the old
ballad,
lest three
times
should not
be enough,
he
published
them nine
times
o’er. Then
straightway
he came
down from
the loft
and
forthwith
performed
the
marriage
service;
and so
Allan and
Ellen were
duly
wedded.
And now
Robin
counted
out two
hundred
golden
angels to
Edward of
Deirwold,
and he,
upon his
part, gave
his
blessing,
yet not, I
wot, as
though he
meant it
with
overmuch
good will.
Then the
stout
yeomen
