A Yeoman had he, and servánts no mo’ At that timë, for him list ridë so; 32 And he was clad in coat and hood of green. A sheaf of peacock arrows 33 bright and keen Under his belt he bare full thriftily. Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly: His arrows drooped not with feathers low; And in his hand he bare a mighty bow. A nut-head 34 had he, with a brown viságe: Of wood-craft coud 35 he well all the uságe: Upon his arm he bare a gay bracér, 36 And by his side a sword and a bucklér, And on that other side a gay daggere, Harnessed well, and sharp as point of spear:
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