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Little John Turns Barefoot Friar
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Atthesewordsasoundoflaughingcamefromthebench,whereattheleanBrother’swrathboiledover,likewaterintothefire,withgreatfussandnoise."Now,outuponthee,thounaughtyfellow!"hecried."Artthounotashamedtobringdisgracesouponourcloth?Bidetheehere,thousot,withtheseporkers.Thouartnofitcompanyforus."
"La,yetherenow!"quothLittleJohn."Thouhearest,landlord;thouartnotfitcompanyfortheseholymen;gobacktothinealehouse.Nay,ifthesemostholybrothersofminedobutgivemetheword,I’llbeatthyheadwiththisstoutstafftillitisassoftaswhippedeggs."
Atthesewordsagreatshoutoflaughterwentupfromthoseonthebench,andthelandlord’sfacegrewredasacherryfromsmotheringhislaughinhisstomach;buthekepthismerrimentdown,forhewishednottobringtheill-willofthebrothersofFountainAbbeyuponhimbyunseemlymirth.Sothetwobrethren,astheycoulddonoughtelse,havingmountedtheirnags,turnedtheirnosestowardLincolnandrodeaway.
"Icannotstaylonger,sweetfriends,"quothLittleJohn,ashepushedinbetwixtthetwocobs,"thereforeIwishyougoodden.Offwego,wethree."Sosaying,heswunghisstoutstaffoverhisshoulderandtrudgedoff,measuringhispacewiththatofthetwonags.
