Sir W. Fair death shall be my doom, and foul life his.

Till when, we'll live as free in this green forest,

As yonder deer, who roam unfearing treason:

Who seem the aborigines of this place,

Or Sherwood theirs by tenure.

Simon. 'Tis said, that Robert Earl of Huntingdon,

Men call'd him Robin Hood, an outlaw bold,

With a merry crew of hunters here did haunt,

Not sparing the king's venison. May one believe

The antique tale?