Sume be lewde,
and sume be schreued_e_,
go where thei goo. 40

He that made this songe full good,
Came of þe nortħ and of þe sother{n)} blode,
And some-what kyne to Roby{n)} Hode,
Yit all we be nat soo. 44
Some be lewde,
and some be schrewed_e_,
go where they goo.

Some be lewde, some be [s]chrwde, 48
Go where they goo.

Explicit.

P.S.--This Poem was printed by Mr Halliwell in _Reliquiæ Antiquæ_, vol.
i., p. 248, and reprinted by Mr Thomas Wright, at p. 103 of his edition
of _Songs and Carols_ for the Percy Society, 1847. As, besides minor
differences, the reprint has _manne_, and the original _nanne_, for what
I read as _nonne_, l. 3, while both have _withowte_ for _with oure_, l.
15, and _accripe_ for _a ttripe_, l. 21 (see Halliwell's Dictionary,
"_accripe_, a herb?"), I have not cancelled this impression. The other
version of the song, from Mr Wright's MS. in his text, pp. 89-91,
differs a good deal from that given above.

[Footnote 1: The Rev. J.R. Lumby first told me of the proverb 'As white
as a nun's hen,' the nuns being famous, no doubt, for delicate poultry.
John Heywood has in his _Proverbes_, 1562 (first printed, 1546), p. 43