Resource they found—the charter was so good,
They were secure if shelter’d by this wood.
In Sherwood Forest many a prank was play’d,
Which thro’ tradition is to us display’d:
Though Hexham could ne’er boast a Robin Hood,
Yet little John did much frequent this wood.
A motley race—the libertine and harlot,
Supplied the place of Stutely and Will Scarlet.
Within the covert of this wood did rove,
The town bred bucks, with sly intrigues of love: