more ye shall no gode yeman That walketh by grene-wode shawe; Ne no knyght ne no squyer That wol be a gode felawe.
Also be that fayre yeman Thou bryngest there with thee; What tydyngës fro Notyngham?
Than spake that good yeman Clym of the Clough, And swore by Mary fre, ‘If that we stande long wythout, Lyke a thefe hanged shalt thou be.
The hors eek that his yemanrood upon So swatte, that unnethe mighte it gon.
Hir shoes were laced on hir legges hye; She was a prymerole, a pigges-nye For any lord to leggen in his bedde, Or yet for any good yeman to wedde.
And whan thisyeman hadde thus y-told Unto our host, he seyde, 'benedicite!
And whan this chanon saugh it wolde nat be, 700 But his yeman wolde telle his privetee, He fledde awey for verray sorwe and shame.
Of the yeman of garde that sayd he wolde bete the carter.
A certaine yonge man of the towne well acquoyntyd with thys yeman told him that suche a carter hadde layne by his wyfe.
And so the yeman of garde retourned, and no hurte done, no stroke stryken nor proferyed.
To whome this yeman of the garde sware by Goddes body, if he mette with hym it should go harde but he wolde bete him well.
The screffe commandyd a yeman that stod hem bey Affter bowhes to wende; The best bow that the yeman browthe Roben set on a stryng.
Ther thes money they leyde, They toke bot a yeman to kepe; Roben befor the potter he breyde, And bad hem stond stell.
Thus be these good yeman gon to the wod As lyghtly, as lefe on lynde;[740] The lough and be mery in theyr mode, Theyr enemyes were ferr behynd.
Then spake the good yeman Clym of the Clough, And swore by Mary fre, And if that we stande long wythout, 35 Like a thefe hanged shalt thou be.
He threw theyr keys at theyr heads, And bad them well to thryve,[739] And all that letteth any good yeman To come and comfort his wyfe.
There they besette that good yeman Round about on every syde: Wyllyam hearde great noyse of folkes, That thither-ward fast hyed.
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