Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

by Unknown

Foure hondreth pounde of good money

Full wel than myght I spende.

Now have I no good, sayd the knyght,

But my chyldren and my wyfe ;

God hath shapen such an ende,

Tyll god ‘may amende[129] my lyfe.’

In what maner, sayd Robyn,

Hast thou lore thy rychès ?

For my grete foly, he sayd,

And for my kindenesse.