Methinks there is no one in all the world that Robin Hood would rather meet than thee." At this Guy of Gisbourne gave another harsh laugh.

"Why," quoth he, "it is a merry thing to think of one stout outlaw like Robin Hood meeting another stout outlaw like Guy of Gisbourne.

Only in this case it will be an ill happening for Robin Hood, for the day he meets Guy of Gisbourne he shall die." "But thou gentle, merry spirit," quoth Robin, "dost thou not think that mayhap this same Robin Hood may be the better man of the two?
I know him right well, and many think that he is one of the stoutest men hereabouts." "He may be the stoutest of men hereabouts," quoth Guy of Gisbourne, "yet, I tell thee, fellow, this sty of yours is not the wide world.
I lay my life upon it I am the better man of the two.

He an outlaw, forsooth! Why, I hear that he hath never let blood in all his life, saving when he first came to the forest.

Some call him a great archer; marry, I would not be afraid to stand against him all the days of the year with a bow in my hand." "Why, truly, some folk do call him a great archer," said Robin Hood, "but we of Nottinghamshire are famous hands with the longbow.