Child emends to bent , the verb regularly used in this collocation. 27 Robertes . The balladeer uses the outlaw's more formal name when speaking of his pride. Child emends to Her , but this is unnecessary. 54 MS ewe is corrected to eue by the scribe, and so Child's emendation to this is not necessary.
Child emends to the .
Child emends to knave which seems sensible, but does damage the rhyme. An unaffricated bilabial, as is possible in knawe , would give a better rhyme with ale in line 73.