Приключения Робин Гуда

           WhenhecametoNottingham,heenteredthatpartofthemarketwherebutchersstood,andtookuphisinninthebestplacehecouldfind.Next,heopenedhisstallandspreadhismeatuponthebench,then,takinghiscleaverandsteelandclatteringthemtogether,hetrolledaloudinmerrytones:

           "Nowcome,yelasses,andekeyedames,

           Andbuyyourmeatfromme;

           ForthreepennyworthsofmeatIsell

           Forthechargeofonepenny.

           "LambhaveIthathathfeduponnought

           Butthedaintydamespied,

           Andthevioletsweet,andthedaffodil

           Thatgrowfairstreamsbeside.

           "AndbeefhaveIfromtheheatherywords,

           Andmuttonfromdalesallgreen,

           Andvealaswhiteasamaiden’sbrow,

           Withitsmother’smilk,Iween.

           "Thencome,yelasses,andekeyedames,

           Come,buyyourmeatfromme,

           ForthreepennyworthsofmeatIsell

           Forthechargeofonepenny."

           Thushesangblithely,whileallwhostoodnearlistenedamazedly.Then,whenhehadfinished,heclatteredthesteelandcleaverstillmoreloudly,shoutinglustily,"Now,who’llbuy?Who’llbuy?FourfixedpriceshaveI.ThreepennyworthsofmeatIselltoafatfriarorpriestforsixpence,forIwantnottheircustom;stoutaldermenIchargethreepence,foritdothnotmattertomewhethertheybuyornot;tobuxomdamesIsellthreepennyworthsofmeatforonepennyforIliketheircustomwell;buttothebonnylassthathathalikingforagoodtightbutcherIchargenoughtbutonefairkiss,forIlikehercustomthebestofall.